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Valentines gift guide

It’s a hard one; do you go for the traditional; but well loved? The cheeky!? The personalised? The edible? Or the cute? (Or do you just forget it (#awkward)

Are you buying for your girlfriend, wife, or maybe even Galantine???? Either way I can hopefully show you some awesome ‘small businesses’ that you may not be familiar with.

Personalised – sometimes it nice to be unique; with an awesome creation using a special song, your pictures, or even both. I love all of Aimee Rose Designs but for me it had to be this special song foil print with our wedding picture

I adored her designs so much, I went for the Valentine’s Day card too

Aimee Rose Designs

Edible If you are local to Market Harborough then you simply must try Enchanted Pantry all of Dawns makes are divine, but her Valentines menu looks spectacular- take a look

Thoughtful After all the greatest gift you can give us time…… Ava and Co I love these watches because they are beautiful; but lovely bonus is that they are a small Leicestershire based brand….. even more so is the story behind the brand and the ‘Ava’ in Ava and Co- go take a read

Traditional Roses- but not just any roses, roses from wonderful Philomena at the Flower Bar Market Harborough they’ll be wrapped plastic free and be ruddy stunning

No 34 boutique

For fashion lovers head to No 34 boutique in market Harborough they are currently full of pink and red loveliness all the heart accessories, wonderful cosy jumpers and perfect handbags.

Go all out and buy a cosy knit with some valentines accessories as a real treat. Not local to Market Harborough- head online to No 34 webshop

Pamper Needed? Then I have the place for you….. Secret Garden in Lutterworth is a hidden gem of a spa. I love their twilight packages and can imagine they’d be the perfect romantic treat

Me in the hot tub

Three hours relaxing; food, fizz, a treatment and hot tub time. Honestly it’s perfect…… but shhhh don’t tell everyone The Secret garden web

Beauty addict? The Laura Lane make up artist brushes are a real treat. There’s an eye set, or a face set; but to really spoil her go for both.

Laura also does make up classes; which I really fancy and sticks lots of awesome makes up and accessories including this own brand make up/travel case. Find our more Laura Lane Web

I hope I’ve given you lots of inspiration; lemme know in comments what you think…..

Life of a Mum

Fathers Day Gift ideas.

Stuck for ideas?

want inspiration?

I thought I’d write a little list of ideas for all budgets!

Under £10

Loving the fragrances fromEssential Scent recently- great luxury scent with a lockdown friendly price tag- check out Essential scent insta for more info. I’ve bought 6 different fragrances recently and been so impressed with every one- Sue van advise you on what fragrance best suits If you let her know your mans favourite big branded ones!

Under £30

I’m a sucker for a personalised or photo gift- and Photo box have a great Father’s Day sale on; we’ve ordered Daddy a cute photo block.

If you are local (Leicestershire) I can recommend two wonderful bakers that do awesome treat boxes for Dads especially for Father’s Day- Enchanted Pantry (above) and Baked- by Emily Davis (below) – both are absolutely amazing and I could recommend one over the other- they are both super popular though- so get in quick.

A T-shirt from Topsy blossom they are great quality and perfect lockdown attire- also they are just £15 inc postage!

Under £50

Me and the other half both love Warner’s Gin and they’ve bought back their personalised bottles just in time for Father’s Day. Obviously we’ve ordered Daddy one- you can choose from one of their awesome flavoured Gins, or this Harrington dry is the choice of Dots daddy.

Gin isn’t just for the girls- get to try it (and order yourself the rhubarb whilst you’re there- you won’t regret it).

Foodie dad? Again one for locals (Kettering area) Market Graze Inn do awesome graze boxes- with so many different options- brunch, graze (as shown), afternoon tea or chocolate! Perfect for a socially distanced Father’s Day picnic or delivered to your dads door!

Over £50

Another recommendation from the hubby- Ardent leather belts are proper keepers- will last a lifetime, and would make an awesome Father’s Day gift. They are handmade in Scotland too.

I’m ready to splurge!

Amazing watches from DuFrane Watches my husband has 3 watches from these guys and they are amazing quality for the price- I love them so much I’ve pretty much ‘permanent borrowed’ one- so maybe you can do the same too.

I hope I’ve given you some great ideas- let me know in comments what you think, and if you purchased anything what Dad thought.