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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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Tag: Personal safety alarm
ILA DUSK PERSONAL ALARM ON GMTV!
We all got very excited when we heard that Jacqui Hames was to present the Ila Dusk Personal Alarm on GMTV on Friday morning. Admittedly, it was on a bit early (Sky+ to the rescue) but it was exciting to see our new top selling product on tellie. Handpicked is the only online retailer of the Alarm and [...]
Posted: December 14th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Attack Alarm, Attack Alarms, Ila Dusk, ila Dusk Personal Alarm, Personal Alarms, Personal safety alarm, Rape Alarm, Rape Alarms
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Ila Dusk
We’ve done quite a lot of shouting about our Ila Dusk; but with good reason.
I am still holding strong to my last remaining year of teenage-hood and as this is one of the quintessential age groups to Ila, I thought it appropriate for me to write about it.
As you can see from my picture; my [...]
Posted: November 27th, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Gifts for Girls, Ila, Ila Dusk, Personal Alarm, Personal safety alarm
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IT SCREAMS!
If you’ve been out and about recently, you’ve probably seen one of these posters for our brand new and exclusive product – The Ila Dusk. This gorgeous accessory is actually a personal safety alarm which screams with a piercing female voice rather than an innocous siren. We love it at Handpicked for the fact it looks [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Gifts for Girls, gifts for her, Ila, Ila Dusk, Personal safety alarm, travel gifts
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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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