Wanton Neglect & Handmade On The Net

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. Lame I know, but I've been absolutely snowed under over at the day job - gift retailer pressies4princesses. The Christmas rush is always a sleepless, work-a-thon nightmare and this year, with sales up 100% again, was no exception. With things finally starting to slow down - literally in the last hour or two - I've time to start feeling a little Christmassy myself and to get back on track with this blog.

A friend bought this to my attention from The Guardian newspaper today: The shape of things to come. Among the trends that the trend-spotters and futurologists(!) have picked up on is "Handmade on the net". The idea that more and more people are and will seek out "authenticity" in our anonymous, artificial, mass-produced world and they see handmade goods as offering this. That's fantastic news for us all. Long have handmade gifts taken a disproportionately large share of our sales over at pressies. It's something we've actively sought to develop - hence the Handmaking Heroes Handmade Gift Competition. Got your entry in yet? No - then please hurry!