Lee Caroline - A World of Inspiration: Christmas ideas

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Thursday, 26 November 2015

This Weeks Mix - Delicious Christmas Inspiration and More

1. Pomegranate Christmas cake

I have been running late this week and missed Tuesday's mix so I wanted to make up for it by finding some fun Christmas ideas. I don't think that we have to stick by tradition all the time so I have been looking out for ideas that might be a little different, starting with this Pomegranate Christmas cake from Natashas Kitchen, hop over for the recipe. More recipes and Christmas inspiration after the jump...

Last Minute Christmas Inspiration Round up - Recipes, DIY & More

A request last month to return the popular weekly inspiration post had me gathering some lovely ideas this week. Some last minute simple sweet treats, table decor and some cute little peanut tree hangings I thought were delightful.

Visit Cake Time, a lovely Polish blog....Recipe in English here - The recipe calls for honey instead of golden syrup so I have convinced myself these sweet little houses are good for you. They certainly brought a smile to my face

Peppermint bark in a silicone mold, idea spotted at Once Upon A Plate... recipe can be found here.

Visit Lia Griffith for instructions then download and print these cute and colourful bows to add to your presents

Simple but original, gift tags seen over at Picklee

Spotted here, these cute peanut tree hangings would be a great idea to make with children

Create this lovely gold leafed garland from pine cones, step by step tutorial over at The Sweetest Occasion

What a lovely idea for a children's table, inspiration comes from Sweet Little Peanut where you can also find the recipe for these cute reindeer cookies.

Rustic simplicity, this year I will be using ribbon to tie around my napkins, inspiration was spotted on Pinterest via Indulgy

Hope you have enjoyed these last minute ideas, I am still running around doing final shopping and making rocky road bark and mini Christmas fruit mince pies to package into gifts.

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Friday, 25 October 2013

Fairy String LED Lights - Fairy Light Inspiration

Some friends might say I'm an 'impulse' buyer, I prefer to use the words, 'spontaneous purchaser' and one of those 'spontaneous' moments was the purchase of some tiny LED fairy lights spotted in a local homeware store. I thought, how cute, there must be lots of things I could do with those. Sadly though the lights have been sitting on my desk for months waiting for that creative idea. At the time I purchased the lights, I tried winding them around some imitation blue Agapanthas I have in a big white jug, but they just didn't look right so back they went in their packaging with a few other impulse buys until I could work out what to do with them.

My lights looking uninspiring, but just look at the ideas below

While recently looking for some internet coastal inspiration, I spotted a Christmas tree created from pieces of driftwood. Similar little lights to mine had been used in creating this pretty, alternative tree. I then started thinking, there must be lots more ideas around so I began my search and have come up with some great inspiration. Ideally fairy lights are perfect for the holiday period but could easily be used at any time of the year. Brightlitz have a range of fairy string LED lights which can be purchased through their website that are suitable for most of the DIY ideas below.

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I have decided I might be able to use my lights around the mirror on my mantel or I may purchase another set and use them to wrap around two topiary I have on my front steps.

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