November's Photo Gift Newsletter...

In case you're not on our mailing list, here's a link to our November edition of our popular Photo Gift newsletter.



This month, we showcase our new fundraising scheme for schools, clubs, teams, groups and charities as well as informing readers of further gift ideas added to our engraved gifts for her and engraved gifts for him / novelty gifts, just in time for Christmas.

We finish with a profile on our ever-popular boxed photo jigsaw range which come in sizes from 9 pieces to 1000 pieces.

They're just like you'd buy in the shops - a two part box with the completed picture (your photograph) printed on the lid.

We've already seen demand jump as people start getting in early for Christmas. Last year, we were so over-whelmed with orders that we had to bring our last order dates forward, so please order early to make sure you don't miss out.

Our newsletter finished by re-iterating our guaranteed courier service which will continue to run through the postal strike and may even run up to Christmas - we'll see how it goes.

So thank you for your continued readership - we look forward to updating you all around the end of November with our next newsletter.

The Fabulous Photo Gifts Team.

Snowy weather makes perfect personalised photo gifts

Hopefully you've been able to enjoy the recent snowy weather just a little bit and what great photo opportunities it bought to those lucky enough to have their workplace or school shut down.

Our very own Lucy took advantage of Thursdays heavier snow fall in our part of Derbyshire to start building a little place for the winter in our own back garden - an igloo.

Photo Gifts don't have to be all sunshine and beaches - any photo opportunity makes a great photo gift idea when coupled with our range of hand printed photo gifts including our best selling photo jigsaws etc.

Of course, we couldn't let the snow pass (or should that be melt) with a little tribute of our own so here are 13 things you may not know about snow...

When did it last snow on Christmas Day? For a white Christmas to be official, a flake of snow must be observed to fall at the four specific sites between midnight on 24 December and midnight on 25 December, even if it is mixed with rain and is not necessarily snow lying on the ground. Given this definition, England last enjoyed a white Christmas in 1999.

A HOTEL boss promised to give guests a £50 refund if they didn't get any snow on their Christmas break.
The hotelier's three-night festive deal included bed and breakfast, Christmas lunch - and a winter wonderland on December 25. 2008 was the third year he'd run the scheme - having been left nearly £3000 out of pocket due to no-snow refunds over the previous two years.

The world's largest snowflake was 38 cm wide and 20 cm thick. This occurred at Fort Keogh, Montana, USA on 28 January 1887.

The tallest snowman ever made measured 34.63 metres and was made by residents of Bethel, Maine, USA. It took 14 days to build, finally being completed on 17 February 1999. Nicknamed Angus, he had vehicle tyres for his mouth and trees for arms.

The average snowflake has a top speed of 1.7 metres per second.

They are always hexagonal but the majority are not perfectly symmetrical - uneven temperatures, dirt and other factors usually cause them to be lopsided.

Enough snow fell in Britain on February 2 for everyone in the country to make a quarter of a million snowballs each, according to Carol Vorderman.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest snowflake on record measured 38cm wide and 20cm thick. It was observed in Montana, USA in 1887 and described by witnesses as "larger than a milk pan".

It is a myth that Eskimos have 100 different words for 'snow'.

Chionophobia is a fear of snow.

A man was arrested by Police on suspicion of burglary after officers followed a trail of footprints in the snow leading away from a club which had been burgled. The track led for several hundred yards before they "disappeared" into a house in the village reported Durham Police.

in 1991, British Rail tried to explain away the disruption to rail services in London and the Souteast by claiming it was "the wrong kind of snow".

The deepest snow ever measured in an inhabited area in the UK was at Forest-in-Teesdale, County Durham, at the end of the 1947 winter when a level depth of 83 inches was recorded.


Take care if it's still snowy where you are. Don't forget, you can order a personalised photo gift online 24/7 from our easy to use website - Fabulous Photo Gifts .co.uk.

Looking for someone to make your photo into a jigsaw puzzle

If you're looking for a company to make a jigsaw puzzle using your own photograph, then may we recommend Fabulous Photo Gifts?

Firstly, they have possibly the largest selection of jigsaw puzzles – from 15 piece wooden jigsaw puzzles right up to large 2000 piece jigsaw puzzles that come in a box with the picture printed on the lid – just like the jigsaw puzzles you would buy in the shops!

The difference is they have your own photographs on so they make an ideal present and gift idea for family & friends.

Within their impressive range, you'll also find novelty jigsaw puzzles with pieces that spell out Happy Birthday or I Love You etc. (the last one is ideal for Valentines Day). Again you add your photo to the jigsaw to make it truly personal.

They've also got two thin panoramic boxed jigsaws which go great with thin 'letterbox style' panoramic's or group shots. Don't confuse these with normal landscape orientation photographs which will fit to the whole range, except the 1500 piece square jigsaw puzzle especially for larger square photographs.

Secondly, you'll be re-assured that your online photo jigsaw puzzle order is in safe hands. Proprietor Mandy Collins is an award winning digital photographer and artist and knows a thing or two about image optimisation and the latest digital techniques for turning photographs into fabulous large jigsaws.

Fabulous Photo Gifts want you to be really delighted with your purchase and recommend them to your family and friends.

Thirdly, you can place your order online and personalise your choice of jigsaw puzzle (or any other gift idea they offer for that matter) there and then using your digital photo file.

However, if you don't have a digital copy, then they offer a free scanning service as part of their postal order service.

So the next time you're thinking of giving a personalised photo jigsaw puzzle, think of Fabulous Photo Gifts. Here's what one customer had to say upon receiving his order...

“Just wanted to say great quality jigsaws and everybody who has seen them have said the same. Thank you”

Click here to see the range of jigsaw puzzles you can personalise with your own photos at Fabulous Photo Gifts.

New 96 piece wooden photo jigsaw 'hits' the website

The other day in the Fabulous Photo Gifts workshop, Mandy (proprietor) remarked that there was a pile of wooden jigsaw 'blanks' that didn't seem to have moved... were they not a very popular size??

After a little sleuthing, she deduced that the reason the pile wasn't going down (unlike the rest of the jigsaws) was because the web designer (me) hadn't actually added them to the website! (ouch!)

Suffice to say that you can now avail yourselves of over 8 different wooden express photo jigsaw sizes to personalise with your own photographs (online) with the addition of our newest photo jigsaw - the 96 piece medium wooden jigsaw (approx A4 in size).

It features the same high quality gloss finish pieces but provides a little more of a challange than its closest partner - the 60 piece medium jigsaw.

So whilst your clicking here and adding our newest photo jigsaw to your basket, I'm off to grab an ice-pack!

Free A5 Photo Jigsaw (Worth £7.99) Offer

Free A5 Photo Jigsaw (Worth £7.99) Offer with every £50 spent.

At Fabulous Photo Gifts, we've never done a special offer before, but we thought a free personalised photo jigsaw (worth £7.99) might be a good place to start.
Because our Christmas build up is a bit like the old August 1st car registrations, we thought we could encourage a few of you to shop early for Christmas and earn a lovely free extra Christmas present – a photo jigsaw, in the process absolutely free of charge.

It's very simple (we hate complicated things here) – all you have to do is spend £50* or more in a single days transactions at Fabulous Photo Gifts. Then, once you've placed your order, simply email us with the preferred photo from your previous order/s, you'd like putting onto your free jigsaw and whether you'd prefer a 15 piece or 24 piece jigsaw.

We'll then take your preferred photograph and apply it to one of our beautiful A5 wooden jigsaws and send it along with the rest of your order.
If you don't contact us by the end of the day you order on, then we'll simply select the best photograph (in terms of quality, crop and fit) and apply it to either a 15 or 24 piece wooden jigsaw at random.

Our A5 wooden jigsaws feature a beautiful glossy finish and come ready made in a clear plastic wrapper. They make a great photo gift idea in their own right and would normally cost £7.99 plus postage.

For full *terms and conditions, click here. This offer also applies to orders made by post.

*This offer runs until the 30th November 2007. Offer excludes bulk purchases and the £50 qualifying spend excludes packaging and postage costs. No alternative/additional photographs accepted. No cash equivalent or refunds on orders placed.

Customer love

At Fabulous Photo Gifts - we love our customers. We'll do all we can to ensure they're completely satisfied with their photo gift order, whether that's writing a personal message inside a card or beating a delivery deadline despite postal strikes... And our customers love us back....

"I just received the clock and I love it! Really perfect and I know my Dad will love it. Thank you so much-I 'll be back for more gifts in the future.
Best wishes" M.

"Just wanted to say thanks so much for the puzzle and getting it back to me so quickly - we got it on time even with the postal strike!

Kind regards" L.

Just two of the most recent examples of customer feedback we've received.

Isn't it about time you experienced a little love from Fabulous Photo Gifts?

Don't forget Fathers Day on June 17th

If there's one thing we've learned in the photo gift business, it's that it's never too early to start thinking about those special days in the year when it seems like the whole world is trying to order a personalised photo gift at the same time.

For example – Fathers Day (Sunday June 17th 2007) might seem a long way off - “what's the rush?” I hear you cry. Well being a Dad myself, I'd hate to think my family were on the edge of their seats hoping they'd receive the fabulous photo gift they'd ordered from those very nice people at Fabulous Photo Gifts.

You see, because each and every personalised photo gift order is made to order (obviously), and because of the ink and bonding drying times between processes, depending on the gift you've chosen, our turnaround times from receipt to delivery of your order can be between 5 and 14 days (normally).

Our Photo Jigsaws – possibly the largest online range of sizes you can personalise with your own photo – go through several stages of production – they're certainly not the 'fast-food' of gifts, rather a quality gift that will bring enjoyment for years to come, and are usually delivered in around 10 working days.

Our new Photo CD Clocks, which make a particularly good Father's Day gift idea – perfect for Dad's office desk, are usually delivered within 5 working days from receipt of your order.

So, when we say please don't leave it to late to order, we really only thinking of you (or your Dad) – dig out that digital file (or photograph if you'd like us to scan it for you – FREE of charge) and get ordering today.

After all, I'm a Dad myself!