Felicity Gail Win Hand-making Heroes

Over at pressies4princesses, we've been running a £1500 competition to find new handmade gifts. The idea being to promote hand-making in the UK and reward talent. We're pretty fanatical about UK handmade -- over a quarter of the pressies' gift range already is.

The competition culminated in a online vote, which closed 30 April. And, we're delighted to announce This Silver, Onyx and Jade Handcrafted Necklace by Felicity Gail is this year's winner. That's right -- we are planning to run the competition again next year, but bigger and better.



Felicity Gail is the brand name that Jackie Durrans and Debbie Brenner produce and sell their design-led handmade jewellery under. They take style clues from modern art sculpture and furniture. Their striking handcrafted jewellery is already sold at Tate galleries. In fact, the Tate has commissioned this talented duo to craft jewellery for exhibitions.

Jackie and Debbie will receive £500 to invest in their hand-making business. They will also have the opportunity to supply pressies4princesses with their exciting handcrafted jewellery, which could be the start of a great business relationship.

Latest Hot Stateside Import

If she's loving Dirty Sexy Money and lapping-up Gossip Girl, then she'll love this latest arrival that's taken the States by storm. Yes, arriving on our shores hotter than hotest new hit US TV show, are these fantastic hand-decorated Martini glasses by Lolita Designs.

Simply a perfect gift for girlfriends who like to set trends. They've been available on our little island for just a few weeks, but are already selling fast. They're massive in the US and are going to be just as big here by Christmas.

Give this gift now and she can claim to have discovered them - almost! You know she likes to get into stuff first, before everyone else.

There's a whole range of glasses to collect and each has a funky, now design and a motto the speaks to the 'IT' girl inside. And, each Martini glass is splendidly packaged in a gift box. At just £16.99 each, could there be a more perfect gift for her?