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Go Back In Time For Kids’ Gifts At Past Times

Go Back In Time For Kids’ Gifts At Past Times

Everyone’s getting in on the act this year, but kids’ gifts at Past Times have always been of the old fashioned sort – so why not go back in time?

Replace the sound-assault of computer games, with the old fashioned clack of traditional wooden board games like backgammon, chess, cribbage and table football, from £10 to £18, the ‘Whooooo’ of the wooden train whistle at £2 and the hum of the spinning top at £10.

Little girls will love the wooden knitting dolls and skipping ropes, ’fairyphernalia’ and Beatrix Potter books and soft toys, while the retro space hopper and pogo stick, will have everyone bouncing around the room.

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The Boudoir Look And Shabby Chic From Melody Maison

Boudoir Look And Shabby Chic Interiors From Melody Maison

Melody Maison is a family-run business and a ‘must visit’ for fans of French, vintage-inspired elaborate boudoir look and shabby chic interiors.

Their gorgeous and extensive range includes; fabulous mirrors, clocks and furniture, sourced from all over the world – you wont see this selection anywhere else and all at affordable prices.

French style can mean so many things in interior design, from the understated pale aged shabby chic look, to the ornate and grand rococo style, to the more recent revival of boudoir style chic, using jewel colours paired with gold. French style furniture is rarely modern in design.

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Past Times Has Christmas Gifting all Wrapped Up

Past Times Has Christmas Gifting all Wrapped Up

Retro is making a huge comeback this Christmas, and that’s the way it has always been at Past Times…

The company is famous for its nostalgic keepsakes and Victoriana giftware, including quality old-fashioned wooden toys, traditional family games and all sorts of unique and unusual hidden gems that have lasting value.

Even with belts tightening this year, Christmas will always be the season for giving and treating.

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Latest Autumn Additions From The Dotcomgiftshop

Latest Additions For Autumn From The Dotcomgiftshop

The Dotcomgiftshop has launched the Autumn/Winter additions to their online gift ranges, which are very stylish yet reasonably priced:

French Chateau – these classic ‘pieces are simply oozing with Parisian panache and that rustic, country house style, including embossed zinc, distressed wood, lanterns and vintage prints, all help to make the range charming and irresistible.

Pictured here is the Cabinet with Embossed Hearts priced at £49.95 and
The Gothic Carriage Lantern at £14.95.

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Gifts Galore Online At The Dotcomgiftshop

Gifts Galore Online At The Dotcomgiftshop

The Dotcomgiftshop online, offers a wide range of gifts for her and for him, exclusively designed or sourced by their in-house team.

They are a little bit quirky, some are quite kitsch but surprisingly stylish; you’ll find vintage style kitchenware alongside glamorous baroque chandeliers.

This easy to navigate website is divided into sections:

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The Japanese Shop – A Unique Shopping Concept

The Japanese Shop Offers A Unique Concept In Shopping

Jez and Hiromi Willard husband and wife team, launched The Japanese Shop 10 years ago, to cater for the rapidly growing interest in Japan and the Japanese lifestyle. They source the authentic products direct from Japan.

Whether you are interested in the Japanese culture, beliefs and traditions, adore traditional oriental prints and designs, or are simply looking for a unique gift for a friend or loved one; the Japanese Shop has something to suit all.

The comprehensive range includes contemporary and traditional tableware, kimono style house robes, health jewellery, pictures, water features and ornaments to name but a few.
For example:

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Moresque’s New Home Décor With Moorish Artistry

Moresque

The rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world, is the design inspiration behind the launch collection of Moresque, a new on-line retailer specialising in contemporary home decorating accessories, tabletop, bed linen and soft furnishings.

Tas Rahman, founder of Moresque, has combined traditional Moorish designs from Turkey, Egypt, Morocco and beyond, with a modern-day approach to decorating the home; the collection offers unique, hand-crafted decorative products, with broad appeal and can be purchased on-line.

The eye catching Ever-Lasting Candles featured here, are hand-made in Morocco, from wax with inset arabesque motifs, in copper or thuya wood, and are inspired by traditional Islamic art and architecture.

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Royal Copenhagen’s ‘The Art Of Giving Flowers’ Collection

Royal Copenhagen’s ‘The Art Of Giving Flowers’ Collection

The world famous Dutch artist and designer Wouter Dolk, has created a home décor collection for Royal Copenhagen; beautiful porcelain ornaments to bring joy all the year round.

The Art of Giving Flowers collection consists of three different Wall Reliefs in three sizes and three different colours, iridescent pink, blue and white in matt and shiny glaze; sizes 21 cm, 23 cm and 38 cm.

The first two depict a beautifully carved Dahlia, while the largest dish is a composition of Chrysanthemum and Cherry Blossom.

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Easter Eggs – A Spring Classic From Royal Copenhagen

Easter Eggs - A Spring Classic From Royal Copenhagen

Royal Copenhagen is continuing with its Easter tradition by launching a total of six delightful new Easter eggs:

One of this year’s new ornaments is a goose egg decorated with a charming poppy anemone. (featured here).

The porcelain egg is 10 cm tall and comes with a longer ribbon, which means that it will hang beautifully in a window, but can also be arranged in a bowl or dish together with other porcelain eggs.

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Royal Copenhagen’s Homage To Human Anatomy

Royal Copenhagen’s Perfectio: Homage To Human Anatomy

Royal Copenhagen is launching four new figurines by Pia Langelund, which pay homage to human beauty and the curves of the body – a male and a female bust, a recumbent man on a pedestal and a kneeling woman on a pedestal, in white and black porcelain.

“Pia Langelund has a supreme sense for what is beautiful in a perfect human body and the human profile. She knows how to transform our love for entrancing curves and long lines, into sculptures that render it completely legitimate to cultivate and appreciate a perfect anatomy,” explains Niels Bastrup, Royal Copenhagen’s Creative Director.

Pia’s figurines for Royal Copenhagen increase the limits of how porcelain figurines are normally perceived, so that they cross the boundary from knick-knacks to home décor – she has mastered the difficult art of capturing muscles at work and the way in which the body radiates the object’s posture, in her sculptures.

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