Why is my home so dirty?

Surely all of these Pixies that have arrived on my doorstep over the last couple of weeks should have got the duster and hoover out?

Obviously not, but never mind - the Pixies have all found a home (until they are all sold of course) - Clive has managed to find a hiding place, well done!

The grand total of 469 Pixies have arrived, some are re-stocks and there are some new ones too........take a look at some of them:

They are just a few, but if you want to see the other Pixies we have for sale, why not take a look in our website www.trewhellowsgiftshop.co.uk

Just in case that isn't enough new stock, a bit more came today:

 

Zen Garden with an Angel

 

A Pair of Fairy Doors

and........I have even more new stock coming next week!

Well, I am going to have a coffee now and then maybe I should put the duster and hoover around myself.............even fairies and pixies don't do it in this house!

Kathryn

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Hello everyone,

Well, I know it has been a long time since I last wrote on my Blog, but when did all this layout change? 

I thought I would 'blog' as I have some news for all Anthony Fisher Pixie lovers!
At Trewhellows Gift Shop we will soon have a new range of Pixies!  Not only new ones, but I have negotiated a good price with my supplier, buying a vast quantity and therefore got the price right down - so, I will be reducing the price of a lot of existing ones too.  Just keep an eye on this page if you just love the little mischievous imps.

If you live in the U.K. you will know that Royal Mail put up their prices for parcels this week.  Most of our goods go out in boxes and what would have cost us £2.20 to post last week would now cost £5.20 this week, but fear not - Royal Mail have reduced the criteria to be a Business Customer, so we can now get reduced postage (basically, it will cost us the same as it did before the rise).
We have always kept our business very small (and therefore did not have enough post for a Royal Mail Business Account in the past), so that we can give each and everyone of our customers the best personal service.  We have no intention of getting big and having to employ people as I feel that is where we would start to lose the personal touch.

As to posting outside of the U.K. - we now ask anybody interested in buying from us to e-mail first for a shipping quote.  Using Couriers has just got too expensive to 'guestimate' a shipping fee and to be honest, there is no point in 'setting' the shipping for example, to the USA at £25, if someone only wanted to buy a keyring.

That's enough about Trewhellows Gift Shop - I will now move on to news about Rosia Cottage.  As you may already know, we completely renovated the cottage in 2007 and started using it as a holiday let in 2008, that makes 2013 our 6th year of changing beds lol.   Although it has been decorated indoors a few times since 2008, this year we have been having a few walls plastered outside with a few trees chopped down and a revamp in the garden (or maybe you thought of it as a jungle if you have stayed in the past).

As you can see, the plaster on the walls is still damp but as soon as it is dry enough, I will get Clive out (in all weather's lol) with his paint brush and everything will be magnolia!  Make it look at bit Mediterranean even if our weather doesn't match it!!

I have lots of seeds in trays, I only put them in yesterday so it's a bit early to know if I have 'sucseeded' (spl intended and pun intended, sorry!) so hopefully there will be lots of colourful flowers in the garden this summer too - but please don't hold me to that bit as I'm not very green fingered!

Well, I think that's enough blog for anyone to read through - so thanks for popping by and reading it ........ hope you enjoyed.

Kathryn
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I'm lost......I think!

Hello everyone,

Well, I know it has been a long time since I last wrote on my Blog, but when did all this layout change? 

I thought I would 'blog' as I have some news for all Anthony Fisher Pixie lovers!
At Trewhellows Gift Shop we will soon have a new range of Pixies!  Not only new ones, but I have negotiated a good price with my supplier, buying a vast quantity and therefore got the price right down - so, I will be reducing the price of a lot of existing ones too.  Just keep an eye on this page if you just love the little mischievious imps.

If you live in the U.K. you will know that Royal Mail put up their prices for parcels this week.  Most of our goods go out in boxes and what would have cost us £2.20 to post last week would now cost £5.20 this week, but fear not - Royal Mail have reduced the criteria to be a Business Customer, so we can now get reduced postage (basically, it will cost us the same as it did before the rise).
We have always kept our business very small (and therefore did not have enough post for a Royal Mail Business Account in the past), so that we can give each and everyone of our customers the best personal service.  We have no intention of getting big and having to employ people as I feel that is where we would start to lose the personal touch.

As to posting outside of the U.K. - we now ask anybody interested in buying from us to e-mail first for a shipping quote.  Using Couriers has just got too expensive to 'guestimate' a shipping fee and to be honest, there is no point in 'setting' the shipping for example, to the USA at £25, if someone only wanted to buy a keyring.

That's enough about Trewhellows Gift Shop - I will now move on to news about Rosia Cottage.  As you may already know, we completly renovated the cottage in 2007 and started using it as a holiday let in 2008, that makes 2013 our 6th year of changing beds lol.   Although it has been decorated indoors a few times since 2008, this year we have been having a few walls plastered outside with a few trees chopped down and a revamp in the garden (or maybe you thought of it as a jungle if you have stayed in the past).

As you can see, the plaster on the walls is still damp but as soon as it is dry enough, I will get Clive out (in all weather's lol) with his paint brush and everything will be magnolia!  Make it look at bit Mediterranian

I have lots of seeds in trays, I only put them in yesterday so it's a bit early to know if I have 'sucseeded' (spl intended and pun intended, sorry!) so hopefully there will be lots of colourful flowers in the garden this summer too - but please don't hold me to that bit as I'm not very green fingered!

Summer dates still available!

Hi,

Due to a cancellation we have two weeks in July available @ Rosia Cottage!
Saturday 7th July and Saturday 14th July are once again available.....so get in quick if you would like to book the two weeks (or just one week if you prefer).

There are still two weeks free in August too, Saturday 11th August and Saturday 18th August.
Why not treat yourself to a couple of weeks holiday in Sunny Cornwall? It's the only dates left in the school holidays, so be quick!

Kathryn
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New website up and running!

Since 2007 I have had a "home made" website for Rosia Cottage Holidays, which was a freebie from Microsoft Office Small Business - even the hosting was free!

Well, Microsoft have decided they will be doing away with their free service - which I have very much appreciated over the years, so thank you Microsoft!

The question was, do I find another freebie or pay for a nicer website. Tidyware UK Ltd seemed the better option as they have been the designers and hosts for our other website,
Trewhellows Gift Shop using their TidyV4 e-commerce design with shopping cart facility.

David Wyatt is the owner and I can honestly say he is just fantastic. I am always coming up with the "senior moment" type questions - which he takes all in his stride and answers with his usual humour and smiles. Thank you David!

So, I am proud to announce the launch of our new website: Rosia Cottage Holidays and I have even put new photos on! (OK, David Bailey I am not, but I tried! :D )

Hope you like the new website!


Kathryn

Special Offer @ Trewhellows Gift Shop

Today until 31st January, we are offering 10% discount on any orders £20.00 and over
@ Trewhellows Gift Shop
Enter the discount code: Twitter2601 at checkout.
Happy shopping!

and three years on......

Goodness me, it's three years since I last blogged.

So, what has changed in my life in the last 3 years? Well, the thing that is top of the list for me is the fact that my Mum died 9 months ago.

Poor Mum, we did have a giggle at times though. :D and I miss her.

My 'children' - I notice in my profile I refer to as 'teenagers' .....well, update! My eldest is now 22, my middle one is 21 and my 'baby' will be 18 in just over three weeks time!

The eldest has left college (he said it was boring) and now attends a local day centre for people with disabilities. He loves it there and I should shout out loud, the centre is called Choice! When they have a website up and running, I will put a link on here - they are fantastic and their priority is their clients and NOT profit.

My middle 'child' is now in his third and final year taking a BSc in Chemistry. He is probably going to go on to take a Phd after this year.......but watch this space.

My 'baby' is now attending Truro College and taking her A level's (sitting an exam as I type).

Clive and I gave up the Travel Broker business (known as Richardson's Travel Deals) last year. I really enjoyed finding good deal holidays for my clients, but the firm we were brokers for Dove Travel Brokerage ceased trading. They passed on the booking centre to a new place, but they decided to call it a day, so we didn't have a lot of choice. In a way, although I enjoyed it, it didn't bring in enough money to feed the family and my time is much better spent dealing with the two other businesses i.e. Trewhellows Gift Shop - www.trewhellowsgiftshop.co.uk (our on-line gift shop) and also our holiday cottage let, www.rosiacottageholidays.co.uk

Last year was a good year for the holiday let and I am hoping that this year will be equally as good - the bookings are starting to roll in, so fingers crossed ;-)

Well, I'm expecting the Gas Man to come and check over the boiler, radiators, fire and hob in Rosia Cottage, so I will leave this as a short blog for now. Hopefully I won't leave it another three years before I come back and blog again.

Bye for now,

Kathryn