My Neighbour Has Japanese Knotweed – What Can I Do?

by on September 22, 2020, 0 comments

Japanese knotweedJapanese knotweed is an invasive plant species that grows rapidly and dies hard. While the law does not require you to take action if you find Japanese knotweed in your garden, you will get into trouble if you allow the plant to spread into the wild; for this reason, if you do have knotweed growing on your property, it’s a good idea to contact a qualified Japanese knotweed removal specialist who can get it under control.

But what if it’s your next-door neighbour who has a Japanese knotweed problem?

Well, ideally, your neighbour will act quickly and make sure the plant doesn’t spread onto your property. Unfortunately, not everyone is that proactive, so a certain amount of vigilance may be necessary on your part too.

Here are some tips to bear in mind if your neighbour has Japanese knotweed:

Start by talking to your neighbour. They may not be aware of the invasive weed that’s lurking in their garden—they may not even know what Japanese knotweed is, so be patient and politely suggest that they get in touch with a specialist contractor. It’s always better to resolve issues like this amicably if possible.

Remember, your neighbour is not breaking the law by having Japanese knotweed on their own property. UK law does not even require them to remove or treat the knotweed—only to prevent it from spreading elsewhere.

If your neighbour refuses to take action or acknowledge the issue, you should take the initiative and contact a qualified Japanese knotweed specialist yourself. They will be able to confirm the plant’s presence and can send your neighbour an official letter notifying them of their legal obligation to ensure that the knotweed does not encroach on your property.

Monitor the situation closely to see how it develops. Photographic evidence and regular reports from your knotweed expert will help you to demonstrate (if necessary) that your neighbour did not take sufficient action to prevent their Japanese knotweed from crossing the property boundary.

Japanese knotweed can have a significant impact on your property’s value and may even cause damage to the property itself, so it’s imperative to make sure you’re covered. A neighbour who has permitted Japanese knotweed to spread from their property to yours is legally liable, and you may be able to claim compensation—but only if you can prove what happened. This will be far easier if you have an expert witness to back you up (ideally a qualified professional who specialises in Japanese knotweed control and who has been monitoring the situation from the beginning).

Online Counseling and Other Ways to Care for Your Mental Health

by on September 22, 2020, 0 comments

Whether you’re back to normal and going out and about, or still trying to isolate as much as possible, there’s little doubt about the fact that lockdown had an effect on the mental health of many people. As humans, we’re usually social creatures who need to feel a sense of togetherness and community, even if it’s something as simple as a chat to the other school mums in the morning, or a cheery hello from the person serving you in your local shop.

With this in mind, I’ve been thinking about ways that we can galvanise our mental health, especially if we have a second wave incoming, and I’m sharing them with you today:

Find a Counselor

Never underestimate the amount of mental wellbeing a counselor can offer, and thanks to technology, you don’t even need to be face to face. BetterHelp offers online counselling services, and can match you to the right mental health professional for you. Booking yourself in for a weekly chat to vent your frustration and fears can have a profound effect on your mental health.

Find a Hobby

Unless you live in a house which is equipped with all sorts of entertainment areas, the chances are, you were bored at least once during lockdown. Boredom can be devastating to your mental health and the overthinkers amongst us can dread time alone with their thoughts. Finding a new hobby can really help to combat this – I’ve taken up cross stitch since lockdown began and it’s something that’s really helped to give me a focus and a distraction.

Depending on your likes and interests, some hobbies are easier to do at home than others are. If you’re good with your hands and you love solving puzzles, consider hobbies like picking a lock, jewelry making, pottery (if you have the space), or even calligraphy. You can certainly pass the time picking up new skills or discovering new things.

Get Some Exercise

Keeping your body healthy can have a really big knock-on effect on your mind, not least of all because you release endorphins, the “happy hormones”, when you work up a sweat. It’s difficult with gyms being shut, but there are lots of exercise tutorials on YouTube. If that’s not your cup of tea, simply stick some headphones on and go for a walk.

Have a Spa Day

You don’t need to leave the house to treat yourself to some spa treatments – there are plenty of things you can do at home which will make you feel like a new person! Face masks, hair masks, long baths and even self-massage can all help you to feel like you’ve been pampered and nurtured, and taking the time to care for your physical appearance is vital to better mental health.

Do Something Nice

You’d be surprised at the mental boost you can get from doing something nice for someone else. Write a letter, send a box of chocolates in the post, you could even just mow an delderly neighbour’s lawn without being asked. The glow you get from doing something nice for someone else can really bolster your mental wellbeing.

Make More Money Online as in 2020 with These Stunning Hacks

by on September 16, 2020, 0 comments

There are a lot of things that play a massive part in helping you to make more money online these days. It is so important to make sure you come up with some excellent ideas that will help you to make more money online. There are a lot of things you can do these days, and you are going to need to focus on helping you to make as much money as you can these days.

You have to think about some of the best ways of allowing you to bring in additional revenue, which is essential in this coronavirus era when people are losing jobs and not being able to work. Focus on some of the most effective ways of being able to make more money, and these are some of the best ways of being able to do this right now.

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Sell Antiques

One of the great ways of being able to make money online is by selling antiques. Now, of course, you need to buy them first so that you can sell them on for a profit. You have a lot of things you need to work on when it comes to making a profit this way. Now there are plenty of tips to buying antiques online, but this is something that you need to be careful with so you are not losing a lot of money buying fake antiques.

Dropshipping

Dropshipping is one of the most effective ways of making additional money, and this is something that you don’t need any qualifications to be able to achieve. Try to make sure you work on the best and most effective ways of dropshipping – this is similar to ecommerce, except that you don’t take delivery of the items, instead having them shipped directly to the customer. You can make good money from dropshipping, but it is certainly time-consuming, and this is something you need to keep in mind.

Blogging

Blogging is a great way of being able to earn additional money and revenue, and this is a great way of generating additional money. Now, there are a lot of things that you can do when it comes to creating and managing a blog and monetizing the blog is one of the best ways of being able to do this. Make sure you look for some of the best ways of being able to make money as a blogger, and this is an effective way of being able to make the most of this.

Ebooks

If you are looking for some excellent side hustles that you can use to make money from home, and one of the key ways of being able to achieve this is writing ebooks. Amazon Kindle has made the ebook world explode, and you can enjoy self-publishing your own ebooks very easily. Trying to get a few ebooks published at the same time is a good way of being able to generate a bit of additional income.

These are some of the best ways of being able to make more money and raise additional funds online right now. You have to make sure you do as much as possible to work on bringing in more money, and this is one of the key things that you are going to need to work on right now. These are going to help you make more money, and this is essential for you to work on as much as you possibly can.

Stackable Rings: How to Wear Them Like a Pro

by on September 16, 2020, 0 comments

Anyone who knows anything about fashion knows that no outfit is complete without proper accessories, and no accessory is hotter right now than stackable rings. There are, however, some rules to bear in mind when choosing the right stackable rings for you, so I thought I’d share some of them with you to help you to make the right choice.

Size Matters

This point is two-fold – firstly, if you have big hands, wearing rings which are too big will make it look like you’re wearing knuckle dusters, and if you have super dainty hands you also don’t want to wear rings which will overwhelm you. Also, consider the fact that if you’re wearing several rings at once, you want to make sure they work together as several rings which are too big will be way too much, regardless of your hand size.

Styling

In the past, the idea of wearing gold and silver together was a huge no-no, but these days it’s actually really trendy to combine your metals. If you are new to this trend, you could try to stack rings by the colour of the metal – you could combine white gold with silver and platinum, as they all have a similar tone. Another idea is to stack them according to the metal. Wearing a rose gold ring along with a yellow and white gold ring looks great.

Ring Type

Something you also need to think about when it comes to stacking rings is to think about the style of the individual rings. While each ring can be different, you don’t want to try stacking rings which really don’t go together – for example, if you’ve got a gorgeous antique cameo ring, that’s not going to look right alongside something ultra modern and geometric. Try to pick a theme or shared attribute between your rings and stick to it.

Gems

Too many gems in your stackable ringsAnother thing to consider is whether your rings have gemstones in them – mix too many different gemstones and you’re going to end up looking like Thanos in the Infinity Gauntlet. If you have a statement ring with a large stone and want to wear other, smaller rings with gems, try to acth them as closely to the main stone as possible, OR stick to a scheme, such as rings with pastel stones so that they coordinate with one another.

Five Signs of Anxiety a Counselor Will Spot

by on August 11, 2020, 0 comments
Five Signs of Anxiety a Counselor Will SpotPhoto by Tonik on Unsplash

Anxiety is one of the most common forms of mental illness, with an estimated 1 in six people suffering from some sort of anxiety. For many of us, anxiety os something that we live with on  day to day basis, barely recognising the varying symptoms that we’re dealing with. However, knowing the different ways in which your anxiety manifests itself can be half of the battle in dealing with it, so I’ve put together a list of five of the most common signs of anxiety that your BetterHelp counselor will spot, even if you don’t:

Hyperactivity

While you may just think you’re being motivated and getting things done, going on a sudden overactive kick of doing something could be a sign of anxiety. Cleaning the house from top to bottom, overexercising or even talking too much can all be ways that we try to distract ourselves while dealing with the excess energy that anxiety can produce.

Irritability

Most people associate feelings of aniety with fear and worry, but for many people, aniety can actually look like irritability and snappiness. This is often due to the racing thoughts and feeling on edge that the excess adrenaline in your system causes. If someone close to you seems snappy and less tolerant than usual, try to remember that it’s not your fault and could be due to their anxiety.

Hoarding

We’ve all seen the “Extreme Hoarders” programmes on TV, where people live in houses which are so full of stuff that they have to climb over a virtual assault course just to get to bed, but hoarding doesn’t always look like this. Often, people who are hoarding because of anxiety will pick one item which is significant to them and hold onto it because it gives them some sense of comfort.

Dissociation

Dissociation is a feeling of being disconnected from your thoughts, feelings, memories, and surroundings. Often, when people are dealing with Dissociation, they don’t even realise that this is what they’re dealing with, and it’s only when they explain their feelings to a mental health professional that they realise thi is what’s happening. It sometimes resolves itself, but seeking help from a counselor is vital. 

Physical Symptoms

There are many physical symptoms which can result from having anxiety, and it’s not uncommon for sufferers to belive they’re having a serious health problem, such as a heat attack, when these symptoms occur. Sweating, heavy and fast breathing, hot flushes or blushing, dry mouth, shaking, hair loss, fast heartbeat, extreme tiredness or lack of energy, dizziness and fainting, and stomach aches and sickness are ALL symptoms which can result from anxiety and can all make you believe you have a physical sickness.

Online Counseling – Five Key Benefits

by on August 10, 2020, 1 comment

If there’s one thing that many of us have learned durin glockdown, it’s that it is possible to do things differently. Everything from shopping to learning to medical appointments have moved online to help limit the spread of COVID-19, which is something that we should be utilising even more moving forward, even after the threat of a pandemic is gone. With that in mind, I’ve put together five reasons why you should consider online counseling:

Convenience

The top reason for having online counseling with a service like BetterHelp is that you can do it any time, anywhere. You don’t need to take time off of work for appointments if you can go online in your lunch hour for your counseling session, nor do you need to find childcare if you’re at home with the kids. Online counseling is ultra-convenient – you can even stick to your appointments if you’re on holiday or working abroad!

Comfort

Sometimes, going to a clinic or surgery for counseling can leave you feeling totally out of your comfort zone. However, with online counseling, you can do it from the comfort of your own home where you’ll feel totally at ease. You don’t even have to put shoes on, you can sit curled up in your favourite armchair and have a chat with your counselor. What’s not to love about that?!

Cost

When you visit a counselor in an office, part of what you’re paying for, aside from their expertise, is their overheads. They’ll have expenses like rent for thier office space, business rates, utilities, staff etc. When you see a counselor online, it’s likely that they work from a home office and their cost can be very low, which means they’re able to charge less for their services.

Options

When you visit a counselor in person, you’re often limited by the type of counselor you’re able to see. Different mental health professionals will have different methods of being able to help, and by using an online counselor you can access the type of help you need which you may not have been able to find otherwise. You also benefit from an element of anonymity by using a counselor who doesn’t live or work locally to you.

Travel

Even when we’re not in the middle of a pandemic, travel can sometimes be tricky. We live in a rural location with one, not very regular, bus route nearby. If our car is off the road, getting to appointments is basically impossible, which means online counseling would be a really good option for us. Having an online session means that we only have to travel as far as our PC to get to see a mental health professional.

Next Level Sailing Recent Whale Sightings Off the Coast of San Diego

by on July 26, 2020, 0 comments

Whale watchingWhale watching can be a lot of fun. Whether you are interested as a hobby or as a day outing, San Diego is one of the best places in the country to catch a glimpse of these majestic animals. Sometimes they come in close to the shore and sometimes they are much further out. Recently, there have been some noteworthy harbor whale watching San Diego sightings.

Types of Whales Commonly Sighted Near San Diego

Part of the reason for the popularity of whale watching in San Diego is that gray whales often migrate near the city. They pass down to the warmer waters in the south for the winter. They particularly visit the lagoons of Baja California. During this time, they give birth to their calves who start to grow up in those warm waters.

When the spring rolls around, the gray whales them migrate back north toward Alaska. They can frequently be spotted during their main migratory seasons. This year was no exception and there were numerous sightings of small pods of these whales including juveniles making their first trip north.

Blue whales are another common type in the area. They are the largest creatures on earth and very rare (tragically, they were hunted to near extinction). They can be found further out feeding on small fish during the summer months. Some San Diego boat charters have already caught glimpses of these breathtaking giants this summer.

Rare Beluga Whale Sighting

The most headline-worthy sighting so far has been a beluga whale swimming in the waters off San Diego during June 2020. It was about seven miles from shore.

This sighting was strange because beluga whales live in the arctic waters. They sometimes come south during the summer months. However, San Diego is an unusually long trip for one of these whales.

The beluga whale sighting was a real treat for enthusiasts and researchers in the area. One likened it to seeing a polar bear while being out for a walk.

How To Go Whale Watching

There are many great ways to go whale watching in the San Diego area. The gray whales are often visible from the shore using binoculars, especially during the spring migration.

Whale watching in San Diego

However, the best way to get a view of the whales is usually to take a boat. There are many whale watching San Diego tours that will give you a beautiful view. Sometimes the best choice is sailing because it disturbs the whales less.

There are options for sailing all the way out into the wide ocean water or just to stay within the harbor area. Both can provide views of the whales as they come in close to the land.

Discover the Wonders of San Diego’s Coastal Waters

Whale watching in San Diego can be a truly memorable experience. It is best when you have the right boat charter to help you get great views of the whales further out. Whether you want to take a short trip, spend a full day on the water or dedicate your life to the whales, there are options for you in San Diego.

First Time Parents: Keeping the Cleaning Simple

by on July 23, 2020, 1 comment

For first time parents, the first few months of your baby’s life is an absolutely wonderful time, but some of it can seem a little overwhelming and mysterious. In the lead up to the birth, your mind will be absolutely full of questions and worries, with preparations taking over the majority of your thoughts.

One of those pressing concerns is making sure that the house is clean and tidy enough to bring a newborn into, as well as being able to keep the place in order once your little one or ones are home, without sacrificing too much time with your precious new arrival. With this in mind, I thought I’d give you some tips on little things that you can do which will make things more simple for you:

Declutter in Advance

One thing on which most new parents will agree is that newborns require a lot of STUFF. Your usually minimalist space will suddenly contain dummies, muslins, toys, books, nappies, a million babygrows, teethers, wipes, changing bags, nappy bins…the list goes on! Something that can really help is having a serious declutter before baby comes along. This will ensure that your house isn’t full of unneccesary stuff that will just give you more to dust and tidy in the long run.

Keep it Simple

When you’re recovering from birth, looking after a baby and probably hosting a whole slew of family and friends, you want to make sure you get as much rest as possible. Grabbing 40 winks when the baby sleeps is one of the most important tips I can give first time parents, but once you feel rested enough to tackle the housework, just take care of the basics. No-one cares if your windows aren’t spotless or if your oven hasn’t been deep cleaned. Vacuuming, washing up, laundry, cleaning loos – that’s all fairy vital. Almost everything else can wait!

Use a Sling

When Sausage finally came home from the NICU, she did NOT like to be put down for very long, which made doing almost everything tricky. Then, I invested in a sling and suddenly, life was easier! Sauage was more than happy hanging around on my front while I did washing up, vacuuming, all sorts of stuff (although nothing involving chemicals or fumes, obvs!) and it was lovely to have that closeness. By the time BB came along, I was a pro and the sling was deployed straight away.

Accept Help

Everyone tells you to accept help if it’s offered, but so many first time parents are too proud or don’t want to be an inconvenience. But seriously, if someone is offering help, ACCEPT IT! Your parents, siblings and friends all want to feel like they’ve been able to help you, so you should let them. Something simple like chucking a wash in the machine, loading the dishwasher or pushing the hoover round will be a minor effort for them, but a big load off for you. It will also give you more precious time with baby.

Do you have any handy tips for first time parents? I’d love to hear your thoughts and advice!

Psychics Who Solved Crimes

by on June 3, 2020, 3 comments

There are many psychics that have visions and even though this happens to them, it is a mystery and it is hard for anyone to validate it but the truth is that if you could find closure in your life, chances are you would believe this phenomenon.

There have been years that psychics have given tips to investigators and some cases have been resolved, leaving police to question what psychics really know. Some families have been given the opportunity to have peace of mind.

The public has criticized psychic works for years and their visions and this never can be used in court as evidence. Psychics have not ever been credited with solving crimes but some mysterious show that psychic have seen visions and have helped to figure out who the murderer was in some shocking crimes. You wonder why police don’t use psychics more often.

Here are some psychics that have helped to solve crimes:

Kristy Robinett

Kristy Robinett has been a medium for years and she has communicated with spirits that are still wondering the earth. She became involved in crime where a young lady was involved and had appeared at her bedside while she was sleeping.

Ashley Howley, 21 years of age, had disappeared in Ohio and had been missing for four years when Kristy got a vision of the dead girl. She was able to track down the police and give the information that she got from the spirit.

She told the police that Ashley had been murdered and kidnapped by her boyfriend, Robert MacMichael II and then she directed them to the place where she was buried.

The cops had information and thought the boyfriend was involved but they needed to wait for more evidence. That happened later when he was arrested for murdering his mother and her boyfriend. He told the police where Ashley was buried as part of a plea deal.

The reason that Ashley visited her in the first place was so that she could be put the rest.

Irene Hughes

Irene Hughes had predicted many different things in Chicago and helped the police to solve many crimes. In 1966, she helped the police solve a crime. She had predicted that a man was buried by a large rock that was close to the Cal-Sag Canal and he had been shot. She told them that he was wearing a white shirt and only had one shoe. 

Lt. Jerry Harmon who was part of the Cook County Sherriff Department was found just like she predicted he would be. She also helped to work on eight cases including one where she was able to give the name of the killer.

When she would help with the investigations, she would ask them to give her a picture of the victim and maybe clothing or other things that she would meditate with.

Annette Martin

Annette Martin did not want to be psychic but wanted to sing opera. She would use her abilities to help find missing people for over 20 years and one of her most famous was when she helped to find the body of Dennis Prado. He was an elderly man who had disappeared from his home. He had been missing and people looked over 2,000 miles in California and it was no luck. 

The local police gave Annette a picture and asked her to see if she could find the area that he was in. She focused on the map and then gave the police an area that was around 1/8 of a mile to search in. At first, they weren’t sure if they believed what she said but they did find Mr. Prado’s body right where she said. The police were surprised. She helped with many other cases.

Laurie McQuary

A mother that was twenty-eight years old form Oregon was reported to be missing by her husband, John Burke. She had been missing for three days. Mr. Burke’s reactions weren’t what the police thought they should be and for months they searched for her with no luck.

The police contacted McQuarty and she was able to figure out that their marriage was troubled and that they had fights over finances and because he was lazy. She was able to see John strangling Alexis and then his brother helped him to get rid of the body.

McQuary showed different points about the murder and her burial and they probed to be correct. They found her body only 75 yards from where John worked, and he was convicted and served thirteen years in jail. His brother was convicted but in exchange for no jail time he told where the body was. 

Without McQuary, they would never have found the body or been able to give the family closure.

Dorothy Allison

Dorothy Allison was able to predict many things. She worked for over 30 years to help those that needed help finding children. She helped to locate 50 different children before 1999, when she died.

She would dream of where the bodies were located and help the police to find where to look for them. She even was able to help to find a boy that drowned, and he had his shoes on the wrong foot. She was able to describe him and to give an exact location where his body would be found.

Later, she was able to find a girl that was found in a barrel that had a label on it that said, “MAR.” She predicted the girl was found for two years before they found her.

Her tips helped many people to have closure in their life.

Carol Pate

A mother was looking for her 17-year-old son, Tyson Efird, who went missing at a food center in Malvern, Alaska. He disappeared on November 14, 1991 and there were no leads. His mother came to Pate and gave her a picture and Pate was able to find a connection that lead to the boy. She saw visions of him being abused both sexually and physically and what the people who took him looked like.

She saw that the boy was alive, and it gave the parents hope. She led the police a half of a mile where he was being held as a prisoner in a house and after six days, he was found, and he was returned to his family. Pate’s visions were right on course and she was able to know exactly what happened to him.

The two men that took him were arrested and given three live sentences for rape and kidnapping. 

Etta Louise Smith

Even though a psychic has visions does not mean that people will listen. Smith had visions that led her to the body of Melanie Urbe who was a nurse that had not shown up for work. She was 31 and Smith saw a vision that the corpse was nude except for her nurse shoes and that she was facing down in a bush. 

The police flagged down Smith and even after she told them what she saw the police came back and questioned her. She was able to tell so much detail in the story that the police thought she was the one that murdered Urbe and arrested her. She spent four days in jail until the police caught the real killers.

Smith sued the police and won a settlement for a wrongful arrest.

Phil Jordan

Phil Jordan was able to help find Tommy Kennedy who was five years old and had a tantrum and then ran away from his family. He was not able to be found and the family was panicking. The police came and searched, and they were very desperate to find him.

Phil Jordan was contacted to see if he could have a vision and he saw the boy by the pool, but he believed he was alive. Jordan was given the boys t-shirt and he could see the boy sleeping under a tree and was able to draw out where the boy was. He was found by a small house close to a boat. The family went to the exact place where the boy was and they found him, dirty but he was safe.

Jordan was then made a deputy by the Tioga County Sherriff’s department and he helped with many other cases.

Nancy Weber

A lady was found raped and murdered in her apartment and the DNA was not able to help the family or the police to find the guy guilty

When they called Weber, she met with the sister at the scene of the crime and she was able to give them clues that would help solve the case. She was able to tell the detectives that the neighbor who was upstairs and had a belt that had a western buckle on it and a scar was the one that attacked Cornish. She was also able to tell the right date and time of the murder.

The police took this information and they went to the neighbor and questioned him again and they were able to get a confession and he was convicted to life in prison.

The murder of Cornish was just one of the cases the Nancy Weber helped the police with, and she was given a badge for her service.

Rosemarie Kerr

Andre Daigle disappeared from his home in New Orleans and the sister was not able to figure out where he was. He was last seen near a poll hall around closing time and he offered a girl a ride home in his truck. He never made it back to his family and they were worried about him.

They contacted Rosemarie Kerr and gave her a photo of a map of the area. She was drawn to an area that was 30 miles outside of New Orleans and told them to go there.

The police went to the town and found Daigle’s truck that was being driven by two men that admitted that they had killed him because he picked up one of their girlfriends. He was strangled and dumped into a swam.

Kerr took the stand at the trial and helped to solve the murder.

 

Mother’s Day with Funky Pigeon

by on March 18, 2020, 15 comments

With all the madness that’s going on in the world right now, it’s easy to forget that it’s Mother’s Day this weekend. It’s a bittersweet one for me, because my Mum and I are properly back in contact and enjoying a lovely relationship again, and this would have been the first Mother’s Day since things have been good with us. However, between my pre-existing conditions and my little sister being in the middle of chemotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis, we aren’t going to be able to see each other this Mother’s Day. Huband won’t be able to see his Mum either (we’re even missing our nephew’s 16th birthday today, too), and we’re both absolutely gutted.

One thing that is worth bearing in mind is that, even if you don’t get to see your Mum for Mother’s Day, Funky Pigeon are still working tirelessly to get cards, flowers and gifts out to everyone’s Mums. You can still order something, right up to 6pm on Saturday, so it’s not too late!

Here are just some of the gorgeous gifts that you can have delivered straight to your Mum to show her you’re still thinking of her, even if you can’t be together:

Mother’s Day Personalised Chocolates

Mother's Day personalised chocolatesThese boxes of chocolates aren’t just a delight for the tastebuds – they can be personalised to feature any picture you want, and after you’ve finished the chocolates, it can be turned into a photoframe. I just know that my Mum and Mother in Law would love these, especially if it featured a lovely picture of Sausage and BB.

Mother’s Day Necklaces

Mother's Day jewelleryJewellery is always a lovely way to show someone you care and Funky Pigeon has something for every budget. I absolutely love this rose gold necklace and I think any Mum would be chuffed to receive this on their special day.

Mother’s Day Photo Gifts

Personalised gifts for Mother's DayThe clever chaps at Funky Pigeon can actually personalise a WHOLE range of stuff, from snowglobes to socks to aprons to keyrings and a whole lot more besides. Wouldn’t it be lovely to find pictures of you and your Mum and have them printed on something for her to cherish? You could even make a collage of pictures of you together from right back when you were a baby!

Mother’s Day Flowers

Mother's Day flowersWho doesn’t love receiving flowers? Luther Burbank once said “Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.” I know my Mum absolutely loves to receive flowers so this would be a really nice option for her, too. The bouquets from Funky Pigeon start at just £19.99, which is a really great price considering the quality of the flowers.

Mother’s Day Alcohol

A personalised tipple for Mother's DayMy Mum is like me, in the respect that neither of us are massive drinkers, but if your Mum enjoys a tipple every now and again, getting her a personalised bottle of whatever tickles her fancy could be a great way to show her how much you love her. And who knows? If you’re lucky, she might even share it with you!

Head over to Funky Pigeon to check out all of these amazing gifts, and more.