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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: Photo Tray
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
Comments: none
Old Dogs, New Tricks
Our summer catalogue has been out for a couple of weeks now (if don’t have your copy yet, click here to get your free copy or here to browse our online version) all our new products seem to be going down a storm. A surprise hit is the Curio Cabinet which Amanda reviewed a few [...]
Posted: May 24th, 2010 under Gift Ideas, Handpicked News, Product Reviews.
Tags: Boules, Bouquet Aromatique, Ceramic Notepad, Curio Cabinet, Handpicked Summer, Jaques Croquet, Joseph Joseph Index Chopping Board, Photo Shoot, Photo Tray, THornback and Peel Deckchair
Comments: none
Photo Trays are back!!
On a rainy Sunday afternoon, I could think of nothing better to do than redesign my recently acquired Photo Tray. Now if you’re unfamiliar with the layout of the Photo Tray here’s our photo from the website:
The inside mount is removable and as I’m such a hoarder I thought I would put a small sample [...]
Posted: February 24th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Gifts for Girls, gifts for her, Photo Tray, Things we love
Comments: 2

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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