Crafty Dannii's World

Candles are just one way I love to scent my home. The mother-in-law is to blame for my love of Yankee Candles in particular - if cared for correctly, Yankee Candles can provide you with outstanding smells and memories to last forever (or until they retire their scent!) Fresh apples, mmm… I was disappointed to see that 'Granny Smith' wasn't to be released in the UK, but fortunately some UK sites and stores had them in for a limited time only, with an offer of 20% off everything in store. How could we resist?! The label itself suggests fresh, green, ripe Granny apples,   while   removing the lid, you are hit with the gorgeous scent of   freshly cut   apples in a cold breeze on a summers day.   After trimming the wick, lighting this beauty, and placing on the   illuma-lid, it didn't disappoint; the crisp freshness of the juiciest apples you can   buy filled the room and the rest of the rooms in our small terrace house...

I am a huge animal lover and would rescue every animal if I could, but I'm currently private renting; the landlord reluctantly let us have our current animals. It wouldn't be fair on the animals either, as I don't have much more space or time for any more, unfortunately. As part of my topics on this blog, I would love to include animals, especially a guide on how to care for rabbits, as they are more complex and interesting than I ever could have imagined before becoming a bunny-mummy. This is just a little introduction for my love and life with animals: As a child, a lot of my friends had animals, whether it was a fish or a dog, a cat or a rat. My parents never wanted animals, or so they said, especially after having to rehome their beloved family dog when I was just a baby, and told us that we would have to be responsible for them if we were to have one, which of course I insisted that I would have been. After years of pestering, or shall I say co...

Thank you for joining me on my freshly, clean and pristine blog, it is great to have you here and I hope to share a variety of things with you all, including wedding planning, reviews, my love for candles and animals, even DIY products and money saving ideas and tips. Let me introduce myself and then we can get to the important part where you can win yourself £10 to spend. I’m a 20 something female, who lives in the South East of England, my hobbies include comping, looking after and enjoying time with my pets, fragrancing my home, crafting and writing to my penpals. Crafts – are a great therapy for me, I enjoy many different crafts, it all started with my mother’s friend years ago, when she came into our class to teach us some hand sewing, she was also involved with helping the elderly with card making which I later joined in with and got hooked. Card making and decorating small furniture or objects is the main crafty love of mine, but I also enjoy scrapbooking, smashbookin...