Our products are now being stocked by cool US online kids store ModernNursery…
“Modern Nursery features essentials for modern living from the world’s finest modern baby designers”. They currently stock bedding and prints across our three designs.
Oh, while I’ve got your attention, our Thanksgiving sale is ending at midnight tonight. That’s PST by the way, just to be fair to shoppers living on the West Coast 
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In honour of our American cousins…and customers(!), we’ve decided to hold a Thanksgiving sale. This is undoubtedly the biggest and best sale we’ve ever had!
Yep, 30% off ALL products when you order direct from our site! And you don’t have to live in America to qualify! Sale starts tomorrow and ends midnight Monday.
Oh, in case you miss the small print, sale excludes wall murals – individually quoted – and Christmas gift sets – discounted already – and can’t be used with any other offer.
Enjoy Thanksgiving…and happy shopping!
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Time for another customer photo post. This one comes from Shannon Lanigan of Calgary, Canada, who sent these wonderful shots of her two boys in their playroom…
Beckett (21 months) and Carter (3) pictured alongside our lime alphabet wall mural.
Rather than permanently wall-mounting the mural, Shannon attached it to two mobile panels, adding flexibility. We hadn’t thought of doing this but it works amazingly well…
Shannon says ”the mural came about as we were repainting and needed to rethink the playroom for them. I wanted to modernize it a little and have a really fun, colorful and energetic space for the boys to play, create and dream in!”
Big thanks to Shannon for sharing these great shots. Anyone wishing to share their own O&L-themed images, please drop me an email
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I’ll get straight to it, the winner of our November 09 giveaway is…Jennifer (comment #70) who said “I’m all about George! In fact, my soon-to-be nursery will feature it…”
Yep, Jennifer is already a customer (not a pre-requisite of winning, incidentally) with a baby due any time now! We wish her well…both for the birth and for the nursery!
Thanks to everyone who took part. Do come back and try again next month
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A nice surprise via email today – from Isabelle at Living Lounge – saying we’ve appeared in stylish Belgian kids magazine Kadee…and proving it with these images…
I have no idea what much of it says but I’m assuming it’s positive! Big thanks to Isabelle at Living Lounge (introduced back in September) for sorting this out
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This month, we’re offering one of our new Christmas gift sets. You can win the most expensive one (yay!) comprising bib & burp, changing mat, hooded towel and blanket.
As usual, just comment, telling us if you’d prefer to win George…
Billie…
or Egg…
Giveaway ends at 14:00 GMT on Friday 20 November. We’ll select the winner at random and make an announcement here. Click for full giveaway rules. Good luck
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With under six weeks to go until Christmas(!) we’ve decided to bundle together our most popular gift items to create four sets, and offer them to you at a big discount!
These four options are available in a choice of George, Billie or Egg designs and can be gift-wrapped and sent to an address of your choice, along with a personalised card.
Option 1
Bib & burp set + hooded towel. Pay: £20/$35. Save: £10/$15!
Option 2
Bib & burp set + hooded towel + changing mat. Pay: £30/$50 Save: £15/$25!
Option 3
Bib & burp set + blanket + changing mat. Pay: £40/$65 Save: £15/$30!
Option 4
Bib & burp + blanket + hooded towel + changing mat. Pay: £50/$85 Save: £20/$35!
Of course you don’t have to buy the sets for anyone else. You could treat yourself to an early Christmas present! Just visit the USA & CAN or UK & Worldwide gift page
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I recently introduced a new French retailer. France isn’t exactly an O&L hotspot but we’re growing our presence slowly, with four stockists in total…including this one…
French online store allo bambin will initially be stocking bedding and decor from our Billie range (as shown above), with hopefully more products to follow soon.
That’s it for now. More retail news on the way…
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Any more Boston posts and I’ll need a new header. Don’t fret, nearly there.
Anyway, regulars will be familiar with our love of treading the ‘open house’ path. This time though, we loitered with a little more intent.
So, this final(ish) Boston-themed post (delayed by our most inconvenient and time-consuming trip back to the UK) gives a flavour of our open house experience.
And when I say ‘house’, I actually mean condo…we don’t have a spare $3,000,000! These are only exterior shots of some we visited but you should get the idea.
We saw some great places, all within an area we (stupidly) hadn’t considered before. It’s got a great feel and is a short ‘T’ ride to the centre…even walkable at a push.
We’re serious about relocating by the way. In fact, everyone who knows us is fed up with hearing about it (sorry if that’s you) and will be thinking ‘just shut up and go’.
If it were that easy we would, believe me. It’s a big move, with masses of influencing factors. I do feel we’ve taken a step closer though, so watch this space…
goodbye black friday
November 28, 2009 · Leave a Comment
A while ago, I’d have assumed Black Friday was a particularly bad day on Wall Street. Now though, I realise it’s one of the most important days in the US retail calendar.
Black Friday (yesterday) follows Thanksgiving and is regarded as the busiest shopping day of the year in the States…though this probably isn’t the case.
True to form, this wasn’t the case for us either. While it may be a busy day in the stores, the online sales rush takes a couple more days to materialise. Apparently…
Since 2005 Cyber Monday has entered the arena. What may conjure up visions of a techie-filled virtual networking event, is actually THE busiest online shopping day.
Anyone still in the dark? Here are the wiki entries for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Oh, if you want to play your part, check out our 30% off Thanksgiving sale
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