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Extracted from The Virgin Gardener by Laetitia Maklouf
This not just for the realm of the ultra-organised. Wreaths are deliciously easy to make and welcome you in to your own home after a long day at work, which is delightfully self-respecting and cheery
TIMING: Winter
YOU WILL NEED: A good armful of evergreen foliage. This could, of course, be [...]

Christmas is a time of fun and frolics, delicious food and getting together with friends. It can also be a season of stress as you watch the clock count down and think you’ll never have enough time to get everything done. So to help you enjoy the festivities we asked Lorraine from the Party Times, [...]

Ryan Stanier, Director of The Other Art Fair handpickeds his favourite gifts from The Handpicked Collection. Our Mr Messy Mug (£5.95), Sandstorm Odyssey Weekend Bag (£124.95), Green Alpaca Socks (£34.95) and the Family Croquet Set (£25.95).
 

 
Ryan’s experience running successful fairs spans across fashion, wine and art. Working on London Fashion Week, The Wine Show and [...]

 
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 [...]

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 [...]

Witch’s Hat • Paint four sheets of newspaper black. When dry, roll one sheet into a cone about 16 inches high and tape together, holding the cone shape in place. Then cut the bottom edges until it stands flat on a table, creating a fringe effect. • Next cut several pieces of red, orange or green crepe [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We can’t quite believe that it’s already halfway through May, the weather is gloomy today but apparently we’re set for a two-day heatwave starting in the next couple of days! It also means that Father’s Day is just around the corner. Here at The Handpicked Collection we’ve been sorting through all our new gift ideas, [...]