The Big Stock Sale!

Dear Friends

We have had a great 2011 at the Little Present Company, keeping up with the ever-changing range of presents which are available on the market, and staying in touch with our loyal customer base.

Times are very hard in retail at the moment, and with this in mind, we are undergoing an image overhaul. It is not a full face-lift, just a few essential tweaks hither and thither to keep looking young and fresh enough to help you with your gift needs.

Whilst we have always had a strong link with the annual birthday and Christmas market, the strength of our business has always been the Christening presents. We have focused our energies on sourcing hand-made local furniture for children (Windsor chairs, Haymaker chairs, stools, settles and Irish Oak chairs) and delicate designer jewellery (by super talented Ginny D) to run alongside our fantastic range of personalised framed pictures and canvases.

So it's out with the wooden toys, nightwear and newborn clothing, and in with the hand-selected one-off presents which can be cherished and last a lifetime.

Our website will be changing soon, so if you would like to take advantage of some seriously big reductions from our stock range, please visit us at www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/sale.asp

With kindest regards and thanks again for your custom

Emily and Emma
Little Present Company
01325 722803/ 07789 000504

Ginny D joins forces with LPC

After years of working in the equine industry Ginny decided to change direction and move into the design and creation world. Being artistic in nature and from a family with a huge design talent (Ginny's brother being the international designer Giles Deacon) this all came relatively easily. It's obviously in the genes!

The Ginny D brand was established in 2001 and has gone from strength to strength with a loyal customer base. With each season comes a new range, each style touching on a trend and, consequently, her pieces sell like the proverbial hot cake.

It is with great pleasure, and an equal portion of excitement, that we introduce the exclusive range of children and young adult's sterling silver bracelet and necklaces. Each is hallmarked and has the Ginny D logo. From £55 for a piece of timeless style, we believe this is the perfect Christening present or a gift for a very special little girl.

Visit our website http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/silver-gifts.asp in the silver gifts or Christening section.

With love
Emily and Emma x

Cool Britannia

Just as 'Cool Britannia' was a short-lived piece of media aimed at promoting the UK to a world audience, so too is the forthcoming summer of 2012 putting Britain back on the world's stage.
Thanks to our Brit Pop and the contemporary notoriety of Brit Art (I thank you, David Hockney RA) we have never had more to boast about: so let's get behind our superb current day heroes of the track, field, sail and bat. Hang the double sided cotton Union Jack bunting around your home with pride. Put on the tv and follow Ben Ainslie's jibe and tacking along the waters so that Britannia really do rule the waves again.

We can recapture that 'Summer of Love', when Britain, or London at least, really was cool. London landmarks like Big Ben and our classic double decker buses are recognised world-over. Put one of our bespoke Bus cushions on a bed or in the nursery (http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/prodpage.asp?ProdID=389) for £33 with your child's name.

The forthcoming 60th anniversary of the Queen's reign is a hugely anticipated event. The only other British monarch to celebrate a Diamond Jubilee was Queen Victoria in 1897. When we have our long bank holiday weekend in early June, dress your babies in our funky crown babyvests and babygrows - Long Live the Queen! http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/prodpage.asp?ProdID=438. Invite in the neighbours, serve tea in a bone china cup and eat triangular cucumber sandwiches. It is a great year to bring out the British in you.

Celebrate with us at www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk.
With love from
Emily and Emma

Are those Santa's bells I hear...?

There are 14 shopping days left until Christmas. Thankfully we have managed to fill Santa's sack with presents from the Little Present Company this year, so all godchildren, neices, nephews and offspring of friends will be receiving quality gifts. We will be extremely popular, methinks. Time is almost out for personalising presents if needed in time for Chrimbo, so CHOP CHOP if you
want to SHOP SHOP! It is mayhem for the artists and seamstresses at the moment, so the more notice they have, the calmer the commission and the happier the vibe.

All in the spirit of Christmas, let's sing a snow song "I hear those sleigh bells ringing, ding dinga
dinging..."

After our fairs and shows, our replacement stock has arrived so we are fit to burst again for wooden toys and nightwear, so just contact us with your requirements. We offer a gift-wrap and card service too, if you are unable to get to the shops in this terrible weather.

With love from
Emily and Emma x

Hammer Hammer Bang Bang!

The days are drawing in, the nights are frosting over, the TV is offering rubbish to our vulnerable minded off-spring. Drum roll (or the clatter of hammer) please,the Little Present Company are here to help with occupying little hands, budding imaginations and paving the way for a life-time of quality DIY-ing.
Introducing our fabulous range of wooden toys for boys:
http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/wooden-toys.asp

First up is our BIGGEST and most BOYISH powertoolsworkbench. Free-standing, brightly coloured and full of bits that bang, turn and swirl; what little 2yr+ could resist the urge to build all day long? Better than a repeat episode of Handy Manny any day. In stock and priced at £38.00

To accompany the workbench, we have our top-selling Carpenter’s Belt (£10.90) and the portable Toolkit. Both come with hammers, screwdrivers, nuts and bolts – and with their fun colours and safety element (no detachable swallow-able bits) they will be a big hit with the noisy boys this Christmas. Sorry mums!

All gifts on our site are available for despatch before Christmas, but please note: if you would like any artwork to be personalised we need to receive your orders within Friday 9th December.

Thanks and love from
Emily and Emma



Little
Present Company
Hollow
Banks
Scorton
Road
Brompton
on Swale
Richmond
North
Yorks
DL10
7EQ

http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/
01325 722803 / 07789 000504
Twitter:
@LittlePresentCo

An Ideal Night-time, courtesy of the Little Present Company

After bathing your little bundles of loveliness in a lavender-based bath essence (after the previous night's disaster and middle of the night whingeing from junior), you take the small children to the cupboard to choose nightwear.

The baby sleeps like a king in his Crown Baby Vest (£10.95). His bedtime story is The Prince's Bedtime (£7.95) but he is asleep before they get to page 5. He falls asleep with his favourite wooden Tractor and Trailer in his arms (£5.95).

Big brother prefers his Vintage Cars pyjamas (£19.95) because they are the button-down front like daddy's and they have a car on them like they have on Top Gear. He gets to stay up a little late so fills in the blanks in his Johnny Joe's Time Travel Colouring Book (£4.50)

Big sister has a pair of pink pyjamas with a Rocking Horse design, but tonight opts for the Floral Cotton Nightdress (£18.95) because it is soft and lightweight. Her bed is pretty with its personalised cushion (from £33), bedspread and teddy bears. It's almost too pretty to sleep in but she has been playing all day in her Wendy House and is thoroughly exhausted from all the fresh air.

And then the phone rings and everyone wakes up. POP!

Summer Loving (or Loving Summer)

Whether the weather be good, or whether the weather be bad, we have all sorts of Summer Fun things happening here at The Little Present Company.

With sand in our shoes and windburn on our cheeks from the British seaside, it is with a whole heap of enthusiasm that we introduce our new Children's Deckchairs to you (available in 3 designs) for £28 each - and our additional long towelling Hooded Beachwear (£24.99 in all kids sizes).

Take one of our Wooden Cricket sets to the beach (£14.95), pitch a tent or a windbreak, and settle in for the day. The children can run around in the Swimtrunks or Swimsuits we can offer (by far the funkiest gear on the coastline this summer) and after a bracing surf in the waves, they can snuggle into their warm hooded Towelling tops.

The only thing we cannot help you with is the weather or the sand in the sandwiches.

Have fun!

With love

Emily and Emma

www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/summerfun