Fridge Magnets and Sentiments

It is such a pleasure to receive a small gift. And an even greater pleasure to give one. So affordable and such a diverse choice is available, almost everyone can be included. Yes we are talking about Signs and Fridge Magnets, cheeky, funny, naughty, deep and meaningful, tear-jerking sometimes, but always thought provoking.

They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, made from various materials too. Perfect for posting, slot them into a card for an extra birthday gift, or just send them to remind distant friends that you are thinking of them.
No sarky remarks, I hear you thinking……. you are used to me being a bit more nippy than this….Ha ha.. saving it till the end….or maybe the middle. Lots of these signs, magnets, etc are for a bit of a laugh, to raise a smile, for god sake be honest, we all need it these days hey….. The kids are taking us for a ride…”Taxi” i hear you say, get them back every time they go to the fridge for a snack, and remind them that you know who’s taking who for a ride…. Most of my Blog posts have a cat in somewhere, yep… even the cat has it’s own set of fridge magnets to remind us how important they are, yeh right!!! This has to be my all time favorite, mostly bought for men and boys, i hasten to add our best seller by far, slightly bigger and not quite the thing to pop in an envelope but as blunt as can be…..love it….. Laundry….
So if your Young, Old, Skinny, Cuddly, Addicted to Shopping, A hopeless cook…..get into the swing of making it public, SHOUT IT OUT from the fridge or wherever. Loads available you’ll be spoilt for choice.
In fact we like them so much we give them away free sometimes, if you spend over £20 on our website you get a free gift, we have some magnets to give away, so take a peek at the rest of The Wishing Tree Shop and get your FREE GIFT now. I can’t promise not to be cheeky in my selection mind you….!!
This Blog was constructed during major interuption from 3 little kidletts, so if it is disjointed and rather random I do appologise, just adds to the quirky style my readers are used to. Remember during school holidays us working mum’s still work, adapt to the surroundings and get on with it. Many of you will be familliar with this I’m sure, I feel privilaged to have my cake and eat it.
Signing off to get the dinner ready now, I have this magnet on my fridge. It suits me.
Love to All
Olivia
Always available for a face to face chat in The Shop
xx

New angle on being a Party Hostess

It seems that the idea of hosting a Party has come back into fashion, or did it ever go out of fashion, really?? When I was a kid it was always Tupperwere, shed loads of plastic containers, used for everthing, my Dad even kept nails in them in his workshop..... we seem to be more adventurous with our hostessing these days mind you, the men don't want to go to the pub now to get out of the house as streams of neighbours march in through the front door, Oh no!! they want to stay and see the latest....well ya know what i mean, I don't need to draw you a picture, lets just say fashion, facials and foreplay, nudge nudge. So at The Wishing Tree we decided to get round the problem of Living Room Takeovers, this is how it works:- Enjoy an evening with a difference and invite your friends to check out all our great products. You can host your party within the shop, allowing access to a much wider selection of products. Yep, you got it, bring all your mates to the shop for a little private retail therapy, no interuptions, no clock watching, no missing the school run or any other appointments, just a relaxed evening with friends. And no clearing up after, what could be better??

As the hostess you will receive bonuses and gifts when your friends make a purchase:

A gift for being a hostess of a wishing tree party
10% commission on all sales to use towards a personal purchase when the party sales reach £100
An extra gift from the party when 10 of your guests spend over £15 each
A £5 voucher when a friend books a party for you to spend at their party.
There is also a prize draw at every party to ensure a fun night.

Sounds great hey, your'e right Honey, it is.

If you want to regester an interest just get in touch here.
Or you can phone me 01508 536008
Or pop in the shop and say Hi!

It has been such a well liked idea, and we have had 100% success with happy hostesses. and not to forget you can become a Fan of The Wishing Tree on Facebook too, have you joined yet??

Make your next party a Wishing Tree one.
look forward to it,
Olivia
xx

Did somebody say Chocolate Eggs??

My website is currently off line for a couple of days so, no good directing you there until it comes back up, we are changing hosts, well at least thats what I think Sam at Pixelwood said was happening, he is such a wizz and I, being so dizzy.....Monday should see it all sorted and then I can shout from the hilltops, if i can find any hills in Norfolk. My Twitter is as good as any Hill I know, and I have lived on the West Coast of Scotland (I miss it so).
Easter.....Bunnies......Chicks.....it all comes back to Chocolate though dosn't it? A new British survey has revealed that 9 out of 10 people like Chocolate. The tenth lies. - Robert Paul

"After a bar of chocolate one can forgive anybody, even one's relatives." I like that one!

"If you've got melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly."

So that can be the excuse this weekend when the kids look like they may be struggling.
Does Chocolate make you Dream?? I know cheese is supposed to, but hey who could get all exited about cheese? There isn't a whole weekend devoted to cheese either, not like it's as important as eating chocolate eggs for 3 days. Hold on a minite have we lost sight of the real meaning of Easter? Is Easter becoming too commercialised?
So I think, whilst devouring the last of the kids eggs and clearing up after making the Hot Cross Buns, I shall remember how we come to have all these excuses......
and shall leave you with that thought....
With Love and Light

Olivia
xx

Whose idea was it anyway??

Before you ask, I put the giraffe picture in cos I liked it, and a lot of people refer to us as "the giraffe shop", this is really all about clocks, hence the clock picture. So...... whose idea was it to keep moving the clocks backwards and forwards? You can bet it was someone who didn't have Kids and someone who didn't have a job.
How are we all coping with it this time? I have a few friends on Facebook who have made comments about not being able to get the kids to bed and then not being able to get them up in the morning, yes I am one of those Mothers, ranting and raving......
but there is an up-side, lighter nights of course and......well that appears to be it. Ha, so we suffer sleep disturbance to be able to keep the curtains open longer and see the rotten English weather, what a great idea?
Shall I stop moaning, or have you already stopped reading? On the subject of clocks, we have some quirky little time tellers in stock at the moment, anyone like pigs or cats? Catseye, London, the suppliers of these, have a huge range of things we could all probably live without, but don't want to, and I am gradually adding the range to the shop and the website. We mostly have a clock in every room, this obsessional need to know what the time is. I used to stock a range of wine label clocks but the supply dried up. So having now found another supplier, there will be more in after Easter, by that time we should have adjusted to the hour change at least.
Well, time I got on with some serious work I guess, so toodle pip for now,
Love and Light
Olivia
xx

Putting it all into little boxes

Is it Human Nature or something?
I have spent a large part of weekend sorting out the kids toys and putting them into little boxes, for whatever reason, I am sure they would have prefered them all over the floor, especially the teeny bits of lego, don't you just love the way they hide in the pile of the carpet, waiting to strike as you walk barefoot across the room.
Our lives are so dominated by boxes, don't you think?? Well, most of us live in one, divided into smaller ones, we do, yeh??
I love my living box, I feel safe there and it keeps all my finest things together, my family....
So is it any wonder we use boxes to do just that, in oh so many ways, taking for granted, that what is in them, will be safe and protected. We also put our friends and aquaintences into boxes, imaginary ones of course, friends, panic not!!!
Boxes on my Facebook page take a look and see how we organise eachother, it's wickedly amusing, well I think so, put me in the box for "random" !
If you like my way of thinking add me as a friend.
Boxes.....Boxes.... filled with precious goodies, what would you wish for then? are you one of those who thinks the smaller the box the bigger the surprise? I hope your'e right.
Make a wish, and put all those wishes in a box, keep them safe xx

Making wishes come true
The Wishing Tree
01508 536008

Love and Light
Olivia

Do we cuddle as much as we used to??

Do we cuddle as much as we used to??

Now there's a question, When I was small I had a collection of cuddly toys all of which accompanied me into the land of sweet slumbers every night, even when I left home to venture into the world of adulthood, my scruffy and well loved cuddlies came with me. And still now, in my forties, I have a collection of special bears by my bedside.
So have you still got some of your loved ones?, who could, no doubt tell a few stories if only they had a voice, lol?? Are your children as attatched to their teddies, because mine don't seem to be, although they do go through phases of needing a fury friend and then it takes ages to find the one they want. Is it possibly because us Mums and Grannies don't seem to knit and sew as much these days and the emphasis is more on collectables for the shelves maybe??
Whatever the reason, I think it is a bit sad, I told my teddies all my troubles and fears and got great comfort from that, so I think it's time I gave the bedtime cuddle a bit of a revival, this year I will buy lots of bears for all my little people.

At The Wishing Tree we have a huge variety of cuddlies, I wonder why that is ?? Started off with a few cuddly Jelly cat elephants and giraffes and the odd zebra and a few cheeky looking monkeys, but it has kind of grown to large stocks of them now. We also stock Bears From Russ Berrie, and other suppliers, and have a few made by a local Lady too. variety is the spice of life and we certainly have that. Prices range from £2.99 upwards, and we are increasing our ranges all the time due to our customers becoming addicted to Jelly Cat, also more people are finding our website these days too. So don't let the cuddle become a thing of the past, keep your teddies near by and get one for someone close who needs a cuddle too. xx

Love and Light,
Olivia

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