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29 Gifts

Posted in Thoughts and Stories, tagged , , , , , on November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Boutiko is about giving. Giving to friends and family and giving to the wider world as much as possible, like ensuring fair pay and treatment for producers, or reusing and recycling to protect the planet and its wildlife. So I love it when I come across things like 29 Gifts.
Started by Cami Walker after a [...]

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Craft Begins At Home

Posted in Business Stuff, Green Things, tagged , , , , , , on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s an article I wrote for the Ooffoo Competition (prize £500 and becoming ‘Ooffoo Laureate 2008′). It’s something about which I feel pretty strongly, so I thought, why not?!
Ethical products are fast becoming an everyday sight in shops and on websites. Great! As an owner of a website selling ethically produced gifts, I am all [...]

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Christmas Bazaar

Posted in Business Stuff, tagged , , , on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Last week was nothing if not hectic, partly because of a two day fair I did in Clapham in the most beautiful house near the common. After the recent spate of rather depressing fairs (wrong customers, credit crunch, wrong time of year, pouring rain, that sort of thing) where we sometimes didn’t even cover the [...]

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Everyone Is So Nice!

Posted in Thoughts and Stories, tagged , , , on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Just a quick little thank you, actually really quite a big one, to everyone who has deemed Boutiko worthy of voting for so far. Obviously there is a little way to go yet, the result being announced on December 6th, but even if we don’t win, it is so touching to have had the support [...]

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Boutiko Has Been Nominated For An Award!

Posted in Business Stuff, tagged , , , on November 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »

TOO exciting. Green England is running awards this year, and we have managed to get into the top five nominations for best Fair Trade business! Click on the logo to the left to get through to the voting page, and please vote for us!
In the Best Green Company category are our good friends How On [...]

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How Do You Advertise?

Posted in Business Stuff, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »

People often ask me how I advertise and market Boutiko, so I thought I’d share the different things I do.
1. Online Directories: There are literally hundreds out there, some you have to pay for and some you don’t. Some will contact you as they are relatively new, some you can hunt out on the web [...]

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