Saturday, November 24, 2007

Holiday Shopping

Well, here we are again, entering the last month of the year and we're all looking for bargains to spread the Holiday cheer a little bit farther. So without delay, here's a few new things we have to offer.

Our sister store -
Main Street Gift Shoppe - is now offering on-line shopping. They feature

NFL Team Logo gift ware

Baekgaard - a hot new line of gift ware for men and women

Adora Dolls

In addition,
Drake House Gifts continues with special discounts through out the store, Free Shipping on orders over $99 and new items in our Clearance Sale every day. We've also added:

Snow Babies

Royal Copenhagen

New Santa at play

Belleek 150th Anniversary Collection -limited quantities!

We always welcome your calls and email for
Engraving, Gift Wrapping and Special Orders.

Happy Hunting!

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Atlantic City Food & Wine Expo !

We are very excited to be involved with this exceptional show on October 12 - 14. This is aterrific event featuring wine tasting seminars and found many vendors featuring gourmet food, wine, travel, kitchen, cooking.

If you would like to find out more, here is the link to the
Atlantic City Food and Wine Expo.

If you would like to attend as our guests, we have just a few pairs of FREE TICKETS still available. All you need to do is send us an email and tell us that you read our blog. First come - first serve.

Oh, I almost forgot, we are adding some new lines.
Riedel Crystal is now available. Keep checking back, more are on the way!

Thursday, August 2, 2007

What's on sale now?

Well, lots of stuff! We need to move out older inventory and make room for new inventory for the upcoming holiday Season.

You will find disounted prices on
Woodwick Candles, and Sanoma Spa - some of these items will not be replaced, so if you want it, you'll need to act quickly.

There is also
Miller Rogaska crystal with special pricing, and there may even still be a few silver pieces priced to move. These prices won't last long either.

Enjoy!

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Summer Fun and Summer Sales

Like most of you we are into the summer season. Being so close to Long Beach Island - a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey - means going to the beach, walking our dogs, riding our bikes to Holgate, climbing Barnegat lighthouse, and of course barbecuing with our friends.

So what does all this mean for Drake House Gifts? Well, we know most of you are busy having fun too and we need to do a little more to get your attention. That's why throughout June you'll find different short term sales - like 10% off Belleek, Free Shipping, and more. If you don't see what you what at a sale price, please contact us and we'll see if there is something we can do for you.

We hope you enjoy your summer and these limited offers, because before you know it we'll be stacking wood and raking leaves!

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Flateware and new Home Page Layout

Once again, it is a pleasure to announce that we've added a new product line - Flatware. OK, well it's not all new, we've had some of the flatware included in our Waterford line, but we have added Reed & Barton Flatware and simplified the links to reach our flatware.

Engraving is available for many of the patterns we carry.

Which brings me to our next topic - the new
Home Page layout. We receive many comments on how easy it is to navigate our site and find the right product quickly - which is great feedback for us. So while adding new products this year, we've tried to keep the same approach, while streamlining the Home Page bit. It feels a bit different, but I think it's growing on me.

Since it is likely that we'll need to make additional changes through the year, we'd really love to hear what you think about how our site works for you. Please feel free to drop us a line at
mail@drakehousegifts.com.

Monday, April 2, 2007

Waterford Silver and Sonoma Spa

We are very happy to say that two new product lines have just been added: Waterford Fine Silver Gifts and Sonoma Spa. First about Sonoma Spa...

Sonoma Spa is a great line of personal spa ware that is ideal for pampering yourself at home. We have started with the Spa Therapy line which features Lavender aroma therapy. Each piece can be heated (in a microwave) to release a beautiful lavender scent and is so soft and cuddly, that words are just not enough - you have to feel it. There are also Rose, Eucalyptus. So please feel free to contact us if you're interested in those product lines.

The
Waterford Fine Silver Gifts line is truly amazing. We've handled some beautiful silver in the past, but as with their crystal, Waterford has again found a way to set a new standard in silver gifts, flatware and serving ware. Here's a quick set of links:

Ballet Ribbon Collection
Children's Gifts
Flatware
Silver plated Holloware
Gift ware
Picture Frames
Sterling and Silver plated Candle ware

In addition to being finely made,
engraving is available for the Waterford Silver - and it's not just initials, or monograms. Our engraver is a master craftsman using hand, machine and computerized techniques on all orders up to the most complex logos and graphics. We have even had clients use Waterford Silver for trophies and memorial presentations. Wouldn't that be nice to be holding a Waterford engraved trophy when you win your local golf outing. To see what we mean, check out our Engraving and Gift Wrapping page.

One more thing, since we strive to keep active inventory for all of our products, we sometimes don't list the full product line in our on-line store. So please feel free to
contact us if you don't see what your looking for.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Belleek 2007 - Now In Stock !

Our 2007 update to the full line of Belleek is complete. We've also added a page for the Belleek 150th Anniversary Archive Collection so that all of these items can be found in one place. You can also find the 2007 Limited Edition pieces here as well. To find out more about the Belleek Anniversary Collection, please see our recent Belleek article.

You can also find these great pieces, as well as new Christmas and religions pieces and remaining inventory from 2006 limited edition pieces, on our
Annual Editions and New Items page.

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Google Search Bar

It took a little while, but the Google Search is up and running on the Links page.

We've also recently returned from the New York International Gift Show and came away with some great new products, such as the Sonoma Spa Collection, new Waterford Silver Gifts, and the full new Belleek line, including the 150th Anniversary Archive Collection. We'll be adding these new items throughout the Spring.

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

New Articles and Links for 2007

Best wishes to all of you for a happy and healthy new year.

After finishing the year with a much needed rest, we are back to work. The
Links page is up and we are adding new links for a variety of services. Please feel free to browse around.

We often receive quite a few client questions that are a bit too long for our
FAQ page. So to provide answers, we are including Articles. Our first article has tips for cleaning fine crystal.

If you have a service you'd like to link, or a suggestion for an article, please drop us a line at
mailto:kdrake@kdrake@drakehousegifts.com.