We would like to say Happy New Year to the lovely manufacturer of our Traditional Chinese Scissors and our new Coloured Steel Scissors. We hope they have a great Year of the Dragon.

Here are some lovely images spotted in China earlier this year by our friend Danny Clarke.

See another blog post by Danny Clarke.

For a chance to win your very own All Lovely Stuff, make sure you have signed up to receive our newsletter before the end of February 2012. We are giving away 15 products (five Bear Face Mirrors, five Animals of Whittling Wood and five Coloured Steel Scissors) at random to 15 lucky people on our newsletter list.

Sign up to our newsletter here and enter your email address in the box provided and press submit. Our newsletters keep you in the loop with what we are doing including new product launches – but don’t worry, we won’t send more than one a month.

If you are already signed up then you’re automatically entered into the competition.

The competition closes at the end of February. If you are one of the lucky few we will send you an email by March 9th and tell you which product you have won.

Animals of Whittling Wood

Bear Face Mirror

Coloured Steel Scissors

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As part of showing with Dezeen at the Interiors Show Birmingham, we were asked to make a video introducing our company. Carl does a great job of explaining the various uses of our ‘Christ That’s Hot’ multi-purpose crucifix, among other products.

January is looking set to be a busy month for All Lovely Stuff.

Our new products will be on show at the Top Drawer exhibition at the Spotted stand from Sunday 15 to 17 Jan, at Earl’s Court. We’re one of 12 design businesses chosen by Charlotte Abraham to feature at this retail trade event, which attracts independent shops and department stores from all over the UK.

Later in the month you can come and see us at the Interiors Show at the Birmingham NEC from 22-25 January. It’s the UK’s largest interiors trade exhibition and we’ve been asked to show with Dezeen.

And finally we’ll be returning to Maison & Objet, Paris, from 20-24 January. We experienced in September that this show is full of great exhibitors and is fast becoming Europe’s most relevant show.

Order by 20th December for guaranteed pre-Christmas delivery in the UK

Well, we’re nearly there – Christmas is just around the corner. Thank you for an amazing response to our new products and we hope you have a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year.

The last day we can accept orders on our website for guaranteed UK delivery before Christmas is Tuesday 20th December – so don’t get caught short.

If you haven’t had a chance to see the new collection, visit the SHOP

The Temporium is from 1st – 24th December 2011 at 65 Monmouth Street, Seven Dials, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9DG

We’re showcasing our most popular products at Dezeen’s pop-up shop in Covent Garden this Christmas.

Ten of our best sellers are available at the store, including items from our new range like our Dinosaladservers and Door Mouse. And they’re in great company, as more than 20 other designers and brands are showcasing their stuff too. Dezeen’s Temporium is open until Christmas Eve so why not pop along and do all your Christmas shopping in one fell swoop.

More info: www.thetemporium.com and www.dezeen.com.

I was travelling home to surprise my dad for his 52nd or 53rd birthday (he doesn’t know his real age because his mum lied about it to get him into school – and out of her hair a year early).

I took the usual train straight from work, 5.57pm Euston to Glasgow Central, where my brother picked me up at 10.47pm. A half an hour drive out of the city and we were home. I sneaked inside the front door to find my mum on her hands and knees doing the gloss on the skirting. I knew they were redecorating but at this hour?

I signalled to her to keep quiet and sneaked upstairs to the living room where my dad was. I expected to find him sat watching channel 889 Zee TV or something, but instead he was leaning over the banister with what can only be described as a super long stick brush, carefully painting the edge between the ceiling and the wall.

Apparently “this is a bloody great idea by the way!” – and if you ever want to make your own stick brush all you need is a paint brush, some tape and a long stick (in this case a plant cane taped to a feather duster).

The irony of the story is that my dad owns a hardware store.

Ever since I first learned to ride a bike, I have loved it.

My mum bought me a Raleigh Burner BMX for Christmas when I was seven or eight years old. I remember learning very quickly to skid on the gravel round the back of the flats and I thought I was so cool. But just riding my bike made me happy and to this day that is still true.

I now ride a Pashley Courier which is a heavy bike, but handy for shopping and trips into town. It is also strong enough to take a knock or two and is a very low maintenance bicycle to ride.

I love my bike.

Danny Clarke is an artist and postman living in East London.

On a recent visit to the Amalfi Coast we were lucky enough to see a convoy of the Fiat 500 club winding its way around the cliff-top roads. These post-war economy cars are, at first glance, too small to be really useful but after driving around Naples and the Campania region you understand the genius of driving a car of this size for parking and negotiating hairpin bends. This is a great example of how things can be beautiful, practical and accessible to everyone.

Fiat 500 Club – Italy

We’re really excited about this. All Lovely Stuff will have a stand at Maison et Objet, Paris, on 9-13 September 2011.

The trade show, which attracts around 85,000 visitors, is considered by many as the most important European event for interior design, showcasing high-end home furnishing and design. So it’s a really exciting chance for us to show off our stuff.

Find out more about the show at Maison & Objet