Strange Valentine Gift vs Top Valentine Gifts

Most of us can admit to being a little addicted to chocolate.... but this is extreme!!

A chinese car dealer covered a VW Beetle in chocolate for Valentine’s Day!


About 200kgs of melted chocolate was spread over the VW Beetle after it was first wrapped in cling film. Seven people worked overnight to make sure the chocolate car was ready to go on display on the morning of Valentine’s Day.

Madness!!

Why not treat your loved one to something a tad more sensible and appropriate - something that won't send them runnig for the nearest strait jacket!

Champagne and truffles
Valentines Hamper
Swarovski Crystal Heart Keyring
Swarovski Crystal Heart Locket Keyring (my personal favourite)
Lillies in Vase (flowers that will never die... excellent!)


Take a look around our site for more inspirational ideas.. or simply give us a call!

Top Gift for Last Week - Wine & Cheese Box

We seem to have had a run on Wine and Cheese Hampers.

This handwrapped wooden wine & cheese gift box is a great gift anytime of the year - for him, or her.
Contents:

• 
  Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon Rose Wine


• award winning Swaledale blue cheese (our favourite) and


• The Fine cheese Co celery gourmet crackers.

A steal at £32.50 - you can even have it wrapped in your choice of colours/corporate colours

We're in the Paper!

check this out - we've had a great write up from the Northern Echo, our local newspaper
Sue and Debbie Have it all Wrapped up!

i especially like the part where they got Debbies surname wrong. How they managed to change her from a Brown to a Wood i do not know.

Enough said, we're extremely pleased with the piece.

Top FIVE Gifts - you know someone who'd love them!

If you're looking for a suitable gift for any occasion, but don't know where to start here is a list of our best sellers from 5 different categories:

1 Bespoke Hamper/Gift Box
You decide what goes in your hamper/gift box. You decide on your budget. You decide how you would like your gift wrapping. You decide on the colour of your gift wrapping (great for corporate Clients) You, of course know exactly what the person you are buying for would like, so you decide what you want in your gift! Just call us to discuss

2 Baby Gifts
From Doudou et Compagnie Paris. Babies can play with these activity toys which are soft and cuddly keeping them entertained for hours. My favourite is the farmhouse - you can take it anywhere. It has a handle to be carried with.

3 For Her
My personal favourite - so glamourous and full of "bling" - lots of different styles to choose from - the Swarkovski Crystal Keyring/Bag Charm

4 For Him
A hamper, for the "golfer" - again if you'd like to make changes as to what is in the hamper, you can do so. The added benefit to bespoke hampers is that you could always give us a budget to work to. We'll come back to you with suggestions!

5 Pamper Gift
Nougat of London Indulge me box - cleanse, condition, sooths, soak - what could be better...

Any questions, or you'd like to chat - just give us a call!

Delivery Day Disaster

Christmas is fast approaching, hamper orders are increasing which in turn means deliveries - and lots of them!

Just this week we had a massive order of wine bottles delivered. The delivery guy came and delivered them to our front door in a barrow! Bless him, he did also help to bring them into the office!

The previous week we had a pallate of picnic hampers (with plates, wine glasses etc packed inside - see pic) delivered, this time Mr Delivery man was not so helpful.

We had two options (bearing in mind that "we" at the time were two smallish (in build) ladies and that we were wearing skirts).

1) to climb up onto the wagon and pass the "full" hampers to each other

2) try to persuade the forklift truck operators from Christian Salvesen (just next door) to give us a hand.

We decided option two was in our best interests. Off we went to ask for their assistance - which they very kindly provided.

So thanks to Christian Salvesen for helping to keep our dignity intact.

The Case of the Exploding Marmalade

This is my first post, so let's make it light!

Briefly, Bountiful Baskets provide bespoke hampers, gifts etc which are handpacked - to an exceptional standard i might add.

I've just received an email from a customer

Thanks for the delivery of our hamper on Tuesday. I just thought you should know that the courier company that you used broke the Marmalade Jar which spoilt the whole hamper by spilling all over it.

As this was a thank you to ********* for her hard work in helping us we feel quite disappointed by this as your hard work in the preparation and display of your hamper had totally been destroyed.

Great start to the day! Exploding marmalade! How to counteract?

Well, we contacted the courier and basically there is no insurance for this type of breakage - we live and learn! As a goodwill gesture they have offered a free delivery.

I've now just finished packing a little gift for our Client by way of apology.

It's not very often this kind of damage occurs (once in a year) but we do like to keep our customers happy and loyal.