PARENTS TO SHELL OUT £460 ENTERTAINING KIDS THIS SUMMER HOLIDAY – Top tips for saving this summer holiday
Jul 02 2013- Get Creative
- Last Updated on 01 July 2013
- Monica Costa
As kids’ excitement builds in the lead up to the summer holidays, many parents (56 per cent) are worrying about the cost of not only keeping their own kids amused but also other people’s children too, expecting to shell out an average £460 entertaining their own and other people’s children, according to Post Office’s annual Parents’ Summer Spending Report.
Sew What You Reap
May 09 2013- Get Creative
- Last Updated on 10 May 2013
- Diane Harvey-White
There is something so completely addictive about trims and buttons, ribbons, beads and threads that I really do think Kirsty Allsop said it best; ‘haberdashery is like a drug’. With her passion for vintage textiles and home decoration, she has reawakened an interest in embellishment of home decor and clothing that could be said to have spearheaded the revival in handcrafts – although any visitor to the Knitting and Stitching Show at Alexandra Palace every October might beg to differ!
