A new design from 1st Unique Gifts:

shabby chic heart chalkboard

Measuring approx 30cm x 31cm, hand painted with sanded-back edges for a shabby chic finish.  Sturdy rope hanger and rope mini basket to hold a piece of chalk and cloth wipe (supplied).

Cute and lovely for a kitchen, hallway or study.  Makes a great gift too - write a romantic message on it for Valentine’s Day.  More here: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/chalkboards.html including how to buy.

Our heart chalkboards are relatively new but they were really popular in the run-up to Christmas and are proving to be a popular Valentine’s gift idea too.  We’ll be adding some smaller ones in the next couple of weeks.  This one measures about 40cm x 29cm plus the rope hanger.

heart blackboard is an ideal valentines gift

They make a fabulous gift - and chalking a special message on it could make it into a gorgeously romantic gift.  You’ll notice a smaller red heart at the bottom with a button trim and faux edge-stitching.  This smaller heart hides a secret:

peg clip behind the red heart

a peg clip where you can add even more messages - or even those plane tickets, holiday reservations, clues to bigger presents perhaps…

holiday for two

Or am I just getting carried away?

If you gave one of our heart-shaped blackboards as a Valentine’s gift, would you use the chalk to write a romantic message?  If so, what message would you write on it?  Alternatively, if you don’t want to add your own message with chalk (which is supplied, by the way), we can add any message you choose onto the red heart.  A more permanent reminder perhaps of a special day, week, anniversary, holiday… or just the 14th February 2010.

Buy yours here: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/chalkboards.html

Valentine’s Day is creeping up on us quietly.  It’s now less than four weeks away. 

It’s always difficult to know what to get for Valentine’s Day gifts.  The men are so hard to buy for, aren’t they?  Let’s see if we can help.

This campervan canvas ticks a lot of boxes - different, fun, quirky, unusual and…

campervan canvas

 with a personalised numberplate at no extra charge (how often do you hear that?) it makes quite a unique gift.  His name, age, nickname, an actual numberplate - anything you like really!  Words like LOVE, HOPE, DREAMS - they’d all make great numberplates!!

Available in the sketchy style (above) or a neater, cartoon-outlined style, below, in any colours you choose.

campervan canvas

Here’s where you can buy your own campervan canvas: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/wall%20art%20gifts.0.html - they start at just £14.99 and are hand-painted especially for you (so you can pick any colour you like!)

It’s not just the guys who appreciate this one either.  We’ve sold a considerable number of these for ladies’ gifts too.  The clocks are a lot of fun!

campervan clock

Click here to buy a campervan clock: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/clocks.0.html

If campervans really aren’t you thing, maybe a hanging plaque will spell out a message for you:

grumpy old man

Is he a grumpy old man at times?

Or is he more of a genius? (or perhaps he just thinks he is!)

genius at work

or maybe he needs reminding of jolly important stuff.  It does come in other colours - he doen’t have to have pink!  This is a plaque with pegs on the back so the jolly important stuff can be clipped safely in place.

jolly important stuff

It also comes as a things to do plaque with lovely Valentine’s hearts:

thigs to do

hearts door plaque

photo frame with hearts

You can buy frames here: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/handpaintedpictureframes.html for just £5.99 - again, these are hand-painted to order.  Any colours, any message - just let us know!

These frames take a standard 6″ x 4″ photo, have a card insert at the back so they can stand up on a desk or shelf - or you can hang them on a wall.

You could write your own romantic message on a heart-shaped blackboard, which even has a heart-shaped clip at the bottom for more messages (or, for the slightly less romantic, receipts, bills and recipes):

heart shaped blackboard

You’ll find the blackboards here: http://www.1stuniquegifts.co.uk/chalkboards.html 

Don’t leave it too long to order.  Most of the time, we can have your order posted out in less than a week but at times we do get very busy which (of course) does slow us down.  Please feel free to email wendy@1stuniquegifts.co.uk and check we can do your order in time for the date you need it.  We usually can.