A beach Christmas is a given in Australia, with most of us needing to escape the intense heat of an end of December day at the closest shoreline possible.  Whether it’s Bondi or Bells Beach, your local creek, or at home dreaming of the cool waves, I think I’ve found the ultimate beach themed Christmas [...]

 
The colours of the Christmas season are traditionally red, green and white.  Colours symbolising green fir trees, red holly berries and white snow continue to evoke a Christmas winter wonderland – even if you’re in the middle of an Australian summer!  While these colours are always popular choices, that doesn’t mean you can’t choose an [...]

It’s been a challenging year for many of us.  And while budgets are still tight, an office Christmas party is the perfect opportunity to boost morale, reward staff for their hard work over the year, and allow people to socialise outside the boardroom.So how can you create a Christmas party with maximum impact at minimum [...]

When it comes to Christmas entertaining, there are so many decisions to make, it can be daunting for the average Aussie entertainer.  You need to choose your style of celebration, decorations, menus, gifts for your neighbours, table centrepieces, cake recipe… and that’s just for home, let alone the office!
Coming to the rescue is a collaboration [...]

If I had my time over, I would have sunflowers at my wedding.  Big, happy, jolly, bright and extroverted sunflowers.  Huge smiling faces, bright petals dancing as you walk and long stems to dramatically elongate me as I walk down the aisle.  Perfectly representing how happy I am with my amazing husband.  Making a happy [...]

Every Christmas, I always love giving a small token of my appreciation to my colleagues, neighbours, mailman… and when I was younger, my school friends as well.  Unless you’re a Trump, you probably don’t have the cash to splash on big pressies for these important people in your life, so coming up with a favour [...]