New Years Eve Celebrations!

There are so many great ways to celebrate new year, whether you celebrate with friends, that special someone or with family!

A great way to celebrate is the fireworks at Embankment in London, presented by Vodaphone and the Mayor of London! Which is a great new year celebration that involves a massive arrangement of fireworks and a great crowd of people in the mood to celebrate!

What ever you have planned, the team at Ellie Ellie hope you enjoy your celebrations!

To find out more about London new years eve celebrations, visit the website now!

Ellie Ellie Wears: New Years Eve Colour Block

Getting glammed up for New Years eve is a great way to get into the party spirit at the end of the festive season! Get ready for a brilliant 2014 with this great outfit for Ellie Ellie wears this week!

This is a great white dress from Skunkfunk is perfect for new year, with the addition of these coloured heels from Dune and bag from Bella Bags. Both of these accessories add a pop of colour to the outfit that will make sure you stand out from the crowd.

Last but not least is Ellie Ellie's Circus initial pendant necklace! Which adds a touch of personalisation to the outfit and vintage glamour!

Dress: Skunkfunk
Necklace: Ellie Ellie
Clutch Bag: Bella Bags
Heels: Dune

Happy Christmas from Ellie Ellie!

We hope you have enjoyed a lovely festive season and the lead up to Christmas has been jolly and merry!

 

Happy Christmas from all the team at Ellie Ellie!

 

Enjoy your Christmas Day!

 

 Our sale is still going on, visit www.ellieellie.co.uk for great gifts in the new year!

Last minute Christmas Ideas!

There's still time to get your last minute gifts from Ellie Ellie and we have all you need this Christmas! Including these personalised Christmas decorations, sweets and bottle stopper!

As well as great gifts, we are on hand to help you get your last minute preparation done. These fun strawberry treats are a healthy alternative to chocolate on Christmas day!

 

These Santa's hats are a great idea, using chocolate brownie and cream and strawberry's, this will keep tummy's full and happy throughout the day!

 



 

These fun stocking cutlery holders are a great way to jazz up the table this Christmas! 

 





 

Check out Ellie Ellie now for last minute delivery for Christmas and great gift ideas!



Ellie Ellie Wears: Christmas Day

It's always great to dress up for Christmas day ( or staying in your pyjamas is a great idea too) whether you are spending it at home with family or out at a friends house! Ellie Ellie wears this week is about getting dressed in your favourite things to spend a great day with friends and family! This is a great knitted cardigan, perfect for a cold day and festive too! Teamed with these great topshop trousers that work perfectly with these brogues from Joules. Finish it off with an Ellie Ellie vintage letter tile necklace with your initial for a quirky finish!

 

What are you wearing Christmas day?

 

 Cardigan - Beyond Retro
Trousers - Topshop
Brogues - Joules
Vintage letter tile necklace - Ellie Ellie

The big Christmas Breakfast!

Everyone looks forward to a big Christmas lunch or dinner on Christmas day, but it's always good to start the day off right with a great big (or small) breakfast to get those taste buds going! Here are some great breakfast ideas, from pancakes to scrambled egg to smoothies, these will give you plenty of ideas for Christmas morning!

How about cinnamon and Lemon crumpets with raspberry's!

 

Or scrambled egg with smoked salmon or bacon! 

 

These pancakes look delicious!

 

Or this cranberry and raspberry smoothie!

 

 

Find the recipes here! 



It's Christmas! Make your own Christmas Decs!

It's time to put up your Christmas tree and Christmas decorations and properly get into the festive spirit! Although many people have been talking about Christmas for what seems like for ever, there is just over a week to go until we can all tuck into our Christmas dinner, spend time with our families and eat chocolate!

Before all that fun stuff happens here are some great ideas if you are up for making your own Christmas stockings and Christmas decorations. It's a great way to spend time with the kids and as a family and they will be something you can treasure for years to come and get out every year with a smile on your face with the thought that you and your family have made something special!

Here are some fun ideas for Christmas Stockings, whether using old jumpers or old quilts and tablecloths that have been laying around the house all year. There are some great designs and fun touches that you can add too!

 

Here are some great ideas to decorate your house this Christmas! These fun scrabble letters with festive words are an Ellie Ellie favourite and the upside down wine glasses for candle holders are a brilliant idea! Turning jam jars into snow globes is a great idea too! 

 

 

Ellie Ellie Wears: Christmas Eve Outfit

If your planning on going out for Christmas eve, whether for a quiet drink or out with friends, it's always great to socialise before all the Christmas madness begins the next day! Celebrate the great festive season this year in style with a gorgeous outfit fit for the cold weather. This coat from Fair and True will keep you very warm, and this Ruby Rocks dress combines great colours that will make you stand out from the crowd wherever you are. Add some cosy tights to keep you extra cosy and must have black ankle boots from Whistles which are a great addition. Last but not least, accessorise with Ellie Ellie's Recycled Aluminium Word Heart Pendant (also available with your name or initial on) for that finishing touch.

Dress - Ruby Rocks
Coat - Fair & True
Recycled Aluminium Word Heart Pendant - Ellie Ellie
Boots - Whistles

Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer!

A great way to spend time with the kids this weekend on the lead up to Christmas is by creating these tasty and fun Rudolph biscuits. These are not your average Rudolph biscuits, these are gingerbread men turned upside down to create gorgeous reindeers' with lovely big antlers!

Have a go at creating fun and colourful antlers! See who can make the craziest design.

Ingredients for gingerbread biscuits:

• 125g unsalted butter
• 100g dark muscovado sugar
• 4 tbsp golden syrup
• 325g plain flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp ground ginger

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C and line baking trays with baking parchment.
2. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a medium saucepan, stirring occasionally, then remove from the heat.
3. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and ginger into a bowl and stir the melted ingredients into the dry ingredients to make a stiff dough.
4. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and roll to a thickness of about 5mm. Dip biscuit cutters into flour before cutting the dough.
5. Place the shapes onto the lined baking trays and bake, in batches, for 9-10 minutes until light golden brown.
6. Remove from the oven. While still warm, and using a skewer or chopstick, make any holes that you will need to hang up the biscuits with ribbon or to make a yuletide garland. If you are decorating your Christmas cake with gingerbread people, make the holes in their arms so that ribbon can be threaded through at a later stage.
7. When completely cool, decorate with the icing.

Decorate with different coloured icing for Christmassy reindeers this December! Have Fun!

Find full recipe here

Christmas Gift Ideas for everybody this Christmas!

Christmas is the perfect time of year to give someone you love the perfect gift! It's always lovely wrapping up your presents and putting them under the tree, and waiting to give family their gifts. Ellie Ellie has the perfect gift for all the family members this Christmas, whether they love jewellery, something for their home or something that will help them relax this festive season!

Here are just some of Ellie Ellie beautiful gifts this Christmas!

Gifts for her, including our Recycled Aluminium Initial Star Pendant, Pencil Heart Badge Brooch, Vintage Letter Tile Personalised Ring and Personalised Map Location Pendant!

Gifts for him, Personalised Map Location Cufflinks, Sixpence Money Clip, Vintage Letter Tile Personalised Cufflinks, Personalised Map Location Paperweight!

 

For the home this Christmas, Vintage Style School World Map Poster, Retro Sweet Scent Berry Wine Gums Candle, Check Recycled Wool Blanket, Music Vinyl Double Record Frame

 

Have a look at more great ideas on our website today! www.ellieellie.co.uk

Ellie Ellie Wears - The Christmas Party!

Everyone enjoys a good old office party at Christmas time, whether postponing it until January or taking time out to do it in December. Ellie Ellie has all you need to be looking fabulous for your Christmas party! This is a great party dress for winter from Roseannah, an ethical sourced clothing company that's driven by style. Team it with this cream clutch bag for a great look from Frank and Faith.

Finish off your party look with must have court shoes from Russell and Bromley and Ellie Ellie's much needed Circus Initial Compact Mirror, perfect to fit in your bag when your out and about!

Dress - Roseannah
Circus Initial Compact Mirror - Ellie Ellie
Vegan Nathalie Wallet Purse - Frank and Faith
Court Shoes - Russell and Bromley

Christmas Cupcakes!

There is nothing better than getting creative in the kitchen at Christmas and there are loads of ways to cook up a storm with the family this festive season. A great way to involve the kids is to make some Christmas cupcakes. They can decorate the cupcakes how they like, using Christmas coloured icing and Christmas cake toppers. Ellie Ellie’s Vintage Christmas Cake Toppers are perfect for this.

You can use your normal cupcake recipe and decorate with lovely ideas!

Here are just a few ideas to give you some inspiration!

 

 

 

 

Enjoy your Christmas baking!

The Countdown to Christmas has begun!!

The countdown to Christmas has begun!! Ellie Ellie couldn’t be happier that the Christmas season is finally upon us. We can now celebrate the festive season with copious amounts of mince pies, Christmas songs on the radio and our favourite Christmas jumpers.

We will be celebrating #Christmasjumperday on the 20^th of December and we hope you can join us in wearing your Christmas jumper at work, out shopping or whatever you may be doing!

In the countdown to Christmas this December Ellie Ellie will be bringing you a whole load of great gift ideas, perfect for that hard to buy for husband or fussy friend. We hope we can help you find the perfect gift that you can’t wait to give on Christmas day!

Here are some great advent calendar ideas that are a great alternative to chocolate ones.

This is a great idea and works brilliantly as a lovely decoration piece for above the mantel piece throughout December! Fill each bag with little treats or positive messages and a different family member can open a bag each day.



This idea is great if you favour neutral colours in the home. Each individual bag can contain a tasty treat to have each day and the tree twigs look great next to the fire place or in a hallway as well.

A favourite of Ellie Ellie’s this advent idea is great as you can put lovely little things in each little basket and even put a little something in for each family member.

 

If you love positive and motivational messages (we are a huge fan of inspirational quotes at Ellie Ellie HQ) then this chalkboard pocket advent calendar is a great idea. You can fill each pocket with a little saying or song lyrics to get you in the Christmas spirit in the morning!

 

Happy Christmas Countdown from Ellie Ellie!