The Thousands

It’s birthday season coming up, so you better get ready. Okay, we might not have any statistical proof of this, but there does seem to be an awful lot of births this time of year doesn’t there? Count back nine months and you can work out what parents were really doing when they were meant to be wrapping Christmas presents…

Long story short: kids were born, and now you have to buy them something that says ‘well you got me one, so here’s yours’. Thankfully, New Farm Editions is a lazy giftor’s mecca. A one-stop-gift-shop packed full of cute and arty pop-up cards, gift tags, pictures, prints, wrapping paper, and, low and behold, even gifts themselves.

You can choose from the practical (books, candles, stationary – all of the very ‘arty’ and ‘pretty’ variety of course) to the downright quirky (giant ladybug on wheels anyone?) You’ll also find a range of lovely bound photographic collections, from ‘Fashion’ to ‘Cities’ (otherwise known as the slightly-pretentious, but still delicious to look at, Coffee Table Book).

Gosh – how mature.