LITTLE BADGES - A BADGE IS NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS

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The virtual kettle's on..... So while I let it boil I just have this to say

A few frosty mornings, some fog around, a keen chill in the air....oh yes and the heating is on. It can only mean one thing...It's summer in England! No , no, it means we are hurtling headlong towards Xmas at an incredible speed.

Now...and don't shout at me.... I blooming love Christmas. I always have. My parents did me proud growing up, Bike, munchman game, race and chase, rubiks cube and snakes etc. Always something exciting....

.... I even like sprouts. I even love cooking the Christmas dinner for everyone, getting up at 5 past fart in the morning to caress a raw turkey with butter before smelling it start to cook at 7:30 am.

Christmas is a time for family and friends....and I still get excited about opening a present with my name on it. Even if....I probably know what it is.

The only stuff I don't like about Christmas is the religious rubbish. All that rubbish about following a star and an immaculate conception (pull the other one). Hymns and the sort, and people thinking that they can become a little more religious as the holidays start....and that damn nativity play....pure fiction.

As a practising athiest I am fully aware that the Christians hi-jacked Christmas and shoe horned there beliefs into it.

No, not for me.... I just love Christmas for being Christmas. A time to celebrate, a time to over indulge, a time to have a blooming good laugh and to buy presents and the like for the ones you love to show them that you are thinking about them and appreciate them for all the help or guidance they have given you throughout the year.

I also love in the run up to Christmas that moment when you actually feel Christmassy.

For these reasons we have created what we think are lovely Gift badge tags for Christmas presents. Something a little different and special for your special Christmas present recipients. Something with a little extra to say... you are special.

These Gift Badge tags are:

Height: 12cm
width: 6cm

With brown string and a gorgeous little 25mm metal button badge attached.

This is the gift that keeps on giving, not only is it a lovely tag to adorn your special presents but it is another gift in it's own right. Take the 25mm Button badge off and wear it till the New year....or longer.

We have a set of 6 gift tags for just £9.99 + £0.39 postage and packing or buy them as individuals for just £1.75 plus £0.39 postage and packing.

These can currently be purchased here:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/thebiglittlebadgeco/_i.html?_nkw=gift+tags&submit=Search&_sid=37719932

So this year show that someone special how much you think of them by adding one of these gorgeous Christmas badge tags to your presents.

Oh yes, and just in case I forget..... Have a very very very happy Christmas.

Well, I can hear the kettle has just finished boiling so

Milk and sugar?

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LITTLE BADGES-BADGE 'O'THE MONTH NOVEMBER

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The virtual kettle's on..... So while I let it boil I just have this to say

I'm beginning to think that people are collecting leaves and depositing them in our front garden. We have a lovely London Plane tree outside our house...but it does not have that many leaves surely.

Luckily we have a green waste collection so we can keep bagging them up to be made into compost with our local council....but still, where are they coming from. (don't you dare say the trees)

Well, I hope you all had a fantastic Bonfire night, and even a Bonfire night weekend, including diwali the festival of lights. Wow, I do not think I have seen so many fireworks go off near us. But many many many gardens around here put on their own display.

I am still petrified about doing a garden firework display as I know I will probably set fire to the shed...the London fire brigade will get called, and then the court appearance would happen. So I am happy to run upstairs on bonfire night and watch other people's firework display. And as we are so close to Crystal Palace we get to see the giant fireworks display from our home. Upstairs, mug of tea, warm radiators on and a clear view across the rooftops. Top notch.

Although I have not seen, or seen any evidence of Hedgehogs in our garden, I always think to myself I hope the little hogs are okay. That is why this month although it is Guy Fawkes night and Movember....this months, Badge of the month is dedicated to those little hedge hoggy hedgehogs. Please always check your pile of leaves for hibernating hogs, and if you are still setting light to bonfires (not sure we are allowed to around here) please check your bonfires before burning.

Here's hoping that we will get a hog move into our garden......well better go and clear up some more leaves now!

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LITTLE BADGES - BADGE 'O' THE MONTH OCTOBER

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The virtual kettle's on..... So while I let it boil I just have this to say

So, the nights are fair drawing in. The leaves are falling on the ground and covering the dog mess, making walking on the pavements a real gamble. The weather is definitely getting chillier...and then without warning getting mild (not due to global warming before any of you start).

No, we are into the countdown before christmas.... but before we get all warm and fuzzy about that, let us not forget, we have some fun to be had before then.

I love Halloween, I do not know why....I suppose it is because I was never baptised. I like the darkness, I find it confusing in the summer for it to still be light at 10pm and me sat on the sofa in a dressing gown.

No, now I can get into that dressing gown as soon as I am home. Lock out the outside and not answer the door till the next morning. It is a time for hot beverages and cracking TV.

Having said that, The one night of the year I love the doorbell ringing after dark is Halloween night. We actively encourage it.

However I am a little worried as it falls on a Sunday night this year! And do we also do something on the Saturday or is that frowned upon. Should we carve the pumkins on Saturday and make a weekend of it..... but if someone Trick or Treats on a Saturday surely I should rebuff them and send them on their way with the message to come back tomorrow.

Tis a worry. And what of the weather... will rain stop play, and should I give treats to a teenager who has bought a very very cheap mask and done nothing else who rattles a can of money at me.

We go the whole hog though. We decorate the whole front of the house...basically in an attempt to say to Trick or Treaters that we are open for business, and instead of annoying the old woman that lives next door to us...come and spook us. We are going for a pumpkin light decoration of the windows, and a 3....yes three pumkins carved montage this year. Two in view from the road and one on the wall outside...the smaller less detailed pumpkin which will be knicked when people head home from the pub.

So here is to Halloweeeeeeen. Have a fun fun time and don't let the Daily Mail readers frighten you off from actually going out Trick or treating or taking your kids out trick or treating.

Our lil tribute to Halloween this month is a NEW badge simply with the word's blood donor on it. It is an instant classic and we would love to share it with all you happy Halloweeners.

Well, I can hear the kettle has just finished boiling so

Milk and sugar?

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