Press Release: Christening Presents

Christening Presents at the Little Present Company

Richmond, North Yorkshire

The Little Present Company is the one-stop shop for all classically beautiful and life-long gifts for Christenings. A vast selection of presents range from 18th century inspired furniture, to hand-made Name and Date Frames, to silverware (Hallmarked and silver plated options).
They have stocked and sold Dick Willis’s Windsor-style children’s chairs, settles and stools for the past five years. He is able to engrave names and dates along the comb back, if required. Each piece is made to order.

The Little Present Company’s range of silver is constantly changing. They have condiment sets, child’s mugs, spoons, coasters, dishes and salvers. For more information, contact the girls at the address below. Visit the website, join the Facebook page or follow the blog on http://www.http//littlepresentcompany.blogspot.com/

To celebrate the Christening season, the Little Present Company is offering a 10% discount on any items within the Christening section of the website. Offer code NU10 at checkout.

Contact:
Emily Peart and Emma Hendrix
Little Present Company
Hollow Banks
Scorton Road
Brompton on Swale
Richmond
North Yorks
DL10 7EQ

http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/
http://uk.mc867.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=post@littlepresentcompany.co.uk

01748 810450 / 07789 000504
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An Early Summer

The spring sunshine has encouraged a massive spring-clean in our house. We have dusted out the wendy house, polished the windows, shaken out the door mat and opened the windows. With this colourful-floral-birdsong attitude, we have embarked upon our Summer Range of goods here at the Little Present Company.

New in: children's swimshorts, towelling hoodies in fun colours and designs, and a range of outdoor toys to keep the little ones in the fresh air for as long as possible. With the newly mown grass (mmm the smell of summer!) underfoot, it is time for lunches in the sunshine and games of cricket and croquet and running races and... and... big fat siestas on beanbags.

Fingers crossed that this glorious sunshine continues for the rest of the school holidays. My daughter (aged 4) longs for a real pony but seems to be content with the Hobby Horse at the moment because it is soft and makes clip-clop noises; and my son (aged 6) is Sir Lancelot and using the wooden swords against me and the daffodils.

With love
Emily and Emma

Local Press, Foreign Scammer and Chocolate Overload

Happy Easter!

This weekend we have had a lovely surprise to see that our Wooden Soldier Skittles, Croquet set, Bunting, Cupcake Blanket and Rosie Flo's Colouring books have received some glossy local press. 'Luxe' and 'Hitched' magazines have both given us double page features. The child models are as cute as candy, and our things look brilliant. We are extremely Happy Easter Bunnies indeed.

On a separate note, we nearly fell for a foreign scam last week. We received a bulk order from a charming man offering us untold amounts of cash for a speedy transaction on some wooden toys. Smelling a rather large rat, we donned our Jack Frost hats and unearthed some information which pointed towards the deal being based on marshmallow foundations. Rats!

Easter is over and I cannot close my fridge door for the amount of chocolate eggs and novelty sweet treats living within. It is sad to see the back of Easter, but now we can move into the summer range of toys and gifts. Roll on summer parties, camping holidays, wedding days and village fetes... oh and you know where to come for all the accessories.

With love
Emily and Emma x

Windsor-Style Child's Chairs

Emma and I drove down to meet Dick Willis, a gentleman craftsman who makes Windsor-style chairs from yew wood, in Bedale North Yorkshire. He is a wonderful elderly man who has talent and an understanding of his product like no-one else I have ever met. Being the enthusiastic shoppers we are, we have driven away with some children's chairs and a stunning children's settle (in crackled dark blue on wood). Our return trip next week will see us collecting stools and high chairs.

Our children have all been given the Windsor style chairs as christening presents in the past. He engraves initials into the wood to personalise, should you wish.

I feel a little starry eyed after meeting Mr Willis. We are very lucky to be his 'shop front'.

Time for a cup of tea and a dunking biscuit.

Love

Emily and Emma x

More is always more

Did I mention that we love co-ordination?

We have boats, soldiers, butterflies and bunnies multiplying and ready to take over the world. The artists and clever ladies who make our gorgeous gifts are busy creating new and exclusive products to add to our existing bulging range. Make way for the ENORMOUS Little Present Company.

We have a new Barn Playtent on the website today, and along with (yes, you've guessed it) co-ordinating floor mat, beanbag and toy storage basket. The older boys can hide in the Camouflaged Wigwam with the (yawn) co-ordinating sleepbags and floor cushions.

Birthdays are an all-year round occurance, so add a few of our exclusive padded photo frames to your basket for every eventuality. We have hens, bees, boats and soldiers... If you have any specific requirements, our afore-mentioned artistic clever ladies will be happy to help fulfill your commission.

Better go. The business drum is beating.

Love from
Emily and Emma xx

Spring Light appears at the end of the Winter Tunnel...

Gosh it has been a long winter. And we are not yet through it. More snow forecast for the end of this week.

To banish the winter blues (greys and blacks) we have emersed ourselves in sourcing some beautiful summer outdoors gifts. My son is planning a summer sleep-over in the grass field infront of our house. He has a vision of wigwams, tents, sleeping bags, log fires, hog-roast and toasted marshmallows. I have a vision of mosquitoes and sleep-deprived children.

I have had a strong word with self and am now embracing the cheery gung-ho spirit. The cotton sleeping bags, beanbags, floor cushions, wigwams and playhouses have met with The Event Co-ordinator's approval. All products will be added to our website over the next few days. Everything available through the Little Present Company except, of course, for the roast pig and mallows.

People love co-ordination. When you give a newborn baby a gift, we can offer blankets to match babygrows and pictures to match cushions. It's just all too good to be true. Today we have added a 'soldier' theme to our range of products. Now put that in your wigwam and smoke it.

Take care
with love
Emily and Emma x

Fresh Air

I have been to the mountains for a few days away from this grey-dank-damp country. I have returned with a head full of fresh air and inspired design ideas.

The French have their interiors buttoned. Every room has items which have been chosen specifically to co-ordinate as a whole entity. The bed spreads match the cushions which sit handsomely alongside the pictures on the walls and the cushions on the chairs. They are not afraid to mix texture, and nor do they spare any expense.

I have looked at our website www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk with fresh eyes. It is with great pleasure that I can confirm that we, too, have been successful in adding some of the afore-mentioned French style into our site. Our soft blankets sit well with the assorted cushions, the divine wall art compliments the accessories, and on it goes.

Spring is busy trying to burst forth, so it is with equal energy that we will be introducing new 'outdoors' products so that the garden can be as much of a co-ordinated wonderland as the nursery.

With love from
Emily and Emma