Christmas is almost upon us

So here we are rushing to the end of November. The shops are getting busy and the MetroCentre in Gateshead is absolutely heaving with the usually tussling for parking spaces :)

Here at Gift in a Tin we've been at Brocksbushes wonderful Christmas Fair in Corbridge, a lovely event with such nice stall holders, heaps of visitors and this year we all detected an upturn in visitors wanting to buy luxury gifts and something a little bit different.

This morning I've been busy labelling up our new stock of natural hand poured soy candles made by the lovely Peter and his staff in Hexham. I'm off to the Proctor and Gamble staff Christmas shopping day next week and they all loved the candles last year so I have some extra special ones this year, Cranberry and Frankincense and Myrrh - heavenly fragrances.


In December we'll be at Hexham Christmas Market which this year is running over two days - open until 8pm on the Saturday night which is a great idea. Everyone will be in their little gazebos, so a chance to come inside and get warm and have a browse at all the local crafts and gifts. Our friends Paul and Kathryn Shrimpton will be there with their adorable Alpacas and knitwear too so make sure you check them out too.

I hope to see you in Hexham if you're local, and for everyone else, make sure you check out your local Christmas fairs and support your local crafts makers and pick up some lovely unusual, individual gifts rather than the mass produced Asian stuff offered by jolly old department stores and the usual high street brigade!

Happy Christmas (it's coming, you can't avoid it!) x

Where does the time go?

I can't believe that we've just gone past the longest day. Although as we're getting requests for teachers' gifts, I realise it is nearing the end of the summer term and all the little ones will be moving on to new classes and new schools.

Our most popular gift is still the bath blaster bonanza for female teachers
http://www.giftinatin.com/gift-offers/bath-blaster-bonanza.html

and for the male teachers, our bamboo stripy socks go down a storm!
http://www.giftinatin.com/catalog/product/view/id/64/category/160/


So today we've been busy selecting which Gift Tins to take on Friday to a fantastic NSPCC event which is being held at the Gosforth Marriott hotel. Esther Rantzen is the guest of honour and keynote speaker and I expect it to be a really interesting day with some great speakers and discussion. We support the NSPCC here as they do some fantastic work. We give an annual donation to them and at events like this, we give them 50% of our profits to help with their work.

As a small business, it's really nice to be able to work with charities and donate to them, It helps local people find out more about Gift in a Tin, but it just is really nice to work the local committee - some lovely ladies, who work very hard for the charity.

So let's hope all goes well and we have a packed audience, and if you already have a ticket, see you there!