Gift List // Christmas Goodies

Happy new year! Our poor blog has been so neglected over the festive period. One of these years I'll actually meet my goal of writing 52 posts... maybe it'll even be this year. We're finally getting on top of things after taking a break to recharge after the madness of making all your Christmas orders. Our next trade fair is coming up so we've been busy preparing for that since we got back in the studio. I've managed to squeeze in some time for a quick Christmas goodies round up. These are a few of my favourite wee gifts I was lucky enough to be given, mostly by designer/makers!

1. The sparkliest earrings from Mashugana on Etsy // 2. Pretty pink paper forest jar from PaperPineTree on Etsy // 3. Yummy bath melts from Bomb Cosmetics // 4. Shining Biz 2016 planner from Leonie Dawson (so helpful!) // 5. Super glittery heart hair clips from Buttons and Bows Hair Accessories // 6. Big and bold velvet bow from Crown and Glory // 7. Colourful papercut calendar from By Charlie's Hand on Folksy // 8. Beautiful spectrum necklace by Emily Johnson Glass (which I actually won on Instagram! Emily has 25% off in her shop for January with the code YAY2016)

Lots of lovely shops to look at! I'll leave you with them and hopefully be back with another post soon.

Events // Falkland Christmas Shopping 2015

Willow & Plum Soap Co.

Kathy Burns Jewellery

Fayre Earth Gift Shop

It's crazy to think that a whole year has past since we were visiting the shopping days in Falkland after only living in the village for 3 months... and here we are taking part in them! On Wednesday we had a stall filled with JillyJilly goodies in Falkland Town Hall with Fife Makers, where there was lots of fab Christmas gifts designed and created locally. All of the village gift shops stay open until 10pm and have 10% off with festive refreshments. Yum! I wanted to take a video tour to show you all but the weather this Wednesday was pretty yucky, so these photos will have to do for now! We'll be back again on the 25th November and 2nd December from 11am-10pm. It really is such a lovely atmosphere to get Christmas shopping done in and the village looks so magical at this time of year! Check out the event page on Facebook for full details. 

In the Village // Fayre Earth Gift Shop

I've been meaning to feature Fayre Earth on the blog since we moved to Falkland last year so I'm glad I've finally got round to it! Owned by the lovely Elizabeth, Fayre Earth is easily the most colourful shop in the village, filled with locally made, recycled & fairly traded gifts. 

Fayre Earth sells a fab range of home accessories including my favourite velvet floral cushions and beautiful pieces by the Wee String Plaque Company. There are also gorgeous glass lanterns and candle holders, I love the choice of bright and bold homewares. If you're looking for quirky accessories then there's plenty to choose from too with cosy clothing, hats, scarves, cute arm warmers (which have been on my wish list for ages), floral brooches and fun jewellery.
Fayre Earth also do the best coffees; my favourite is the peppermint mocha (David likes the coconut mocha best, he says it's like drinking a Bounty). There's now a little window bench inside as well as outside where you can have your coffee and watch the world go by. We love to get a coffee to keep us warm while we go for a walk at this colder time of year and tried to make Mocha Mondays part of our routine but something usually gets in the way! If you do visit Falkland make sure you pop into this cheerful Aladdin's cave of trinkets, I'm sure you'll find something to treat yourself with!

Christmas Shopping Evenings at Pebble

On Thursday we went to Aberdeen to surprise my Mum at her first Pebble Christmas shopping evening. Mince pies, mulled wine, Christmas music and gorgeous gift ideas! After surprising my Mum I managed to get a lot of Christmas shopping done too. Pebble is the perfect place for finding a thoughtful gift since most of the items are handmade so you know that lots of thought and care went into each piece you buy... Plus you can get your presents wrapped beautifully for free! I've not shared photos of the presents I bought but instead here's a selection of festive stocking fillers and cute present ideas (JillyJilly mugs!) that would be worth popping in to pick up. Pebble has also shared some albums of gift ideas on their Facebook page. It was so nice just to pop home and see everyone for the night even if it did mean we had to spend the next day in a rush to catch up!

Pebble has one more shopping evening on before Christmas - Thursday 4th December 6-9pm with some special offers happening on top of the free nibbles and late night shopping. 

Falkland Christmas Shopping Days

Fayre Earth looking beautiful and cosy

Cobbles outside The Covenanter

Twinkling lights outside The Rowan Tree

Fife Makers Craft Fair

Pretty soaps from Willow & Plum Soap Co.

Delicious cake pops and other sweet treats from Cupcake Planet

Campbell's looking cosy

The sparkling Miss Daisy Gifts

On Wednesday we went to our first Christmas Shopping Day in Falkland! This is when all the shops stay open late until 10pm with 10% discount and festive refreshments. It's such a lovely atmosphere and so magical in the evening with all the Christmas lights and decorations. Even the pubs had specials too so you can stop for yummy food and Christmas cocktails for a break from shopping! We didn't get a chance to see everything this Wednesday as we were working on orders until late then I was helping out at Miss Daisy Gifts which was a lot of fun. We did manage to take a few photos and pop into the Fife Makers craft fair in the town hall where we picked up a few (secret for now) stocking fillers. The good news is it's all happening again on the 26th November and 3rd December!