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  • H&D Make: Christmas Cards, Baubles, Wreaths and Decorations

    There's a real trend this Christmas back to "making your own" instead of splashing out in the shops. You can save money and add a personal touch to the festive celebrations with our simple step-by-step guides to making Christmas cards, baubles, a wreath for the front door and a Star for the tree.

    CHRISTMAS BAUBLES

    Step One

    Cut a length of ribbon long enough to fit around the bauble adding a little extra to overlap the ends. Glue it around the bauble. Cut two lengths of braid and glue them along both edges of the ribbon on the bauble.

    Step Two

  • Gold, Swank, Intense and more!

    Live like kings this Christmas with gorgeous beds from French inspired furniture company, Newtons.

    Family run UK manufacturer, Newtons, has designed an exquisite range of bedroom furniture to satisfy any guilty indulgence during the festive season. With traditional French flair, the Chateau D’Or collection is intricately detailed, featuring graceful, curvaceous lines, presenting a style that is truly regal.

  • Sprucing Up Your Home This Christmas

    With Christmas fast approaching it is not just the Christmas presents that needs to be considered. For many with the prospect of friends and family coming to stay–simple cost effective solutions are needed to tidy up the home.

    Leading architectural mouldings company House Martin have a range of contemporary to detailed ceiling roses, coving, corbels and even decorative columns and door panels, that can help give your home a fresh look without breaking the bank – or taking up too much precious time.

  • Is that my pudding?

    Christmas is fast approaching and everyone is starting to get organised for the fun festivities! Not only is there all the Christmas shopping to do for all the family, there’s also the decorating of the house and all the cooking to do to get the whole household into the Christmas spirit! Obviously cooking the Roast Turkey weeks before the day isn’t exactly the best idea but there are some things you can have prepared in advance that’ll be perfect in time for Christmas Day.

  • Recipe: Reindeer Cup cakes/Fairy cakes

    It's time to get the apron out... Christmas is coming and H&D magazine have got a quick kitchen make project for you/you and the kids in the run-up to the big day.

    Get the wooden spoons at the ready and let's make some festive reindeer fairy cakes.

    Fairy Cake Ingredients (15 cakes)

    • 100g self raising flour*
    • *Replace two tablespoons of flour with drinking chocolate or cocoa
    • 100g caster sugar
    • 100g butter
    • 2 eggs
    • 15 cake cases

    Decoration Ingredients

    • Glacé Cherries
  • The Art Craft & Design Show
  • Decorating Inspiration from wallpaperdirect.co.uk
  • H&D Make: Christmas Crackers
  • Christmas Cheer at Bluewater

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