Scarcely have hints stopped being dropped about what your loved one wants for Christmas before well thumbed catalogues are left lying around, forced open on the jewellery pages, or casual mention is made of the opportunity to go out for dinner in February… That’s right, there’s no chance to miss Valentine’s Day, so to make the present buying part as easy as possible, we’ve come up with a whole host of delicious gifts which are guaranteed to be well received:

• Celebration Fizz – a solid white chocolate heart and a bottle of bubbles, presented in a bright red gift box. It’s not subtle, but who ever found that subtlety works on Valentine’s Day?!
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• Champagne and Chocolate Covered Strawberries – Champagne is always a winner and although these aren’t fresh strawberries, they’re expertly smothered in creamy white chocolate by our friends at Chocca Mocca, so I’d argue that they’re a fraction better than plain old fresh strawberries!
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• Champagne and Teddy – A cute and cuddly Teddy wearing a heart shaped jumper, travelling with his own bottle of Champagne. What’s not to like?
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We’ll add your heartfelt message to the gift and make sure that it’s delivered on time, on Tuesday 14th of February.

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Encouraged by the success of sister site YourHamper.com, we’ve expanded our range of personalised hampers and gifts to include 4 new hampers and gifts, each of which can be individually personalised with your special message.

Simply enter your gift message as normal when prompted during the checkout and we’ll print that message directly onto the box lid for our white gift boxes or wooden hampers boxes, or we’ll create an individual leather tag for the hampers.

There’s a personalised gift to suit every budget, from the Personalised Wine Duo at £32.50, through to the Personalised Christmas Gift Box at £85. You can see the full range here: Personalised Christmas Hampers, or feel free to browse our range of Christmas hampers.

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We’re getting out of the office and taking our sister site, www.yourhamper.com on the road, exhibiting at the country’s largest food show. Drop in and see us at the NEC in Hall 6, stand J50 where you can meet the team, see how we put together our fantastic, unique gifts and take a tour of the website. If you’re very lucky indeed, we may treat you to some of the delicious products that we fill our hampers with!

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At Virginia Hayward, it’s rare that a day will go by with no mention of Christmas, so although the sun is probably shining and it’s still nice and warm outside, Christmas is only 120 or so days away. We’ve been working hard this summer to make our gifts for this Christmas better than ever, so I’m pleased to announce that we have now launched our range of Christmas Hampers and gifts for 2011. We have gift trays, smaller gifts and wine gifts available from £16.50, through to our largest luxury hamper at £550. In response to demand we’ve expanded our range of personalised hampers and gifts and are looking forward to printing individual gift messages directly onto box lids or hamper tags. You can see the full range of hampers here.

Our popular range of sweet hampers continue to sell well and will also be available for sale this Christmas. We’ve added ‘Best of British Sweets’, a charming Union Jack tin full of classic sweets. Also on the sweet theme, we’ve developed a new version of last year’s hugely popular Chocolate Box.

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Summer might be making a feeble effort so far this June; it’s another drizzly grey day in Dorset, but that hasn’t put a dampener on things at Virginia Hayward where we’re busy doing our best to bring a ray of sunshine with our bright, colourful and tasty summer gifts.

Come rain or shine, barbecue enthusiasts will be found charring their food in campsites, on the beaches or anywhere else that the urge takes them, so why not get them burning things in style with our tough little barbecue bucket.

Or if your recipient prefers to be less involved with their food, but still appreciates al fresco dining, then the Afternoon Tea Gift might be just the thing for them, filled with delicious treats. Enjoyed best on a summer afternoon!

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Father’s Day is little more than three weeks away, so it’s time to start thinking what to get for Dad on his special weekend this year. If he’s likely to spend another year pretending to love the socks, ties and underpants that have been bought at the last minute, why not try something imaginative like our Barbecue Bucket, or the Cooler Basket, if he’s the type who likes to eat outside?

We’ve got lots more available in our Father’s Day Hampers and Gifts section.

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With all the sunshine so far in April, you could be forgiven for thinking that summer had come early. In many ways it has and lets hope that it’s here to stay! To get you in the mood for the scorcher that we’ve all got our fingers crossed for, we’ve created four new gifts, perfect for the upcoming season.

There’s something for sportsmen, gardeners, barbecue enthusiasts and picnic lovers:

Rounders Set – play this traditional English game with our wooden set, including bat, ball, stumps and a canvas bag.
Cooler Basket – Just like a cool bag, except it’s a cool-lined wicker basket which we’ve stuffed full of picnic foods!
Barbecue Bucket – A selection of dressings and snacks perfect to accompany a barbecue, which you can have anywhere using this sturdy barbecue bucket.
Gardener’s Gift – Gardeners will be hard at it this summer, so reward yours with this special gift for the green-fingered.

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As a celebration of all things British, from the Union Jack bag and mugs through to the charming English Breakfast teas, decorated with pictures of London this gift couldn’t be more patriotic. With a Royal Wedding in the offing, what better time to show your support (and a metaphorical doff of the cap) to Wills and Kate! But what is a cup of tea without biscuits? Sorely lacking we feel, so there’s a packet of our favourites – Raspberry Shortcake from Cairnsmhor Fine Foods – nestled in this very British Royal Wedding Hamper. Perfect for the dedicated royalist, as a memento of this special day, or simply for those who like a Union Jack present while they take tea! Take advantage of our European Delivery service to send this gift to loved ones overseas.

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When everybody else is giving Easter Eggs this Easter, why not try something a little different and indulge in a proper Easter gift? Presented in a decorative gift box with a cheerful Easter design in our Easter Gift you’ll find a bag of Mini Eggs and Fairtrade Chocolate Orange pieces from Choc-affair, along with Lemon Biscuits for that spring feeling. Tea and cake are a perfect combination throughout the rest of the year and Easter is no exception. Go on, spoil someone this Easter!

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Listening to the radio this morning, the topic of hot debate was whether or not spring had indeed sprung. Radio 4′s ‘Today’ programme devoted several moments of discussion to the subject and reached the uncertain conclusion that it probably had. There’s no such confusion at Virginia Hayward, where on this glorious morning, Spring has most certainly made an appearance.

To reflect the new season (and the emergence of the first brave daffodils!), our hampers website has changed its appearance to a bold green and yellow look, which we hope will put you in the mood for Spring!

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