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Homemade Gift Voucher Ideas

21 December 2020 by Lou
homemade gift voucher

Creating a homemade gift voucher or DIY coupon booklet can be a great gift solution. They’re original, can be low cost and you don’t need to wait for delivery. Need some inspiration? Read on, I’ve got  you covered… Reasons to give a DIY gift voucher Giving a homemade gift voucher or coupons solves a lot … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative stuff, Gift Giving Tips Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, fathers day, gift ideas, gifts, mothers day, valentines day

Handcrafted Christmas Gift Ideas

14 December 2020 by Lou
Handcrafted Christmas Gift Ideas

These handcrafted Christmas gift ideas will get you mega brownie points this year (and of course show your favourite people how terrific you think they are!) As well as supporting small businesses, buying handcrafted or artisan gifts shows you’ve put a bit of thought into what you get someone, and they’re unlikely to get the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Gift Giving Tips Tagged: christmas, Etsy, gift ideas, gifts

Printable Christmas Gift Tags

30 November 2020 by Lou
printable christmas gift tags

Fancy some printable Christmas gift tags? This week I wanted to give you something to say thank you for visiting my blog and all the other support you’ve shown me. The gift tags designs are based on some of the illustrations I’ve done for my Christmas card collection so you can also buy a card … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative stuff, News Tagged: christmas, creativity, gift tags, gift wrapping, gifts, illustrations, printables

A Gift Wrapping Station

16 November 2020 by Lou
Gift Wrapping Station

Why on earth would you need a gift wrapping station? Well partly so you can feel smug and organised, but mostly because it makes life so much easier when you need to wrap a whole load of presents! It’s really frustrating when the stuff you need is all over the place and as soon as … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative stuff Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, creativity, fathers day, gift wrapping, mothers day, valentines day

Shopping for Personalised Gifts on Etsy

9 November 2020 by Lou

Although we’re in lockdown during prime holiday shopping time this year, online marketplaces like Etsy make shopping for thoughtful personalised gifts easy. And 2020 is a year that we really do want to show our favourite people how terrific we think they are, so ordinary gifts are not going to cut it! While there are … [Read more…]

Posted in: Gift Giving Tips Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, custom, custom portraits, Etsy, fathers day, gift ideas, gifts, mothers day, valentines day

Custom Illustration Prints as Gifts

2 November 2020 by Lou
Custom illustration prints - Eiffel Tower

As well as selling greeting cards and doing custom cartoon portrait cards, did you know I also do custom illustration prints that make great personalised gifts? You may already have seen some of the cartoon portrait prints I do, but enjoy doing other custom illustration too. I was approached recently by someone who had seen … [Read more…]

Posted in: Behind the Scenes, Creative stuff Tagged: anniversary, birthday, cartoon portraits, christmas, creativity, custom, custom portraits, drawing, fathers day, gift ideas, gift wrapping, illustrations, mothers day, Prints, valentines day

Original Gifts for Kids

19 October 2020 by Lou
original gifts for kids - child holding present

There is so much to choose from when it comes to children’s presents, but sometimes it can be hard to find original gifts for kids. I thought I’d dig around a bit to find some fun and unique ideas to really make them smile…

Posted in: Gift Giving Tips Tagged: birthday, children's gifts, christmas, Etsy, gift ideas, gifts, kids gifts

How to Wrap Awkwardly Shaped Gifts

12 October 2020 by Lou
How to wrap awkwardly shaped gifts

It’s easy to wrap cubes but how do you wrap awkwardly shaped gifts, like plants, balls and bicycles? I’ve done some research to give you the best solutions for all shapes and sizes of presents.

Posted in: Creative stuff, Gift Giving Tips Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, creativity, fathers day, gift wrapping, mothers day

New Christmas Card and Seasonal Collection

5 October 2020 by Lou
snow joke Christmas Card

I’m very excited to let you know that my new Christmas card and seasonal greeting card collection for the holidays is now available in my shop. This collection is for those people who you want to give an extra special card to this Christmas or holiday. People like significant others, parents, best friends. The ones you … [Read more…]

Posted in: News Tagged: christmas, christmas cards, custom, custom portraits, Greeting Cards, holiday cards, illustrations, scotland, seasonal cards, snowman, stick figures

Eco Friendly Gift Wrapping Ideas

21 September 2020 by Lou
eco friendly gift wrapping with newspaper

I decided to try and avoid buying wrapping paper as much as possible a while ago, as it seems awfully wasteful. As a result I’ve been investigating more eco-friendly gift wrapping ideas and, although I’m still learning, I thought you might like to hear about some of them. Not everyone realises that the majority of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Creative stuff, Gift Giving Tips Tagged: anniversary, birthday, christmas, eco friendly, Etsy, fathers day, gift wrapping, gifts, Greeting Cards, valentines day
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