Happy New Year!!
A very happy new year to all our customers - old and new, and we hope that 2013 brings you much happiness and good health.
So here we are, at the start of a new year, and wondering what the next 12 months will bring!
Maybe it is me, but did Christmas and New Year seem to go by a lot quicker this year? Maybe it was in part due to the fact that our son is getting older now (12 1/2) and spends more time with his friends and less time with us, so Christmas isn't as magical as it was when he was 5 and truly excited about Santa visiting!
He was thrilled with his present but once that part was over he was back onto his x-box to talk to all his friends and compare their "gifts" - but he emerged in time for lunch and did actually compliment me on my homemade from scratch roasties!
So in a way I was very glad to be able to re-introduce the Santa letters to our website again this year - I love making them and altering the story to fit each child and then spend ages decorating them with Rudolph's and stars and sparkles. It is nice to know that it brings a little magic to a child's Christmas, and I love hearing back from the adults when the letter has arrived.
I really did miss putting up the decorations and especially the tree and fairy lights - to me there is always something about the lights and the smell of the tree that is very reminiscent of a traditional Christmas, but we knew that we would be busy right up until Christmas Eve with last minute customers to the shop, and then after Christmas we would be busy with doing a stock take and researching our new lines for Valentines!
But I stuck to my resolution to try and be greener this year and sent everyone an email card instead of a card card and it seemed to work out quite well, and saved a bit on postage too!
So, its onwards and upwards for 2013 - we are planning to introduce more lines to our wedding, babies and birthdays categories and we will also be starting our own personalised mugs and plaques - made to order - so watch this space!
'Till the next time.....
Samm
