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Our top picks for Mother’s Day

It’s crept up on us all again! Mother’s Day is suddenly just over a week away. It’s the time to show her just how much you appreciate all she has done for you. All you have to do is find the perfect gift to say it with. But what do you buy the woman who has given you everything? As each year passes the challenge only gets harder to pick the present that attempts to say ‘thanks’ for the years of cake mixing, plaster sticking and essay proof reading, not forgetting of course the unquestionable love and support she has shown you. Sure, no problem at all! Yes, Mother’s Day is by far the trickiest gift giving event of the year.

Hopefully we can help lighten to load with our top picks for Mother’s Day. At Noble Macmillan we believe a touch of personalisation makes saying ‘thank you’ that bit more special; engraving it might just be the way to get the message across!

Double Photo Frame Keyring £60.00

http://www.noblemacmillan.com/616-double-photo-frame-keyring.html

Leather Cosmetics Case £75.00

http://www.noblemacmillan.com/722-leather-cosmetics-case.html

Yummy Mummy Journal £35.00

http://www.noblemacmillan.com/867-yummy-mummy-journal.html

See our full range of Mother’s Day gifts at:

http://www.noblemacmillan.com/123-mothers-day-gifts

Valentine's Day - the full story

I will never forget Valentine's day at school - we would send and receive roses with the boys school down the road. The mixed emotions at break time as you went to collect your rose(s) or left empty handed. The girls who had lots of admirer's would carry their roses around for the rest of the day, feeling smug and working out who had sent them and what next - to send a text or not. It was all quite jovial and innocent but Valentine's Day has not always been this way.

Love, although not in form of a red rose, has been on the agenda for 14 February for some time - in ancient Rome on 13, 14 and 15 February they celebrated Lupercalia, a pagan fertility festival. Young men would use goat or dog skin whips to spank the backsides of young women to increase their fertility.

Then in AD289 in Rome, Emperor Claudius banned marriage so that men would make better soldiers. A Christian priest named Saint Valentine received numerous requests from couples who wanted to be married and so he started taking ceremonies in secret. When Emperor Claudius found out about St. Valentine's doings he imprisoned him and he died in prison on 14 February. In remembrance of Saint Valentine, letters and (later) presents were sent to loved ones on 14 February. Who would have thought...

Shop our selection of valentines gifts for him and her http://www.noblemacmillan.com/118-valentines

Wedding Magazine

The 'I Love You' journal features in the Feb-March issue of the Wedding Magazine. Although essential for travelling to the Great Barrier Reef according the Wedding Magazine, we think these little journals are perfect for Valentine's day. Buy here.

Absolutely Chelsea

Check out our Mezzo Diary in Absolutely Chelsea's New Year Edition - we do love an organised man!

Happy New Year

Why not get organised this New Year with a 2014 Noble Macmillan Diary. We have very limited stock left so choose your colour quickly...buy here.