Keepsake Boxes

We are delighted and excited to introduce more products from our very favourite Claire Ramshaw of Ava P. She extraordinarily talented and has created a new and interesting range of gifts for girls and boys of all ages.

Her Boys boxes Car, Ship and Skull and Cross Bones, the former two are available in sky blue and the latter is in black only. The Girls boxes are Heart, Pink Pram and Butterfly available in pink, lilac or cream eggshell.

Each box is 16.5x26.5x8cm (medium) for £28 or 20x20x9cm (large) for £38. There is a felt base to the boxes so that they do not damage the surface. Inside, Claire adds a small plaque with the child's name and a few buttons and love hearts.

My children have one each - James aged 6 has obviously gone for the Skull and Cross Bones, and Molly has the Love Heart - and they fill them full of sweets, gadgets, small toys and badges. Never before have I found a present which has kept my house tidy AND looks great.

Feast your eyes on our collection which is due to go live during this week at www.littlepresentcompany.co.uk

With love

Emily and Emma

New Supplier: Hand Made Mirrors & Clocks

Happy New Year, one and all! Here's to a very happy and successful 2011, and a massive thank you to all of our loyal customers who have supported us so generously. You will shortly be receiving a discount code in the post - keep it safe so you can get 10% discount from your next order.

We are very excited to be welcoming some new products to our website. The first is the very talented Liz Mortimer who designs and hand-makes all of her clocks and mirrors.

Every piece is handmade to order making each one unique and something to be cherished for many years. When Liz'z 2 boys were young, she noticed that there were no exciting or distinctive children's mirrors around. Dipping into her skills and a Fine Art Degree, she decided to design her own. That was 10 years ago and she has never looked back.

All the mirrors and clocks are made from wood and clay relief, painted twice, varnished twice then decorated with sequins and glitter, even metallic and glow in the dark paints so don't be surprised if you can still see them when you switch out the lights! The mirrors are papier-mached onto the back for extra safety as this means no pieces will fall out if the mirror is broken. The clocks have all their numbers on the front so that children can learn to tell the time.

Each product can be personalised with names, dates and messages making them fab presents for birthdays, Christenings,weddings, Christmas and any other special occasion.

Because Liz's products are all handmade to order they can take about 14 days before delivery, if you have a special date in mind or need something sooner please contact us at post@littlepresentcompany.co.uk as miracles can sometimes happen.

With much love from

Emily and Emma x

In Stock but not Listed on our Website

With the snow falling all around the UK, it is hard for you to get to the shops. Let us step in to help with the Christmas presents for the children and godchildren, whilst you get on with digging your cars out of the snow to get to work.

We stocked up on an enormous amount of wooden toys and affordable gifts for the Christmas fairs, so we have a few items remaining which are immediately available but not listed on our website.

They are:

Frog and Cow Skipping Ropes £4.50

Aeroplane Bookends £18

Animal Umbrellas £9

Dinosaur Pushalongs £7.95

Wooden Bead Jewellery Boxes £11

Tin Tea Set £16

Prices exclude post and gift wrap.

Postage costs can be kept low if you instruct us to wrap, pack and send from this end direct to the recipient. All you need to do is pick up the phone and call us (01748 810450 / 07789 000504) or email post@littlepresentcompany.co.uk for details.

With love from

Emily and Emma x

Christmas Countdown

21 Christmas shopping days to go....

If you are after any items personalising or made to order, please try and let us know within the next week to 10 days. 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..."

We have a basket load of wooden reindeer tree decorations available and reduced to 60p each, or a 'set' of 4 for £2.20.

The 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

Christmas Cheer

With the snow falling heavily all around us, we can be forgiven for being more festive than a Christmas pudding. We should also be forgiven for eating more than our own bodyweight in carbs and sweet treats. It's the cold, it just forces me into the biscuit jar.

The sweetest treat we have had this week has been a flurry of sales of our one-off items. Our Horn Bon Bon dish, Wooden Sink, hand carved Child's Foot Stools and Child's windsor chairs have all sold and gone to good homes.

The new year will bring with it a range of new products and a brand new-look website, so watch this space. We would just like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support over this past year, and here's to another successful and busy 2011.

With all love from

Emily and Emma x

Dick Willis - Children's Stools

Our friendly local genius, Dick Willis, has given us four gorgeous stools to sell. Each one has been whittled and carved locally in Bedale with a skill perfected over the years. Each stool stands approx 21cm tall, is 30cm x 20cm on the top and has 4 sturdy legs.

Each of the four stools we have in stock have an image etched on (with a burning rod - very clever): a Highland Cow, a Swaledale Sheep, a harnessed Horse and a Monarch Stag.

They are tall enough for little children to sit on, and small enough for grown ups to use as foot stools. Clever, versatile and affordable at only £20.

Good honest design here at the Little Present Company.

With love from

Emily and Emma x

Wooden Toy Frenzy

7 Sleeps to go until we can open our Advent Calenders!

31 days until Christmas day....

Plenty of time left to order presents at Little Present Company.

Following the success of our Wooden Toy sales at the Christmas fairs recently, we have split them into 'stocking fillers' and 'tree gifts'.

Wooden Tractor and Trailer £5.95 for small hands

Pushalong £7.95 in Cow, Pig and Dinosaurs. Great success with children from 12months - 3 yrs.

Snazzy Maracas £4.95

Wooden Coloured Ring Rattle £5.95, a colourful toy for little hands and teething teeth

Wooden Tool Box - interchangeable between Box and Stand, perfect for a 2yr + boy.

Jumbo Dominoes £10.95 for the whole family.

Large Wooden Bead Jewellery Box for active hands £11 each (see picture)

For those little girls who love the 'home' role-play, we have a wooden Kitchen Sink reduced from £60 to £50, Tea for Two set £9.95, Wooden Toaster £10.95 and Casserole Dish £5.95. Lay it all out on the Riding School Play Mat and feed the whole family. Not listed on our website, but in stock, are some Tin Tea Sets £16.00 which come in their own box, have tin cups and saucers, napkins and cutlery (see picture).

So, it's over to you. We have the goods so call us and place an order, or go online. You still have time, so keep Christmas real this year with wooden toys to last a lifetime.

With love

Emily and Emma x