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We started Handpicked to give people a trusted source of unusual and inspiring gift ideas. There’s nothing more satisfying than seeing a present well received and it’s our mission to make that simple. Our Expert Panel make sure we stay on track but we hope, with our blog, we’ll hear more from you too. Comment away!

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Our buying team have trying to track down all the loveliest souvenirs with which to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. Our favourite so far is this gorgeous jug by Jan Constantine. See all our ideas here.

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Get Prepared for Moth Season!

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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 [...]

Wewood – Beautiful Wooden Watches

Not that time keeping has ever been considered a particularly guilty business, but these beautiful watches from Wewood ensure a clean consumer conscience. Not only are they lovingly crafted in Italy from leftover flooring, but each one bought results in a newly planted tree. Materials include Maple, Guaiaco (an indigenous South American tree) and Red [...]

Bike 2 Work Scheme

An original title? Perhaps not. But a brilliant idea nonetheless that Handpicked Collection have just signed up to.
Yesterday evening and all of today so far have seen the whole of London completely flattened due to the tube strike. Our merchandiser, Emma, has to travel from one side of the city in Highgate all the way [...]

Book Mooch

We recently discovered this website, Book Mooch, from Handpicked Expert Panelist Sally Philips. The idea is that you register some old books that you don’t mind giving away, hold on until you receive requests from other registered users, send the books off to a new home and once you’ve done that you will receive points [...]

Gypsy Caravans

After a week or so of serious camping at Latitude and Secret Garden Festivals, Handpicked have been researching the most weird and wonderful campsites. We heard of La Rosa Campsite in Yorkshire a while ago and love the idea. The beautiful caravans are ready to rent fully kitted (and kitsched) out with details to make [...]

Secret Garden Party 2010

Handpicked Collection had dutiful representation at Secret Garden Party in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire this weekend. After having spent three nights in a tent, I was very happy to arrive back in London to running water, food that contains vitamins than mud and a bed that was more than an inch off the ground. Having said that, [...]

‘Cone’ Lamp by Jonathan Hurley

We’d be quite impressed if you had noticed our newest product because, frankly, we haven’t done much shouting about it yet. Poor form. Jonathan Hurley hand makes each individual ‘Cone’ lamp from clay and natural slate. Thanks to the very natural components, tonally the lamp can adapt to many different environments. We love the textures [...]

Latitude Festival 2010

Festival season is tearing its way through my regular sleeping pattern and after three nights sleeping in a tent in East Anglia, I feel a bit weird about being thrust with a very large rucksack and a tent onto two trains, two tubes and a bus then being expected to go to work the next [...]

Handpicked’s Spring Cleaning Tips

Let’s face it, February has been pretty shocking, weather-wise. But it’s now March, and we hope, with all our might, that spring is on its way. Here are our top tips to help bring it on – the opposite of a rain (sleet, snow…) dance, if you like:
Not something we’d usually say, but follow an [...]

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Our sweet Bunny Ring Holder is a thoughtful gift and is also this week’s Deal of the Week; buy two for £10, usually £6.95 each.

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