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My little nieces are now 6 and 8 years old - their tastes are changing - and although they still like Fairies, Princesses and Pink -

they are more into baking, sewing, knitting and crafting.  All little girls seem to enjoy making and baking, and these two girls love the

new Buttonbag craft kits that I have listed this week in the Ellie Carlisle Gifts Online Shop.

Also, their mother is pretty pleased that they have a creative activity to keep them occupied during the Half-Term school holidays!

Also, these stylish craft kits are Made in England - something which has great appeal to us all at Ellie Carlisle Gifts!

The Fairytale Peg Doll Kit and Mrs. Nelly and little trunk (which is a new sewing kit from Buttonbag) seem to be favourites at the moment.

Hopefully, the girls will be coming to visit soon and I will be able to see the finished results!

After a frantic 2 weeks of packing Christmas orders, I have finally found time to start

my own Christmas decorating - which I always absolutely love doing!

Although I use of lot of Gisela Graham's Christmas Ribbon and of course some of the beautiful

baubles and Christmas Hearts, there is always a lot of fresh foliage amongst the arrangements.

Luckily, we have a large and ancient  Yew Tree in the garden which I raid every Christmas and also

I have grown variegated ivy, laurel and holly specifically for using in arrangements.  The hedgerows in

the lane provide a mass of berried ivy, invaluable at this time of the year.

Being a flower arranger, I have always used wired ribbon, which makes lovely bows to put on Christmas trees

and arrangements like the one shown here.  Wired ribbon has never been easy to source, but now that Gisela Graham

does such a fabulous range of Christmas ribbon there is a wonderful choice - shall be ordering more for the next Christmas season!