Bright Paper Packages

I was stoked to be part of last month's Bright Paper Packages box! Our CMYK Pin was featured with other carefully chosen, hand made surprises.

Everything is so beautifully wrapped! If you're looking for a subscription box with pretty, hand made gifts you should definitely try it out.

The other lovely things are from some excellent shops: chocolate from Doisy & Dam, a pink leather pencil case with pencils from Ark Cambridge and a hand cut desk calendar from Not Only Polka Dots. So cool!

Free Emergency Tea and Stickers

You can receive a FREE Emergency Tea Bag from The Tea Shed and cute Valentines red heart stickers with orders at the moment - just let me know you'd like one when you place your order in my online shop or Etsy store. Happy January! 

Feminist Pin Badges

Have you seen our new Feminist Pin Badges? They came our really nicely and I'm really enjoying seeing some totally badass feminists wearing them! The one above "I'm not sorry about your fragile masculinity" is probably my current favourite (although I keep changing my mind!): I love the message and the rainbow coloured hard enamel. So pretty!

How many Boss Ladies are there in your life? Probably more than you think! Remember to include yourself. ;)

Sick of people telling you what to wear and giving you their unwanted opinion? This pin badge is for you. Wear whatever the hell you want and totally smash it. 

New Patches!

Mermaid For Life - Lemon Freckles

Ugly Girl Gang - Tuesday Bassen

Can't Stop Being Cool - Bel's Art World

Pizza - Kitiya Palaskas

Unicorn - Sparkle Collective

Pastel Gem Stone - Hand Over Your Fairy Cakes

Check out some of the incredible patches I collected over Christmas! I've also been busy designing our NEW Rainbow Pastel Gem Stone Patch! What do you think? Hope you've all had a great Christmas and have an awesome New Year!

Sally
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Christmas Gift Ideas from UK Small Brands

Supporting small businesses is important all year round, but especially so at Christmas. Avoid the big brands this year and check out these great gifts from UK small brands and shops.

1. A lovely festive mug stuffed with hand made hot chocolate and marshmallows - I love this photo, it's so pretty! You can pick up this Hot Chocolate Gift Set from Mello Mallo. (The mug was designed by illustrator JillyJillyDesign).

2. Rosa Pietsch's new collection features these beautiful Lantern Pendants.  Laser cut from black opaque acrylic with bronze and gold mirrored accents and containing gold leaf cast in resin.

3. This Grow A Pair Raglan makes the perfect gift for the feminist in your life. Comfortable and hilarious, make people look twice with this shirt from Double Crossed Clothing.

4. I love these new Hero and Cape Knitted Bobble Hats. Those retro colours! That pom pom!!

5. How cute are these mittens by Hilary Grant at Hannah Zakari? If you live near Edinburgh you can drop into their lovely little shop, but if not you can always browse online.

6. Give the gift of positivity with The Mug of Motivation by illustrator Katie Abey.

7. Natalie Lea Owen makes some beautiful patterns and they look especially pretty on these Tea Towels. Brighten up your kitchen!

8. London based designer Nikki Strange makes these lovely foil print illustrated notebooks. Buy a set of two from her website for under a tenner.

9. For a unique gift, try This Way To The Circus - I love this polymer clay Cactus Set for the less green-fingered family member!

10. Teeny tiny brass Hexagon Stud Earrings by Custom Made will match any outfit.

11. This Ghost Tee is soft and organic and comes in both men's and lady's styles from Alxndra.

12. Super cool almost-neon Printed T-shirt from Yukfun.

13. Everything you need to make your own Terrarium (apart from the actual terrarium!) from Geo-fleur.

14. Mulder and Scully brooches by AndSmile make a perfect gift set for an X-Files fan!

15. Have you got crafty friends? They might enjoy a craft kit, like this "More Gin Please" Cross-stitch Kit from The Make Arcade.

16. If you've got anyone left to buy for after all that, or you just want to treat yourself, check out our vintage style pin badges in Strawberry Milkshake and Drive In Movies. There's loads more stuff on our website Hand Over Your Fairy Cakes.

Stocking Fillers from UK Small Brands for Under £15

Christmas stockings are my favourite bit about Christmas and I love making them for my boyfriend and family. Shopping from small brands is important to me and I try to do it as much as I can, so here's some cool things to stuff your stocking with this Christmas for under £15 whilst also supporting some awesome UK small businesses.

1. For the bad ass lady in your life, pick up one of these Fight Like A Girl Patches in cute pastel colours from illustrator Jade Boylan.

2. "What do you want - a f**king medal?!" - these hilarious (and rude!) medals from Rock Cakes will make anyone laugh on Christmas Day.

3. Spread some love and positivity with these pastel Motivational Band Aid Tattoos from Pop Shop UK.

4. Chocolate Pyramids filled with cookies and cream from the Whimsical Cake Company. Pretty AND tasty!

5. Finest Imaginary has dreamed up these super detailed Diamond Terrarium Enamel Pin Badges.

6. Here's some incredibly glittery Festive Scottish Tablet from glittery sweets wizard Lynda Jane Cakes.

7. Who doesn't love dinosaurs? This T-Rex wearing a season-appropriate hat features on Designosaur's Roarball.

8. These Alternative Scouting Patches from Luke Drozd are pretty awesome and include merit badges for achievements such as Grave Robbery, Prank Calls, Mind Control and Home Dentistry. Buy them in sets or individually!

9. This printed, double sided Great/Rubbish Ideas Notebook is super cute! Pick one up from Stormy Knight.

10. Lastly, here's our Adult Achievement Stickers which celebrate all the challenges you face as a fully fledged grown up. You can get them on the Hand Over Your Fairy Cakes website,


Have you got any great stocking filler ideas to share? Let us know, I'd love to hear them!

Blog & Buy Sale Christmas Wishlist

The Blog & Buy Sale Christmas Wishlist is now up! I love browsing through their carefully curated collections and here are a few of my favourite things from the latest one.

1. I want to wrap everything in this bright Love Birds Gift Wrap from Alice Tams of Birds in Hats.

2. I'd like to get this set of two Galaxy Print Notebooks from Double Thumbs Up for Christmas! They're so pretty.

3. I love the colour of this beautiful polymer clay Agate Blue and Navy Geometric Necklace from Never Spent.

4. This is the cutest tape I've ever seen! For more cute gift wrapping ideas check out Cloudy Day Tape from Pygmy Cloud.

5. Kim from Finest Imaginary makes the coolest necklaces and this amazing Diamond Terrarium Necklace is no exception.

6. Continuing the cacti theme, this Cacti Print from Ilka would really brighten up my living room *hint hint*.

7. This Hamster's Paradise Mug from Hole In My Pocket makes me chuckle. Look at his little face!

We're proud that the wishlist features some of our products, including this set of 90s Toys Enamel Pin Badges - you can pick up individual pins or save some cash and buy the whole set at Hand Over Your Fairy Cakes. What are your favourite finds for Christmas gifts?