SHOPPING: 21 Smaller Businesses to Support

Discovering and supporting smaller businesses is one of my favourite things to do. There are so many incredibly talented people out there offering unique products and creations that finding the perfect gift or treat for yourself couldn't be easier. I've put together twenty one of my favourite smaller businesses to support, so that your gift shopping is made that little bit easier.

CHRISTMAS: Baby Gift Guide 2016

Babies are probably the cutest, and certainly the smallest, people to buy for at Christmas. The teeny tiny sizes, fun interactive toys and general squishiness of the babies in our lives makes shopping for them so much fun. It seems such a long time ago we were buying baby things for Isabella, it feels like she's been a toddler forever! Anyway, on with the gift guide...

BABY STYLE: A week of outfits #28

This week we dropped off the paperwork at what will be Isabella's nursery, which felt like such a big moment. I'm looking forward to Isabella interacting with other children regularly and getting all the new experiences at nursery, but I don't want to leave her. It feels more real now and though she won't be starting nursery for a couple of months I'm already very emotional about it all, many tears have been shed. Just one of those parenting struggles I guess. Other than that we've had a good week, my husband was off for a day so we went for lunch and finally put some curtains up in Isabella's bedroom!

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BABY STYLE: A week of outfits #20

Christmas preparations are really stepping up a gear now, with a big gift shopping day on Black Friday. I definitely didn't wake up at 3.30am and spend 1.5 hours looking at the online deals that had been released at midnight and I certainly didn't regret it in the morning when I hadn't bought one thing!! Whoops. However I managed to get a couple of good bargains online while Isabella was napping, thank goodness for her 1.5 hour naps lately! I had made a very long list of items I was looking for and was actually pretty impressed with the variety of deals available. Can't wait to receive my goodies now! 

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