Stocking Fillers and Secret Santa Gifts for £5 and Under
ten things we sell which would make great stocking fillers or secret Santa presents and all for £5 or less
Keep Calm and Drink Up Book full of little humours and quotes to keep your dinner guests amused £4.99
Pretty pack of 3 double sided Nougat Emery Boards £4.50
Rustic clay pot filled with a St Eval scented Candle. Apple and Elderflower, other scents available £4.95
Slot together Christmas Tree. Push out the cardboard pieces, slot together to make a decorative, free standing tree £3.50
Burts Bees Treats Gift Pack. Pomegrante Lip Balm and Lemon Cuticle Cream £4.99
Belle and Boo Snowman Christmas Tin £4.95
Angie Lewin clifftop St Jude's recycled paper notebook, lined pages £3.75
Cath Kidston Provence Red mug. Lots of other mug designs to choose from for just £5.00 each
cute fabric dog tooth pattern puppy dog keyring. Other patterns available £4.95 each
And to help with the wrapping up a box of letterpress Christmas gift tags with old fashioned string £4.95
Christmas Gifts for £10 and Under
Here’s ten lovely Christmas gift ideas for £10 and under.
Bomb Cosmetics Bath Brulee Gift Set. 3 cupcake style brulees in a floral print box with clear lid and bowed ribbon detail £9.99
St Eval Figgy Pudding Scented Candle in antique finish gold pot £9.95
Winter notecards by Robert Gillmor featuring a Hare and a Woodpecker in handy card wallet £6.95
Pink recycled leather notebook A6 with recycled paper pages. Other colours available £9.50
Emily Sutton Curiosity Shop St Judes Sketchbook, recycled, plain pages £6.95
Cath Kidston Cherries mug in a matching tin. Other patterns available £8.00
Give Me Sunshine cotton print tea towel by Pintuck £10.00
Stags pattern oil cloth makeup purse £7.50 larger sizes and other patterns available
Coro Glass Vases. A pair of blue vases which come gift boxed for just £10.00
The Gift a book by Carol Ann Duffy illustrated by Rob Ryan. Ok so we cheated a little here, but we love this book so much and it is just over budget at £10.99
Ness a/w 2011
Ness Autumn Winter collection 2011
We now have the rest of our delivery of Ness handbags, purses and accessories from the Autumn / Winter 2011 collection.
As you would expect with Ness the collection features their trademark bright tartan fabrics in emerald greens, hot pinks and russet reds, but mixed in with these tartans are panels of fine herringbone tweed.
Ness Orla £34.99
All this sits well on the shapes Ness have introduced this season, cute little messanger bags like the Orla (£34.99)
or larger bags with a wealth of features including external zipped and buckled pockets like the Florence (£69.99)
A co-ordinating range of purses and corsages are also available (starting from £5.99 for a corsage, purses from £19.99)
Ness Purses and Corsages
and this year we have also added in a few hats, gloves and scarves, we really like the faux fur trimmed Jamie deerstalker style hat with its bright pink platted baubles. (£29.99)
Our current selection of bags and purses from Ness are, as always, only available to our shop customers and in most cases, in limited quantities.
Crystal Poppy Brooch 2011
Kleshna Crystal Poppy Brooch
This stunning crystal Poppy brooch has been created by British Jewellery designer Kleshna. Each year Kleshna produces a beautiful range of Poppy jewellery to help raise funds for the Royal British Legion and this year the crystal poppy brooch is a real show stopper!
Each Poppy brooch has over 300 hand sewn crystals and features a large central petrol coloured crystal. The brooches are sewn on to a red cloth backing with a metal pin back which is also hand stitched to the fabric. A true labour of Love. Each brooch is supplied in a black card Kleshna branded box with red paper lining and a black jewellery pad inside.
Last year’s design of Poppy brooch was worn extensively on the television show The X-Factor, both the contestants and all the judges, which included Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole, Dannii Minogue and Louis Walsh, were seem wearing their Kleshna Poppy brooches with pride on shows which aired last November. Other celebraties have also taken a shine to these wonderful creations over the past few years with Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and The Saturdays amongst those spotted wearing a hand made Kleshna Poppy brooch.
This Stunning Crystal Poppy brooch is available to purchase from our web site alongside other beautiful pieces of jewellery from the Kleshna collections.
Who Gives a Hoot?
Owlie Owl Piggy Bank Money Box
It would seem, at the moment, lots of people are giving a hoot with Owls in design currently proving very popular.
We have seem some really nice products featuring owls in recent months and going in to Autumn we expect to see even more. Over the Summer this lovely Owlie pattern piggy bank (left) by Repeat Repeat has been a popular Christening or new baby gift and matching mugs and picture frames are also available.
Owls have also appeared on greetings cards and stationery. We’ve pictured a few of them together here including a notebook covered with an assortment of amusing owl caricatures, Paul Thurlby’s O is for Owl card and another greetings card designed by Andrew Pavitt called Night Owls.
An Assortment of Owl Cards and Stationery
Owls have also appeared on bags and purses. Designed by Nicky James a cute repeating pattern of an Owl is available in red or blue on a range of bags including a small satchel, cross body bag as well as small make-up purses.
And for you little one to help comfort them on those dark Autumn and Winter nights there is also a timeless and beautiful Owl nightlight which, even when not lit up, is still a stunning bright white decorative object which could be the feature piece of any nursery or perhaps a reading room and we have to admit is proving just as popular with adults as it is with children.
Owl Satchel by Nicky James
Owl Night Light
Burt’s Bees Win Double at Beauty Awards
A selection of Burt's Bees natural beauty products
Burt’s Bees range of natural beauty products have been a favourite with our customers for some years now so it is wonderful to hear that they have been honoured at the Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards 2011, winning both the Favourite Natural Beauty Brand and Favourite Natural Beauty Product awards.
At One Brown Cow we stock a good selection of products from the Burt’s Bees range including their popular 100% natural lip shimmers with a pearlised shine available in a selection of shades or Burt’s original lip balms made using Bees wax and again 100% natural. Burt’s Bees hand creams, body lotions and body washes are also all available and we’ve just introduce our first item from the Burt’s Bees natural skin care for men range, Burt’s Bees Body Wash for Men.
We also carry products from the Baby Bee range including Tear Free Shampoo and Tear Free Bubble Bath, while for the expecting mum there is Burt’s Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter and Leg and Foot Creme
We have in-store testers available for a good selection of the Burt’s Bees products we stock, so the next time you are in Amesbury why not pop in to our shop and find out more about this award winning natural beauty range.
James Brown – This is Where the Magic Happens
James Brown is an illustrator and printmaker living and working in East London. Originally trained as a textile and surface pattern designer in recent years he has turned his attention to producing eye catching screenprints, linocuts and commercial posters all of which show strong vintage influences.
Typography is also prominent throughout his designs, this is refected in three of his prints, This is Where the Magic Happens, Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder and With Love from Me to You, which are now available as faithfully reproduced greetings cards. Although you do have to be careful who you give the Absence card to, as, turned upside down, it reads Out of Sight Out of Mind.
Each card comes individually wrapped with envelope and is printed on FSC approved board.
James Brown Absence Greetings Card
James Brown Magic Greetings Card
James Brown With Love from Me to You greetings card
Orla Kiely House – Ceramic Kitchen Ware
Orla Kiely House is a stunning range of ceramic kitchen storage solutions and accessories which are all hand-made and decorated in the distinct retro designs of Orla Kiely.
Orla Kiely House Kitchen Ware
Storage jars feature strongly in the range with the 1 litre jar available in a wide selection of designs including the classic Multi Stem pattern and the vibrant Red Abacus pattern. Each jar is fitted with a hand crafted American Walnut lid with silicon sealing ring and as each lid is hand crafted, no two are ever identical in shade or colour bringing a uniqueness and warmth to the collection. Larger storage jars are also available in 2 litre and 3.5 litre sizes, but in a more restricted choice of Orla Kiely patterns.
For the kitchen breakfast table there is a teapot in a choice of two versions of the Orla Kiely Poppy Meadow pattern which mix and contrast beautifully with the Red Abacus milk jug and Linear Stem lidded sugar bowl. Butter dishes also in Poppy Meadow pattern complete the look and one of the three sizes of salad bowl could easily double as a table centre, fruit bowl or bread basket.
To help you out around the kitchen the Multi Stem measuring jug has a useful pint and litre scale printed on the inside and the casserole pots and gratin dishes are so attractive in Poppy Meadow and Linear Stem with their bright coloured handles, that they can go straight from oven to table. The Orla Kiely composter has a clever carbon filter fitted into the lid to remove smells and odours from your waste, while the herb pots, with their own under dish, filled with Parsley, Basil and Coriander look great grouped in three’s on a kitchen window. A giant Multi Stem print bread bin completes the look and is bound to catch the eye of anyone visiting your home.
To view the range which starts at just £17.00 visit http://www.onebrowncow.co.uk/orla-kiely/
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Repeat Repeat Bone China Plum Jugs
These classy new jugs by Repeat Repeat are from their Plum range. cast in fine bone china and made in Stoke on Trent England, each white china jug features raised moulded details which create beautiful contemporary patterns on the surface of each jug. Available in three sizes with each size having it’s own pattern. Matching mugs including new Meadow and Seedling patterns also available. Our selection from the Plum range can be viewed here.
William Loves Kate
In a few weeks time we will see the Royal Wedding of the Century when William marries Kate, or Catherine, depending on how formal you like to be. I am lucky enough or old enough, if you prefer, to have been around to take part in the street parties and celebrations of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee back in 1977 and like many I sat and watched Charles and Diana’s wedding at St Pauls in 1981. Me and my brother won a fancy dress competion dressed as St George and the dragon back in 1977, the Summer was glorious and street parties took place across the country. I do not really recall what I was doing when Charles and Diana married, but I was a teenager, so I was probably doing nothing, like 14 year old boys tend to do at that point in their lives. I do, however, remember those famous images of Diana’s train draped down the steps of St Pauls.
To celebrate the marriage of William and Kate our little village, like many, is planning a street party for families and children which will be held on a triangle of roads which surround the war memorial. I hope everyone goes over the top with the bunting, Union Jack flags and the jelly and ice cream!
One Brown Cow Window Display
With the Royal Wedding on the horizon, I have taken the opportunity to decorate our little shop with a window display of Union Jack and Royal memorabilia swagged with Union Jack bunting. The window display has only been in for a day and already people are stopping and admiring and smiling, hurray! So here’s wishing the Royal couple all the best on their big day.
Our window display features Emma Bridgewater tin Union Jack Truly Great biscuit barrels, storage caddies and tea trays. Emma Bridgewater William and Kate Commemorative mug. Emma Bridgewater Union Jack melamine picnic bowls, plates and beakers and pottery mugs. Pintuck William and Catherine Commemorative mugs, Union Jack dog doorstops and traditional cotton Union Jack Bunting. Oh, and the Keep Calm mug is there just to add a small touch of humour.
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