Christmas gifts for small girls

With Christmas creeping up on us here are some more super suggestions for fabulous presents, today ripeshop is focusing on gifts for small girls.

it is so difficult to choose ideas for this category as we have so much lovely stuff for girls, however this delightful cotton candy paint by numbers set from Wu and Wu is easily one of the favourites, the beautifully illustrated tin is packed full of everything your child will need to paint their own masterpiece. 16.99

one of our most popular items , the vintage dolly lunch box is hugely desirable and a great price at 4.99 a practical gift that is the perfect stocking filler.

so adorable! this wooden owl design flower press by sass and belle is just what every young girl wants! with little button eyes, this is a really cute gift. 6.99

Three for Dads!

So today it is Dads turn, three hand picked Christmas gift idea's from ripeshop that are just perfect for pops! 

This super stylish vintage map wash bag is really roomy and has a side grab strap £29.99, Dads need cool accessories too you know.

Every Dad secretly wants to be Burt Reynolds, don't they? now that Movember is a distant memory, these super sticky appendages can bring back the style, without the stubble! Notable Moustaches £4.99

Our final suggestion to keep fathers happy this christmas is this bold black metal "news" magazine rack, a perfect present as now they don't even have to clear up all the pieces of the newpaper, they can just shove it in the rack. £16.99

Three is the magic number

With just over a month to go until Christmas, ripeshop are here to help with plenty of ideas for fabulous gifts for all the family.
We are going to choose three gifts a day for each member of the family, starting today with the most important gift to buy......... of course it's Mums!
Hope you enjoy our suggestions. x

This stylish and useful vacuum flask has the ever popular striped petal design by Orla Kiely, it comes packaged in a lovely gift box and is £19.99, the perfect accessory for coffee breaks at the allotment or picnics in the park.

Our next suggestion is from the delightful floriography range, deliciously fragrant Sweet pea and Peony body wash. A guaranteed winner as every mum, loves pampering products and this not only comes in gorgeous pretty packaging but also a very appealing price tag! £9.99

And to complete our trio of present proposals, a vintage style patchwork cushion, colourful crochet flower pattern on a cosy cushion cover, a lovely addition to Mums bedroom or favourite armchair. 

£14.99

We must have been feeling flowery today, just noticed all our choices have a distinctly floral theme!

Style up your student digs!

Brighten up your new digs, or bland halls of residence rooms, with some fun and affordable home comforts. ripeshop has plenty of ideas for a quick and inexpensive style overhaul. Stocking tons of modern, kitsch and retro home accessories and generally silly stuff, stick ripeshop on your bookmarks bar!

Red Rose Fairy Lights

This set of beautiful boudoir red rose fairy lights, are an excellent way to create an inviting atmosphere with ten silky fabric flowers on a clear flex, the warm ambient glow beats those standard issue 100 watt bulbs any day (or night)!

Buy from ripeshop: £22.99

Robot Key covers

So you’ve moved into new accommodation, possibly have a university locker? You need these funky rubber robot key covers. Set of two hard wearing retro robot face caps to sit on top of your keys, cool little gadgets that look great and help you identify individual keys in a hurry.

Buy from ripeshop: £4.99

Sing along tongs - microphone cooking tongs

Throwing something together for supper doesn’t have to be a chore, just get that bacon sizzling, find a top playlist on your ipod and, its karaoke kitchen! With these totally brilliant microphone shaped cooking tongs you can sing along as loud as you can to all your favourite tunes and attend to your culinary masterpieces at the same time.

Also the perfect prop for Saturday night x factor viewing!

Buy from ripeshop: £9.99

Pickled bottle stopper

Most students need to look after the pennies, so here is a handy accessory to keep that sacred bottle of wine drinkable once opened. It looks like a real gherkin, but this novelty pickle bottle stopper will keep your wine fresh for you until you want it. And you know you have to finish that assignment tomorrow so plug it in if you don’t want to get too pickled!

Buy from ripeshop: £4.99

Cold blooded - vampire fangs ice cube tray

With Halloween coming up, these ghoulish fang teeth ice trays, are perfectly chilling! Blood red coffin shaped tray fits in the smallest freezer.

Buy from ripeshop: £6.99

Mollie Makes Magazine

Here's a little bit about Mollie Makes:
'Mollie Makes is published thirteen times a year. We curate the best craft from around the world into a tactile, collectable and totally irresistible magazine.
We love to make – handmade is more than just a hobby for us, it’s in everything we do.
We can’t resist hunting down treasures in thrift stores, then customising, re-covering and embellishing our finds with our endless stash of ribbons, buttons, fabrics and felt.
We’re forever on the lookout for new inspiration. Whatever we do, we’re living and loving handmade.’
♡ Making ♡ Thrifting ♡ Collecting ♡ Crafting

and here is ripeshop's colourful cutlery, kitchen wall clock, that can be found amongst the pages of the January edition of Mollie Makes; ripeshop is a big fan!!!

ripeshop december press coverage

happy new year, from all here at ripeshop!
during the christmas madness, we didn’t have a chance to post up any of the brilliant press coverage that we had during the festive season, so here are a few of the lovely features we were included in:
here is our ever popular hot lips phone, gracing the glossy pages of grazia.

this lovely double page spread was in clifton life and shows are super kitsch gnome soap on a rope

birmingham evening post featured the number one best selling moomintroll hotwater bottle in its gifts for kids article.

and detour.co.uk online magazine chose the television alarm clock, as a christmas gift idea.