Silver

We are re-designing our website over the coming weeks, and we have decided to put our Silverware department to bed temporarily. Sadly, the price of silver has risen dramatically so we can no longer justify the increased costs as they are passed directly onto our customers. We are, however, holding a few items in stock which we are going to sell at reduced prices... so, if anyone is after a handsome piece for that special occasion, you know where to come.

Bon Bon dish, Horn Baby Feeder spoon and Antique Silver Toast Rack are stunning and ready to go for £50 each. (original prices £78.95, £54.95 and £59.95 respectively).

With love from

Emily and Emma x

www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk

01748 810450 / 07789 000504

An Overdue Update from LPC

We are dead on our posh-shod feet. The physical toll of exhibiting, selling and marketing is showing itself in our bodies and minds and houses.... The long hours on our feet have given us swollen ankles, our minds are blurred and our homes are full to bursting with ironing do-to and breakfast bowls to clear away (from last month). BUT it has all been worth it. So far, our 2010 Christmas Fair season - which we are nearly half way through - has been a great success and we have handed out nearly one million leaflets and taken nearly as many orders. Thank you to everyone for giving us such a moral hug. It is a rare opportunity for us to be able to step out from behind the website and meet the customers face-to-face.

Our best-selling wooden toys have been from the small boy's range of pull along trains, push-along tractors and toolkits. We met a lot of grannies who were keen to buy sturdy presents for their little terrors, but they were not wanting to break the bank (Train is £9.95 and Tool Box £19.95) or break the peace at the same time. No drum kits this year, just good wooden toys for little hands and adventurous minds.

The small girls have treats lined up for their Christmas presents too this year. We sold lots of our gorgeous 'Jenny' Floral nighties (£16.95 makes it the most affordable long-sleeved cotton night dress out there) and our unique shaped blackboards. The Gingerbread Man with Bite attracted lots of attention (£12.99) and the Bunny and Heart shapes were a big hit too. We have only a couple left, so please order now if you are interested to avoid disappointment.

We cannot believe our luck. Our favourite Wood Whittler, Dick Willis, has introduced a new range of child's chair. We have a few here in stock: elm, oak and distressed finish available, all with yew back rungs. To celebrate this new introductory range, we have reduced all of the prices from £105 per chair to only £75 so get buying before we change our minds! Call us for more information...

We are getting ready for another fair tomorrow, but we are always around to take your lovely calls and your lovely orders. Happy shopping everyone!

With love from

Emily and Emma

An Early Christmas Reminder

Christmas is coming (and along with the goose getting fat) we are filling up on wooden toys, personalised canvases, wall stickers and ride-on bikes and scooters. Boys have a few more presents now too, with sporty photo frames and some fantastically sturdy wooden shields and swords.

The Little Present Company Christmas Tree (currently a green fake plastic one for Fairs) is bedecked in all of the LPC embroidered hearts, gingerbread men and Nordic reindeer. It is extremely handsome and far too classy for all of the hand-made tinsel-items which are bound to come home in sticky hands from school.If there is anything which you are sourcing but unable to find on our website, please do call us. We are now fully-qualified experts in children's gifts. I kid you not.

Calling all Godparents! Get the shopping done now so you don’t have a last-minute panic. We can fill stockings with wooden toys, books, nightwear, bedding… anything, and send it to your little godlets and you take all the glory. It’s a win-win situation, and you will be very popular wethinks. The hand-painted clocks (see picture above) are a wonderful and original present for only £25.

Time is ticking for personalising presents if needed in time for Chrimbo, so CHOP CHOP if you want to SHOP SHOP!

With lots of love from us both
Emily and Emma x

Roll up, Roll up! We have taken delivery of 4 absolutely gorgeous hand-made unique 'Stanley' stockings. No single stocking is the same - they are made with divine fabrics and interlined with bold red and white spotted silk. They are lush, as Stacey would say.

A forever-Christmas decoration which is unique and beautifully made.

Well jingle my bells, I am getting all festive.

Laters, Emily x

Good, Honest Design Pieces at LPC

We are all about sourcing good, honest, British products here at LPC. Sarah Watkins, founder and designer of Fairbourn Children’s Furniture is right up our ethical street.

It was after her son was born that Sarah tried, unsuccessfully to find furniture and attractive accessories for her home. Using her background in design, she set about creating her unique range of wooden items which are based on the Shaker principles on honesty to the materials: “whatever is fashioned, let it be plain and simple and for the good”.

Sarah’s creative flair is evident in her range of quirky objects. The carved and painted words Love, Dream and Angel are brilliantly adaptable. Made from solid wood from renewable sources, they are painted and distressed by hand in her workshop. They can be wall-mounted or table top displayed and are available in a range of soft pastel colours for £36.00

The adorable little hand made pastel-coloured mice is a present which will outlast any piece of newborn clothing for only £12.99. Sarah makes each of the small accessories held by the Little Present Company by her own hand. The soft palette range and integrity to the wood give each one a lovely vintage feel.

Sarah gleans ‘real pleasure’ from creating beautiful pieces. Designed, produced and sold from North Yorkshire, these Fairbourn wooden accessories have ‘local’ metaphorically stamped all over them. Our other £12.99 stock item is the chalkboard range: bunny, gingerbread man and heart are all large enough for some serious doodling....

We are one of a number of British retailers who sell Sarah’s accessories, and we are proud to do so. We look forward to a long and mutually successful collaboration.

Enter Sarah’s magical world and keep an eye open for her new items at http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/. 01748 810450 / 07789 000504

Good Times at the Little Present Company

Since buying the on-line gift site in November 2009, www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk, it has flourished under the careful guidance of business women, Emma Hendrix and Emily Peart. Both are committed mothers to small children, and during pre-school hours, they find time to devote their energies to the website and its artists.
Both bubbly blondes with great smiles and huge energy, they obviously enjoy what they do. ‘We have so much fun finding new products which are hand-made and of outstanding quality. Our product range is stacked full of things that make us smile,’ says Emily.
The first 9 months of business have been exciting and challenging for the girls. Despite the recession they have found business to be regular and surprisingly buoyant. ‘There is plenty of demand for personalised presents, and people are generally prepared to buy something which has been made to order and will last a lifetime’.
The broad selection of gifts on the website is very much a joint effort. They hand select artists and craftsmen who are able to bring something unique to the Little Present Company. So far, they are building friendships as well as a fabulous and loyal following.
With first hand-experience of children and with a small team of godchildren themselves, Emma and Emily are at hand to offer advice and suggestions for gift ideas. There is a free to use Reminder Service as well as a Present Finder scroll bar. Visit the girls at the website, or call for first-hand guidance and information. It will be fun, we promise!
http://littlepresentcompany.co.uk/press.asp
Contact:
Emily Peart and Emma Hendrix
Little Present Company
Hollow Banks
Scorton Road
Brompton on Swale
Richmond
North Yorks
DL10 7EQ

www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk
post@littlepresentcompany.co.uk

01748 810450 / 07789 000504

Words by Alex Bay
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Christmas all Sewn Up at The Little Present Company

After going from a jewellery degree at the Central St Martins College of Art in London, and a time working in children's television, Tina has blended her artistic know-how with her empathy for children to give us ‘Tobyboo’. Her hotchpotch fabric works are a hot favourite at the Little Present Company. Each piece is made to order with love and heaps of skill.

We are extremely excited to introduce our new Tobyboo designed Christmas Personalised Sacks which are exclusive to the Little Present Company. At £60 each, they are a life-lasting festive essential. The child’s name is hand-sewn onto an ‘envelope’, the bags are interlined and there is even a Rudolf Reindeer stamp (his nose is a red button!). FabricThe pillowcases' role of Present Sack has been out-smarted by these gorgeous creations.

Alternatively, she has her quirky range of Stockings (affectionately called Stanleys) which come in a range of fabrics and colours. These fully lined stockings will last a lifetime of Christmases, and add vibrant colour to every household. At £38 they will be hot-footing it out of our shop!

Share the love for Tobyboo’s wonderful creations at:
Little Present Company
Hollow Banks
Scorton Road
Brompton on Swale
Richmond
North Yorks
DL10 7EQ
http://www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk/. 01748 810450 / 07789 000504

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