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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: valentine’s present ideas
Anya Ink – Wear you heart on your sleeve
Personally I cringe when I see ‘Sharon’ inked in swirly font across someone’s body so I love the idea of this though. This is the answer for those of us who are a little more cautious of needles. Anya Hindmarch is giving away temporary tattoos with every purchase. There was also a pop up tattoo parlour in [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Anya Hindmarch, People and Places, Things we love, valentine's gift ideas, valentine's present, valentine's present ideas
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Valentine’s Day – the 16th Best Day of the Year* for Lovers
Valentine’s Day. The day I try hardest not to look like a gerbil (difficulty level 5) approaches. I take five online ‘How Romantic Are You?’ tests and do not score highly. This is a shock. I pride myself on being the 12th least emotionally stunted comedian in the country and (arguably) the second most romantic [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Handpicked News, Sally Phillips, valentine's gift ideas, valentine's present, valentine's present ideas
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Handpicked in Sunday Times Style
We’re all very excited that The Sunday Times Style Magazine featured one of our favourite products yesterday; the Single Play and Display Album Frame. It’s a great way to showcase LP’s that you’re particularly proud of, and, as Style Magazine so wisely clocked on to, it makes a great Valentine’s Day Gift for the man in [...]
Posted: February 8th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Handpicked News, Sunday Times Style Magazine, valentine's gift ideas, valentine's present, valentine's present ideas
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Sweet Tidings
We’ve found another lovely blog that you will hopefully like as much as us. Sweet Tidings showcases little bits and bobs that are all quaint and homemade.
I especially love the idea of Mosaic Monday – makes a good start to the week. Here is an example of the most recent Monday Mosaic by Christy from [...]
Posted: February 7th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Sweet Tidings, Things we love, valentine's gift ideas, valentine's present ideas
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Tips for the Girls to make his Perfect Valentine’s
They’re a fickle lot, men. They enjoy attention and being spoilt, but the traditional hearts and everything-red Valentine is probably not going to do it for them. Here are our best ways to get their pulses racing.
• Breakfast in bed. He probably won’t notice that you’ve thoughtfully put milk in a jug rather than a carton, [...]
Posted: February 4th, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: valentine's gift ideas, valentine's present, valentine's present ideas
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Daily Puppy Delight
What better way to launch our Valentine’s Day gift ideas than with this little cutie brought to our inboxes by Daily Puppy… there’s one particular member of our team (no names mentioned, Natasha) who gets much pleasure from the daily email sent by Dailypuppy.com - an extraordinary service that sends a picture of a puppy daily to their [...]
Posted: February 2nd, 2010 under Uncategorized.
Tags: dailypuppy.com, gifts for her, valentine's gift ideas, valentine's present, valentine's present ideas
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