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Nordic Christmas

We absolutely love the continuing trend in 2012 for the 'Nordic' Christmas look. The Scandinavian inspired theme creates a beautiful mix of creams, whites, silver, gold and reds, usually simple and understated with lots of nature inspired elements. It feels fresh and yet cosy in a way that a simply 'modern' style doesn't quite achieve.

When we talk about Scandinavia we are really referring to the countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and use it as a cultural term reflecting their peoples associated language and cultures rather than a geographical term. Sometimes Scandinavia is also taken to include Iceland and Finland because of their historical association with the Scandinavian countries, however in Scandinavia itself this may be considered inaccurate, the term Nordic countries would actually reflect this larger group.

Simplicity and understatement is most definitely the key to a true Nordic style theme, nothing too flashy, certainly not an abundance of garish fairy lights, the use of candlelight being far more appropriate to this style.

These antique glass t-light holders for example would look equally fitting filled with rustic winter twigs!

Here is a stunning example of Nordic style, the beautiful red and white tree decorations mixed with the natural fibres of handknitted stockings and the use of beautiful candle and t-light holders bringing warmth and light into the theme.

A SELECTION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL RANGE OF NORDIC STYLE DECORATIONS
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Looking for Christmas Gift Ideas?

We've got the perfect Christmas gift for any Dads out there prone to a spot of 'Dad Dancing'!!

£10.95

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Introducing Our New East of India Range....

We are so excited to announce the launch of our new East of India Range!

From inspiring signs to gorgeous padded hearts....

Visit our website to see the full range....

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What's New

We're currently in the process of adding lots of lovely new stock to the website. Check what's been added at www.gorgeousgiftshop.com and click on the 'What's New' link.
Here's a peak at one of our lovely new Kitchen & Bakeware range, we love this gorgeous vintage style wire egg basket!

Wire Egg Basket £15.99

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Well that's it...the Summer is nearly over, (according to the Met Office we are now officially in Autumn!) we are enjoying some lovely late Summer sunshine...hooray, the kids are heading back to school...hooray and it's only 111 days until Christmas...!!!!

Gosh, so how many shopping days is that?

Well with the advent of the internet (no pun intended) and so many wonderful online shops, that would be 111 shopping days.

Here are The Gorgeous Gift Shop we're really interested in your thoughts about Christmas, why not complete our Christmas Shopping Poll and let us know when YOU shop for Christmas.

We're on the look out for followers to our blog so as a little incentive we're running a competition, all new members who join our blog between now and September 30th will be entered into a draw to win £20 to spend on The Gorgeous Gift Shop website. (Lucky winner to be notified by email by 04/10/2012)

Joining is easy, simply scroll down to the bottom of our blog and click on the "Join this site" link.

We'll be running more competitions in the run up to Christmas so watch this space!

It's the final countdown!

Barring the football which starts tomorrow, there's only 3 days to go until the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics! We've had the Diamond Jubilee, Andy Murray in the final at Wimbledon and now the Olympics, if ever there was a time to be proud to be British this is it. We've battled through some of the worst Summer weather ever recorded but now the sun is shining and it's time to back Team GB, so put out your bunting, don your union jack pinny and start making those red, white and blue cupcakes.          

Summer?

So the brief little spell of warm and sunny weather we had back in May seems like a vague and very distant memory. Do you remember the old days when the sun came out for days, not hours, at a time, the rain came in light showers rather than torrential downpours that last for weeks, and it was warm, properly warm, not just a few degrees above the Winter temperatures. It was like this from May through to September and was affectionately known as Summer!!!
Ok, so we have to dig deep, really deep and pull out every last bit of British Spirit that we have. Since when did we let a little bit of rain get the better of us, this is just bigger, fatter, harder, longer rain, but are we going to let it get the better of us....NO!
Get the wellies out, get your macs on and enjoy our green and pleasant land.....

Remind yourself of the good things in life with this gorgeous wooden sign, at only £12.00 it's sure to brighten up your day!

Father's Day

Well the Jubilee celebrations are over (weren't they fantastic), the kids are back to school and there's just time to remind everyone that this Sunday, June 17th is Father's Day! We've got some great gift ideas in for those wonderful Dads.

King of Daddies Gift Boxed Mug £9.50

Man Tin £6.50

Note Book £5.99

The Sun Has Gone His Hat On!

With all this lovely weather we're heading out into the garden to make the most of it. We've got some gorgeous lanterns and t-light holders to dress your garden this summer, great for lighting up warm summer evenings whilst you dine al fresco!

Assorted Colour Silver Glass T-Light Holders Set of 6 - £8.00

Cream Gazebo Lantern - £10.95

Hanging Jam Jar T-Light Holders Set of 4 - £7.50

Website relaunch!

The fabulous new website is up & running! We've got some great new stock in and more new lines coming soon. Check it out and see what you think www.gorgeousgiftshop.com

The Flame Has Arrived!

Wooden Union Jack Bunting £10.99

Well the Olympic flame is now here in the UK and the torch relay has began! It's time to think about hanging out the bunting and supporting Team GB.  We've got some lovely wooden Union Jack bunting so you can fly the flag with pride.

Not Long Now!

We really are on the final countdown, we're dotting the i's and crossing the t's and making sure everything is working as it should do on the new website. We'll keep you posted and let everyone know when the new site will be going live, but we're talking days now......so watch this space!

It's all about Love!

A happy home is a home filled with love. We've got lots of heart shaped goodies to bring the love to your home!

What about these gorgeous wooden letter blocks that spell out the word LOVE......a great addition to any home.

LOVE Building Blocks Word £12.95

Proud to be British!

Well here at The Gorgeous Gift Shop we're all keeping our fingers crossed that the rain will soon stop and the sun will finally start to shine so everyone can get on with planning their street parties and family gatherings to celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee this June! We've got in some lovely union jack cake stands and cake tins along with some beautiful vintage style paper chains and lovely wooden union jack bunting.

Visit the website www.gorgeousgiftshop.co.uk for our full range of Jubilee & Team GB stock!