New gift ranges for Spring

I'm very excited this week. We're having lots of new arrivals daily being delivered.

Last week our new bamboo socks arrived and are now on the website for sale. I tested these socks out on all my relatives at Christmas so everyone got an extra present of a pair of socks! The feedback was amazing, everyone just loved them, they are so comfortable, with extra padding on the sole and they are light yet warm at the same time. So check out our new SockTins.

So what else in new? We've just delivered our latest corporate branded order to Egger UK, for their customer golf day at the fabulous Close House in Northumberland, they were very pleased with the gifts, and so different from the usual boring stuff you get at golf days, well done Egger for thinking of giving something memorable to their customers to remind of them of the day long after it's gone.

So today is delivery time for our new GardenTins. One for Her, one for Him and one for Kids - lovely gift ideas for those friends and family who love to garden and you;re just lacking in inspiration of what to buy them this year for their birthday! GardenTins will be launching in the next two weeks.

And last, our new ScentTins will launch this weekend. Two pretty sachets and two magnetic radiator clips.....with the most beautiful fragrances for your home or office. The sachets provide a beautiful aroma and then when the heating comes on you get a burst of fragrance - wonderful. And to complete the gift, you get a matching, soy candle in the same fragrance. The ScentTins are really a fab gift for teachers end of year, house moving, job leaving, birthdays - you name it, they fit the bill. We'll wrap in our GiftTins, and even deliver for you all in the price.

Happy Gifting everyone!

Anne

Well, it's almost half way through April, how did that happen?

Harrogate Home and Gift is starting to loom large and I have ordered and designed all my new ranges for launch at the show. All I have to do now is design and print a new catalogues, review labelling - what a trouble that is in my life - why is packaging and labelling so difficult!! Then I have to find a lovely friend to work the stand while I am at my son's graduation one day, while my daughter is erecting and manning the stand for two days....it's all go - but good!

I'm in a good routine now as I only work three days each week, then I can spend four days a week in the business which is starting to pay dividends - more orders, more marketing and selling, more creativity and meeting some great new people on Twitter - I'd like to know how many exactly, small businesses run by less than five people are out there in the UK. I believe we're a very entrepreneurial nation, and it would be fantastic if we could all be stored somewhere in a directory which was free and very accessible - one day...

But for now, I am awarding myself the afternoon off, so it's back to uploading details for Amazon, and packing 50 GolfTins for a corporate golf day - logo'd towels arriving this morning!

Wishing the world a great weekend.