My heart goes boom

Not long until Valentines day and because we're romantics but also have a sense of humour we've put a special offer on. To show the one you love how much you love them, right up until Feb 14th we have a special design that you can customise the name on and we'll print it on to one of our Gildan white t-shirts and all for £5.

You have 2 choices to customise, the traditional I Heart design or our neon heart design.

Remember in order to get this offer you have to have your order confirmed and paid for by 4pm on Feb 14th 2012.

A subtle message

Had a customer in today to get some t-shirts printed with a great idea, a QR code on them. Now i can't repeat what they said but it was giving a definite message to the scanners. Which i just loved. So am determined to see if we can get more folks using them for prints in creative ways on our gifts.

As further inspiration here's what Yoav Medan in Israel done with a QR code - tombstone memorial - check the article on mashable

We're feeling the love

If you've been on our facebook page this week you'll have seen some of the pictures we've been posting up from the AWDis folks. This years been great for their collections. Earlier this year they introduced a fantastic team wear collection called Just Cool, this month they have added 8 new colour combos to their Varsity hoodie range. Along with their existing hoodie, zoodie and sweats range AWDis are just fab when it comes to all thing hoodie.

Below we've highlighted just a few pages from their catalogue if you'd like to see more go to our online catalogue and search for the Just Cool and Just Hoods brands.

 

 

 

Father's Day

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What will you be getting your father for father's day? Over the years i've taken full advantage of customising gifts for my dad, rugby shirts with an embroidered fishing fly lure and his name, a framed mirror printed with a picture of the submarine he used to work on and it's crest, a mug with a fishing poem and a pint of beer printed on it, another rugby top with a mad sketch he used to doodle for us as kids embroidered on the left chest. Really the possibilities are endless and imagination is the key, one customer asked us to customise a set of crutches once!

So what it be for your dad this year? We do a great range of rugby shirts, polo shirts, t-shirts, sweaters, bathrobes, baseball caps that can all be customised specifically for your #1 Dad. We have a good range of stock embroideries that include fishing, gardening, motor sports, football and more and they start at £4.95 each for the embroidery. See a sample sheet of the fishing designs.

So with t-shirts starting at £10.95 with an embroidered design on it these make great affordable options for Father's Day.

Pop into the shop to see more great ideas and designs.

Pick Of The Week - Electric Hoodies

This weeks PICK OF THE WEEK

New for 2011 is AWDis JH004 Electric Hoodies coming in 4 super bright colours.

Electric Green, Electric Orange, Electric Pink, Electric Yellow

Size: S | M  | L  | XL
Chest (to fit): 36 | 40 | 44 | 48

• Material: 80% polyester/ 20% cotton.
• Front kangaroo pouch pocket with small opening for ear phones.
• Hidden ear phone loops.
• Ribbed cuffs and hem.
• Twin needle stitching.
• WRAP certified production.

Weight: 280 gsm

For more information, prices or to order yours email or call us

We're in..our week's update.

Well it took a wee bit of time but we're in the shop today and it'll be all pistons firing till the end of the week, remember that also includes Saturday, to get our orders made up and sent out.

As usual with the weather being rubbish don't let that put you of ordering anything you need, phone or email us with your order details, we'll arrange payment with you and then call you when your order is ready to collect or being delivered! So there is no need to make unnecessary journey's out and about if you don't need to.

Keep warm.

Don't get yer knickers in a twist

Needing a present for your fella, then how about customised boxer shorts?? We can print all over these so i decided to print a pair and hang them outside the shop with one of my favourite t-shirt prints.

Here's what the boxers say.....

Do Not Open Till Christmas - Printed on front fly opening

Don't they look spiffy and starting from £6 they are ideal stocking fillers.

Good News

With all our thoughts being on the snow I completely for the good news......
WE'RE OPEN ON SATURDAYS THROUGHOUT DECEMBER
Every Saturday starting on the 4th of December on the run up to Christmas we're open from 11am until 3.30pm. So that'll be the 4th, 11th and the 18th you can pop in to do a little bit of Christmas shopping or collect any order you placed during the week.

Remember if you don't want to pop out in the snow you can phone or email us to place your order and we can arrange a collection time for you. We can post items as well but with the weather and Christmas deliveries please make sure you're ordering in advance to ensure you can get your order for Christmas.

SNOW

Well if you hadn't noticed the whole countries covered in snow! Stay warm and snuggled up if you can. I managed to make it in to the shop today but Polmont is completely snowed under. There is no parking! The pavements are getting cleared so hopefully by tomorrow things can start to get back to normal, but wow it's mad out there. The man that was driving the pavement plow got stuck and we gave him a loan of our shovel and he was really good and completely cleared a path for us. Think I need to go get some salt now.

If you are looking to catch us today why not call ahead for a wee chat about what you're looking for, the chances are we can get anything you're needing of to a running start before you even need to put a toe in the snow. Our full clothing catalogue is online and you can browse through it and see if there is anything there that takes your fancy, remember as well that in our catalogue there is a good selection of gift items including baseball caps, beanies, towels, bath robes, slippers, bags and more that can be a great customised gift for Christmas as well.

A Royal Proposal

Does anyone have Kate Middleton's number as I think I could do her a deal on her hen party t-shirts? William too if he's interested!!

Spotlight On - Keeping Warm

We've had a lot of customers coming in trying to get things to wear to keep themselves and their staff warm since we can't seem to shift this snow and cold.

So here are my top five items for keeping yourself toasty:

one.

The folks back in the 30's and 40's knew how to prepare.

two.

What can you say......

three.

I can see me now going to my next networking meeting in one of these. Ok maybe just for in the office then.

four.

Seriously, these heat pads are amazing, you can get them for about £1.50 from an outdoors shop for a pack of two. They average about 50 degrees C and last approx 8 hours

five.

The amazing jacket from Result is mid weight, fully waterproof upto 160 milibars, has taped seams, a hood, inside mobile phone pocket, zipped outside pockets. It is available in 3 colours combinations and comes in sizes XS to 3XL. And is excellent for folks looking for performance and warmth on a budget. It can be embroidered and/or printed. Ask our staff for details quoting product code RE67A. Or check out our catalogue by clicking on the link and typing in the product code on the left.

Spotlight - Valentines Day

Ok so we're coming to the time of year that folks will be getting all lovey and gooey towards each other. Some folks will be spending their first Valentines together and others will be having another special year together.

So no matter if your doing this for the first time, the 40th time or for a really special occasion, why not do something extra special this Valentines with a few of our ideas.

Teddies

A great and easy way to say that special something to that special someone. We can print your teddy t-shirts, sweatshirts, rugby shirts, bathrobes and a few more bits of clothing to suit and makes thing a bit varied. We can also embroider on to the Zippy Mumbles Bear (MM025) which is a really good size and so cute, see the picture on the right. Check out our accessories section in our Clothing Catalogue for more of our teddy selections which include magnets and keyrings.

Bathrobes and Towels

A great simple gift an embroidered towel or bathrobe. These are the best presents in the world and can be used for all occasions, but are fantastic for giving to someone special as a present. Add this to a little gift basket with bath salts, bubble bath and other nice smelly stuff to make that extra effort. We have a nice selection of bathrobes and towels in the accessories section in our Clothing Catalogue.

Not forgetting the rest of the gift range we do which include candles, mugs, frames, glasses and much, much more. If that doesn't ring your bell we can always do up a t-shirt with the best best of your lovely smiling face on it :)

Our Customers

Here's some of the stuff folks have bought from us over the last few years, hope you like and are inspired!

Christmas Trading Times

We're open right up until Christmas Eve. Huzzah!

We're taking orders on all items until the 21st Dec but after this we'll only be working on our stock items, which include mugs, mouse mats, caps, canvas bags, t-shirts & hoodies (sizes & colour depend on stock).

So if you're wanting something super special don't leave it too late.

Take care of Christmas Shopping

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Up at the Mall

Well, here we go again!
As of the 12th of January until Sunday the 18th we've a stall up in the Mall (Howgate) in Falkirk. We have been offered this as last years winner of their local best business idea. So if you've read my blog about the pro and cons of this type of advertising it hasn't always been the best for me! But the good thing i do get from it is a bit of free press in the local paper. So we're back again and for anyone interested we're doing a special offer if you order 15 or more t-shirts for stag or hen night then we'll give you a further 10% discount on the total of you're order if you print out the voucher at the bottom of this post! Happy Shopping! :)

VOUCHER NO LONGER AVAILABLE

remember to print this page of and hand it over when you place your order or you wont get the discount.

coz i'm a geek!

just wanted to put our other sites on, there's a few coz i love to sign up to everything! yes i'm sad, dont you judge me!

website www.pinknikdesigns.com
myspace www.myspace.com/pinknikdesigns
twitter www.twitter.com/pinknikdesigns
facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10955188724
bebo group http://www.bebo.com/pinknikdesigns
bebo profilehttp://www.bebo.com/pinknikd
business community site http://pinknikdesigns.bttradespace.com/

ok so now if your sad like me you can find more crap about me n my wee business, and possibly more random stuff i like!

finally a picture

right so i've really taken my sweet time here getting a picture of our stall up. i hope you've not been holding your breathe coz its not all that great! but its been my little slice of heaven for 2 weeks.

back at the Mall

From Monday (28th July) for 2 weeks, we'll be up at the Howgate Mall in Falkirk with a wee stall. The days are long and the music is crap! but the banter can be great!

so pop along and say howdy, and if there's a t-shirt that you like quote 'blogger' to get 10% of your order. this is only valid while we're in the Mall and on face to face orders.

See you up there!! :D