Christmas gift ideas

Do you brave the shopping centres at Christmas?

As much as I love the Christmas music and atmosphere at the shops during Christmas time – I have better things to do than spend an hour finding a car park – so I do most of my christmas shopping online, and I know I’m not alone!

If you’re an online Christmas shopper, some of my vendors on the children’s party directory sell a range of items – not just party decor! So I thought I would put together a collection of gifts you can find online from these vendors and to make the shipping costs more worthwhile you can pick up some partyware items for 2014 from these stores while picking up some chrissy shopping.

Remember to click on the images below to be taken directly to the store where you can browse even more gift ideas.

I also want to remind you to view the Christmas Showcase on my Facebook page if you want to browse a range of Christmas printables, decorations, props, gift ideas and more all in one place!

 

Stocking Fillers:

These customised items make cute and useful stocking fillers for your kids:

 

Christmas chalks – Chalk Chook

 

 

Customised soaps – Soap Buddies

 

 

Toys:

 

Nesting dolls are always a great classic toy and I love this modern version:

 

Studio Matryoshka Nesting Dolls – Leo & Bella

 

 

Little Red Chick has a HUGE range of gorgeous kids toys, gifts and decor as well as party items . These are just a few of my favourite items for girls!:

Ballerina quartet print – Little Red Chick

 

 

Fairy mail box – Little Red Chick

 

 

Scribble down woodland fairies – Little Red Chick

 

 

Create your own fairy kit – Little Red Chick

 

 

 

 

How cute are these little christmas dolls?

 

Sonny Angel Kewpie Dolls – Leo & Bella

 

If you have girls who love to dress up, a pair of wings is a simple gift that would bring a lot of fun on Christmas day:

 

Angel wings – Hoot Invitations

 

 

Butterfly wings in various colours – Special Celebration Events

 

 

A few selections for the boys. Much more to browse online in these stores:

 

 

Tool box workbench – Little Red Chick

 

 

Ramp racer – Little Red Chick

 

 

Wooden fire truck – Little Red Chick

 

 

 

 

 

Seedling DIY Pirate treasure map – My Little Table Designs

 

Chef on the go – My Little Table Designs

 

 

 

These magnetic play books are fantastic! They come in a range of themes. My daughter loves the ballerina theme but there are lots of themes for the boys:

 

Tiger Tribe magnetic play books – Party & Co

 

 

For your friends:

These chatter box cards are perfect for your friends who have everything. A fun conversation starter game

 

 

Chatterbox classic edition – Love the Occasion

 

 

These cookie mixes in a bottle are great for friends who love to bake or who love to bake with their kids. Also perfect for gifts to neighbours and workmates:

 

Cookie mixes in a bottle – Sweet Health

 

 

If you have friends who are party lovers like you, they would definitely appreciate a lovely party styling item like these which are all priced at under $50 (and most are MUCH less!):

 

Robert Gordon cake stands – Little Wish Parties

 

 

 

Turquoise compote – Leo & Bella

 

 

 

Starburst bud vase – Petite Portions

 

 

Vintage mason jars – 96 Styles

 

 

 

 

Tiffany blue teapot – The Little Big Company

 

 

 

White wooden tray – The Paper Lantern

 

 

A party styling pack such as this is perfect for a friend who loves to throw kids parties. It will definitely come into good use and you can choose one in a range of colours:

 

 

Party Packs available in a range of colours – Little Red Chick

 

 

Have a friend who loves to make cakes? Why not get them a lovely cake topper?:

 

Silver glitter cake topper by Penny Lane Studio – Ruby Rabbit Partyware

 

This macaron making kit is also perfect for the friend who loves to entertain. It contains all they need to try creating these delicious treats:

 

DIY Macaron making kit – Mumma Cakes

 

Hope you found something perfect for someone in your life this Christmas (or perhaps for yourself?!)

 

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I’m dreaming of a {RUSTIC} Christmas

A Rustic christmas theme seems to be very popular right now. Taking Christmas back to basics with a natural feel and fresh look.

I really enjoyed putting together these finds for you. Hope you enjoy them!

Don’t forget I have a Christmas giveaway running at the moment with lots of fantastic prizes up for grabs. You can enter via Rafflecopter on the blog here!

 

 

If you want to have a truly rustic Christmas, a wooden Christmas tree could be where to start:

 

Large Wooden Christmas tree – Hard To Find

 

 

 

Fairy light wooden tree – Handmade Emporium

 

 

Large wooden christmas tree with decorations – Handmade Emporium

 

 

For printables, these Kraft look printables from 2 Love Birds are great for a natural look:

 

Christmas Kraft printables – 2 Love Birds

 

Some of my finds for rustic christmas hanging decorations around your home and on your tree:

 

Wreath of wooden twigs – Coast by Design

 

 

 

Hanging timber star decoration – Sky Parlour

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White christmas bell garland – The Paper Lantern

 

 

 

Timber angel wings ornament – Sky Parlour

 

 

 

Timber and metal christmas tree ornament – Sky Parlour

 

 

Nordic disc tree ornament – Myer

 

Metal christmas ornaments – Down That Little Lane

 

 

 

Red natural christmas decoration pack – Pillow Talk

 

 

Wooden star ornament – David Jones

 

 

Set of 3 hessian stars – 1000 Pretty Things

 

 

 

 

 

Personalised christmas decorations – Down That Little Lane

 

 

To help create a rustic Christmas feel around your home, here are a few items for various decorating spaces around the house:

 

Christmas Linen table runner – Pillow Talk

 

 

 

 

 

Rustic christmas tree – Coast by Design

 

 

 

 

Set of 3 white rattan christmas trees – The Paper Lantern

 

 

 

Paper topiary decor table top – David Jones

 

 

 

 

Kraft christmas trees – The Party Parlour

 

 

 

Mini trees wrapped in burlap – Pillow Talk

 

Love this cute reindeer which would make a lovely gift as well:

 

Dasher reindeer – Little Red Chick

 

 

Vintage rustic bells vase filler – Pottery Barn

 

 

Christmas wooden set – Down That Little Lane

 

For your gifts, you can’t go past the feel of beautiful linen Santa sacks and stockings:

 

 

French linen santa sack – Love The Occasion

 

 

Linen santa sacks – Nana Huchy

 

 

 

 

 

Personalised linen stocking – French and Sparrow

 

 

Linen joy stocking – Pillow Talk

 

Speaking of gifts, these christmas cookie mixes in a bottle are a fantastic gift for teachers, neighbours and friends with a rustic look and feel as well:

 

 

Christmas cookie mixer in a bottle – Sweet Health on Down That Little Lane

 

 

 

 

For other smaller items, I love this star jar for Christmas filled with a few sweets:

 

Jars and bottles – Saffy & May

 

These rustic gift packaging options are also perfect for smaller items:

 

 

Jute sack – Occasion by Design

 

 

Linen joy gift bag – Pillow Talk

 

For larger items, this gorgeous woodland giftwrap will have your gifts under the tree fitting in with your rustic Christmas theme:

 

 

Woodland giftwrap pack – The Party Parlour

 

To finish it off, here are a few gift tag options:

 

 

Star chalkboard tag – Saffy & May

 

 

 

 

 

Wooden reindeer gift tags – The Party Parlour

 

 

 

Clay tag pegs – Down That Little Lane

 

I hope you enjoyed this selection and found something you loved! If you did, please share the blog post with others & let me know what you loved!

 

 

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Christmas Showcase

Leading up to Christmas so many of the businesses in the Life’s Little Celebration’s children’s party directory have such fantastic items on offer!

I wanted to find a way to share these all in one place for my facebook followers/blog readers to view! So I created the CHRISTMAS SHOWCASE ALBUM on my facebook page.

In the one album you can browse; Christmas decorations, printables, gifts, desserts and more! Everything you need whether you are planning a special Christmas party or just need some fun printables to use for classmate/workmate gifts or letters for Santa!

 

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I hope you’ll make time to browse the showcase as there are so many wonderful Christmas items available and it will definitely give you some ideas of things you can prepare for Christmas time!

Thank you so much to all the vendors from the children’s party directory who contributed something for the showcase.

 

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Sweet Kids Party favours in a bottle!

This week I am introducing you to a blog sponser Sweet Health, whose owner Debbie I had the pleasure of meeting in person last weekend. I love meeting vendors from my directory as it always reminds me that this site promotes some amazing SMALL businesses with very real (& lovely) people behind them!

Sweet Health makes these unique Milk Bottle Mixers! They are easy to bake gorgeousĀ hand layered baking mixers packaged in an adorable re-usable milk bottle.

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They contain all the dry ingredients needed to make some delicious cookies. I tried one this week and it made baking with my daughter SO simple as most of what I needed was all packaged up. A lot less preparation and mess which is nearly impossible otherwise when baking with a toddler!

The bottles are available in 2 sizes and many flavours and labels can be customised to give as birthday party, wedding, baby shower andĀ christening favours:

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Sweet Health has just launched their delicious Christmas range with a festive Christmas cookie mix (an oat based cookie, filled with white chocolate and dried fruits) and a decadent Santa’s cookie mixĀ (an oat based cookie filled with Christmas smarties and milk chocolate).

These are perfect gifts for teachers, work mates, neighbours or host gifts when going to a Christmas party. They look fantastic and will be actually used and enjoyed!

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For those of you looking to make Christmas Eve magical for your children you simply can’t go past the Night Before Christmas Pack! This packs is everything you need toĀ leave out for Ā Santa and his Reindeer on Christmas Eve, including Reindeer Food, Santa’s Cookie Mix, a bottle (to fill with milk) and a candy cane straw:

 

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I honestly cannot speak more highly of these bottle mixers after seeing them in person myself and trying one. There is simply nothing like this that I’ve seen on the market for a really fun gift or kids party favour and I love the idea of using these for Christmas!

Find Sweet Health on facebook hereĀ 

You can also shop on the Sweet Health Down That Little Lane store here

I encourage you to try them – you won’t regret it!

 

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Golden Christmas (with a touch of pink!)

Gold is one of those colours I love seeing as part of Christmas decor. A colour of royalty and one that depicts something grand and special – it definitely suits the season of Christmas!

Inspired by this glittery Christmas dessert table by the talented Vesna of My Little JediĀ  (make sure you have a look for loads of inspiration!) I have based this post around a golden Christmas with hints of pink for a glamorous setting.

I apologise for the long delay in my blog posts lately – so much is going on and I’m finding it a little harder to keep up! My little one is a lot more active during the day and I hardly find time to get onto the computer as much as I use to until evening (I’m sure you all can relate!)

Invitations/Printables

A bit of sparkle for your printables! If you know of any other lovely gold and/or pink Christmas collections, feel free to let me know!

 

Be Merry Holiday invitation - Fine and Dandy Paperie

 

Peace on Earth Printable - Paper and Cake

 

Decorations

These decoration options in bold golds and pinks will add a touch of festive glam to your Christmas!

Martha Stewart Gold and white pom pom set - Pink Frosting

 

Tulle pom poms - Sweet Little Birdy

 

Gold lanterns - Saffy & May

 

Confetti System Tassel Garland - Third Drawer Down

 

Tableware

Love this tablerunner if you are after a bold print for your table:

Pink/Gold bazaar table runner - {P} is for Party

This gold mesh tablerunner is lovely for a softer look:

Gold mesh table runner - Le Petit Party

I haven’t included plates/cups as most of you will not use disposable plates etc for your Christmas day lunch etc however here are some other items to provide a special feel to your Christmas table and bring in touches of pink and gold:

 

Gold name card holders - Alfresco Emporium

 

Perfume jar pink - Shoppe with Lilly

 

Herrang block candle holder - Ikea

 

Oslo candle holder - Gifts at Home

 

 

Pink Coupe glass small - Sharnel Dollar Designs

 

Pink glass embossed pedestal bowl - The Little Big Company

Although these aren’t in gold, they would definitely look gorgeous on your Christmas table!

Lolly jar with pewter lid and base - Shoppe with Lily

 

Mercury glass apothecary jar - Sharnel Dollar Designs

 

Sweet Treats

Dress up some special Christmas cupcakes with these wrappers and sit them atop of a cute pedestal to give them extra effect!

Lulu gold/white cupcake wrapper - Cupcake House

 

Pink gold floral muffin case/cupcake case - Cupcake World

 

Pink cupcake pedestal - Sweet Little Birdy

Love this colour combination for this golden/pink Christmas theme:

Yellow and pink swizzle sticks - Tout Mon Amour

 

These lovely stands would be perfect to serve all sorts of cakes and scrumptious items in this colour scheme:

Hobnail cake stand in Amber - Sweet Style

 

Short pink cake stand - Emerald and Ella

 

Small gold cake stand - A fabulous fete on Etsy

You can’t get more gorgeous and glamorous on your table than a beautiful drinks dispenser such as this one:

Glass apothecary drinks dispenser - Sweet Style

 

Special Themed Items

To add some special glam touches to your Christmas decor or table, have a browse of some of these items! Disappointed I couldn’t find more lovely pink Christmas items though

Gold resin Christmas Tree - I Love Christmas

 

Gold bristle tree - House of Christmas

Love these crystal trees (bit of a splurge though!)

Crystal trees - Wheel and Barrow

 

Reindeer sitting nickle plated - Oxfam

 

Gold Christmas candle holder - Lifestyle Ensemble

 

Mini gold pine cone bags - House of Christmas

 

Pink Merry Christmas sign - Celebrating Christmas

 

Bird cages are often found in Christmas decor, and this beautiful gold-toned one from dusk would look beautiful anywhere!

Bird cage lantern - Dusk

 

Christmas white/gold feather wreath - I Love Christmas

 

Christmas gold bauble wreath - Christmas All Year

 

Love this gorgeous wreath which has sold out for this year, but I still thought I’d share it with you so if you love it, you can bookmark it for next year =)

Spruce Champagne wreath - Papier D'Amour

 

These lovely ribbon boards are a great unique way to display your Christmas cards during this season, and of course can be used year round for photos, notes etc! With diamante detailing it is gorgeous!

Beautiful french memo board - French Knot Designs

 

Favours

Package up your favours in a lovely gold item:

Gold cube box - Details, Details

 

Gold tin pail - Saffy & May

You could fill an elegant pink perfume bottle with some beautiful scented oils for your guests to take home:

Coloured bomboniere perfume bottle - Elegant Bomboniere

Or keep it classic and simple in a clear jar which you can embellish:

Antique apothecary jars - Sweet Style

 

Add something special to your Christmas gifts or favours with these embellishments:

Gold leaves ribbon - Camelot Craft

 

Martha Stewart Metallic tinsel with glue - Pink Frosting

 

Gold and ivory Christmas ribbon - Amazing Paper

 

Real Inspiration

Pink and gold winter glittery houses from The Sweetest Occasion blog

Pretty pink and gold christmas decor inspiration from the Citrus and Orange blog

Christmas nutcracker suite ballet party by Kate Landers featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog

A gorgeous pink and gold dessert table by Sharnel Dollar Designs

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I hope you’ve found some Christmas inspiration here, and as we hurtle towards Christmas at lightening speed – remember to try and not get too stressed and flustered with all the Christmas shopping, and enjoy this magical time of the year with your little ones =)