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If you like all things British and hand made, then you will love Cornish Whispers

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If you like all things British, and hand made crafts like us, then you will love our new Cornish Whispers business. Who is Cornish Whispers? With a passion for all things hand made, and a love of Cornwall, Husband and Wife team Adam & Emily decided to start their own business where everything will be designed and made in Cornwall, and thus Cornish Whispers was born. Adam's background in carpentry tends to favour wood as his material of choice, although he also likes to play with acrylics, cardboard, leather, ceramics and glass and likes to mix traditional and rustic designs with a modern style.  Emily's addiction to beads and jewellery making was getting quite out of hand, and after running out of family members to make for, we had to find some new customers to appreciate her jewellery, all one-off unique designs. Both like to help each other and get involved with the design of every Cornish Whispers make. What we make Our  new website features a small but ...

Getting Creative With The Latest Loom Bands Craze

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We don't normally follow fads and fazes as our thing is traditional but this latest craze to sweep the school yard is something we're interested in. Letting children get creative is something that has to be encouraged so we have a range of loom bands in stock. Loom band sets seem to just tell you how to make a basic bracelet so below I show you how to make a fishtail bracelet. Step 1. Take your first band and place it over two pegs (or two fingers if you don't have a board) in a figure of eight shape so that the band crosses over in the middle. Step 2. Add another two bands above but do not cross these over. Step 3. Hook up the bottom band on one side and bring it over the other bands to rest on top of them. Step 4. Do this on the other side as well. Step 5. Add a new band to the top. Step 6. Bring up the bottom band on each side again before adding another new band to the top. Step 7. Repeat steps 5 & 6 until your bracelet is the leng...

Traditional Christmas.

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I am in love with all things traditional, classic and vintage. For example furniture, kids toys, kitchen ware etc. This year for Christmas i have to buy all brand new Christmas decorations, and i know exactly what im going to be getting. I personally think that the traditional Christmas decorations look so charming compared to some new ones. Here's some pictures as an example. The classic red greens, and golds of Christmas bring warmth to the room, nothing better then keeping warm inside on the sofa watching Christmas films being surrounded by beautiful decorations.  Here at today we have a great range of traditional Christmas decorations that you can make yourself.   Christmas Tree Decorations  Christmas Decorations   Metallic paper chains  Metallic Paper Chains So why not get the Christmas fun started early, get your family together to make your own Christmas decorations. 34 days til...

The Storms Coming

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As many of you may have heard, the weather is not looking very good for the next few days, with the biggest storm many of our little ones will have seen. Many children can find storms scary, especially the first time they have to experience one. Why does it have to be a scary experience? Make it a fun one by making things, playing game and having fun into the night. Here at today we have lots of fun craft projects and board games that will make your children forget about weather outside altogether. We have, for example, Cornwall Monopoly Game Scrabble And Vintage Snakes and Ladders Game

Retro Rag Dolls

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Check out our new range of Rag Dolls which are selling like hot cakes! Aren't these just the cutest things you've ever seen!?! These are beautifully hand made in the UK using 100% cotton and hollow fiber filling. On close inspection the attention to detail is the undeniable proof of the level of quality craftsmanship. The kids absolutely love them, just goes to show that some things never change, the classics are always the best. There is a large Rag Doll which sells for £20.99, she measures approx 60cm she has blond bunches made of 100% wool. She is wearing a white dress with a delicate pink floral pattern.        We also have 3 kinds of medium rag doll which retail at £11.99 and measure approx 40cm. One has also got blond high bunches and she is wearing a white cardigan over a pale pink dress with patterned patchwork butterfly's embroidered on. She has pink shoes and pink gingham bows in her hair.       ...

Bring Out Your Creative Side

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Here at Toyday we have a range of craft toys that are great for allowing your children to be creative and make lots of things. Here are a few... Art Set in a Wooden Case - £8.99 Build Your Own Bird House - £11.99 Chalk Board Briefcase - £15.99 Framed Slate Board - £3.99 Friendship Bracelet Kit - £4.99 Lip Gloss Designed By Me - £6.99

I Wonder How Many People Still Have Pet Rocks

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The Pet Rock was a huge fad in the 70's which was sold as a very low maintenance pet that effectively never dies. Which begs the question how many pet rocks are still around today? Gary Dahl sold enough in 6 months to make him a millionaire at just under $4 each so there should be at least 250,000 pet rocks out there today. The original pet rock was nothing more than a grey pebble in a pet carrier. It came with an instruction manual on how to care for your pet rock including humorous tips such as teaching it to sit, stay and play dead. There's something charming about the amount of imagination needed to love that stone as a pet and it's no more crazy as a fad than things like pogs which lets face it are just printed discs. You can make your own pet rock, you don't need to purchase any expensive kits. Just get a rock and love it. You can add some googley eyes or paint it in what ever design you choose to give it it's own character. If your going to paint it, ch...