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My new year’s resolution is to be more organised. I start as I mean to go on, and apart from resolving to have a bottle of bubbly in the fridge at all times so as to impress unsuspecting guests, having a well-stocked present drawer has always been a little beyond my realms of organisation. But [...]

You might be forgiven for thinking that a team full of people who work for a gift company and have been planning Christmas since June, might have thought to order their own deliveries to arrive in time for Christmas. It is our industry after all. On the contrary, we get so panicked about organising everyone [...]

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Christmas Games for the Entire Family
angels & urchins blog http://www.angelsandurchins.co.uk/blog knows how to get the family party started. Here are some top ways to keep them laughing, whether they’re one or nearly one hundred…
Balloon football. Amazing how easy it is to get everyone on their feet playing balloon keepy-uppy. You can either [...]

The World Photography Awards and World Photography Festival is being held in Britain for the first time, previously it has been hosted in Cannes. The deadline for both the amateur and professional entries is the 5th of January with the professional photographer’s prize is £15,800 and the amateur prize £3,100. There are hundreds of entries [...]

Today’s Facebook prize is a carefully selected choice of gardening book with a total value of over £40. Here is a little break down of what each has to offer. To be in with a chance of winning, head over to our Facebook page and tell us why you think we should choose you. Who [...]

Did you watch the first part of the final on Saturday night (or on one of the endless repeats)? Of course you did! You might have noticed Rhianna looking pretty slinky duetting with Matt. We were very taken with her look, which included some rather fetching bangles that were strangely familiar. Much [...]

TODAY’S Facebook prize is a real corker. We’ve put together a group of six fabulously British books. All are hardback and would make brilliant presents to the right person. To be in with the chance to win our mini library of literary goodness, all you have to do is go to our Facebook page and [...]

First appearances count
A vase of flowers and scented candles help guests overlook the stray coasts/bikes/post in the hall.
Light the way
I spotlight tables, and achieve the same effect at home by dimming lights and ;iling on the candles.
Be friendly
We’ve all been that person who doesn’t know a soul. Ask a few friends to act as ‘party [...]

Our Facebook competition is in full swing. Thank you so so much to everyone who has been commenting, we really love having the chance to talk to our customers about our products and how they would use them. I thought we’d give you a quick update of who’s won what so far.
On the 1st of [...]

We asked our some of our team what they would most to be given from the Handpicked catalogue…
Natasha – Managing Director
I would like the Porcelain Rose Candle Holder to help furnish my new flat.

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Claire – Marketing Intern
Please can I have the Aspinal Fit-Your-Life-In-Clutch? So I can have everything to hand.
Liza – Customer Services Team
Pure Cashmere [...]