Vintage silver jewellery from The Silver Snake

I’ve been an eBay and Etsy seller for eight years, and have nearly 3,000 positive feedbacks across both sites. Now I’ve channeled my love of vintage sterling silver jewellery into a new shop, The Silver Snake. It features a great selection of vintage silver brooches, pendants, rings and charms; all are reasonably priced and postage Read More… »

Vintage silver jewellery from The Silver Snake

If you love vintage sterling silver jewellery but find sites like eBay a bit impersonal, then this new online shop could be for you. The Silver Snake brings you hand-picked vintage silver pendants, brooches, rings from the mid-20th century onwards. All items are thoroughly checked before they’re listed, and any issues are noted in the Read More… »

How to create mail merge labels in Word 2003

If you’ve ever used MS Office 97, you might remember that mail merging was much less complicated back then, before Microsoft “improved” it in later versions. Here is a user-friendly guide to creating mail merged address labels using Word 2003, using an Excel spreadsheet as your database. And of course, the same basic principles can Read More… »

Bronze die pasta

If you like to cook Italian food, then obviously you’ll want to have a stock of pasta in your kitchen cupboards. The best type of dried pasta is so-called bronze pasta, whose porous surface allows it to soak up the flavour of whatever sauce you’re cooking it with! If your local stores don’t have it, Read More… »

If you’re looking for a new laptop bag or sleeve (whether for yourself or as a gift for someone), check out these cool cat laptop bags, which are available to buy online. They’re purrrfect (sorry, couldn’t resist). http://hubpages.com/hub/cat-laptop-bag-bags-sleeves-sleeve

Patchwork leather bags to buy online

Many of us stick to “safe” clothing colours such as black, navy, white and beige/camel. But even so, there’s no reason you can’t add a pop of colour somewhere. A bright patchwork leather bag is perfect for doing this – here are some great ideas for patchwork leather bags to buy online. http://hubpages.com/hub/patchwork-leather-bags-lucky-brand-fossil

Sterling silver snake ring, bracelet or bangle

Looking for a gift or something to treat yourself? Snake-themed rings, bracelets and bangles made from sterling silver have an unusual, Gothic feel and might well fit the bill. http://hubpages.com/hub/sterling-silver-snake-ring-bracelet-bangle-rings

Organic cotton underwear: briefs, bra & tank top

If you want to buy organic cotton women’s underwear but can’t find it in your local stores, you can easily get it online. There’s a big choice of organic cotton briefs, bras and tank tops online, at Amazon.com. Oh, and they do organic cotton socks and leggings too! http://hubpages.com/hub/organic-cotton-briefs-panties-bra-tank-top-socks-leggings

Organic body butter made with shea butter

Shea butter comes from the shea tree, which is native to Africa. It’s well known for its moisturising and healing properties, and is great in products like body butter – whether on its own (just melt a pea sized fragment of shea butter in your hand and apply to your hands, feet etc.), or when Read More… »

Buy reusable panty liners online

Panty liners are really useful to wear at the end of your period, when you’re pregnant or at any other time when you feel you need extra protection. Rather than wear disposable ones that only go into landfill, it’s worth buying reusable panty liners. And they’re available to buy online if your local stores don’t Read More… »