Father's Day Gift Guide 2019

Father's Day is fast approaching - Sunday 16th June - and, if the dads in your life are anything like the ones in mine, picking out a present is kind of like pulling teeth. Here are a few ideas to help you along...

Cards and Letterbox Alternatives

If you're not feeling creative enough to but out the prittstick and the craft paper, there are so many outlets offering personalised greeting cards these day. I got Anthony's from Planet Card - you can get one free at the moment with code EPCARDFREE. Cards aren't the only thing you can send through the letterbox either.

Cake, sweets, snacks, flowers, drink (the letterbox wine is particularly cool!), craft supplies and more - take a look at Postboxed for more ideas.

Subscription Boxes

No matter what your dad's into, chance are there's a subscription box for it. The great thing about these is that you don't need to go for a full subscription either; most offer single month boxes. Anthony's favourite of the ones we've reviewed is Beer52, while I'm a big fan of the Japan Candy Box. For more subscription box inspiration, check out this list of boxes with refer and earn offers:

Refer and Earn Offers on Subscription Boxes

Stuff To Do and Places To Go

Experience days are the obvious choice, but cinema gift cards, event tickets, or even a simple 'IOU' slip for a day out at some point in the future. Here's my dad - styled by Marianna - on a day trip to Barry Island. :)

Nostalgia

Father's Day celebrates the relationship between adult and child, so what better occasion is there to go full on nostalgia? Every dad is a big kid at heart.

Eg. Retro games consoles are big business right now - even if they're coming in mini format! Let your dad relive his gaming glory days. (Or, you know, get beaten into the dust by the grandkids.)

mini commodore 64

Keepsakes

It's time to get sentimental and create something your dad can keep forever. And, as great as ye olde macaroni necklace is, thankfully there are a ton of great places out there that can turn your own creative endeavours into something amazing. Just check out the Daddy Flask from the Engravers' Guild; they transformed Marianna's 'masterpiece' of her dad into something I'm sure Anthony is going to treasure forever!

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Free Magazine Scans

Click the pictures below to find full cover guides to various teen magazines (primarily collated to make scale miniature magazine covers but I figure they'll also be useful for collectors and anyone into media history) and scans from my own magazine collection. I've also got a couple of kids' books I didn't want to part with - The Squirrel and Little Owl Book of Pets . The unwieldy size of my bookmark folders convinced me I needed a reference post for online magazine archives. Or, more accurately, free online magazine archives. Whether you're looking for leisure reading or research avenues, you're bound to find something useful in this list. :) ☆ Archive for the Unexplained - UFO mags galore. ☆ The Magazine Rack - over 140,000 digitised magazines! ☆ Lantern - thousands of vintage film magazines. ☆ FANZINES - a number of online archives now exist for these including FANAC (SF), ScoTpress (Trek), Sandy Herald Collection (media fandom, major

50 Free Welsh Language Resources

Unlike literacy and maths, Welsh really isn't a subject we'll be using everyday without a concerted effort to do so. Every morning we've been doing three Duolingo lessons with Marianna - challenging for me and repetition of basic words and concepts for her - and then watching a couple of Welsh language cartoons to listen to the rhythm of the words and so on. Here is a list of free Welsh language resources from around the web, ranging from GCSE revision guides to adult basics to children's cartoons uploaded to YouTube. Hopefully you'll be able to mix and match to suit your own needs over the next few weeks and months. (I'd normally direct people to places like Sain Wales to buy hard copy media, but they're closed for the duration and we should try to lighten the load on the postal service to essentials besides.) Apps . Handy rundown of Welsh language kids' apps from Montgomery Church in Wales School. Atebol . Welsh language story time on Yo

Free Fabric Samples x 200

Choosing upholstery and soft furnishings can be a nightmare - especially if it arrives and isn't quite what you expected. Fabric samples are a great way to avoid costly mistakes, as well as providing a fab source of material for your crafts box. Here are over 200 places offering completely free fabric samples in the UK:

Simply Cook Review

I kept seeing ads and deals for Simply Cook everywhere, so as there was a special offer on at OhMyDosh! Rewards (£3 for the box and £3.50 cashback) I figured I had nothing to lose by giving it a try. What Is It? Recipe kits packed into boxes which fit through your letterbox. The usual price is £9.99 for a kit of 4, with each one serving 2-4 people depending on your serving sizes. All you need to do is buy the fresh ingredients required and follow the instructions. Here is Simply Cook's own helpful diagram: Does It Work? For me, as the person just eating it, it was awesome. Everything tasted great - the mushroom penne in particular was so good I went back for seconds - and I liked that the sauces weren't as rich as Anthony would usually make them. For Anthony, who cooked them, they weren't as impressive. He complained that the food was bland and that it was actually quite a lot of faff, as Lidl didn't stock everything we needed which meant another trip ou

Welsh UFO Sightings 2016

Welsh UFO sightings from 2016. For sightings from other years please click HERE . UK UFO Sunday 3rd January, 01:25 Gwent Witness saw a 'typical space ship' through their bedroom window. It had blue and red lights, and appeared to be moving towards them. They watched for a few minutes and the next day reported the sighting to UK UFO. FM: " I was up really late and i needed to use the bathroom so i got up and my side of the bed is by the window, so i had a look out. i saw an object shaped like a typical space ship would look, but it had blue and red lights and appeared to be coming towards me. i watched it for a while and then left to use the bathroom and by the time i had returned (5 minutes later) the mysterious lights had almost disappeared into the distance. " SUFON Tuesday 5th January, 09:20 Bevan Close, Waunarlwydd, Swansea Broken cloud. Brian Harry was at home in Bevan Close, Waunarlwydd and had just let his dog out the back

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