My old friends at Treat Republic sent me the most gorgeous cheese board last week. I might not be much of a cook, but I love to throw a party and I love simply love my new show-off piece. It’s the first thing we’ve owned that hints at us becoming a family of four, and therefore something I’ll treasure it forever. I can just see Craig and I whipping it out now every Christmas for the next 30 years!

Although my pictures show a rather tame slither of Cheddar and a hunk of Edam, we’re actually big cheese eaters in this house. Craig loves a bit of Stilton and I could eat a whole chunk of Applewood Smoked Cheddar - cheese has been my biggest pregnancy craving so far so our fridge was unfortunately a little bare this weekend!

Our cheese board is made from bamboo and has a concealed slide-out panel to hide away a full set of matching wooden handled stainless steel knives (a cheese knife, cheese fork, stilton knife and cheddar knife). It’s news to me but apparently bamboo is naturally antibacterial and environmentally friendly - bonus points here then! I’m just chuffed it’s absolutely huge so plenty of room for specialty crackers, butter, pickle and lots of delicious cheese!

The personalisation is fabulous. You have 20 letters to personalise the top row, and ordinarily this would be followed by ‘AKA THE BIG CHEESE’ on row 2. I played about with mine and added “GEMMA AND CRAIG (AND THE KIDDIEWINKS)”. I guess this means you are welcome to do the same as mine looks fantastic and, knowing Treat Republic as I do, they can’t do enough to ensure you have the perfect gift. I’ve already got something witty lined up for my dad for a Christmas pressie.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog and follow me on Twitter, you’ll already know I’m a massive fan of Treat Republic. The online gift market is HUGE but I haven’t come across another site that does it anywhere near as good as them. They’re quirky, fun, and a little bit out of the ordinary. There are so many great gifts for men, her, and baby all in one easy to navigate website. There’s family days out, retro gadgets for the man who has everything, a fabulous selection of garden gifts, and lots of personalised gifts for mum and baby. If you’re stuck for ideas, I fully recommend sending them an SOS tweet to @TreatRepublic, they’ll take all the legwork out of your gift search for you.

Here are some of my favourite bits from the website right now - just try to tell me there isn’t you something you don’t love in this little lot!

This isn’t the first time I’ve been bowled over by Treat Republic’s attention to detail and fabulous gift ideas. To see another of my reviews for a few bits from their mum and baby collection, click here.

All that’s left is to urge you to connect with them on their other social media outlets. They are the gift store that loves to give so there are regular competitions, tons of gift ideas, and a lots of giggles to be had (sometimes even at their expense… trust me, I’ve seen these guys play pass the parcel via YouTube for a competition) - lots of reasons to say hello! They’re on Pinterest and Facebook and of course Twitter (as above)- feel free to say I sent you!

DISCLAIMER: As mentioned above, Treat Republic and I are old friends. They kindly sent me this cheese board to review (free of charge) but I wouldn’t tell you something is lovely if it isn’t. All thoughts, opinions and any subsequent gushing is my own.