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Money saving children's party ideas
I want to host a wonderful party for my 5 year old son without spending a fortune on an entertainer, this year. When searching the internet for ideas, I came across this website Lello and Monkey (you will need to google it, as a new user I'm not permitted to post links) The website looks lovely and the images depict a…
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Suggestions please - crafts for older people
I would really appreciate some advice and suggestions from all you crafty people. I helped out at a club for retired people today and did a simple craft for them as they are really keen to do some crafts. They loved it and kept saying that they would like to do more. I would be willing to go in again and help but I have…
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Wedding Cars - How to do it cheap
Hi, I am trying to think of cheap ideas for a wedding car. I have looked in to car rental for the day and for 6 hours hire you can get an x type Jag or C class Mercedes, for around £80. Has anyone done this? If this is not a good plan what else do you suggest? I asked my friends boyfriend if he knew anyone with a nice car…
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ASDA Flowers - not impressed
I ordered some flowers to be delivered to a hospital by ASDA on Friday, it wasn't until Sunday that a relative went to visit and realised they hadn't been sent! After four phone calls to ASDA (and four promises of call backs which never happened) I'm absolutely seething. They didn't tell me the item had not been delivered,…
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Party Bag Filler Ideas Please
Hi I'm not a lover of most of the bits you can get for party bags, but don't have a huge bedget this year... DS1 wants a Ben 10 party for his 7th birthday at the end of March (I know, I know... I'm thinking about it early) and I', geting a bit stuck on the Party bags.. I'm lucky that I have access to a good printer, and a…
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Family Food/Cooking Hamper
hi all, for my famiy (Bro (25) and mum/dad) this xmas i would like to make a family food/cooking hamper as they each like to make stuff. my dad likes to make traditionals (cornbeef hash/pies/ect) my mums speciality are homemade soups my bro does a good curry/steak/deserts Can you help me with ideas what to put in it? i…
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how many should we cater for !!!!!!!
It is OH 40th next month and we are having caters in. We hope to get 80 to 100 people all adults . how many would you cater for ? I am sure at our wedding evening do we did 70% of guests . It is from 7 to 11.30 and all the guest live locally so no one has far to travel . Also what time would you serve the finger buffet was…
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B&M Bargains - What's hot what's not?
Hiya Technically this probably isn't the right place to post this thread but you guys always seem so good at sussing out bargains for presents, goody bags, hampers etc I thought I'd start here. I rather excitedly spotted that a large B&M Bargains has opened not far away and so am looking forward to a trip. I wondered…
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christening invite wording not invited to church help!
hi we are having grandson's christening next month and because our local church is very small and they is another christening we can only invite 50 people max, so we need to send out two lots of cards ones saying something like please join us at the party afterwards has anybody any ideas how to word it thanks
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party for 80th but only small family. Ideas please?
My dad will be 80 this coming May - first person to ever make it that far in the family :) I want to do something special but we do not have a large circle of friends and only about 10-15 family members. I did consider all going for a meal somewhere but I would like to do something a little more inspiring if possible and…
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Leeks and daffodills
Every year my son's school have a competition in end of Feb/beginning March. They got to make a daffodil (paint, draw, use craft stuff) and dress a leek(make it into a famous person/thing). It's a Welsh thing I guess. I'm hoping you creative ladies got some ideas for me coz after doing it for the last couple of years I'm…
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Invites on plantable paper
Just bought some great wild flower seeded paper from the exotic paper co for my inivites which will grow if planted in the ground! What a great idea! Also found some great recycled paper, really quirky, made from elephant poo of all things!!!:j
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ribbons?
ok we dont have a craft shop nearby and i have looked on ebay etc but they all seem to be "craft" ribbons and not fabric ones. Im looking for - Fabric ribbons, as many different colours for as cheap as possible so that i can tie them in my DD hair when she goes to nursery - Sick of her coming home with bobbles etc missing…
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Party Venue in Hampshire
I'm looking to host a big family party one evening this summer. I need a venue that will hold about 100-120 guests. I'm thinking of having a big BBQ or hog-roast for the food, so preferably somewhere that has an outside space. It also needs to be somewhere that will let me bring in my own caterers (or have good food for…
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Family weekend away for 50th birthday - ideas
Hi All My mum would like to take us away to celebrate her 50th birthday. The group would consist of Mum and Dad (50+) Myself and DH (30's) My Brother and GF (late 20s) no children My DD & DS (8 & 3) I am after ideas as to where we could go. She suggested Disneyland Paris but looking at the prices for 2 nights at end of…
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Where to "name a star" ?
I've just gone to have a star named on www.freenameastar.com only to find they've closed down. Does anyone know of any other sites who do this service for under £5? The ones I keep finding are either $/£19.95 and I really dont want to pay that much for a space on their database and an expensive piece of paper.
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Kerry`s Valentines Craft
Over on http://crafts.peteandkerry.com/?p=1152 Kerry has created some fab little Valentines Gifts using some simple card stock, papers and ribbon. I haven`t posted this in the Valentines thread as I figured these don`t just have to be Valentines Gifts and can be adapted to make party bag fillers, easter gifts, christmas…
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Valentines on a budget
I know there's threads about meal vouchers, cheap gifts etc but thought it would be good to all the Valentines bargains in one place I'm on the hunt now - will post findings soon xxx :love:
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Pressie's for £5.00
We've set ourselves a challenge of only spending £5.00 on presents for the adults, but we've only managed to think of a mug or chocolates for my SIL. Got lots more birthdays to go yet - so any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm booking a birthday group visit in April for 6 - saved £79! You can also get a gift for £10 for a £20 online spend
