Planning a celebration and going around in circles thinking of how to decorate your venue and choose a theme?  Our colourful, cheerful and modern polka dot range of party supplies gives a classy and stylish look to any gathering.   We…

And Breathe…..Stress free party planning Let’s face it, it’s a great feeling when the party is finally over, all those last minute adrenalin-fuelled moments of panic meant it all fell into place and you can finally sit back, feet up…

Blue Monday For most of us, at the best of times, Monday morning can be a bit of a downer.  It’s not just me, is it?  Maybe you open your eyes about five minutes before the alarm goes off, remaining…

‘Us’ time The proliferation of baking programmes such as Junior Masterchef https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/junior-masterchef are to blame, if blame is the right word, for a new found interest, in our household at least, in baking.  Not cooking, but baking.  Baking is so…

Back to Skool… …or college, or, for many of us, to the wonderful world of work.  There may have been the odd day or two back at work post-Christmas already (more for some of us), but this is the Proper…

Happy New Year! What is it about resolutions? What compels us to make them, and break them, up to 20% of them, apparently (www.happypublishing.com) within the first week of January? What makes us think, I will organise the family, keep…

It can be a tricky one, can’t it, if your child’s birthday falls in that immediate post-Christmas period when each and everyone is totally partied out and looking forward to chilling. You have to decide – do you cheat a…

Try these party games: some need a little preparation to be really successful. Ages 3-6 Ice breaker This is a good way to keep kids busy until everyone has arrived. You’ll need:  Thin card, and a table ready with stick-…

When do you start thinking about your resolutions? Before the 1st January? Straight after you’ve fallen onto the sofa surrounded by unopened carrier bags, sipping from a cup of cocoa? Before you’ve hung away those ‘impulse buys’? Can you hear…

So, anyone else hear the sound of tumbleweed roll across the ground when, as soon as the crusts have curled on the turkey sandwiches, someone suggests trotting off together as a family to the sales? Battling the crowds before you…