The amazing Helen is not only an incredibly efficient packer-upper, but she is also pretty nifty with a needle.
So mirrormirror is now delighted to be able to offer a gorgeous handmade organza and silk brocade Christmas stocking as an alternative way of presenting one of very popular themed gift sets. And if you manage to persuade someone to buy you The Ultimate gift set we’ll even throw a stocking in for free (together with our undying gratitude).
Today we went to the Farmers’ Market in Ballard – a rather funky neighbourhood to the north of downtown. It looks like it would be a really cool place to live with some great shops, lots going on and plenty for the Minx to do – unfortunately, though, the Husband’s commute would be pretty gruesome.
Am not entirely sure what this shop was all about but the Minx and I both loved the window for different reasons.
Somewhere along the way, I appear to have created a mail order company.
Helen is doing the most UNBELIEVABLE job.
And still seems comparatively sane.
The Christmas decorations are starting to appear all over town, and I’m starting to regret the fact that our Christmas decorations are currently somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic.
Tomorrow is the 1st December and we don’t even have our Advent calendar with us. I was toying with the idea of buying or even making one – though the Minx really is too young to understand – and came across this fabulous idea on the awesome Kiddley.com. Instead of chocolate, the child is given the gift of a different fun family activity each evening – ranging from eating dinner in fancy dress or going out for sushi to writing letters for Santa.
Each activity is attractively ‘wrapped’ (Claire’s idea is to make little envelopes out of origami paper or a jar of prettily covered matchboxes) and a new envelope is opened each day.
Check out the link for the full list of activities Claire planned. Her readers and those at Little Birds (where I believe the idea originated) also came up with some wonderful ideas.
I’m not going to do it this year as I think it will be wasted on the Minx, but I’m posting this now so that I can find the link in future years, as I think it would be a wonderful family tradition to start.
