Today’s post is from one of my very favourite bloggers, Kate from Picklebums. Kate is a very clever lady and makes also sorts of fabulous things you can download and print. In today’s post which is the last in the Christmas Planning in July series, Kate is sharing a set of gorgeous Christmas Gift Tags [...]

I have always wanted to have a go at making recipe cards and turning them into a gift somehow. When I was doing research for the Christmas in July 2011 series, I came across a Recipe Booklet How-To from Martha Stewart which seemed easy enough for even me to do! To keep with my eco-friendly [...]

This give away has now closed, thank you to all those who entered. This is the second hand made gift for Christmas 2011. We are making vintage paper doll sets and to see the rest of my planning for Christmas 2011 go to: Christmas in July 2011. These cabochon rings are made from a kit [...]

This post is part of my Christmas Preparation plan. This week’s task was making the last of our handmade Christmas gifts. This year we have also made some retro coasters, chalkboard notice boards and a simple bunny softie. ***** The three younger kids and I had a great time earlier this week visiting the Friends [...]

Five and a half weeks to go until Christmas. This post is part of my Christmas Preparation plan. I haven’t been working on them in exact order this year. Having a plan for Christmas, means that I can choose a task for the week that better suits my schedule. I know that if I keep [...]

It has been a pretty massive 10 days in the Planning With Kids household. I am certainly not complaining as on the whole it has been super exciting as well. It has just meant that my regular posting schedule sort of went out the window! But I am back on track now and normalcy should [...]