
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!


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.

- www.heatherlovesjelly.blogspot.com
- www.secretsworthsharing.blogspot.com
- www.angelsandurchins.co.uk
- www.mightygoods.com
- www.mrandmrssmith.com
- www.ilovemygrub.com
- www.kitchencritic.co.uk
- www.apartmenttherapy.com
- lickedspoon.blogspot.com
- www.weebirdy.com
- www.desirable.co.uk
- www.dulwichmum.net
- www.sugarpieexpress.com
- www.sweettidings.com
- www.blog.wahaca.co.uk
- www.handpickedcollection.com
Archive for 'Eco Friendly'
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 [...]
Posted: March 11th, 2011 under Eco Friendly, Product Reviews, Top Tips.
Tags: Moth Prevention
Comments: none
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 [...]
Posted: September 30th, 2010 under Eco Friendly, Gift Ideas, Things we love.
Tags: Wewood
Comments: none
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 [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2010 under Eco Friendly, Handpicked News, People and Places.
Tags: Action Bikes, Bike 2 Work Scheme, Boris Johnson, Tube Strikes
Comments: none
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 [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2010 under Eco Friendly, Things we love, Top Tips.
Tags: Book Mooch
Comments: none
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 [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2010 under Eco Friendly, In the Press, People and Places, Product Reviews, Things we love.
Tags: Dorset Cereals, La Rosa Campsite, Pump Up Torch
Comments: none
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, [...]
Posted: July 28th, 2010 under Eco Friendly, People and Places, Product Reviews.
Tags: Pump Up Torch, Secret Garden Party 2010, Striped Lawn Lounger
Comments: none
‘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 [...]
Posted: July 26th, 2010 under Eco Friendly, Gift Ideas, Product Reviews.
Tags: Jonathan Hurley
Comments: 1
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 [...]
Posted: July 21st, 2010 under Eco Friendly, People and Places, Reviews.
Tags: Florence and the Machine, Josie Long, Kevin Bridges, Latitude Festival 2010, Luke Wright, Phil Jupitus, Russell Kane, The Feeling, The XX, Vampire Weekend
Comments: none
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 [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under Eco Friendly, Top Tips, Treat for you.
Tags: Top Tips
Comments: none

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.

Drop us a line at blog@handpickedcollection.com if there’s something you think we should know. We’d love to hear from you.
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- February 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- Christmas (RSS)
- Competitions (RSS)
- Eco Friendly (RSS)
- Funpicked (RSS)
- Gift Ideas (RSS)
- Gifts for Boys (RSS)
- Gifts for Girls (RSS)
- Handpicked News (RSS)
- In the Press (RSS)
- New Mothers (RSS)
- People and Places (RSS)
- Product Reviews (RSS)
- Recipes (RSS)
- Reviews (RSS)
- Sneak Peek (RSS)
- Things to see (RSS)
- Things we love (RSS)
- Top Tips (RSS)
- Travel (RSS)
- Treat for you (RSS)
- Uncategorized (RSS)






See why our customers rate our services as excellent