Posted in Website, tagged blog, Giftchooser, gifts, press on May 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Kim at Gift Chooser has written some lovely things about us!
“I have recently discovered Boutiko, a beautiful looking site with some gorgeous gifts on offer.
All of their stock is ethical in some way or other. Whether it be fairly traded, organic, made from recycled products or locally made.
They are just as passionate about shopping for nice, [...]
Posted in Website, tagged myspace on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Boutiko is now on Myspace! For some reason it wouldn’t work for ages but I have now mastered it and you may find us here: http://www.myspace.com/boutiko. Please feel free to become a friend!
That’s all!
Posted in Thoughts and Stories, Website, tagged Brazil, gifts, luggage label, recycled leather on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Check out this pink recycled leather luggage label, which was lucky enough to go from us all the way to Brazil! (There it is, at the bottom! Small but definitely there.) This photo was sent in by a customer and I think it’s fantastic to see where our gifts go. Thank you Elisabeth! Anyone else who has bought or received [...]
Posted in Business Stuff, Website, tagged hand cream, new stock, paraben free on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Hooray, we’ve had some lovely new handcreams in! They are handmade in Somerset from a light, non greasy, paraben free luxurious base, with added aloe vera and comfrey extract to soften and condition your hands. They are scented with essential oils, locally sourced where possible, presented in a recyclable glass pot, and finished with a pretty [...]
Posted in Business Stuff, Green Things, Website, tagged EPO, ethical products, shield of authenticity on March 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Boutiko has now been officially approved by the Ethical Products Organisation , a website whose aim is to “raise awareness of the ethical products available to shoppers and to enable shoppers to find online shops that are truly ethical with our organic directory.”
By ethical online shops they mean shops where all the products are either ethically sourced, traded or made. [...]
Posted in Business Stuff, Website, tagged bee cushions, evening standard, press coverage on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week we were very pleased to be featured on Alison Cork’s ‘Really Useful Guide’ in the Evening Standard with our hand embroidered bee cushions. See the PDF on our press page.
Posted in Green Things, Website, tagged ethical junction, membership on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Boutiko is now a member of Ethical Junction! This is a long-standing directory which provides profiles on carefully (and manually) screened companies and organisations and enables people to find ethical and sustainable products and services.
Being accepted as a member is great news for Boutiko as Ethical Junction is a respected organisation and careful about which businesses are included [...]
Posted in Website, tagged gifts, special offers, Valentine's Day on February 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Now that we’re into February lots of us will be thinking about Valentine’s Day and how we’d like to celebrate it. Obviously it’s all about couples really, but at Boutiko we think it’d be unfair to leave out those single girls among us, so we have two Products of the Month for February:
Product of the [...]
Posted in Green Things, Website, tagged living ethically, product of the month, washbags on February 1, 2008 | No Comments »
I’m very pleased to alert everyone to the fact that this month our hand embroidered cotton washbags are one of the products of the month on the homepage of www.livingethically.co.uk throughout February.
Living Ethically is a fab shopping directory and information source about all things organic, ethical and green. There are lots of really great businesses on [...]
Posted in Website, tagged gift voucher on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Sometimes it’s just too hard to decide what to give someone, or there simply isn’t time for browsing. But you can still give them something you know they will truly love…… by letting them choose it themselves! We now offer gift vouchers in increments of £5, £10 and £20, so you can mix and match according to [...]
