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July 2008

17 posts

  • Design work from Alice Palace

    All Alice Palace designs can be individually customised and they are available for personalised use on shopper bags, postcards and greetings cards such as wedding invites, Christmas cards and gift vouchers..
  • Stand out from the competition

    ‘In this world of similarity and mediocrity we only need to be 5% different from the compettion to stand out.’ Why not try some of the Alice Palace greetings cards - they’re very different!! The new designs to be launched at Top Drawer Autumn include a new range of fairies and the things that they…
  • pampering and camping: the hen do!

    The past week has mostly been about food! - - I went out for lunch with Becky B on Tuesday at Word of Mouth in Evesham and had a yummy goats cheese and onion marmalade sandwich - mmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Me and Mark and Jemima had an evening at Jana, John ords and Harveys - we had a really great BBQ and Jemi…
  • happy, happy hen!

    It’s my hen do today!! i woke up all excited way too early and have peaked too soon… And I had a great surprise in the post = my book club book has been found!! It’s been all over the place and then got lost at the post office - but THANKFULLY Ann got hold of it and finished her pages - and now it’s…
  • the sun is out to play

    I had a meeting yesterday morning with Stuart from Splimple about some new card ranges. I also sat in the sun on our brand new (nearly finished) patio! It’s my hen do on Friday…
  • work in the garden

    On Friday night I made a big pan full of chilli and burnt it! Most of it was saved and we had it with this wine…nice!
  • beautiful hollyhocks and attitude

    I LOVE hollyhocks - this one’s a lovely peachy-pink colour. The one’s I’m growing at the bottom of our garden haven’t flowered yet - but I think they’ll be white (our next door neighbour Mick gave me the seeds last year which he collected on a fishing trip).
  • Top selling greetings card designs

    The top ten selling greetings card designs at the moment are:
  • ellen’s hen do

    Friday night was the start of Ellen’s hen do - ‘Cheers El’!!
  • lots of new greetings card designs

    Yey - here come all the new design ideas - and i have so many that I’m having to be very selective! The new fairy range is coming along nicely - they entered life yesterday and are aimed at fairy-loving girls of all ages:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
  • Queen of the palace

    In the exhibition news section of Greetings Today, I have a lot to say! Talking about Pulse by Top Drawer, I say ‘This show has been really good for me, I’m having a great time. I’ve had quite a few new customers as well as touching base with existing ones, and also some people that are interested i…
  • a weekend of fun

    On Saturday I went off to Oxford with Claire and Laura for Lucy’s hen do. We met at the Galaxie Hotel on Banbury Road - which is gorgeous with a really nice courtyard garden and some HUGE fish. We met up with all the other girls and set off on a walk to where we were going to be punting - on route w…