Good Morning, I hope this Tuesday morning in dreary November finds everyone happy and well? I have had "Update Blog" on my to do list for about 2 weeks now! It seems to be one of those jobs that can be put off but really shouldn't be...
The first month trading as woodandwillow.co.uk rather than girlswhogarden.com has been amazing! I am now sure that the change of name and added stock ranges were the right thing to do to move the business forward.
The new website is now almost totally finished, as I write this the final tweeks are being made. We will now be able to offer Promotion codes for special offers to our customers via Twitter and Facebook! Can't wait to start these offers!
Talking of social media sites, I have become a Twitter addict (someone please help me!) What a lovely community I have joined. Within 3 weeks of joining @woodandwillow1 now has over 600 followers! All lovely people who have been so helpful and welcoming to me in getting started. I have now managed to find my way round and mostly understand the Twitter jargon. I feel part of a huge community, which is great as working on my own from home (as I am sure you understand) can be quite a lonely life. There are so many small businesses I have come into contact with, it makes me realise there are thousands of like minded small businesses/sole traders all out there working mad hours like me to get a successful business off the ground.
I have found contacts for gorgeous new stock all handmade which I hope to add to our range soon. So I would definately recommend joining the Twitter family if you are a small business.
We were chosen as Bluebiz Net's UK business of the day last week! We spent the day in the "Spotlight" and loved every minute of it.
On a more personal note, my teenage children snort in disgust at my "Tweeting" habits so I have made it my goal to get "Celeb" tweeters to give me a mention, just to prove my girls wrong! So far I have only managed to get Greg James Radio 1 DJ ...but I will not be defeated!
Our Gisela Graham range continues to be popular, and in the last month we have added to our stock to bring you some gorgeous Christmas decorations including sparkling twig and pearl adorned Hanging Hearts on pretty ivory ribbon (these also make original Wedding decorations), wooden Heart and Star Christmas Tree decorations and traditional looking felt snowflake Hanging Hearts.
Our best selling item this week has been the Garden tool set with bag, they are flying out so watch out...you could be on the receiving end of one of these gifts!
I have decided to have a daily Special Offer leading up to Christmas, so do keep popping back to the website to see what our current offer is.
Talking of Christmas, I hope you are all a little more organised than I am? I have been so busy with the relaunch of the site that organising anything to do with Christmas has so far passed me by. Do I start to panic yet? With 6 children to buy for (4 being teenagers) I think I really should take a couple of days off and get myself sorted! Especially when I have already received a text from Step daughter and eldest daughter telling me they have organised our pressies! Oops!!
So, if you are like me and have not yet got those Christmas gifts sorted, do please take a look at the website. We have a large range of original Christmas gift ideas for your loved ones. Whether they are budding or avid gardeners (our Burgon & Ball range is very popular) or keen Chefs (lovely French fabric Kitchen Apron sets) or just pretty Shabby Chic home accessories, we really do have something for everyone. Our rustic willow log baskets have also been very popular this year, so if yours is looking a little tired do take a look.
Right, well I think I have waffled on enough! I hope to update our blog a little more often in future (although I am sure I said that last time)
Enjoy the lead up to Christmas and I hope you can remain stress free despite the madness that goes on all around us.
Thank you for reading our blog, if you would like to leave us a comment we would love to hear from you.
Have a good week
Nicola :-)
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Friday, 28 October 2011
All go at Wood and Willow
Welcome to the very first Wood and Willow blog! We have been working flat out to make the transition from Girlswhogarden to the new name and website. The idea is that as we are now selling such a wide range of homeware, accessories and soft furnishings we felt the original name of girlswhogarden was holding the business back.
So after much pondering, discussion, votes and family brainstorming, woodandwillow.co.uk was born!
We felt the name covers a wide selection of our range of products. We have a range of Willow basketware for the home and garden and alot of our items are made from reclaimed wood....so we just put two and two together and there you have it!
We are now proud to be stockists of the gorgeous Gisela Graham collection which as you probably know is an incredibly popular brand. Pretty fabric hanging hearts, twig and pearl wreaths, white wooden heart photo frames are just a few of their items we are now stocking.
We mustn't forget Christmas will be upon us before we know it! Yes I know you don't want to think about it yet...but really you know you have to! We have some very pretty Christmas decorations to add a touch of rustic charm to your room, hanging hearts and stars, snowflake decs and much more.
I won't go on and tell you all what we have in the way of Easter stock...
So to sum up, please take a look at the website we are really proud of the new look we have achieved and hope you will love it too! At this point I have to say a huge thank you to Martin at System Wizardry who has built the new site and fielded umpteen emails and discussions with me with a smile on his face.(Even though he was probably screaming inside!)
Please follow our blog as I will be regularly using it to let our customers know about current offers and events we will be attending. You can also follow us on Twitter @woodandwillow1 or "like" our facebook page woodandwillow.co.uk
We would love to hear your thoughts on our new look and name, so please do get in touch.
So after much pondering, discussion, votes and family brainstorming, woodandwillow.co.uk was born!
We felt the name covers a wide selection of our range of products. We have a range of Willow basketware for the home and garden and alot of our items are made from reclaimed wood....so we just put two and two together and there you have it!
We are now proud to be stockists of the gorgeous Gisela Graham collection which as you probably know is an incredibly popular brand. Pretty fabric hanging hearts, twig and pearl wreaths, white wooden heart photo frames are just a few of their items we are now stocking.
We mustn't forget Christmas will be upon us before we know it! Yes I know you don't want to think about it yet...but really you know you have to! We have some very pretty Christmas decorations to add a touch of rustic charm to your room, hanging hearts and stars, snowflake decs and much more.
I won't go on and tell you all what we have in the way of Easter stock...
So to sum up, please take a look at the website we are really proud of the new look we have achieved and hope you will love it too! At this point I have to say a huge thank you to Martin at System Wizardry who has built the new site and fielded umpteen emails and discussions with me with a smile on his face.(Even though he was probably screaming inside!)
Please follow our blog as I will be regularly using it to let our customers know about current offers and events we will be attending. You can also follow us on Twitter @woodandwillow1 or "like" our facebook page woodandwillow.co.uk
We would love to hear your thoughts on our new look and name, so please do get in touch.
Nicola
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