The lovely Beatrice at Easy Living Magazine also did a full page feature .. which is probably why we have sold out of hot pink paper fans!
Lots of Red and White still in stock… and you can shop our Christmas decorations here.
Have we shared with you our Autumn collection of new personalised art? No? Well how tardy of us!
We have been rather deluged with orders at Pearl and Earl HQ so have not blogged as often as we planned! So we are trying to catch up and tell you of some of our very favourite things launched this season, like this Personalised Childrens Words Art Print.
Inspired by the unique phrases of my own children – I came up with this slimline print of catch phrases used by the kids. If you order the print only option it comes to you in A3 size so you can choose to frame it as it is or ask your framer to cut it down to the size you fancy.
Today we have 20% off with code BLANKWALL
If you are a chic retailer then we would love for you to join the Pearl and Earl family.. we are a multi award winning brand – including winning best home product from premium gift show TOP DRAWER in 2010… and today we are thrilled to announce that we have launched our online trade site *phew took a while*
Simply REGISTER HERE and complete the application, and agree to our terms and conditions. We will review your application and once approved upgrade your account so that you can see and shop all of our products.
You may also like to JOIN OUR MAILING LIST HERE for all the latest trade news and special offers.
If you are already a current Pearl and Earl customer – just contact us for an expedited approval.
We know that of late we have been a little quiet on the social front… We have been busy working on a lot of new projects, and the success of our Nostalgic Events decorations have kept all the team on their toes!
In addition we are giving our techno elements their second update this year – and after a few months of Blogger Glitches.. we have been working behind the scenes to move to wordpress and our own dedicated BLOG sites.
If you currently follow our BLOGGER BLOG – then please take the time to CLICK HERE to see our new blog – and then click on the FOLLOW US button to move on over to our new format. Following, Commenting and Feedback will all be easier as we love to hear what you have to say.
We have lots of new ideas and news to share over the coming months, so hope you will join our new network…
love Mrs P x
This weekend it was Glastonbury… those who follow on twitter will have had my minute by minute posts of what was a truly nostalgic musical feast it was – before the fallow year next year.
The summer solstice start to the festival season was surely one of the greats? With us all shaking our booty to the gold jacketed glory of Beyonce and her rock solid thighs on Sunday… Ceelo Greens mammouth shoulder pads, The Kaiser Chiefs, Coldplay and Gwenyth, Mumford and Sons and even U2 finally doing a festival… let alone the sideline shows of Morrisey, Kool and the Gang et al….
They even have a whole Craft Field these days…. and built a whole tower block out of polystyrene!
Craft blogger PERRI LEWIS has a full crafty low down from her adventures.
For me the festival always reminds me of my youth – when it meant that Uni exams were over, we rocked and then had 3 months off! Now I feel lucky to get a mere 3 minutes off… but hey.
Me and Mr H will keep on rocking … and in homage I made up this YOU ROCK quick cross stitch mini pattern for Granny Knits .. and have reframed 2 of our best selling 100 secrets to life to hang in my office
Think my blog may take on more of this 100 secrets feel to make sure I am living up to my own standards!
This year was the inaugral MAKE AWARDS from NOT ON THE HIGH STREET and we were thrilled be one of the 4 finalists in the tough business category of Entrepreneur of the Year.
Whilst we did not clinch the award – the winners were friends of Pearl and Earl – the lovely Jackie and Sherrie from The Letteroom. The ladies are full of energy and will no doubt continue to grow their business with gusto. WELL DONE LADIES
We were thrilled to reach the finals from over 2000 partners who work with Not On the High Street. We are only in our third year and have come such a long way since launching in 2008. We are still a small family concern, juggling our business, passions, creativity and family life …
Mr H and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our lovely customers, supporters, trade customers and suppliers who have helped us thus far – including NOTHS who have exposed us to a whole new audience.
2011 has been a breakthrough year for us – we have been lucky enough to win some wonderful awards and more importantly our business continues to grow and break its own records in incredibly tough times. We have introduced new technologies to our sites and back of house and launched 2 new sites and a whole new concept in Nostalgic Events. We also have some very exciting collaborations in the pipeline and cannot wait to share!
We have not got everything right and our customers soon let us know! We could not learn and grow without this valuable feedback. So thank you.
Congratulations to all the winners and may 2011 continue on an upward curve!
This week is ‘Cyber Week’ – traditionally the biggest web week in the calendar. We have had ongoing record weeks on our sites over the last 4 weeks – and this week did not disappoint with Monday taking record sales on both Granny Knits and Pearl and Earl (we beat last years weeks total by Monday Lunchtime!)
So whilst lovers of the white stuff – we were praying and hoping that the snow would hold off down South so that it would not interfere too much with our business (my mum in Yorkshire has it up to her window sills!) .. But yesterday we had over 12 inches and another 14 inches fell overnight…. the post office and banks were all shut!.. and we had messages from ALL the courier companies that they were not picking up or delivering in our area.
Luckily we have a post office account – which means we can print our own stamps and pack up our sacks for collection. But as the collections were cancelled Mr H has set off on multiple 2 mile journeys on foot to drop off at our sorting office ‘liasing’ with a lone van to take to the big depots.
So whilst we cannot guarantee delivery service at the other end, we are doing all we can to make sure we are still packing and despatching for you! Plus we have upgraded all of the deliveries so that we can track them at this end.
Enjoy the snow – but keep safe and warm (and if you know anywhere I can get a pair of boys snow boots in size 10 – let me know!) – J, Mr H and the team x
PS – and of course a big up to Mr H who I think is enjoying his Santa status!
We had a record breaking week on bespoke last week… I have been creating bespoke typography and illustrative canvases and prints since 2003… and whilst there are now a lot of new and talented ‘kids on the block’ us old timers are floored by the custom and sales this year.
Thank you to all who are shopping with us – and making sure that the 2 lever arch files of artworking (from this weekend!) keep me busy…
Remember that next MONDAY 29th NOVEMBER is our last guaranteed Christmas date on personalised and framing… This is because our talented local framer David is now filled to the hilt and we do not want to compromise on the quality work that he does.
We have however EXTENDED our personalised print only deadline until the 6th DECEMBER.. and our prints fit standard frames available from plenty of high street stores – or indeed why not support your local framer.
Take some time to shop our ART DEPARTMENT …. all the artwork is still created by me in house – and the prints are printed onto quality 350gm art board by our lovely local expert printer Jo and her team. We are still a small local affair – despite the fantastic growth we have achieved this year.
Please be aware our dates may change subject to capacity… so get your order in early.
But for now – here is a gallery of some of my recent favourites (had to limit this as the long bespoke words kind of give away who they are for and I might spoil some surprises!):
The Festive season is upon us … and we have come up with a couple of things to brighten up your wall and some seasonal cards to send to friends…
Our Retro Tape prints have been so popular, that we have done a limited edition REINDEER version.. which is available as an ART PRINT or as a pack of 6 postcards.
Our KEEP CALM alternatives have also been flying out … especially at their super price … so we have done a limited edition FESTIVE version with a mistletoe topper from £5
Why not shop our ART PRINTS section to keep up to date with all the new stuff ..
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| Bespoke STAMP Life Story |
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| Bespoke Bold |
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| Bespoke Quote / Texts |
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| Bespoke BOLD Life Story |
**please note that the buyer bears the responsibility of not breaching any copyright on texts or prints used.
