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:

 

 

 

 

 

Toys:

 

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

 

 

 

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!:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How cute are these little christmas dolls?

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

For your friends:

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

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

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!):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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:

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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!

 

 

 

 

 

I’m dreaming of a {pink and silver} christmas

Are you wanting to bring a bit of pink into your christmas this year? Silver is mixed beautifully with pink for the Christmas season so here is a collection of items to help bring some pink & silver into your home!

If you’re still not convinced about pink & silver together for Christmas – here is some inspiration to start you off…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convinced?

You may not have a pink or a white christmas tree but you can still use lots of pink and silver items to decorate in these colours.

Enjoy the browsing, starting with some hanging decorations for around your home and the tree:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A few items for the table top:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now for your gift wrapping:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a little something for under the tree:

 

 

 

Is pink featuring in your Christmas this year?

 

 

 

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!

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Fathers Day printables

Fathers Day is coming up on September 1st this year and I thought it would be helpful to do a round up of some fantastic printables for Fathers Day.

What I love about these printables is that they are not necessarily just for styling a detailed celebration or dessert table!

There are coffee cup and beer bottle wrappers, gift tags, fathers day cards, breakfast menu cards, door knob signs and more!

You can get the kids involved in cutting, pasting, wrapping etc (if you’re lucky!) and make a small gift or meal into something extra special.

There are lots of different colour schemes & looks to choose from as well.

Enjoy browsing and finding something perfect for Fathers Day!:

 

Printables:

Love the chalkboard look of this range:

 

I think a lot of dads will be appreciating the door knob sign in this set!:

 

 

Modern chevron look:

 

 

 

 

Some clever ideas in this range such as the coupons and the toblerone wrapper!:

 

 

 

Stylish range in neutrals including a breakfast menu card for a special Fathers day brekkie:

 

 

Dad will love the coupons in this range such a coupon to have the control of the remote for one night:

 

 

Love the stylish look & colours of this set and the memorable “About my dad” sheet to be filled in:

 

Lovely fresh blue colour scheme in this range:

 

 

 

This clever range is based around a BBQ theme:

 

 

If your hubby likes camping then this range could be perfect for him:

 

 

Some more options specifically for Father’s Day cards:

 

 

 

 

A few different photo card options available from Paper Blossom Creations:

 

Such creative collections! Hope you found something to make gift giving for Fathers day a bit easier this year