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Archive for March, 2011

MAKE A NOISE WITH YOUR NOSE AND WE’LL GIVE £1 TO COMIC RELIEF

It’s Friday. It’s Red Nose Day. Our thoughts are already on the impending weekend of fun. And (boss, should you be reading) on all those little jobs that we’ve promised to finish before we start watching Comic Relief. But first, here’s our way of helping the cause.
One of the team at ila Security noticed that [...]

Beehive – The Robin Collective

Apiarism
One of those lovely words that doesn’t sound like what it means, (the raising of bees). Like ornithology.
Until the 27th of March, The Robin Collective is holding a beehive event in Leather Lane Market, Ec1, London and we’re really excited about going.
There’s going to be food, cafes, workshops, flowers, bees, talks and we definitely expect [...]

Children’s Art File & Frame

Obviously, everything that the little darlings bring home is displayed proudly around the house for everyone to see their destined path to become the next Monet. But if you feel your living space is getting a little crowded, we’d recommend one of our clever Childrens Art Frames.
These are frames which you attach to the wall, [...]

Practical and Pampering Mother’s Day Gifts

How many days a year should really be dedicated to thanking our mothers? I’m sure they’d say more than one. Now’s that time where you can really spoil your mum silly this Mother’s Day for all the extraordinary things that she does. Our panel of experts have handpicked a range of unusual mother’s day gifts [...]

Carolyn Sheffield Elephant Cachepot

At Handpicked we spend a long time rooting through products from hundreds of different places to come up with what we think is well thought-out collection of gifts with a choice of things to give to everyone. The gift ideas that we include are either unique in that you will be hard-pushed to find them [...]

Get Prepared for Moth Season!

And FREE Delivery on all orders over £25!
Wage War on Munching Moths
Are moths playing havoc in your wardrobe? Have you got seriously fed up with finding holes in your favourite cashmere tops? Moths love the warm weather and with Spring looming (so exciting in most ways) the moths are ready to play and boy are [...]

Recipes from our Facebook Competition

We haven’t tested these out yet, if anyone does, let us know how it goes. We really fancy the Malteser cake!

Has to be Malteser cake! They used to make a white chocolate version of this at my school – heaven! I missed them so much I found a recipe online which I now [...]

WIN a Photo Frame in Facebook Pet Competition!

TODAY we’re running a Pet Competition on our Facebook Page! Upload a photo of your pet and tell us why you love them so much, we choose our THREE favourites and each winner will win one of our pretty Mirrored Photo Frames to put your photo in. Good luck everyone!! ENTER HERE

More Unusual Mother’s Day Gifts

Dan Black is a valued member of Handpicked’s panel of experts. One half of Black + Blum, their team have come up with beautiful designs for interior accessories and some functional pieces. The Flower Loop is one of our bestselling gift ideas and goes down especially well at Christmas time. It comes complete with the [...]

£10 off Your Order until Midday Tomorrow & Yesterday’s WINNERS ANNOUNCED

We’ve had an almost impossible task choosing our final winners, but 3 comments particularly stood out for us. Lynn Fancy we loved your poem, we hope you have many sunny moments with your sun lounger. Our second winner is Lorna Peppiat – we hope our activity wrap makes the perfect gift for your goddaughter. And [...]

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