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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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Archive for 'Gifts for Girls'
Pearl Tag Bracelet – Deal of the Week
Our gorgeous Pearl Tag Bracelet is this week’s Deal of the Week. Normally £29.95, at huge 25% off, it is now £22.46, and a perfect Mother’s Day Gift. Be sure to get yours quickly, the offer is only valid until midnight this Sunday and only whilst stocks last.
Pearl Tag Bracelet
Special Offer: Now £22.46
Posted: March 1st, 2012 under Gifts for Girls, Product Reviews, Things we love, Treat for you.
Tags: Deal of the Week, Mother's Day Gift Ideas, Sale
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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 [...]
Posted: November 1st, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Girls, Handpicked News, Top Tips.
Tags: Georgie Coleridge Cole, gifts for her, Sheerluxe
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How safety-conscious are you? National Personal Safety Day – Monday 10 October 2011
Do you ever take a moment to think about your safety and whether you’re doing all you can to protect yourself from crime? Have you ever considered how you might react if faced with a nightmare situation?
The Suzy Lamplugh Trust’s annual National Personal Safety Day aims to raise awareness of simple, practical measures that everybody [...]
Posted: October 10th, 2011 under Gifts for Girls, Handpicked News, In the Press, Product Reviews, Top Tips.
Tags: Ila Security
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Have you shopped our Big Summer Sale yet?
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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 [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Boys, Gifts for Girls, Product Reviews, Top Tips.
Tags: Big Summer Sale, Gift Ideas, gifts, gifts for her, Gifts for Him
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Easter Holidays – Den Kit
The sun is shining!!! We’re all in such good spirits here at The Handpicked Collection HQ, we’ve been thinking of the best ways to make the most of all of this beautiful weather. We’ve checked the Met Office website and it looks like the sunshine is pretty much UK-wide, so hopefully we won’t catch too [...]
Posted: April 12th, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Boys, Gifts for Girls, Reviews, Things we love.
Tags: Den Kit
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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, [...]
Posted: March 16th, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Girls, Product Reviews.
Tags: Childrens Art Frames, Mothers Day Gifts
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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 [...]
Posted: March 15th, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Girls, Product Reviews, Top Tips.
Tags: Kitchen Gifts, Mothers Day Gifts, Pampering Gifts
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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 [...]
Posted: March 14th, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Girls, Product Reviews.
Tags: Carolyn Sheffield Elephant Cachepot, Hostess Gifts, Mothers Day Gifts
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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 [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Girls, Handpicked News, Product Reviews, Things we love.
Tags: Black + Blum, Candelabra Loop, Flower Loop, Fruit Loop, Mother's Day Gift Ideas
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A More Unusual Valentine’s Gift
At Handpicked we love gifts that you can personalise and though traditional roses and chocolate are always appreciated, roses perish and chocolates aren’t great for the waistline. The Handpicked Collection’s Founder, Jo McGivern, loves our Photo Frame Bookends and Managing Director Natasha recommends Handpicked’s bestselling product, the Photo Tray.
Jo says ‘The Bookends sit in my [...]
Posted: February 10th, 2011 under Gift Ideas, Gifts for Boys, Gifts for Girls, Product Reviews.
Tags: Photo Frame Bookends, Photo Tray, Valentine's Day Gift Ideas
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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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