Hot Preview: Muji Christmas Gifts

Here at BG, we’re mega Muji fans and every year I keep an eye out for their always amazing Christmas collection of gifts which are always high quality, well designed, lots of eco friendly wood, and popping with imagination and style. This year, Muji have actually tipped us off early and given us a preview [...]

Graham and Green Sale – Up to 70% Off

Contemporary furniture and home accessories store Graham and Green have up to 70% off in their sale. For those of you who like to shop ahead and are super organised, Maileg’s Fabric Tree Advent Calendar is now £19.50 down from £65! An heirloom buy, it’s definitely one to swooooooop in on! Check out the rest [...]

Happy Thought Christmas PDFs

I’ve been a fan of Happy Thought since I discovered the fantastic Father’s Day poster back in May. Now I’m totally in love with these seasonal offerings – an advent garland made of up pockets you can add mini gifts to and a trio of rainbow-coloured reindeer. Both are PDFs that Happy Thought email you [...]

Christmas Gift Guide: Advent Calendars

We love the gentle tradition of counting the days until Christmas day and here are a few of our favourite cardboard and reusable advent calendars for this year. 1. Crochet socks advent calendar £38 from Zac & Ily – I love the idea of slipping a treat or promise into the socks each night to [...]

Hot Roundup! Modern Advent Calendars for Cool Kids

I’ve been on the hunt for cool advent calendars, both paper and reusable. They’re all decorative in their efforts to count down to the big day, with some great for role-play and story telling, and others that will be treasured and anticipated in excitement each year. Starting from £4.99 up to £59, from whimsy traditional [...]

Habitat Advent Calendar

I had a quick jaunt on Regent Street this past weekend and of course couldn’t go there without stopping at Habitat and when I hit the kids section, I spotted their fabric Countdown Advent Calendar. Bold, minimalist, and totally bucking the twee Christmas vibe, the pockets are nice and big too for squeezing in all [...]

Heirloom Advent Doll

If you want to go all out on an advent calendar that also ticks the unusual box and is designed to last and be taken out Christmas after Christmas and passed down, look no further than these Heirloom Advent Dolls. Whimsy and charming, there’s a girl in a dress and boy in dungarees version featuring [...]

Mini Stocking Advent Calendar by Papilio

Natalie writes… Christmas is a great time for tradition and with your bambino, you can create some of your own, like doing an advent calendar. I am in love with this Mini Stocking advent calendar by Papilio at the ever cool Not On the High Street. It’s a 40 X 80 cm wall canvas of [...]