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Fabulous free containers inspired by Andy Warhol

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Put a smile on your kitchen table with these free cutlery holders

Cutlery tin holders free template

Don’t have time to set the kitchen table? Want to do something for the environment and bring recycled products back to life? Want to show your friends how creative you are?

Look no further, these Andy Warhol inspired tomato soup tin can cutlery holders are just the thing for your kitchen or dining room table.

Download your free template now and then check out all of the other freebies we have on offer.

 

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Can’t get that song out of your head?

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The ear worm sings her song in the head of her next victim

Well, maybe it’s an Ohrwurm!

Thanks to Jen, from Espresso Science, I discovered the wonders of Ohrwürmer. The literal translation of this German word is ear worms (Ohrwurm for one) and it is used to describe the phenomena of hearing a catchy song or jungle, which goes over, and over, and over, and over in your head until you go crazy.

Gotta love those Germans for coming up with such a visually descriptive name. I can’t help but picture a tiny worm singing inside it’s unsuspecting victim. Not surprisingly, scientists are fascinated by this insect and have undertaken various studies to get to the heart of the ear worm phenomena. The three key elements are: the type of music, the person and situation. But rather than go into it in great detail here, check out Jen’s comprehensive research into this little bug to reveal the true nature of this singing beast.

When I read Jen’s article, the German aspect reminded me of Nina and her 1980’s song ‘Ninety nine red balloons’, which proceeded to get stuck in my head for the next 20 minutes. So, what ear worms have you experienced? Love them or hate them?

 

A Merry Christmas Freebie

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Yes, it’s time for another Fabulous Friday Freebie.

Free christmas cracker templateMake Christmas personal this year with your very own home made crackers.

This freebie comes complete with:

  • wrapper design
  • a really daggy hat (but it wouldn’t be the same without one)
  • a really cool cartoon joke (made by yours truly and pretty funny if I do say so myself) and
  • of course, instructions (a last resort for most)

This year, in celebration of my soon to be released kids picture book – How to make an Alien – we’ve gone for an alien theme. Enjoy and download today!

Free promotional book offer

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Download Doug the Dung Beetle – The long roll home for FREE!

As part of a promotion for the release of my next kid’s picture book, I want to spread the word of Doug.  So please, if you’ve ever had a twitch to look at my book, but didn’t, here is your opportunity to do so for absolutely free.  And as a favour to me, spread the word of Doug with your friends by sharing this post.  Give them the gift of humour and dung, all in the one neat little package!

But offers like this don’t last forever.  So go on, click here to visit NoiseTrade for your free copy (suitable for your Kindle, iPad and more).

Go on, make my day – download and share today!

NoiseTrade Book Promotion

So still here? Wondering if there’s a catch? Sorry, no catch. I don’t even expect a ‘tip’, but NoiseTrade forces you to select a tip amount (that’s how they make their money). In fairness, they make it clear that you are not obliged to tip. I’m just keen to build up my book reader audience by getting the book out there.  And if you like my book and want to be notified about future book releases, you have a chance to subscribe to my ‘new book release’ email (along with all the specials that come with that). But as with the tips, that too is optional. So go on, download now.

Portable social media bookmark freebies

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Yep, Fabulous Friday Freebie returns with some ‘likeable’ and portable bookmarks

Give away bookmarks to printThese bookmarks will help you reminisce on days gone by, when reading involved paper.  But fear not, these bookmarks allow you to still express your inner social networking feelings with the world.

You know the drill.  Click here and whizz through cyber space to our freebie page for a free file download.

Be brave, print your bookmarks and put a face to a feeling – if you dare!