A benefit of using a DOUZO list is being able to ask for gifts from independent retailers, like the fabulous Swings & Pretty Things. Have a look at what they offer.
Jayne Bradshaw started Swings & Pretty Things for products for garden and outdoor living. Since then, the business has expanded to offer home-ware and, more recently, personal gifts.
Home-ware
The website shows a stack of pretty – and covetable – things. There are wall art stickers, funky doorstops, mugs and jugs, and more. As well as things that you can buy as-is, there are some great personalised canvases. “House rules” makes art out of up to 16 of the rules or sayings of your household. “My favourite things” puts anything and everything you hold dear onto a picture for your wall.
This addition to the Swings & Pretty Things range includes elegant purses and make-up bags, and natural soaps with ingredients that evoke warm Mediterranean hillsides. The opportunity to ask for something unique continues here with friendship bracelets and necklaces hung with your choice of charms.
Outdoors
There are chic garden accessories, from herb snips to lanterns to willow home allotments. Some of them are very practical; some are just for fun.
Pretty things indeed, but the stars of the outdoor range have to be the swings.
No matter how old we get, it’s hard to pass a swing and not think of having a go. Drift gently or power high into the air; a swing is as relaxing or exhilarating as you want it to be. Say “garden swing” and many of us will picture a traditional wooden swing, hanging on long ropes from a tree.
Swings & Pretty Things turn the garden swing into an heirloom. The swings are personalised with names, dates, or mottos. The words are hand-carved into green oak which will age beautifully and the swing is hung from high-quality, British-made rope. These are timeless additions to any outdoor space – and to any generation.
Tempted? Find out more from Swings & Pretty Things at http://www.swingsandprettythings.co.uk/
