Summer holiday bliss! Enjoying spending time with my girls. Had a lovely day in York earlier this week walking the walls - something I've never done before. We went in the little museum at Monk Bar which was all about King Richard III and the story of the 2 princes in the tower - very interesting as I've been really enjoying Philippa Gregory's White Queen on t' telly.

Juggling work and kids is always a challenge at times - thank goodness for my Mum and Dad helping out with despatches!

Got some great new stock coming in, thinking, inevitably of Christmas. Our Christmas shop section will open in September when we have all the Christmas stock in. I am in a dilemma about when to launch the Christmas products - I hate seeing Christmas shoved in your face in the shops and supermarkets as soon as the schools go back at the beginning of September. On the other hand I know many people (myself included) like to spread the cost and if we leave it too late we will miss out on sales. Comments appreciated on the subject!

Anyway - wanted to show you this lovely vintage style heart hanging decoration - £4.95 + £2.95 p&p. This is available now but here is a sneak preview of the most cute owl Christmas decs ever!

Excited! We have a new range of stationery just in! So new I haven't even finished photographing yet. I have listed on the website an A6 chunky page to view 2014 diary, A6 notebook, A5 notebook, exercise book and (the one I need most) a to-do list pad that has a fridge magnet on the back so you can't loose it!

Yey - school has finished! Can't believe my big girl has finished primary school, really doesn't seem like last week she started. Looking forward, new uniform purchased, new class and teacher met ...

We have an extensive and gorgeous range of greetings cards, all made in the UK and featuring UK artists. This week we are offering a wopping 20% discount on ALL greetings cards! Stock up! You will need the code "07cards" at the checkout.

The school year is coming to an end already! I can't get my brain out of the academic calendar - I think it is because I have always lived by school years - school, uni, teaching/ lecturing, kids at school ... Teacher gifts ought to be sorted by now but if you still need some come and have a look at ours.

I am busy with new projects and thinking ahead to autumn. I am developing a directory page on the website of birds of prey centres, owl conservation groups and other interesting owl organisations. I also want to develop the number of links to our website and increase its presence on t'web.

Also looking at new stock - I've found a range of glass owl ornaments that I would love to stock, have already ordered owl hats and mittens and am seriously admiring a new range of owl stationery (I am a bit of a  stationery nerd! A girl can never have too many note books ...)

I'll post a picture of our some of our lovely craft kits. If you are stuck for ideas for what to do with your little darlings over the hols come and look at our craft kits - we have simple sewing and cross stitch kits, a wood construction kit, a lovely copper foil scraper picture, and more. The owl  flower press is ideal for summer projects.

Oh, it has been a while since my last blog! Life has been rather hectic the last few weeks.
Anyway, things should ease off a bit now, once I have caught up a bit on my VERY long "to do" list. I will enjoy the last couple of weeks of term with my girls - assemblies, leavers plays (the big one is going to high school in September!), sports day ...

If you still need to say thank you to your child's teacher we have some lovely little owls to help: One of our best sellers is this lovely little ceramic owl which we can personalise for you with your teachers name or with love from your child ...

Did you know that the collective noun for owls is a parliament? We have 4 lovely owl mugs that would all make great teacher gifts - teachers NEED mugs, particularly wise owl mugs.

We still have teacher gifts on our special offers page this week - 25% off personalisation when you order 4 or more personalised teacher gifts with the same message. The little white ceramic owls look great with the personalised ribbon on  saying with love from your little one - great way to say thanks to your childs teacher.

I'll leave you this morning with this lovely picture of our range of cross stitch kits and the beautiful picture I took of some of our owls hooting around in the garden!

Are you thinking about teacher gifts yet? We can personalise loads of our products by adding a ribbon printed with your message. We are offering 25% off personalisation when you order at least 4 teacher gifts with the same message.
What will yours say?