Thursday 12 March 2015

Moonpig to the rescue for Mother's Day gifts

If you still haven't sorted Mother's Day, you can get a last minute reprieve with Moonpig.com. If fact, order by 2pm Saturday and they'll have your gift delivered on Sunday leaving you glowing in glory, so even the last-minute dad's out there have got no excuse really.

I went along to their Spring/Summer showcase last week and was treated to a tea-tasting session with The English Tea Company and a bouquet master-class with aptly named in-house florist 'Aster'.

You'll be forgiven for thinking Moonpig just sell personalised photo cards, but nowadays they do a whole lot more.  From stunning floral displays of English flowers, to bespoke looking hampers bursting with products from some of the country's hippest independent producers.

Here's a few of my favourite products to get you in the mood.

Fairtrade Sunshine Bouquet £35:

Show mum you care about others with this sunny yellow fairly traded bunch of sunshine.

British Grown Tulips £25:

A gloriously colourful hand-tied bouquet of 25 spring tulips grown in the UK.


Meg Rivers Cookie Tin £12:

A wonderful vintage style tin, bursting with lemon and ginger biscuits made by artisan bakery Meg Rivers.  I sampled some of these and they are perfectly crumbly, old-fashioned shortbread biscuits made with stem ginger and fresh lemon.  Such a homely gift.
English Tea Shop Classic Collection: £6

A selection of four of the best loved organic teas - English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Peppermint and Rooibos.  Talking to the people behind The English Tea Shop their passion for quality was clear.



Hope & Greenwood Tuck Box £25:

Let mum re-live her youth with this retro styled candy-stripe selection of old skool favourites. You had me at sugar mice and cola bottles! 

There's so much to choose from I think you'd be surprised.  If you haven't checked out Moonpig lately, you're in for a bit of an eye-opener.




24 comments:

  1. I am so loving that gorgeous cookie tin! .. it reminds me of one my mum had when i was younger x

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  2. I do like that cookie tin too - I love a good tin (or a box or a jar).

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  3. I am a huge Moonpig fan and these gifts look so gorgeous. Loving the tin xxxxx

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  4. I love the retro sweets, they'd go down a treat with me!

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  5. Some great ideas! I love the bouquets but would absolutely adore the sweets!

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  6. i love using moonpig always a great resource if ever you forget x

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  7. I would never have thought of them, it's always handy to have a last minute back up! xxx

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  8. Moonpig always seem to offer some great gifts - I have to admit I have used them many times. x

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  9. Ohhh those sunflowers are beautiful

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  10. Moonpig has saved me many times when I've forgotten a special date, it's such a great company.

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  11. We could do with a cookie tin but I adore receiving flowers and those sunflowers would be just the thing to brighten up anyone's day!

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  12. I never knew Moonpig did all this! Thanks for sharing.

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  13. I love sunfloweres! I didn't actually no that Moonpig did flowers I just thought they sold cards! I'll have to take a look

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  14. Those tulips and tin are right up my street. They seem to have a really great range, rather than just the standard chocs and flowers

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  15. Wow, those tulips look amazing. This would be my pick for the gift for sure.

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  16. I love those sunflowers - some of my favourite flowers. I didn't know Moonpig did flowers so this is good to know!

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  17. You can relay on Moon pig I do like the looks of the flowers

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  18. I was so amazed at the range of gifts, definitely going to be somewhere I consider the next time I have to buy a present for somewhere, and great to see you after so long (even if you didn't recognise me...hehe :) )

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  19. The flowers are gorgeous. My daughter received an Ana doll for her birthday from Moonpig today, and she was so happy

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  20. The tulip bouquet looks gorgeous. One of my favourite flowers.

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  21. I like the look of those tuck boxes!

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  22. I do like moonpig but my mothers day card still has not arrived :0(

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