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20 Gift Wrapping Hacks to Try This Year

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Whether it’s birthdays or Christmas wrapping presents all ways fills me with a slight sense of foreboding. I know it should be fun but… well I just find it a bit stressful – after all isn’t the unwrapping the fun bit?! Thankfully there are loads of people out there whose gift wrapping ideas far surpass mine with brilliant ideas for thrifty and creative wrapping and storage with a little bit of brilliance involved so I’ve put together this list of 20 gift wrapping hacks to make life a bit easier for the rest of us and to help inspire us to raise our game!

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60+ Free Detailed Christmas Colouring Pages

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Last week I shared some gorgeous winter colouring pages but with December now underway and us all getting in the festive swing I thought it would be good to share some free detailed Christmas colouring pages with you too! I shared some Christmas colouring pages for adults here last year which were really popular (and if you haven’t seen them yet do check them out) but with 12 months passing I’ve seen so many more cool pages that I had to do an update! All these pages are new ones that I’ve found and I hope you’ll love them as much as I do.

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Washi tape mini banner for Santa treats

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I’m really happy to be sharing a guest post today from my friend Gude with this super cute washi tape mini banner for Santa treats. Gude is the owner of ‘everything that I need in my life right now’ shop The Paperdashery which is is a stationary addicts dream, she always shares loads of great and totally achievable ideas for washi tape crafts so make sure you go and give her and her shop a look too!

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16 Christmas Hacks You Need To Try

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I love Christmas but I don’t love hassle and stress. For me Christmas is all about having fun, spending time with family, enjoying each others company and generally having a good time. It’s not about spending forever cooking, cleaning, running out of wrapping paper or stressing all of which suck the joy out of joyeux noel. I love reading other people’s ideas and tips to make life a bit easier so today I’m sharing 16 Christmas hacks with you with ideas from wrapping paper storage to giant Christmas wreaths and festive pancakes for Christmas morning – I hope you love them too!

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Simple Kid Made Drinking Straw Christmas Cards

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Last week when we were making our driftwood Christmas cards we all got a bit excited about making cards ourselves and so we created these drinking straw Christmas cards too. They’re super simple but there’s also a little bit of learning and fine motor skills involved too which makes it into a great Christmas activity for kids.

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