The winner of the £75 gift card is:
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With Father’s Day just around the corner, Heatons is here to give you inspirational gift ideas to help you make this a day to remember, and show your dad just how appreciated he is on Sunday 15h June.
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Traditional tattoo art prints by Kat Kirk, including Addams Family & designs inspired by The Craft. Prints available to pre-order now priced between £8 and £10. Check out Her Mother's Eyes online store and take advantage of the free shipping.
The past four years I've blogged often about The Rodnik Band, Philip Colbert's London-based, pop art, fashion label. They provided me with the perfect outfit for the 2012 Cosmopolitan Blog Awards, a floaty charcoal tunic with an old man's pipe print all over. I like to think of them as my favourite designer label, and I've tried to pick up pieces when I can, as I think they'll increase in price as Philip's work goes mainstream. Rita Ora & Cara Delevingne are fans of the quirky street wear already, so get yourself involved.
I managed to pick up their Cod Save the Sea vest this week, to add to my collection.
My 'bestest' piece however is their classic, iconic, yellow submarine rain mac. This blurry photo will make you relieved I'm not a fashion blogger usually.
This is how it looks when worn.
My other item is a linen jacket with anchor print. I bought it in size 16 when I was that size, but it was still too big. I'm now a size 12 but I still don't want to part with it.
Check out The Rodnik Band site for their latest collection including home ware!
Available from Premier at BHS and on Amazon. Prices range from £2.99 for the pan handle, to £18.99 for the digital scales.
I can just about get one colour of nail polish neatly applied, so the skill involved in these manicures astound me. How is your nail art game? Share your work with me on Twitter @rudedoodle .
I'm going to embarrass my Dad here, but he has been known to buy sweets (Maltesers & Fry's Cream mostly) and hide them on top of the kitchen cupboards so my 5ft tall Mum can't find them & eat them! So he'd love any of these treats from Hotel Chocolat this Father's Day.
The H-box Everything Selection for £13 has a delicious menu of dark, milk and white chocolates.
The Father's Day gift box for £15 includes a tipple.
Or the solid Old Fossil for £8.50
The Pocket Selection is £9.00
For Dads with an adventurous taste, there is Cocoa Beer at £5.50 a bottle. I'm intrigued by this myself.
Hotel Chocolat even have beer flavoured chocolates!
People often ask me how The World of Kitsch started. If you aren't a long term reader you might not know that it started as a blog cataloging my charity shop buys of vintage knickknacks, taxidermy, ugly paintings and any other oddities I collected to decorate my home.
Then my home became full, and there was no more room for new 1960s' cocktail cabinets to stuff with ugly ornaments, seaside souvenirs and mid-century crockery. So I began blogging about interesting products brands would send me, or local brands I wanted to encourage people to try.
As of 2013 I started including local hotel and attraction reviews, including blogging for Tesco about Northern Ireland's North Coast as a holiday destination for families. Now in 2014 I continue to feature interesting products, local restaurants & brands but I think it's time I return to my roots a little.
I'll be featuring more charity shop treasures, even if I can't take them home! But here are two recent purchases I couldn't resist. I can never turn down taxidermy at a good price, so I had to give these butterflies a home.
I have a 1960s' boat shaped bar, so I collect mid-century glassware if it's in good condition. These beautiful bird glasses look brand new and I picked them up for £3 for the set.
Hello! I'm stuck in hospital at the moment. Normal blogging will resume soon!
As heard on BBC Radio 6's Lauren Laverne Show.
