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Gorgeous Sterling Silver Christmas Tree Decorations

 Gorgeous Sterling Silver ChristmasTree Decorations

At Christmas, we all like our Christmas tree to look its best.

For many years, designer silversmiths Braybrook & Britten have produced limited edition hallmarked sterling silver Christmas tree decorations, some incorporating real gems.

‘It all started when I made one for myself’, says jewellery designer Monica Langford. ‘My children were very young and I thought how nice it would be for them to have their own special silver Christmas tree decoration, hallmarked on the year they were born – something that would be brought out year after year for their whole life’.

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Host Your Big Halloween Party from The IKEA Range

 Host Your Big Halloween Party from The IKEA Range

So this is the year you’ve decided to host a big Halloween party; whether you are catering for young or old, the IKEA range has something to help you have a terrifyingly good time.

This is the one night each year when we look forward to creepy things, so turn your home into a haunted mansion.

Turn your lights down low, or even turn them off and use IKEA’s spooky night lights, to create a Halloween glow:

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Get Creative with Your Herend Porcelain Collection

 Get Creative with Your Herend Porcelain Collection

Herend has introduced a new range of porcelain tableware, which enables you to get creative and build your own collection, just the way you want it.

It will be revealed at an exhibition at Harrods from 6th October until 6th November.

Milan based fashion designer M. Locatelli (CLS Architetti) together with Herend craftsmen went back to basics:

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Herend Launches Exclusive Teddy Bear for Harrods

 Herend Launches Exclusive Teddy Bear for Harrods

Teddy is 6.5cm tall. He is painted in the Harrods green and gold and he will be exclusive to Harrods, featuring a gold H on one foot.

Teddy could be the first of many exclusives, as the plan is to add to the collection, perhaps 2 or 3 figures each year, a great thought for the many collectors of Herend figurines.

The retail price of the bear is £250.00 and he should be in the store by mid October.

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A Platter Of Opulence From Edge Company

 A Seasonal Platter Of Opulence From The Edge Company

What dining table wouldn’t be enhanced by a seasonal platter of nuts or fruit? The leaf platters from Edge Company, add a touch of lavishness to dining tables, mantle-pieces, coffee or hallway tables, either to display dry food or on their own as decoration.

Exclusive to Edge Company, the platters were inspired by an Indian banquet, where designer Garth Williams was then working and no sense of grandeur has been lost in their creation.

Pressed from nickel platted copper, these leaf platters have been polished to a mirror finish that will enhance any surface they grace.

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Bold & Beautiful China Collections From Joanna Wood

Bold & Beautiful China Collections From Joanna Wood

With bold colours and African prints dominating the catwalks for summer 2009, the new Zenaba china collection available from Joanna Wood ensures your home as well as your wardrobe, will be on trend this season.

The tropical hues combined with powerful patterns are sure to make a statement and this magnificent collection features serving platters, letter trays and bottle coasters, each adorned with a mixture of leaping gazelles, zebras and leopards.

Aztec and floral trends are huge in the fashion houses too and Joanna Wood has a variety of products to match.

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The DotcomGiftShop’s Summer Garden

The DotcomGiftShop’s Summer Garden

Spring seems to be with us at last, and it won’t be long before we’ll be spending long summer afternoons in the back garden or chic urban balcony.

After a morning spent planting, using the Flowerpower gardening tools, festoon your oasis with Dotcomgiftshop bunting and decorations in preparation for the afternoon feast – cooked slowly over one of their colourful BBQ buckets.

Then sit back and savour the summer sun on one of the bargain metal chair and table sets – all at really affordable prices:

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Thea’s Unique Range Of Hand-Painted Ceramics

Gallery Thea’s Unique Range Of Hand-Painted Ceramics

Gallery Thea is a working studio, shop and gallery situated on the East Anglian coast in Suffolk, in the vibrant coastal town of Southwold.

The studio was first set up by artist Thea Cutting in 2000, and in 2004 she was selected as one of the finalists in Country Living magazine’s Rural Women in Business Award.

Gallery Thea offers a unique range of hand-painted and personalised ceramics, such as items from the Nursery Collection featured here, available mail order and online at www.gallerythea.co.uk.

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A Gorgeous Easter Gift – China Personalised Easter Egg

A Gorgeous Easter Gift A China Personalised Easter Egg

A gorgeous Easter Gift, The hand painted and personalised Easter Egg from GettingPersonal.co.uk makes a beautiful Easter Gift.

The China Egg is a lovely gift this Easter time and comes in 3 wonderful designs featuring either an Easter Chick, Flowers or the Classic design.

Each Easter Egg can be personalised with the name of your choice and the year you wish to appear on the egg.

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Emma Bridgewater’s Personalised Mothers Day Gifts

Emma Bridgewater’s Personalised Mothers Day Gifts

Add a personal message this Mothers day to one of eight classic Emma Bridgewater pieces and create a really special present for your Mum.

She will love the thought and extra effort you’ve gone to and might even let you have the first pick of her Mothers Day chocolates.

The mug featured says it all – “Happiness for Mum is a cup of tea in bed and perhaps take her the papers as well” – and maybe some delicious breakfast, tidiness peace and harmony reigning downstairs and freedom to read her book – oh really the list could go on and on!

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