GiftsOnline4U - great gift ideas at your fingertips!

Are you ever a bit stuck for what to buy for the person who has everything?  Or want to buy something special as a gift to treasure?  There's a lot of choice out the on the high street and the web... but where do you start to look?!?!

GiftsOnline4U provide fabulous gifts for all special occasions. Their range includes an array of personalised gifts, including personalised mugs and other such personalised gift ideas at a range of prices. You can also choose from over 1,000 engraved gifts including engraved tankards, engraved dog tags, engraved Zippo lighters, as well as engraved hip flasks and personalised photo frames. Not only this, but you can choose from a number of unusual gifts that friends and family would be happy to receive.

The website is very easy to navigate, with full drop down menus for each category of gift choice.  You can search by occasion, people, price and gift type - covering a multitude of possibilities and eventualities for whatever gift you are searching for!

With Valentine's Day creeping up on us and Mother's Day not so far behind it, there's time for us Mum's to have a browse and drop some large hints at a wish list!

I love this Engraved Compact Mirror - perfect for any occasion really and as it can be engraved, it's an extra special gift to treasure.

I wish I had found this website before Christmas as there are some lovely gifts for Christmas, including a Secret Santa section - when the going gets tough, get choosing with GiftsOnline4U!

And with a new baby due in our family later on in the year (not me, by the way!) I can't wait to choose a gift from the lovely selection of gifts on the website.

Alex... boy or girl - only time will tell!

Many items fit into more than one category and so can be found through various menus on the site... I always find this helpful as sometimes you need extra inspiration and your recipient may fit into more than one category themself!

And you can even help a deserving charity along the way - Vulcan to the Sky benefit from 20% of the sales (minus postage) of the items listed on the charity gift page - plenty of ideas here for the man in your life.

And with free UK delivery - what more can you ask for?!  You can keep up to date with new products and great competitions over at their Facebook page here... pop over and say hello!

Off to browse some more lovely gifts..... bye for now!

"Christmas in July" 2012

Last Tuesday I went to my first PR event - Christmas in July 2012.  I made the epic journey starting at 4am with two of my friends; fellow bloggers Really Rachel and Missing Sleep.  As well as viewing and testing the new toys available on the market for Christmas 2012, we were also helping to judge the UKMums.tv mums choice awards.

True to my name I enjoyed sampling the multitude of cupcakes on offer with each display being sponsored by a different toy or PR company.  We also had ice cream with lots of different toppings and of course, Christmas Cake!

  
We thought that we would have lighter bags on the way home, having eaten our stash of goodies on the journey down to London, but receiving a goody bag full of exciting toys at the event meant that we were more laden down on the way home than we expected!

The toys on display from all traders were great - from pocket money toys up to "main" present toys, involving educational and traditional games to electronic and state of the art gagets!


Gifts for boys included GO Mini Stunt Launcher from Golden Bear Toys.  Each Mini has it's own characteristics unique to that model - wheelies, skids and spins are all part of the fun.  They do not need batteries which stops the TV remote constantly being devoid of batteries when needed in an emergency!  I also liked the new HEXBUG designs - the scarab beetle moves fantastically speedily and is so much fun to watch as the bugs explore the environment around them.

The girl's stands were just as exciting as the boy's ones - a new range of Bratz dolls named Bratzillaz (MGA Entertainment) seemed a favourite to me, along with the Novi Stars dolls; each one having it's own unique feature... bubblegum smelling or glitter-filled to name just two!  I also liked the Orbeez Soothing Spa from Character Options - a relaxing foot spa for tweens to pamper themselves (and their Mum's - hopefully!).

There were lots of creative play options too - with all the rainy days we are having, wet weather play is sure to be a hit over the summer as well as for Christmas!  Wooky Entertainment have some great girly craft products; also I was especially impressed with a range of games from Scotchi.  Although the packaging and instructions are in English, the actual game pieces have no written words on them and so can be used bi-lingually.  As a bi-lingual Welsh/English family, these games are great to develop language skills for both my children and myself as a Welsh learner.

There were plenty of pre-school gifts on display... I liked the Stacking Hoops from Play To Z Ltd.  As I have no pre-schoolers in my home any longer, I would gladly borrow one or two to enjoy playing with their toys and games!  They also have sensory tales packs which are able to used by older children to help develop their imaginative and creative play.  I loved the ethics and background behind the Play To Z Ltd range of toys; you can read more about their research here.

With a little time before our train home, I made a quick detour to King's Cross Platform 9 3/4 for a photo opportunity... 

Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for some reviews of fantastic products for Christmas 2012 and there will be some giveaways too!  I can't wait for Christmas now!