New Ways to Brand Hampers with Corporate Logos…

Porter and Woodman are delighted with initial responses to the new way of branding their wicker basket and rustic crate hampers.

The printed 'sashes' are produced in-house by the Print Services department. Customers e-mail in their logos and messages, and 'virtual' proofs are signed off before the sashes are run out on their wide format printer. The sashes are then threaded carefully around the lid of the hamper or the slats of the crate.

The sashes create a very finished 'corporate hamper' that beautifully shows the customers logo and message.

This service is available on a number of hampers which include the Christmas Luxury Hamper, The Festive Fitted Basket and the Season’s Greetings Christmas Crate.

To see the full range visit www.wineandhampergifts.co.uk

Wine and Hamper Gifts' Christmas Website Launches

New hamper website launches

We are all delighted with the look of the new www.wineandhampergifts.co.uk  website which went live at the start of this week.

From plans that were made all the way back in February and photographs that were taken in May we now have a 'Rolls Royce' website that offers a great experience to the Corporate Hamper and Gift buyer.

Bets have been placed in the office on which gift is going to be this year’s top selling Christmas hamper and the consensus is that the 'Season’s Greetings' which uses a very stylish antique wooden crate as the hamper, will be the hands down winner. Priced at just under £44.00 you get an awful lot of gift for your money.

To see the full range visit www.wineandhampergifts.co.uk

Alternatively you can register your interest for the new Christmas brochure which will be available from mid-August onwards. Send your request to sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk

The Christmas story continues with Print Services...

... so, the gift range has been finalised and all the pictures taken - now onto the Print Services Studio.

The first job is to identify and rename all of the raw photos supplied by the photographer. With nearly 200 shots to sift through; including pictures of packaging, incidentals and branding techniques; this process takes nearly two days to complete.

The priority is then to supply all of the shots for inclusion on the website, which requires cutting out all of the backgrounds so that all the gifts are on a plain white backdrop. The hi-res files are kept for later use in the brochure and a new set formatted for the website and social media. These are uploaded to the new site by early July.

In the meantime, work has already started on putting the brochure together. The hi-res files that have already been cut out are added to the pictures with backgrounds and we start the job of putting all the pages together.

By early July, a complete set of proofs is ready and checked by at least four other people within Porter and Woodman. A week later, after amendments are finalised, the completed brochure is ready as a downloadable PDF and goes to press. So the story continues...

To see just what goes into one of our beautiful, luxury hampers, why not take a peek at our new YouTube clip...

Now that you can see that a corporate wine and hamper gift isn't just for Christmas, give us a call on 01384 445844 and see what we can do for you for any promotion or staff gift throughout the year.

You can also visit our Print Services department's blog to see how the brochure has developed in the last eleven years...

Well that about wraps it up for this Summer!

Although we've been thinking about Christmas since March, we still have to take a break from getting the main brochure ready to have a look at wine and hamper gifts for the Summer.

Wrap It Up! is Porter and Woodman's Summer newsletter, packed with beautiful gifts that can be used in any promotion, internet campaign or as a gift for customers and staff this Summer!

The theme is very much 'The Great Outdoors' with gifts such as:

Beach Party Special - BBQ Bucket

Picnic Garden Party


The Picnic Basket


The Gourmet Delight


Corporate Branded Champagne

We are also able to design bespoke gifts around any ideas you may have. If you'd like to receive the newsletter, please do not hesitate to contact us on 01384 445844, e-mail sales@porterandwoodman.co.uk, or download a PDF copy of the Wrap It Up! by clicking here.

               

The Christmas Story continues with the photography...

...so, the gifts have all be selected and fine-tuned - what next?

By the middle of May, all the gifts are ready to have photography taken. Despite having our own purpose built photography studio, it isn't big enough to house this mammoth task, so the complete range is packed up and transported to a professional photography studio.

Each gift is then photographed as a finished item and laid out with props, with several pics taken at different exposures for each setting. From start to finish, this is a 3 week process, with the photographer spending the last week selecting the right exposure for each gift.

At the beginning of June, the pics arrive in our Print Services Studio to be made ready for the website, social media and the brochure, but that's another part of the story...

 

To see just what goes into one of our beautiful, luxury hampers, why not take a peek at our new YouTube clip...

Now that you can see that a corporate wine and hamper gift isn't just for Christmas, give us a call on 01384 445844 and see what we can do for you for any promotion or staff gift throughout the year.

You can also visit our Print Services department's blog to see how the brochure has developed in the last eleven years...

A Christmas Story - that starts in March!

At Porter and Woodman, our Christmas story starts as far back as March - every year!

Once the dust has settled after the Christmas selling period, we spend some time reviewing which of our wine and hamper gifts sold well and start to develop our range for the next Christmas brochure.

We look at the produce, wines, beers and spirits that will be available another nine months down the line; which packaging might present each hamper in the best way; and develop new corporate branding and personalisation techniques for each gift.

The completed range of new gifts is finally brought together in the 'hamper room' to be reviewed and fine-tuned by the end of April.

The story continues in May when we direct the photography of each gift for the web and the brochure. Watch this space as we follow our own Christmas story throughout the year...

To see just what goes into one of our beautiful, luxury hampers, why not take a peek at our new YouTube clip...


Now that you can see that a corporate wine and hamper gift isn't just for Christmas, give us a call on 01384 445844 and see what we can do for you for any promotion or staff gift throughout the year.


You can also visit our Print Services department's blog to see how the brochure has developed in the last eleven years...

Say 'I Love You' with a Valentine Hamper Gift

What better way to say 'I Love You' on Valentine's Day than an exquisite wine and hamper gift?

Porter and Woodman has just launched its 2012 range of beautiful Valentine's wine and hamper gifts.

All the gifts come with a wooden swing tag, that can be printed with your personal message. You can choose from the following:

G281V - Valentine's Day Tray - £21.95
G49V - Valentine's Prosecco & Chocolates - £19.95
G26V - Champagne & Chocolates - £32.95
H27V - The Chocolate Tray - £27.95
G28V - Perrier Jouët & Chocolates - £45.95
H29V - Basket of Chocolates - £29.95
G30V - J. Lemoine Champagne in Wood - £31.95

All prices exclude VAT and a delivery charge of £5.95 + VAT per gift.

If you would like anymore information, please call us on 01384 445844