New Graduation Day Gifts

Up and down the country new graduates have received their exam results and are proudly clutching their brand new degree certificates! What an achievement! Everyone wants to share the graduation day celebrations and invitations are flying out to friends and family to attend the graduation ceremony.

Earlier we blogged our great collection of Graduation Gifts For The Class Of 2013; here you will find an inspiring choice of gifts large and small to reward the new graduate. But we wanted to come up with a really striking set of items to commemorate the graduation ceremony in fitting style and so our clever little owl was conceived!

Wearing his mortar board, he sits on a white leather panel, and is boldly blocked in red foil, along with the words 'Graduation Day' and a border of red stars.We have added him to a set of lovely white linen bound items that will help the new graduate and the family build a souvenir of the student years and a big day.

There will of course be lots of photo opportunities: the graduation ceremony, the new graduate proudly sporting academic dress, the rest of the class of 2013, as well as lecturers, friends and the university buildings and town that have been home for the student years. So we have produced two photo albums, a small one with 30 plain cream card pages that will take 6x4" or 7x5" photos and a nice chunky one with 50 pages that will hold two 6x4" or or one 7x5" photo per page.

Graduation Day Chunky Photo Album

Graduation Day Small Photo Album

There is bound to be some serious partying on graduation day too and a signing book is a great way of remembering everyone who shared the day. Filled with well wishes and congratulations, it will be a lasting reminder of a great celebration and it is a good place to collect contact details too so as not to lose touch with any of the uni crowd.

Graduation Day Signing Book

The student years are a special time to be remembered long after the cap and gown have been hung up. We added a gorgeous keepsake box to the collection, roomy, covered in white linen and finished with a white satin bow. Fill it with favourite books, photos, certificates, gap-year souvenirs, dissertations and all the memories of working hard and playing hard!

Graduation Day Keepsake Box

So if there's a clever new grad in your family, why not show how proud you are by treating him or her to a special keepsake of that their graduation day! See the whole range here!

Graduation Gifts For The Class Of 2013

It's that time of year again! All over the country students are proudly clutching their graduation certificates and celebrating the end of three or four years hard studying! If you're looking to reward a new graduate, we have some super graduation gift ideas to say a great big "Well done!".

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The chances are there will be some partying involved at some point, so a personalised bottle of champagne will certainly be put to good use!

Graduation Champagne

But if a little encouragement is needed, this wooden framed poster will help to get the party underway...

Time To Drink Champagne Poster

A popular range of graduation gifts is our 'Graduation Story' range, comprising photo albums, a keepsake book and a signing book, all covered in bright white linen with an embroidered embellishment. SORRY- SOME OF THIS RANGE IS CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK

Graduation Story range

The albums are great to house photos of the ceremony and celebrations and these mini ones make a fun little boasting book for grandparents and other proud friends and family.

The large photo album, though, makes a great souvenir of uni days; fill it with favourite photos of friends, places, events and travels and you have a record of all the brilliant student years. The matching keepsake box will hold certificates, dissertations, cherished books and mementoes too.

LARGE Graduation Story Photo Album

A great way to congratulate the new graduate is with a signing book for fellow students and family to write in their messages of congratulations and wishes for the future; it's a good way to remember all the people who were a part of this time in the graduate's life and to make sure no one will be forgotten. It a useful way to collect contact details too as everyone goes their separate ways.

Graduation signing book

These two photo albums are really popular as well; they are superb value for money and will hold 20 x 6X4" photos in easy slip in acid-free paper lined sleeves.

Mini Graduation Photo Album

Mini Graduation Photo Album

This sparkly design holds 40 x 6x4" photos to show off.

 

MINI Sparkly Graduation Photo Album

 For anyone planning a bit of travelling before joining the world of work, we have some useful travel journals to help them organise and remember their trip.

Blue Genuine Leather Travel Journal

Sand Dunes Travel Journa

A novel alternative to a signing book, is one of these Graduation Signing Plates. At the ceremony or celebration, just get everyone to sign the plate with the pen included, leave it to dry for 24 hours and the signatures will become a permanent record of your guests.

Graduation Signing Plate

 It's a new chapter in life after uni and this cool leather journal might just be the place to reflect on life's challenges in times past and in years to come.

'The road to success is always under construction'

If you just want to send a little token of  congratulations to a new grad, you will find lots of ideas on our pages. These sweet porcelain tokens send out the right message:

Follow Your Dreams Porcelain Tag

No Set Path Porcelain Tag

 And this just says it all!

Mr Clever Bookmark

Mr Clever Keyring

And if you're just looking for a graduation card, you'll be glad to know ours all go out on free delivery!

Graduation day is really something to celebrate and any new grads will bask in the glory of their achievement! Let them know how proud you are with a well-chosen gift or card. And don't forget, any of our products can be personalised with the addition of one of our engraved nameplates; add a name and the degree details for a really personal finishing touch.


NOW ONLINE!!! A fab new set of graduation gifts exclusive to Oh So Cherished TAKE A LOOK!

New - For Your Honeymoon Memories

With the wedding season drawing to a close, couples are now returning from honeymoon with cases full of souvenirs, cameras full of photos and hopefully bucketloads of happy memories. So we thought it would be a bright idea to design a pair of special honeymoon pieces just to keep the memories fresh long after the tans have faded.

For each of them Sarah designed an attractive white leather panel, decorated in aqua foil with the word 'Honeymoon' on  a background of tropical foliage and mounted on a shimmering blue card.

First up is this keepsake box for storing all the precious bits and bobs that will tell the story of your first holiday together as a married couple: air tickets, hotel brochures, postcards, restaurant tabs, menus, local craftwares, a handful of shells...every couple will have their own special things. Made from sturdy card it is covered in a white linen effect to match the album.

Next is a fine handmade photo album bound in clean white linen and enclosing 30 pages of ivory card, interleaved for added protection. So don't leave those images languishing on a memory card or hard drive, print them out and look at them again and again!

Take a look at both of these gorgeous keepsakes on our website - they make a delightful gift for a pair of newlyweds or just to treat yourself! 

September Special! Get 5% off any of our honeymoom albums by quoting 'MEMORIES' in the discount box at checkout.

New Gifts For Honeymooners

Just added to the website are two super new gifts for honeymooners.

Tropical Honeymoon Small Photo Album

Whether it is a tropical paradise, an action packed adventure or a sophisticated city break a honeymoon is bound to provide dozens of photo opportunities of the holiday of a lifetime. It would be such a waste to leave them languishing on a hard drive or mobile phone; our photos are what memories are made of and here is the ideal album to store them to look back on over the years.

Our album is handmade and bound in crisp white linen and we themed it for honeymoons by adding a white leather panel, beautifully decorated tropical foliage in deep sea-green foil and sitting on a shimmering blue card. Inside are 30 luxurious pages of cream card, interleaved for added protection. The album has 30 pages and takes 6" x 4" or 7" x 5" photos.

We added a matching keepsake box too for storing special honeymoon souvenirs. Its size is 300mm by 215mm and 60mm deep so it's the ideal place to store tickets, hotel brochures, postcards and all the bits and bobs that will recall the honeymoon forever.

Tropical Honeymoon Keepsake Box

With many couples already supplied with the domestic necessities, this pair of treats will make a super wedding present.

New Gifts For Honeymooners

Just added to the website are two super new gifts for honeymooners.

Tropical Honeymoon Small Photo Album

Whether it is a tropical paradise, an action packed adventure or a sophisticated city break a honeymoon is bound to provide dozens of photo opportunities of the holiday of a lifetime. It would be such a waste to leave them languishing on a hard drive or mobile phone; our photos are what memories are made of and here is the ideal album to store them to look back on over the years.

Our album is handmade and bound in crisp white linen and we themed it for honeymoons by adding a white leather panel, beautifully decorated tropical foliage in deep sea-green foil and sitting on a shimmering blue card. Inside are 30 luxurious pages of cream card, interleaved for added protection. The album has 30 pages and takes 6" x 4" or 7" x 5" photos.

We added a matching keepsake box too for storing special honeymoon souvenirs. Its size is 300mm by 215mm and 60mm deep so it's the ideal place to store tickets, hotel brochures, postcards and all the bits and bobs that will recall the honeymoon forever.

Tropical Honeymoon Keepsake Box

With many couples already supplied with the domestic necessities, this pair of treats will make a super wedding present.

Introducing...Tracey Russell

We are always happy to introduce new designers to the site and we think you will love Tracey Russell's keepsake boxes. When we read Tracey's story on her website, we soon realised that she and Sarah had much in common, both having a background in design and having started their businesses from home, supported by family, and growing into a nationally recognised brand.

Tracey trained as a textile artist and honed her skills creating cards, textiles and other craftworks. She was soon invited to become a greetings card designer and, with a growing team of dedicated staff, grew her portfolio to include keepsake boxes, photo albums, social stationery and wrapping paper.

Another quality we share with Tracey is her commitment to producing handmade goods, individually crafted and designed with love. Like us, she has an "in-house" approach to manufacturing and appreciates the individuality of the hand-crafted pieces she creates.

We love products that are a bit quirky and which have a signature style to them. The boxes we have chosen all feature Tracey's trademark textual style and her appealing characters. We were spoiled for choice, but finally settled upon this selection:

Two designs for wedding keepsake boxes...

 

 

Happy Couple Wedding Keepsake Box (Seated)

Happy Couple Wedding Keepsake Box (Standing)

A really cute collection of baby bear boxes, one for girls

Pink Bear Baby Keepsake Box

one for boys...

Blue Bear Baby Keepsake Box

and even one for twins.

Twin Treasures Baby Keepsake Box

This birthday cake design makes a versatile choice that can be used for any 'big' birthdays, just as suitable for kids and grown-ups.

 Then we added a sweet pink fairy design that little girls will love

Pink Fairydust Keepsake Box

and this lovable dinosaur for boys' bits and bobs.

Dinosaur Keepsake Box

They're all online now here - take a look!

Christening Day - Fab New Collection Now Online!

Just added - super new Christening Day gifts!
We know that many of our bride customers stay with us and come back as young mums! Now we are seeing them order their Christening Bibles , cross necklaces and silver lockets as the family celebrates this special occasion together. In our earlier blog post we highlighted our brilliant collection of Christening Gifts and this week we have added a super new set of products to preserve those Christening Day memories.

Sarah has designed a really cute motif for this set; blocked in silver foil on a white leather panel are sweet baby clothes hanging on a washing line on a background dotted with little silver hearts. Each design is expertly covered in pure white linen bearing the leather panel on a silver backing card.

Christening Day is the little one's first public appearance and cameras will be clicking away as family and friends gather to welcome the infant into the community. To keep all these precious photos together to look back on, we have designed a photo album in two sizes. The small album has 30 pages of plain cream card that will take photos 6x4" or 7x5" in size.

Christening Day Small Photo Album

If you have lots of photos, then there is the Chunky photo album containing a generous 50 pages; you can get two 6x4" or one 7x5" on each page.

Christening Day Chunky Photo Album

We included a guest book for collecting well wishes and signatures...

Christening Day Guest Book

and finally a nice roomy keepsake box for storing all the Christening gifts, cards and souvenirs.

Christening Day Keepsake Box

Silver Lovebirds, Golden Swans

When we introduced our Leather and Linen range last October, we had a feeling they were going to be popular and they were! Now the wedding season is in full swing, the ‘Our Big Day’ range is proving to be a real bestseller.

The Hen Night collection has been a big hit too, especially the Guest Book and Keepsake Box

So we are pleased to announce the latest additions to our exclusive Leather and Linen collection for Silver and Golden Wedding celebrations. First up is our Golden Wedding Swans design.

A pair of gold-foiled swans form a heart shape as they kiss; as well as making a striking design, swans are the perfect symbol for a Golden Wedding as they mate for life. As with our other ranges, we offer a guest book, keepsake box, a small and a chunky photo album and a greetings card.

New this week is another birdy themed design - our Silver Lovebirds Collection. This versatile design features a pair of sweet lovebirds, centred in a heart-shaped pattern of hearts, flowers and swirls, delicately silver-foiled on a white leather panel. 

Mounted on a pearly white card and finished with a diamante heart, this design is an elegant and exclusive choice for engagements, Silver Wedding anniversaries, special birthdays or any occasion calling for a pretty and unique style. 

Again we have photo albums, a keepsake box, guest book and to finish the set we’ll soon be adding a handmade greetings card.

Another gorgeous handmade greetings card completes the new designs. Unashamedly romantic, the card has silver-foiled lettering reading "I love you, I cannot tell you how, I simply love you because it is all I can do".

And coming soon – a super new collection for special milestone birthdays – starting with the 40^th 50^th and 60^th!