Mothers Day: Getting Personal

I am a huge fan of personalized gifts for every occasion and I have been very lucky with Getting Personal sending me some lovely personalized items which would 

make ideal gifts for your Mum this Mothers Day.

What I love about getting personal is that they have the perfect personalized gifts for people

with a range of of budgets from as little as £3.99 you will find the ideal gift for your Mum. 

I chose a range of items that I personally love and know that other Mum's out there will love too. 

First of all I have chose a non personalized item which I love as I am a total stationary addict 

and also want to keep organised so the Busy B My Weekly Planner is a fab gift for Mum's who love that kind of thing. The weekly planner comes with a magnet so that you can put up your plan for the week on the fridge. 

There is room for each day of the week and a section for your To Do list which is fab for busy Mum's like myself. 

£9.99

Now onto the personalized items first up as I love having photo's dotted around our home so 
the engraved glitter cubed frame trinket box is an ideal gift for me. 
The beautiful silver frame trinket box with diamante framed lid has a sliver frame with a room for a photograph on all four sides. 
To make it an extra special gift you can have it personalized with a message with up to 42 characters,
over 3 lines. 
Mine says : 
"Mummy
lots of love 
Blake" 
I am planning on putting photos of Blake in all four the frames. 

£19.99

Next I chose the engraved vintage jewelry box with decorated legs. 
I love vintage and shabby chic items and plan on using this to keep a few of my favorite pieces of 
jewelry in. I feel that the stock images from their website make it more easier to show you
how beautiful it is. 
You can personalize it with up to 100 characters and mine 
says: 
"Mummy
Happy 1st Mothers Day 
Lots of love 
Blake"

£19.99

I just adore how beautifully designed it is especially the feet and the pattern around the top of the box. 

Last of all keeping with the shabby chic theme I chose this personalized pink ditsy patchwork cushion. 

The left of the cushion is taken up by pretty pink polka dots, the middle a pretty turquoise and pink floral pattern and the right a crisp white waffle effect. 

Each print is separated by pink and white ric rac. 

The back is hot pink and can be personalized with a loving message. 

I chose to have mine with my name on.

£26.99

This cushion currently is sat on my dining room chair but as I am hoping to get a new sofa and a 

new bed soon I am trying to decide where to put it. 

All of these fab items can be found on getting personal's mothers day section on their website.

Asda Easter Home Items

I use to love Easter as a Child and remember one of my favourite Easter eggs 

was a large white chocolate egg that was made to look like Humpty Dumpty. 

I am a huge fan of white chocolate even to this day but now I am older

I rarely get an Easter egg any more this is totally out of choice though 

even more so since being on slimming world. 

I do however still love to have a hot cross bun but they are also 

high in syns so this year I am going to attempt the slimming world friendly 

chocolate hot cross buns as my Easter treat. 

So these cute Easter napkins are going to come in useful for when me and Stuart are having our little Easter treat.

I love the cute bunny print on one side and then as you can see in photo below we have

a colourful side filled with images of Easter eggs and a little sheep and squirrel. 

I was also sent a lovely bunting to hang up in my home 

I'm thinking of having it up in the lounge near the window sill maybe. 

I love that the colours and pattern match perfectly with my bed covers and coasters. 

Will you be making any special Easter treats? 

Flamingo Gifts

 Flamingo Gifts stock a wide range of unique gifts suitable for any occasion. 

From kitsch to traditional, children to adults Flamingo gifts have everything your heart desires. 

You are sure to find a gift to treat yourself or your loved ones.

Flamingo Gifts also cater for every budget and offer the lowest prices possible for extremely 

high quality goods.

As a lover of getting most for my money when I was asked to choose some items up to the value of

£20 I knew I wanted to get as many items as possible for that amount. 

As you can see in the photo above I chose to go for some shabby chic

style items from the home accessories section. 

whilst I was browsing the home accessories I came across the Spotty Wooden Heart

Hangings which come in 4 lovely colours green,  lilac, pink and blue. 

I knew I had to have them but was unsure where I was going to put them.

But then I remembered I have some Sass and Bell bird hooks, I am going to

get Stuart to put up in the bedroom so I can have them hanging from there. 

I chose to to have two one in pink and one in blue and at £1.60 each they are a great price! 

Then I chose the Natural Slate Heart Chalkboard as I have always wanted to get one

to have in our little kitchen. 

It's great for writing shopping lists or love notes. 

The Slate Heart Chalkboard retails at £6.39. 

Moving on I then chose a scarf from a selection they have for £7.99. 

I chose to go for the Swallow Cream scarf which I have to add looks different from the picture on the website

as it looks more browner than the photo would make you think. 

The scarf is super soft and super long with lots of fabric so that it can be worn how you like, creating layers

as well. The scarf is an ideal gift for any occasion.

What's your favourite from the selection of items I chose? 

My Dream Home

One of our biggest dreams is to own our own home.

Right now we are renting and in the foreseeable future it looks as though that's what we are going to be having to do for quite awhile. 

I have so many plans on what our dream home would look like and I love these cute country houses for sale. This little cottage in the photo below is what I nabbed off pintrest.

I've always said to Stuart that I love the idea of having a spacious place to live with neutral coloured walls so that its a blank canvas to put our own mark on it. 

Living room

I'd love a living room with loads of space, with wooden floors, neutral coloured furniture, an L shaped sofa and a fireplace so it's all cosy. I love the idea of grey walls but wallpaper with grey and another colour maybe lilac or navy.

Dining room 

My ideal dining room would definitely be spacious with space for a large dining table and chairs. I love the idea of light grey walls. 

Kitchen 

I'd love a kitchen with neutral coloured kitchen cabinets such as white, beige or even grey. I love the idea of having lights on the base boards  illuminating the floor. The walls would be a light colour to make the kitchen look more spacious.

Bedroom/s

I love the idea of a shabby chic style room and furniture. The walls would be a light pink, grey or blue. I'd also love a walk in wardrobe as we both need the space.

Bathroom

Our bathroom would be able to fit not just a bath but a shower cubical too. I love the idea of it being a light and bright area.

For now I am just going to dream and pin some more ideas on Pinterest.

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Review: Shabby Chic Items with Home-Treats

Over the last few years I have started to get interested in the whole Shabby Chic look.

I have recently started buying some little shabby chic bits and bobs for our flat. 

I was really excited when I received a parcel from Home-Treats , they offered to 

let me choose some items to review up to £15 

and this little lot came to just over £13. 

Home-Treats is a new company that started up this month 

selling a range of well priced, stylish and high quality gifts for 

your home. 

I had a look at their range of willow heart pieces  which included 3 different heart

hangings and willow shaped box's which come in either white or grey wash. 

After much debate I decided to go with the

 Willow Heart with White Ribbon (£3).

The Willow heart hanging has a country feel and 

rustic vibe. 

I love how even though its plain in colour the twigs 

make it an interesting to look at piece. 

The great thing is that it is a perfect decoration 

for any room and will compliment any home. 

Mine is currently hung on our bed and goes

well with our new shabby chic bedding and cushion. 

I also had to get another hanging this time I wanted one for our bedroom door

I chose another heart shaped piece but this time a fabric one. 

I chose the Purple Fabric Floral Hanging Heart with Heart Buttons

I had a choice of two sizes medium (£4) and large (£5) 

and I chose to go for the larger one. 

They also sell some fabric heart garlands that I like the look of. 

This pretty heart hanging is a gorgeous deep purple floral pattern with 

two cute heart button detail and a white and purple gingham ribbon. 

Its perfect for our bedroom door and would look lovely

in any girls bedroom.

This would vamp up a very plain room and is a very attractive and eye catching accessory. 

Last of all since the window above our bed looks a bit boring with nothing on it

I decided to look and see if I could find something to put on the window sill. 

I found the Large Cream Wooden Dream Sign with Red Hearts

which for some reason I am unable to find the link for. 

The moment I saw it online I knew it would be perfect and I was correct.

The Dream wooden sign is crafted with hours of care and looks right at home on

my window sill but will also look fab on a bed side table, displayed in a cabinet or hung on

a wall. 

The gorgeous sign has been painted cream and decorated with red love hearts making

it an ideal piece for the home. 

All of Home-Treats products will make lovely gifts for friends and family 

no matter the occasion. 

The website is easy to navigate with different sections to find what you are looking for.

Payment couldn't be easier just add what you want to purchase to the basket 

then go to the checkout double check the prices click checkout fill in your details tick to 

to confirm details and your done. 

You get an email confirming your order along with the royal mail tracking number. 

Postage is £2.95 standard and £4.95 for express delivery unless you spend over £50 

then standard is free and express is £2.