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Help your child adjust to the dark with a personalised night light - Keep Things Personal

Help your child adjust to the dark with a personalised night light

Beautiful night lights to promote peaceful sleep.... Fear of the dark for children is not uncommon. Some start out well as babies in their cots, and into toddler stage but for pre-schoolers being fearful of the dark can become a real issue...

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Spoil your Mum this Mother’s Day with a traditional Simnel cake! - Keep Things Personal

Spoil your Mum this Mother’s Day with a traditional Simnel cake!

Mother’s Day is a very big deal in the UK. It’s a time to spoil and celebrate all our wonderful Mothers and show them how much we appreciate them; 19th March 2023 isn’t that far off, so if you need a great idea for a gift, we have one!

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The varied history of personalised jewellery - Keep Things Personal

The varied history of personalised jewellery

Long before we started engraving names and sentimental messages on our jewellery, there was another element of personalisation.  Even before records began people across the globe wore precious gemstones and metal adornments to reflect the unique characteristics of the wearer. You only have to look back a few decades at the popularity of birthstones as a source of personalisation yet this goes back as far as 16th Century Europe. By the Victorian era, from 1837–1901, birthstones were considered the favourite stone of choice for engagements until they were superseded by diamonds in the mid-20th Century. Zodiac symbols are also closely...

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Did you know the use of serving platters dates back as far as pre-Roman times? - Keep Things Personal

Did you know the use of serving platters dates back as far as pre-Roman times?

Our Christmas themed slate serving platter makes the perfect festive gift. In today’s modern world there are some things that simply haven’t changed and one of them is the way we serve food – especially on special occasions such as Christmas. Many of us still use some form of tray or salver to present our food, making the whole process a little more ostentatious. The earliest example is an Etruscan black earthenware tray, which dates back to the 6th century. This was something used long before these items became commonplace in aristocratic and wealthy homes. Trays and salvers are easily...

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