Chunky Kitsch Wooden Jewellery: Miss Snix is Back With a Christmas Collection Including Those Trampoline-loving Foxes!

I've blogged about  Miss Snix's Wooden Jewellery at least three times before, and check what she has newly listed every few months. I always seem to come away with a purchase, cause it's my sort of stuff. I'm not fond of delicate silver or gold pieces, I love big, chunky, colourful wood or plastic jewellery, necklaces and brooches, and Miss Snix seems to also make the collection subjects things I like too! 

This time around I bought a massive, vintage, green Mini brooch, to pin on my fake fur leopard coat.  

I'm incredibly tempted by the leaping foxes from her Christmas collection too. Hopefully this store could inspire you when gift shopping the next couple of weeks. The price points are very fair too, from £6 up to £18 for the really large pieces. There's also the option to offer a price of your choice on many of her eBay listings.

You Would Dream You'd Want To Pay £10 For Some Bin Bags, Would You? But You Will.

We are lucky in our house, we have an open fire which gets pit on Christmas morning. We have an incinerator on hand to chuck in all the wrapping paper, plastic packaging and cardboard boxes as the spoils of Santa are urgently ripped open. Christmas means a LOT of extra waste, and not all of it fits in your black bin. Trips to the local dump aren't viable either, as they are closed over those celebratory weeks.

Here is you're answer. John Lewis have these Christmas Pudding Bin Bags, £10 for a pack of 12. Not just for waste, you could equally use them as sacks for Santa to leave the boxes in on Christmas Eve. Also great if you are visiting in-laws and have a bundle of a dozen boxes to try to carry I to their house. You could even use them to decorate a huge outdoor tree, as waterproof tree baubles to match your outdoor lighting.

Win £1000 of John Lewis Vouchers in Six Seconds

John Lewis have debuted their first ever insurance advert, and like most John Lewis ads, the commercial is an event in itself. Captured in unbelievably detailed stop motion, the ad brings an entire home's belongings to life and asks, 'what matters most?'.  If you don't want to wait to catch it on tv, you can view it here.

Alongside the advert launch, John Lewis hope to inspire you to create a six second animated video using the Vine app, available on iPhone and Android. The prize is a glorious £1000 to spend in store, or online, and there are also weekly prizes of Canon SLRs.  Full details here.

To enter, create your Vine and Hashtag it #whatmattersmost

If you follow me on Vine (link at the top of the page) you'll see I Vined my kitsch collection. I've yet to make an animated Vine to enter, but I've my thinking cap on.