Thanks again for all your support - I really do value it more as each year goes by. Well, it was a record December on all fronts but left me totally exhausted and I'm only now getting back into gear with some new uploads. Numerologically, 2017 is a " One Year " ( 2+0+1+7 = 10, 1+0 = 1 ) which means new beginnings. I think I believe in this now - looking back to previous 1 years. In 2008 we moved to this big new shop, which meant more departments, more staff, more pressure ! The first few years were really tough but by 2016, the completing nine year we had it sussed. Go back to 1999, I took ...

Firstly I want to thank all of you, our lovely customers, who keep this Dream alive. Those of you who have been supporting us for up to 30 years ! Really ! Have of course become as old friends. I'd like to say a special thank you this year to our Web customers from all over the world. From Japan to Siberia, America to Europe, I get a real buzz sending a little Crystal Heart energy around our Lovely Planet.  We have of course been fantastically busy little Elves frantically filling the Shop with conscious presents, and are happy to wrap free of charge ( unless it's too big ! ) So keep an eye...

In Ancient Days at the Heart, long before this website was born, I'd come back from a trip with my Pirate's Chest of Silver and Gems and it would all be priced and shoved out on the shelves at record speed. Now it's different. Every piece has to be cleaned, photographed, measured, described and uploaded. I just worked out that's 17 different operations for each piece. That's not counting my triple sort process when I'm buying, to ensure that you see only the creme de la creme. Luckily this is a loving operation. Each piece receives the respect it deserves, and after all isn't that what we a...