As you know, Nicola and I have been busy testing out our products so you can see how we get on.

The Antlantis nature reserve combines an ant farm with a triop tank and a little garden, fantastic!

It takes 3 weeks to go together completely, so this week we’ve been putting the ant farm together, looking for ants (this wasn’t as productive as we’d hoped, so we’re going to order them in!), growing grass and hatching the triops, take a look at how we got on this week.

Antlantis Product Video

Stay tuned for next week when the next stages come together!

Kat x

Nicola and I have been at it again, we’re testing all the best products from Prezzybox, and we’ve got our hands on a few sets of ‘Grow It!’ Kits. These are fantastic little kits that have everything you need to grow Herbs, Sunflowers, Chillis or Bonsai trees. We’ve started off our sets so you can see how we’re getting on.

This is what we’ve done so far…

1. Prepare the compost by soaking the compost disc in the pot

Grow It Product Video

2. Plant Chilli Seeds

Grow It Product Video

3. Plant Herb Seeds (after soaking the Parsley seeds overnight)

Grow It Product Video

4. Plant Sunflower Seeds

Grow It Product Video

Now, we’re going to have to wait and see what happens.

We’ll have some more detailed videos for you when we get our new blog up and running! We’ll keep you posted.

Kat x

We’re a little surprised at how much progress this one has made since we started on Monday. The pitch sat on a windowsil, covered in clingfilm for a few days, looking a little sorry for itself before we noticed on Thursday that some shoots had started to come through! on Friday, we gave it some water and left it for the weekend. when we left, it looked like this

On Monday, we checked on it, and miraculously, we had a pitch of lush, green, Old Trafford grass! We’ve been watering and trimming it ever since, and its doing rather well.

Grow Your Own Football Pitch Product Video

Many people here have commented on how sturdy our grass is, we couldn’t be happier with it. In a week or so, hopefully it will be ready to finish off and become a true pitch!

We’ll keep you updated!

Kat x

Hello folks,

It’s not often that I write about an item that we don’t actually sell, but I think this is something that can benefit everyone who (like me!!) gets a bad back.

Basically, we’ve been approached by a company called Postureminder who asked if our staff would trial their software which will “help with your posture and stop your staff getting bad backs“. Initially I was a little sceptical because of the “disruption” etc but they assured me there would be minimal fuss and it would not effect the speed/performance of our computers.

So, after running it by the staff I agreed to give the trial a go. They were happy coz it was a little gadget to play with and I was happy as it would mean no-one could have time off in the future with back pain - cunning I know.

Well, I have to say I’m converted. After a small amount of installation (about 5 minutes) the posture minder will take your photo (using the web cam provided) of you sitting your working position. Then it will tell you every time you’re sitting in a position that’s not good for your back. Not only that, it tells you when you have a break, and gives a video demonstration of exersizes you can do at your desk. It even tells you when to have a drink to ensure you keep hydrated. Then at the end of each day it gives you a posture score and tells you whether you’ve been sitting up straight and thus looking after your back! It’s weird - as 4.45pm approaches you actually get excited about beating yesterdays score!!!

In short - it’s defintely something we’ll be keeping on when the trial has finished, so if you get a bad back coz of sitting at your desk all day it might be worth having a look here and downloading the free trial here.

Over and out.

Zak.

Valentines, the day of luurrvveee is nearly upon us and it’s a great time for gift retailers like ourselves as sales really pick up. In fact in our experience, it’s only Christmas which eclipses Valentines Day in terms of sales.

Consequently our buying dept are under strict instructions to find Valentines Day goodies that are sure to delight our customerbase and sell well for all of our lovely affiliates, and to be honest they’ve come up trumps. So, here’s some of my favourite newbies which I’m pretty sure will fly out in the next couple of weeks…

Carve your own Card - £7.95

With us all being environmentalists now, it’s no longer PC to find a big old Oak Tree in which to carve your affections for your loved one. However, the next best thing is to carve your own Card. Simple, yet brilliant!!

 USB Mix Tape - £19.95

Remember the days before digital music and MP3 players? Good old fashioned blank cassettes were all the rage and the romantics amongst us put together a mix tape for our loved ones… Well now this retro throw back allows you to store 60 minutes of your favourite tunes digitally on this USB mix tape. Just like the good old days you can add your own title, message and playlist. Sweet.

Personalised Romance Calendar - £14.95

The Personalised Calendar is one of our biggest selling products,  so it makes perfect sense to produce a romantic version of the same thing. Simply enter the name of the two love birds and we’ll do the rest, writing the names of the couple in a starlight November night or on the side of a big old Oak tree in April. Don’t worry - we can start the calendar from any month you require, making the ideal gift.

For those of us with little sprogletts, there’s nothing worse than the repetative jingle jangling of our young ‘angels’ favourite Nursery Rhyme CD. Admittedly things have got a little better with the introduction of the Personalised Childrens Music CD, but nothing comes close to the awesome ROCKABYE BABY LULLABYE CD’s!!!

The concept is oh so simple, yet oh sooooo brilliant. The CD’s featuring such greats as Nirvana, the Beatles, the Stones and Led Zep, are all remakes of the bands classic tracks. The clever part? The fact that all of the great tunes - from ‘Smells like teen spirit’ to Metallicas ‘Enter Sandman’ have all been re-recorded as lullabies on a plethora of timphony instruments. This is cherub rock for a new generation! 

 You really do have to listen to the CD’s to understand how simply brilliant the tracks actually are and you can do so on some of the soundbite links below. Enjoy.

• Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
• Paint in Black (Stones)
• Stairway to Heaven (Led Zep)
• Yellow (Cold Play)
• Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
• Enter Sandman (Metallica)
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (U2)
• Paranoid Android (Radiohead)

You can find details of these great CD’s by visiting Prezzybox.com or clicking here.

Check out our fantastic new  Personalised Calendars. They’re proving to be a real hit and look set to be a biggest seller of the year.

The idea is really simple.You simply choose a name or message that you would like to appear and we cleverly integrate it into 12 fantastic themed photographs - whether it be written in the Clouds, on a Christmas Bauble, as Grafitti on a wall or spelt out in Fireworks on a cold November evening. Here’s some that we made earlier. So, make someones year - order them a personalised Calendar today. Simply click here to visit the product.

Sun Jar

OK. We’ve not had a great deal of sunshine this year, so what little we have had we need to hold on to. Am I right? My Dad tells me that if he could bottle sunshine, he’d make a fortune. Well, the buyers at the Mighty Box havn’t found a bottle to store the Sun, but they’ve found the next best thing - a Sun Jar.

It really is fantastic! Simply place the Sun Jar in sunlight, and the solar energy charges a battery which then stays a light for the whole of the night. Simple, yet brilliant.

And for those doubters out there we’ve created a tasty little video to show you how simple and effective the jar is.

It’s a snip at £19.95 and you can find more information on the product by clicking here.

Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to introduce not only the smallest and lightest miniature Infra Red controlled Helicopter in the World, but also the hottest Big Boys Toy!…

Oh yessiree, check out the Picoo Z Micro Helicopter. Coming in at only 17cm long and weighing no more than 10 grams, this ready to fly remote control helicopter really is great fun. Me and the missus had one on at home over the weekend and once you get the hang of it, you’ll love it. It’s quality.

The best thing is that it comes in 3 bands so you can race against your buddies - hence the Picoo Z wars we are having at Prezzybox.com this Friday afternoon!! Hopefully a video of the events shall follow shortly…

Hello folks,

 TFI Friday eh!

 Anyhoo - here’s a cracking video done by our good buddy Fraser from (amongst other things) Cool Things Live. It’s a product demonstration of the ingenious Spider Catcher and in my opinion perfectly displays the functionality of the product.

Well done Fraser!