brassbox wooden chopping board review

BrassBox Personalised Wooden Chopping Board Review

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If you know me you’ll know that I love wooden products, I love something which has sentimental value, I love anything that is personalised of us as a family and I love beautiful bits for my home. So, when BrassBox asked me to review their personalised wooden chopping board it ticked all of the boxes! 

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Christmas is just around the corner and if you are anything like me, you will be starting to wonder what to buy for all of the little people in your life. Not only do I have children of my own but I also have nieces and nephews, friends children and cousins to think of for birthdays as well as Christmas. But what do you get that will mean something, that will last and will be appreciated by the parents too? I know I certainly do not need any more plastic toys piling up in my living room and I am very wary of spending money on fad items that will only get played with a couple of times and then tossed to one side (we all know that feeling!)

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