"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother." - Abraham Lincoln

Mother's Day is a day for honouring mothers, celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It is the day when you acknowledge your mother's contribution in your life and pay a tribute to her, often with flowers and gifts.

Stir Up Sunday is the traditional day for everyone in the family to take a turn at stirring the Christmas pudding which is traditionally made with 13 ingredients to represent Christ and His Disciples. On Stir Up Sunday families returned from Church to give the pudding its traditional lucky stir. The pudding mixture was always stirred from East to West in honour of the three Wise Men who visited the baby Jesus. Whilst stirring the pudding mixture, each family member would make a secret wish.

Welcome to The Memory Knot Company blog. If you are planning a special event and seeking creative ideas, we're here to help. Our blog posts are a chance for us to offer you some useful tips and advice in an informal way... lots of pictures and topics to keep you interested! We hope to share our experiences and latest news from The MKC...

Welcome to the first blog on our new Memory Knot Company website. We have thought long and hard about the site layout as we had a lot of information to put across and had to find a balance as we don’t want to bore you. It has been a little while in the making with much head scratching required, but thanks to a team effort with Fraser, Jason and Nadene at Wombat Web Design we feel it has been well worth all the effort!

We thought that this table of anniversary gift ideas would be a helpful resource for many of you. You can 'bookmark' our blog page or add a link to your 'favourites' for future reference. Today is our 7th wedding anniversary and according to the modern take on anniversary gifts, I'm due to receive a desk set from the hubby... I'd prefer a new hand bag please! :)

"I am thrilled that Jaimie and Andrew have started 'The Memory Knot Company', long overdue for this talented duo, I say. I left our reception organisation totally in Jaimie's capable hands after briefly discussing colours and theme, etc. I realised Jaimie totally understood what I wanted. So, when Adam and I walked into our reception room where our guests were waiting to greet us, we were blown away.... the room and tables looked absolutely WONDERFUL which made our happy day complete."

Rose Cook

"Both Jaimie and Andrew had excellent ideas and were extremely helpful. They had superb attention to detail and nothing was ever too much trouble. We felt like we were treated as friends and it all made it into our perfect day. I would definately recommend The Memory Knot Company to anyone wanting to organise their big day, or any big event! Very impressed!"

Mike & Lyn

Tiny Lives charity supports the Neonatal Unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne. Every year, 600 premature or ill newborn babies are admitted to the RVI hospital from across the North East, with up to 30 babies being looked after at any one time by over 140 dedicated staff. The Special Care Baby Unit at the RVI specialises in saving babies lives and as a registered sick children's nurse and a staff member on this unit, Jaimie has a personal interest in raising money for this charity.