Bottle Kiln - Worth a visit

http://www.bottlekiln.co.uk/

This is a lovely little place, near where I used to work, brightened up many a dowdy lunch time for me. Its not a pub as the name feels to me but a cafe, gift shop. It also has a lovely tranquil garden at the back. Worth a visit!

The cafe sells homemade yumminess. And the gift store is separated into two sections. It has a fab range of handmade jewellery, card, home products, and some fabulous gifts. All really unique and make brilliant and really thoughtful presents.

I visited there this lunch time and bought some Christmas decorations and my 2012 diary, I know about the Christmas decorations! But anyway saw that they were advertising late night opening with Christmas carols and thought what a lovely night that would make, so if you are in the Derbys area pop in!

Pip Studio - Loverly Stuff :)

http://www.pip-studio.co.uk/

Happened to be wandering around a lovely gift shop near where I work recently and found a range of ceramics I fell in love with. Amongst all the Christmas decorations, yes its that time of year again.!! The above picture is one of the items I liked. I studied the name of the supplier and determinedly remembered it so I could google it when I got back to the office.

So to cut a long story short the items are manufactured by Pip studios. Now the website given is trade only which unfortunately means we can't buy it off line but does give a list of local suppliers, so worth checking out.

The range is very moderately priced and does some great items, not just porcelain but also bedding, stationery and lovely stuff. Have a look at the website, very much my taste...!!

Red Magazine christmas gifts

http://www.redonline.co.uk/

Its that time of year again!! Firstly I love Red Magazine. Genuinely love the magazine. Its a treat every month to read the articles on great things to eat, fabulous places to visit and articles that are geared towards the 30's- 40's generation. Its glossy and gorgeous.

So the great thing about this months edition is that it contains the Christmas gift guide. Red has a great selection of things to buy, gifts, jewelry and fab bags. Combine that with the fact that we're talking Christmas!! Heaven in a magazine :)

Starbucks - Caramel Light Frappuccino

http://starbucks.co.uk/coffee

Heaven in a plastic glass!

So if you're a coffee lover you get the Starbucks thing. It has amazing coffee whatever your taste. Overpriced, well yeah, but its the bigger picture for me.

So... have you tried the Caramel light frappy? I know its a personal taste thing but for me this is a great drink to sup on. Its cold, blended with ice, coffee caramel tasting and get this light! Trust me you cant tell its a light flavoured option and I refuse to look at the calories of the hot chocolates and such like.

I do enjoy some of the flavoured coffee, at Christmas they had a hazelnut coffee that I literally could not get enough of. But as all good things do it came to an end, was just a seasonal thing. Fingers crossed its back this year.

So if you fancy a lighter option to the coffees, (no compromise on taste) try it.

Silkskin - Silk Pillowcase

I had a phase of reading loads of beauty best buy reviews, picking the recommendations and testing them out. I think I was trying to find those elusive products that work. One of the surprise discoveries for me was a silk pillowcase. The theory is that it will not drag your skin as you sleep and avoids those sleep wrinkles that take longer and longer to fade..!

This is the pillow I bought and I have literally used it so much I wore it out. I'm now in the process of buying another one and will definately go back to using this brand. When I first bought the pillow I was delighted how soft it was to sleep on, it is very gentle on the skin but a surprise side effect for me was that it made my hair incredibly soft. How amazing. I was so impressed I bought one for my sister. Victoria Health are currently selling for £36. Now I know this isn't that cheap but the product will last a considerable amount of time so worth the investment.  

Link to Victoria Health

Jo Malone - Now in Nottingham!

http://tinyurl.com/5rzhoxg

The amazing perfume and Beauty shop that is Jo Malone has now moved into Nottingham.!! Jo Malone previous post

In honour of this I got out my Jo Malone face starter kit and am using it. Will further blog if its worth a buy.

How to be a Woman

I have just finished reading this Caitlin Moran book and I feel the need to share. I am a book lover fact! I have not been able to pick up a book in the last year for numerous reasons. Mainly this sense of wanting to occupy my time in other ways, but boy have I missed reading!

After a little "come on" talk with myself I ordered some books that took my fancy off the fab Amazon. (Do my browsing in Waterstones shops then buy cheap off Internet :)). This was my first book I have finished in the past year or two and it has made me realise what I have been missing.

It isn't a novel, more a tale of Caitlin's life and views. She is a feminist, a mother and someone very similar to all of us. Love it. I especially enjoyed her frank views on motherhood and no having kids. I laughed out loud several times. How often does that happen reading nowadays! Very honest, humorous and quality writing. I'm hooked. Bring on the next book.

Caitlin is on twitter, recommend a follow. @caitlinmoran