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Arona involved young students in creating hampers for the community

Willing helpers creating community hampers

When I was asked to help with a project making up hampers for needy members of the community I was delighted to be involved

Kelly Hoppen all wrapped up!

Have you received a beautifully wrapped gift from kellyhoppen.com?

This husband gets a gold star!

Robin bought his wife and mother a private one-day course at my studio as a Christmas present.

Tegen are stocking my bespoke fascinators

It may be too late for a new Easter bonnet but how about a unique bespoke fascinator for an upcoming special event?
Halusky's in-house hamper course

Hampers from Halusky

If you are looking for a luxury food hamper packed with Czech and Slovak goodies head for Halusky!
Arona's gift wrapping demonstrations at Paperworld 2015

Let’s wrap!

Wow, another great year at Messe Frankfurt with two seminars at Christmasworld Forum and ten seminars at Paperworld!

stil & markt

Sprechen sie Deutsch? If so I hope you find the interview for stil & markt makes interesting reading.

Let’s wrap at Paperworld and Christmasworld!

At this year's Paperworld and Christmasworld in Frankfurt, Germany

Flying high with Cityjet’s Velocity Magazine

What do Wayne Hemingway, Kevin McCloud and I all have in common? Not a lot you may think!

A busy time with the Royal Mail

After the success of last year’s radio day for the Royal Mail I was delighted to be asked to work with them again this year.

Happy days at Highgrove

Joy of joys, the weather was beautiful on my journey to Highgrove this year.

Use a photo to create a baby card

When I was holding baby Romaio I loved the way he laid his hand on mine.

A busy week with the WI!

I was delighted to show some speedy ways for the ladies to wrap their Christmas presents, including two jars of jam of course!

Ideal Home Show at Christmas

It was snowing as I arrived at the Ideal Home at Christmas Show at Earls Court.

Harry Potter all wrapped up

No wands were used in the wrapping of these gifts!

Create a birthday card for a knitter

If you are looking to create a special birthday card for someone who loves to knit how about this idea?

A scary way to wrap!

A little late for Halloween but how scary is this wrapping technique!

Hampers for Whole Foods

I shared some of my simple and speedy hamper-making techniques with teams from Whole Foods

Gorgeous gift baskets!

Rohena travelled all the way from Glasgow for my hamper & gift basket course in London.