Christmas Competition to Win 2 lovely personalised Snowmen from Impressions to Keep!

 Although it seems like we have been surrounded by 'Christmas' for months, in shops, online and on the TV, we have now entered December and I finally feel justified in feeling festive! As soon as we are settled in our new house the Tree and decorations will go up (probably before anything else is unpacked!) and my Christmasy mood will be complete!

We have a huge tree to decorate and have lots of plain baubles that are great, but I really love special individual and handmade decorations. So each year we go to craft fayres and buy a couple of new decorations for it so we will build up a collection and by the time the children are older our lovely tree will be filled with special decorations that conjure up memories of their childhood Christmases. Hopefully these can then be passed on and used on their family trees for years to come!

Amongst their many offerings of beautiful personalised gifts the lovely Impressions to Keep have these beautiful ceramic snowmen that can be personalised with a name or message of your choice! These would make a very special addition to any tree and would be cherished for years to come!

These lovely snowmen are just £7 each and you can check out the full range of Christmas items on the Impressions to Keep Facebook page.

But personalised gifts are not just for Christmas (as they say) and the lovely Impressions to keep offer all sorts of precious handmade gifts and keepsakes. Ranging from silver fingerprint jewellery to hand painted and personalised ceramics they have something for all occasions and all budgets! Prices start from as little as £5 and every item is handmade by former RAF mum of two Emma who started up her business as she loved buying keepsakes to capture memories of her boys' childhood but realised that she could do these better and cheaper!

And So Impressions to keep was born! Why not pop over to the website and take a look? If you can't find what you are looking for then do get in touch with Emma on facebook or by email as she is happy to create something bespoke and is always on the look out for new design ideas!



Competition now closed!

The very lucky winner is......


 kath vlcek


Congratulations Kath! Please email your details over to mymummyspennies@gmail.com and I will pass them on to the lovely Emma at Impressions to Keep to arrange your prize!  


The lovely Emma has kindly offered Mymummyspennies readers the chance to win two beautiful personalised snowmen in time for Christmas!

To enter please....

- leave a comment below with your favourite Christmas Memory
- like Impressions to keep on facebook
- like mymummyspennies on facebook

For an extra entry please share on facebook, twitter or forums (please leave an extra comment below stating where you have shared)

You can copy and paste this to make sharing even easier if you wish....

'I would like to win 2 beautiful personalised snowmen with @mymummyspennies and @impressions to keep http://bit.ly/sWKDD7'



T’s and C’s

· winner will be selected by random draw

· open to residents of UK only.

· Facebook is no way affiliated with this competition.

· If the winner does not contact me within 3 days of their name being chosen another winner will be drawn.

· Competition will close 9pm Friday 9th December 2011 and will be announced on here shortly afterwards

· The prize is as stated and no cash alternative will be offered 

ITFAB - Pirate Invitations Review!

As my regular readers will know my little boy turned four last week then started school this week! I can't believe he's growing up so quickly and I'm so nervous about him starting school so soon after turning four!

I wanted to make this birthday really special for him so we had a 'Pirate' themed party! Thanks to Disney Junior's 'Jake and the Neverland Pirates', Ben is Pirate mad at the moment! I found some fabulous Pirate decorations at penny pinching prices from Wilkinson and discovered some great Pirate Party Games to Download from Disney Juniors Website. One thing I knew I had to sort out early was the invitations. So I was very pleased when the lovely folks at ITFAP (It's Time For A Party) gave us the opportunity to choose a pack of their fabulous personalised invitations to review!

	ITFAP sell personalised Invitations and Cards for all celebrations, they have themes and colours to suit all ages and offer Free UK Delivery and Free Envelopes with every order!

Their site had a great selection but as soon as I saw the pirate one's I knew they were perfect for Ben!

The order process was really simple and easy! You choose the design you want, go through the checkout process and they send you an email to confirm. You then just reply to this with your chosen design and the details of your party. They then personalise the design with your party details and email a 'proof' for you to check!

All these emails were exchanged within a couple of hours and the invitations arrived just two days later! They were well packaged, printed on good quality card and looked great!

We received a pack of 12 personalised A6 postcard style invitations with good quality envelopes, these would cost just £4 with FREE UK delivery to purchase! That's at least what you would pay in most card shops for a pack of generic invitations that just don't compare!

A real 'Mummy Saving Buy!' And what is also great is you save time by not having to write the details out on each card as they're already printed! Just pop them in the envelopes and add an address if needed!

The pictures were lovely and detailed and the design was bright and colourful, really appealing to my almost four year old! He loved that they said 'Captain Ben's 4th Birthday!' at the top and went round for days after seeing them proudly saying, 'I'm Captain Ben!!' Once he saw them he couldn't wait to get them sent out to everyone to invite them to his pirate party!

We all had a lovely time at the party and Ben really enjoyed himself! I had lot's of nice comments about the invitations, saying how lovely and professional they looked, and everyone was pleasantly surprised when I revealed how little they would cost! I would recommend using ITFAP to anyone who needs invitations for a birthday or occasion or even announcement cards for a new baby! They offer a friendly and professional service that is fantastic value for money!

These Invitations really do have that extra special touch and are very competitively priced! They also have personalised photo cards available from just £4.20 for 12!

To view the full collection and choose which cards you want for your next special occasion check out their website http://www.itfap.co.uk/! You can also follow ITFAP on Twitter http://twitter.com/ITFAP and on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/ITFAP/279751688717753 to be kept up to date with the latest news and offers!