Andy Murray - Scottish Sympathy Needed

Poor, poor Murray!  Got up bright and early to watch the build up, which actually ended up being longer than the match.  You've got to hand it to Federer, he's a cool customer, never faltered.

We have a lot of Scottish customers, proportionately far more than any other region in the UK.   Not sure why that it, it might be there are just less favour suppliers north of the border or that Scots care more about their wedding decor!

Whatever the reason, long may it continue!

To celebrate Murray doing so well, thought we'd highlight our fantastic range of thistles which are excellent additions to favour boxes.  The beautiful heather / thistle spray featured retails at just 95p each (at time of writing) and are very popular.

And if you become a follower of this blog and order thistles before the end of February 2010, we'll give you 10% cash back on the full order (exc P&P).  Simply email us at enquiries@cameo-favours.co.uk and tell us you are following along with details of your order, and we'll credit the 10% back to your account.

www.cameo-favours.co.uk/thistles.html

Better luck next time Andy!  It's only a matter of time before it comes off for you and we'll be following you all the way.

Wish Cadbury would stop changing their packaging!

That time of year again when Cadbury flood the world with fantastic Easter products!

The ever popular Cream Egg and Mini Eggs will be with us until Easter and then they disappear from our shelves once more. For the last three years we've stocked Mini Eggs, ideal for putting in favours, and they've proved pretty popular. Usually the sell by date on these runs into August / September, so they would still be in date for the majority of summer weddings and baby showers. But as we all know, chocolate never really goes off does it!

The biggest problem we face in selling mini eggs is that ever year they change the way they sell them and its a pain!

First they had 2.5kg boxes where the eggs were loose, then they disappeared so we had to move to 2.4kg boxes which housed 24 x 100g bags, and now we've had to shift to their large 340kg bags! These bags are much larger than those you normally see in the shops, and we can sell at a very favourable price, but just hope our customers go for them - they tend to like the boxes...

http://www.cameo-favours.co.uk/chocolateminieggs.html

btw - we tried to sell Cream Eggs but think they were a bit big, we didn't sell any!! But, just like any mini eggs we end up with, they soon found a home!!

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Hello all, welcome to our blog.

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Cameo Favours are suppliers of all sorts of fantastic products for weddings and parties. 100% web-based our range is massive and continues to expand. We now stock tulle / net for favours, favour boxes, ribbon, flower decorations, favour inserts, jewels, leaves, table trivia (very popular at the moment), almonds, dragees, rock, chocolate hearts, all sorts of other confectionery, giftware, cufflinks, invitiations, party products for kids and adult parties... the list goes on! Visit our website to see just how many lines we now stock www.cameo-favours.co.uk

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We decided over the Xmas break that it was about time we gave out valued customers more of an insight into our business, www.cameo-favours.co.uk

A Brief History of Cameo Favours

Louise and I (Paul, her hubby) are very proud of her business, which has grown rapidly since its very humble beginnings about 8 years ago. What started as a boredom relief for Louise following the birth of our first child has now become quite a significant operation!

Initially, Louise, driven by the enjoyment she had drawn from creating her own favours for our wedding, decided to try her hand at creating designs for others. For a couple of years we attended wedding fayres around the Yorkshire region, and it proved quite a successful venture, and one she could carry out whilst looking after our young child. It was a perfect work from home idea for a mum not wanting to return to full time employment.

At the same time I was developing an interest in web design and suppose it was only inevitable that we chose to take Cameo Favours online. We did that back in 2004 and we are now on version 15 of the website! It keeps me busy.

Our website can by found here...

www.cameo-favours.co.uk


From that part time business eight years ago, Louise now employs five full time staff who operate our warehouse in Wakefield. Our ranges continue to grow, with our most recent introduction a massive range of themed children's party products - Ben 10, Spiderman, Dora the Explorer, Hanny Mandy, Winnie the Pooh to name a few - plus other themed parties - Casino, Wild West, Hollywood, and many more.

You can see the full range of partyware here...

http://www.cameo-favours.co.uk/partyranges.html


We will use this blog to highlight changes to the website, new product ranges, our observations on market trends, especially when it comes to wedding favours and colours (green and purple seem to be popular for 2010 weddings!)

We may also add exclusive offers here occasionally... clearance stock... heavily discounted lines... so please follow this blog, link to us, keep checking back!

All the best

And if you are getting married in 2010 (or beyond!) have a good 'un!

Paul Bowen