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Spider cake for Halloween

This Spider cake is a guaranteed success at any Halloween party. The carrot cake gets its delicious taste from hazel nuts, cinnamon and raisins while the creamy topping is made from cream cheese and icing sugar with a scary spiderweb on top made from ready-to-roll sugar paste. For the cake 3 eggs 2 Cups (400g) sugar 2,5 Cups (250g) flour 2 tsp baking powder 0.75 cup (ca 50 g) almonds or hazelnuts 1,5 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp ground cardamom 0,5 tsp ground ginger 150 ml sunflower oil 1 pinch of salt 250 g finely grated carrots, about 2 large carrots…

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A quick yet creative and scary diy Halloween decoration

Autumn is here and the main festivity Halloween is just around the corner. Time to prepare the spookiest way to decorate the home but… it is not always that easy to come up with original ideas that requires a reasonable effort. Spiderwebs and pumpkins never fail but wouldn’t it be cool to mix it with something a little less traditional and a touch of humor? After all, Halloween is mainly for the kids so lets aim for surprising them. Let us suggest a simple and creative idea that you can wrap up in less than 10 minutes with things you…

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Popsicle Van Ice lolly maker – A Givensa Review

Now when the summer has arrived we decided to test one of our latest products, the Ice Lolly Maker in shape of an Ice Cream truck from Suck-UK.   Since this product is mainly aimed towards a younger audience we recruited the 6 year old son of our web designer, a true ice cream expert. The first impression was that he really liked the truck shape of the mold and he immediately had lots of ideas on what types of ice creams to make. Finally for this first test we settled for two different flavours, orange and lemon, both with…

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Luma – Tiny lampshade that turns your smartphone into a night light

Sometimes we stumble across a product that makes us wonder why no-one thought about this idea a long time ago. The Luma night light is such a product, simple yet genius. Keep it in your pocket, purse or nightstand and when needed you simply clip it on to your iPhone or Android smartphone (thanks to the flexible design it is compatible with with just about any model on the market). Now when you turn on the flashlight, instead of getting a bright LED light that is no good for reading and will for sure disturb anyone else in the room trying to…

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Christmas gift ideas – Mugs with faces from Tassen

Christmas is approaching fast and the search for the perfect christmas gifts is starting. Fortunately at Givensa we have just re-filled the stock with the latest news from Tassen. 58 Products (the studio behind Tassen) has just launched a new series of mugs with faces. The new model is in XL format, perfect for an extra large cup of coffee or tea now when the dark time of the year is here. The new XL mugs are currently available in two models, Impish and Grumpy. We are sure they will be a great success so don’t be surprised if we will…

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The best iPhone stand – A Givensa review

Sometimes the solution to a problem is much closer than you expect it to be. Last week our web designer replaced her old iPhone 4s that was literally falling apart, with a more recent iPhone 6. As always when you spend money on something new you are extra careful and she was really concerned about getting the screen scratched when the phone was laying on the table in the office. For some reason that is very hard to explain, except for maybe that we are all really stressed out by the Christmas season coming up, it took almost two days until someone…

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Decoration and original gift ideas for Halloween

The fall is already upon us, the days are shorter, we have turned back the clock to winter time and it is just so hard to get out of bed in the morning. In one way, Halloween is a little bit like the final confirmation of the fall but it is also an excuse to throw a scary (in a good way) party. In this post we will focus on two things to help you triumph at your Halloween party. In the first part we present a couple of scary decoration ideas and in the second we propose some original gifts…

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The 10 most original and funny tissue roll holders

We spend quite some time in the kitchen and bathroom so why not spice up these rooms with a tad of humor and practical details. In this post we have collected our 10 most original, funny and practical tissue roll holders and kitchen roll holders. 1.) D. dog by Propaganda – The tissue roll holder shaped as a dogs butt “From a but to another but.” The Toilet Tissue Paper Holder D. Dog might be our most original tissue roll holder. If nothing else, it is the most daring one. The design is simply shaped as the rear part of…

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Nessie – The Loch Ness soup ladle

In our series about products we use at home our selves today we will take a closer look at the ladle Nessie from Ototo. Nessie is one of our most popular new introductions this spring and its easy to see why. This cute ladle, which is one of the more original kitchen accessories we have seen this year, is inspired by the Loch Ness monster with the handle designed as the long neck of this mythical beast. The base is cleverly designed with four tiny feet allowing Nessie to firmly stand on its own. The cute little head is functions…

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Mother’s day present ideas – Our Top 5 list

Mothers day is coming up quickly and if you are anything like us, you probably waited a little bit too long to look for a gift this year as well 🙂 So, let’s see if we can help you out with some unique ideas for mother’s day presents. This is not an easy task since most mothers usually say they already have everything they need. Today we will suggest some traditional gifts and mix them up with some of our favourite Givensa products. The focus is to find presents that makes sense and do not end up in a drawer…

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