However, events have conspired against me. For a start, his school tends to do Christmas themed plays or pantos rather than a proper Nativity Play once they’re into Key Stage 2. You may remember my pride when he was cast as Bill last year. What do you mean – you don’t remember Bill? He was Mary’s older brother of course! . Secondly, he has always hankered after any kind of technology.

Despite these two minor points I was full of anticipation when my son burst through the door, smile as wide as his face, excitedly telling me that in the play this year …….. drum roll for tension …… he was ………….. DOING THE LIGHTING!!!!!!!

Oh the irony of it – he didn’t even need a costume. Being a Mother who sells Nativity Costumes is very handy this time of year, but only when your little-y is still, well, little. So I guess this is the start of ‘letting go’ and getting ready for my youngest child to go to Secondary School next year. Maybe they’ll let me into the Key Stage 1 play this afternoon anyway. Ill bring my own hankies!

P.S. Update – The play was great, and the lighting was spectacular (I can still be a proud Mum, even if he wasn’t on stage!)

At last, the final 2 costumes have arrived, literally ‘Hot off the Loom’. A fantastic Brown and Red Striped Joseph, and a Chestnut Innkeeper – the colours of both of them are so vibrant your little star will really stand out!

Both are available in Medium and Large sizes.

A time of giving gifts, and also of loving and sharing.

As I’m starting to feel a little Christmas-sy I thought I’d don my Santa hat and offer my fans, customers, Facebook Like-rs and Twitter Followers a little early Christmas present.

Of course, I will need to know if you’ve been naughty or nice before you get your present…

So, send me photos of your child in their ‘While Shepherds Watched’ costume to see how ‘nice’ they look. Also any great (true!) tales from nativity plays, which may be ‘nice’ or ‘naughty!’ Stories can be about your children, or yourself – the funnier the better.

For every entry I feature on the website, your present will be a 15% discount voucher for use this year. Don’t worry if you’ve already bought your costume, I will refund 15% of the costume cost if you have (only applicable if it was bought from the While Shepherds Watched website this year).

Please read the Small print below, and you must be happy to have your photo or story shared on my Website, Blog, Facebook and Twitter.

E-Mail me your entries to this address   gift@whileshepherdswatched.co.uk or use our Contact Form, or reply to this post, post them on the While Shepherds Watched’s Facebook Page or Tweet me.

Small print
- You have to be happy for me to share the photo or story on the website. For this reason, photos must *only* show your child, so no group shots.
- true stories are funnier
- Vouchers will be for one-time use only, and will expire on 31st December 2011
- If you have already purchased a costume from While Shepherds Watched this year,then I will refund you 10% of the price you paid for the costume (if you upgraded to Special Delivery then this will not be included in the reduction).
- Refunds will be made in the same manner as payment was made. So if you paid by Paypal, your refund will be made by Paypal.

The lovely people at ‘www.TheSchoolRun.com’ website have just published an article about where to buy “brilliant Nativity costumes that won’t break the bank”. I was delighted that they have featured one of my Joseph costumes in their article, you can see it here.

What is particularly pleasing is that the other costumes featured all come from the large Supermarkets. Looks like I’m up with the big boys!

I know many people like a brown costume for their ‘Joseph’ role, so I will have 2 different waiting for them the first is a plain Chestnut costume with matching head dress, and the second is a red – brown striped robe, again with matching head dress. I can’t actually find my sample of the Striped fabric, so it will be a lovely surprise for me as well when it arrives!

Both of these costumes will be available in Medium (age 4 – 7) and Large size (age 7 – 11). I will post photos as soon as they arrive.

As with all of my costumes, I will only have a limited stock of these costumes, so if you’re interested in them and would like to reserve one please do get in touch.

May I introduce the lovely people at Wiltshire Web? They’ve just published a short article, seeing as I live and work in Wiltshire!

If you’re thinking of coming to this beautiful county for work or leisure, then do have at look at Wiltshire Web for some great places to visit and things to do.  You can follow them on Twitter as well @WiltshireWeb

One of the strange things about buying online is that it still feels a little risky. Will your purchase look as good in real life as it did on the screen? Will it fit? Will it arrive in time?

If you order from my site and then aren’t happy, or have a problem, please just get in touch and I’ll do my best to sort the problem out.

If you need reassuring before you order, I have just added some wonderful e-mails I’ve received this week to the websites ‘Testimonials’ section. Please have a read and see how delighted other customers have been.

Me? I’m off to polish my halo and bask in the warm glow of such wonderful praise

They are going fast, and I only have 5 left in a Medium size, and 7 in the Large Size. If you think your young Shepherd or Shepherdess would like one of these, then please don’t delay!

The last Khaki Stripe Innkeeper has left the Building!

Remember I found one of our most popular costumes from  last year, hiding in my cupboard? Well if you fancied it – too late! It has gone!

Stocks of our new costumes are continuing to sell well, so please don’t leave it too late to buy this year. These beautiful costumes come direct to me from India, and they are sold exclusively on this website. The fabrics change every year, so once a costume has sold out, it has really gone.

Some other of our new costumes have been selling well so I will update you as stock levels become low on them as well.

The last ever Khaki Striped Inn keeper

Lurking in a box of Blue Striped Shepherds, I found what must be the very last Khaki Striped Inn keeper. This costume was a run away success last year, and so I was delighted to find one last one hiding away.

This really is the very last of these, so if you fancy it please don’t wait!

See the costume here!