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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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What women really want

 
As the founder of SheerLuxe, the ultimate online shopping guide, Georgie Coleridge Cole is the ideal person to reveal what girls really want.
If you’re her other half then don’t buy things that are secretly for you. She does not want a Sky Sports subscription when she isn’t interested in sport. Feigning interest in the World [...]

The Ginger Pig Meat Book & New Hawksmoor Moorgate

Have you come across the Ginger Pig Meat Book yet? In our new catalogue, we feature this King of Recipe books alongside our new Juice Collection Carving Tray, a great gift combo for chefs and meat-lovers. This hearty tome, created by the highly celebrated meat producers of Yorkshire, Tim Wilson and Fran Warde, has won [...]

Have you shopped our Big Summer Sale yet?

Shop our Big Summer Sale>>
The weather may be taking a turn for the worse but there’s still time to brighten your day with one of our carefully chosen gift ideas at a special discounted price. Once all the things in our 75% off section won’t be coming back once we’ve run out of stock. Our [...]

Handpicked Wedding Gifts

Wedding season seems to have been really amplified this year. We loved seeing the photos from Kate Moss’s three day wedding party. From the Galliano, vintage-inspired dress, the McCartney-clad bridesmaids and the fantastic rumours flying around (our favourite: that Moss had hired naked muscle men sporting tattoos of the happy couple’s faces to welcome the [...]

Party Style and Birthday Gifts

To create perfect atmosphere and make your event extra special, we’ve expanded our Party Style collection. Whether you are preparing a dinner party for a few friends, or throwing a garden party for lots, we’ve got all the accessories to make it picture perfect. Have a look at our mini sparklers, party dishes and paper [...]

18th Birthday & 21st Birthday Gift Ideas

We love hunting down gifts for any occasion. The Handpicked Collection’s range of birthday gifts has been steadily growing since our launch. We’re confident that no matter who you have to buy for, be it a tiny toddler, tricky teen or grumpy grandparent, we’ve got a gift for them that can be anything you need [...]

Unusual Father’s Day Gifts and Congratulations to Thornback & Peel, Purveyors of beautiful Rabbits

We travel far and wide to find our suppliers, and are always interested to hear about their new products. One of our quirkiest ranges is produced by eccentrically English company Thornback & Peel. We’ve stocked their beautiful screenprinted designs since our launch, and their men’s handkerchiefs are fab Father’s Day gifts [...]

Father’s Day Gift Ideas

He’s a soppy soul, the modern dad. Happy to change nappies (70% of dads in the developed world get busy with the baby wipes as often as mums, according to Pampers – and they should know), keen to take over night feeds, and always taking time off for Nativity Plays. Pre-paternity leave dads might scoff, [...]

Father’s Day Gifts – Travel Photo Album

We’ve got all stations covered with The Handpicked Collection’s range of unique Father’s Day gifts.
One of our favourite Fathers Day gifts is our sleek Travel Photo Album to carry your home. When we introduced this to our collection we had travelling in mind. We’d give this to dads who are off jetsetting around the world [...]

Backpack Picnic Set

Call us optimistic, but we’re still waiting to see this heat wave that everyone keeps talking about. As summer is fast approaching, we’ll need to get our picnic gear all sorted out soon. Our new summer collection saw the introduction of a whole range of really useful melamine plates, bowls and salad bowls but our [...]

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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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