It's finally here! (almost).

Christmas is upon us! and with this, ReRetail is now closed for the holiday season. Thanks to all our customers in the past year. we hope to bring you cool stuff and nifty recycled gifts in 2013!

We'll be back on the 4th of January, until then remember that you can still use our special Christmas code "XMASEVERYDAY" (without quotes) to get 15% off of all our items until the end of 2012.

Thanks again and have a happy, and safe, Christmas and New Years,
Matt & Kate.
The ReRetail Team.

Roundup 14/06/12: Elephants, Bags and Cookies

Hello again! Hope you're all watching the journey of the Olympic flame. There's a simmering excitement here in ReRetail towers, it seems that the flame will be passing fight in front of Kate's house (i guess some people get all the luck). Until then, we're keeping a close eye on Flamewatch 2012. Remember, you can still get 20.12% off of all of our items using the code LONDON2012.

 We've got something cool to show you this week, if you're reading from the top down, you've probably already guessed what it is (if you're reading from the bottom up, try not to spoil the ending from everyone else).

Because we're such big fans of the Button Bag Craft Kits, we've recently got in a set of their Jungle Jumbo Elephants but you've got to be quick! This design is part of a limited run and once we've ran out of stock, they're gone!

Also, some more news regarding our reusable shopping bag giveaway. We've decided to extend the length of the promotion into infinity!

Well, not quite. But after some serious negotiation (we wore ties and everything!) we've been permitted to allocate a larger amount of our stock of reusable shopping bags to use as gifts. What that means to you is that all purchases through our webstore will come with a free bag! Whilst stocks last because, once again, when they're gone, they're gone.

It seems that, since our last update, cookies on the internet have become a serious talking point. So we decided to find some internet cookies and work out what it was all about.  What we found was a was a large amount of lawyer-words. But we muddled on.

In short, ReRetail Ltd does not gather any information from cookies but the software we use to power our online store (Zencart) does utilise cookies to aid with shopping, for more information on how Zencart uses cookies, please click here. We're trying to sort it so our website has an opt in/out notification but, at the time of writing, there isn't a working Zencart Addon available.


Phew, all that talk of cookies is making me hungry, so we'll see you next time!

Remember you can use the code LONDON2012 to get 20.12% off of all items in store until the end of the olympics!

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Button Bag Kitten Baskets (Part 2): A Tale of Three Kitties

Hello and welcome to the concluding part of our two-part kitten saga! 

Last week we got our sewing heads on and ended up with a whole new clerical department for ReRetail. Well, in the time since then Kate has been sewing at every possible opportunity and now we're pleased to announce a third member of our team, Mocha:

(L-R) Marmelade, Mocha, Bumble. 

Mocha was named on honour of UK Coffee Week and mostly is in charge of photocopying and shredding. 

After a long day at work, the three kitties were tired, so we were tasked with building them a place to sleep and keep all their kitten things (mostly a bill of string, cats aren't really into owning things). Luckily, the kitten basket kit has instructions on how to turn all the left over bits (and box) into just what we needed! Here's the three of them in their new home:

So there we have it, when not on clerical duty, the kittens now have a basket to sit in/play around. 

That's all for this week! (I know, this was a short one, but we'll make up for it next week, promise!)

Remember that you can (until the end of May) get a free re-usable shopping bag with every order through our webshop!  

Here's a reminder of the currently active discount codes/promotions:

For Free Shipping, use the code FRIDAYFUN - Valid until the 4th of May.

For 15% off all Makedo items, use the code BUILDABOXEY - Valid until the 30th April.

and, as always, for 12.5% off of all our items, use the blog code to the left, and a FaceBook advert code, which is a secret. 

Thank you for reading and that's all for the Friday Fun for this week. We'll see you tuesday for the Spotlight.

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Thursday Roundup 26-04-12

Like these little guys? Want one, for free? Then read on...

Hello and welcome to this weeks Roundup! It's been a busy week here at ReRetail towers, we've got kitten updates, bags from nuns, and free gifts! But that's enough from me, lets get into the Roundup!


Week Recap: 

I managed to get this photo
before being shoo'd away.

Since our Friday Fun, Kate has really taken a liking to the Kitten Basket we featured, and while we'll be back with them tomorrow to finish off the rest of the kit. Kate's been busy all week manically sewing the third kitten to join ReRetails new Clerical Staff (Bumble and Marmalade), these kits really aren't just for kids, they're also for crafty (like a fox!) or particularly child-like adults too!

Something special arrived on our doorstep this week, no not another kitten, but a set of children's school bags - hand made by nuns, no less! We'll talk about these once we've sorted them all and got them up on the shop, but we can say that they are really nice, and are for a good cause (so thats doubly good!) - watch out for them in a future Spotlight!


Product News:
A quick product update this week, we just wanted to say that, due to a sudden surge in popularity, we have almost sold out of all the Medium and Small leather journals. But fear not! You haven't missed your chance! We've placed another order with Paper High so we should be back in stock very soon.

Signoff:

Now, before we sign off for the week - the moment you've been waiting for!

As you can see from the banner picture, we have these re-usable carrier bags around here. They got us thinking, wouldn't it be great if you could have one, for free? 

Of course it would, which is why we've decided that, until our supply of freebie bags run out (or the end of May, whichever comes first) every order through our webshop (sorry eBay customers! This is just for the webshoppers) will get a randomly selected bag. 

If that's not incentive enough, if you're quick enough you can use this in conjunction with any of our currently active offers! 

Here's a reminder of the currently active discount codes:

For Free Shipping, use the code FRIDAYFUN - Valid until the 4th of May.

For 15% off all Makedo items, use the code BUILDABOXEY - Valid until the 30th April.

and, as always, for 12.5% off of all our items, use the blog code to the left, and a FaceBook advert code, which is a secret. 

Thank you for reading and that's all for the Roundup for this week. We'll see you Tuesday for the Spotlight! Remember to check back tomorrow for the Kitten-y conclusion to last weeks Friday Fun. 

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Friday Fun!: Button Bag Kitten Baskets (Part 1)

Hello! Welcome to the (later than normal) Friday Fun! We were going to update this on Friday, but there were a series of unforeseen events that distracted us (ok, there was Chinese Takeaway, but it was really delicious). But here we are now, so it's time for our Friday Saturday Sunday Fun!

This episode we are looking at the Kitten Basket from Button Bag (that we mentioned in our Thursday Roundup a couple of weeks ago). 

Before we continue, I must mention that I (Matt) haven't sewn anything in at least 12 years, and the last time I did it ended with someone being taken to hospital (needless to say, i'm rubbish at sewing but make a fantastic Jason Bourne). Kate, on the other hand, sews all the time - and is quite the perfectionist - our differing skill levels will undoubtably become apparent as we start work. 

Here's what we got in the box:

We got the pre-cut kittens, all the thread, needles, pins we could ever need (enough for both of us to make the kittens at the same time!), some stuffing and buttons and the instructions for how to make them.  

At this point, and after some office politic-ing (there were secret hand signals and codes and the like) we came to the decision that I get the Black kitten whilst Kate got the Orange one (that took us about a quarter of an hour - you can see why the blog is late!).

Anyway, here's us at the midway point:

Kate was trying to get it perfect whilst i was just trying not to stab myself.
Much like a normal workday really.

And after some sewing and some stuffing, we had two new employees at the ReRetail office, Bumble and Marmalade (they mostly do clerical work):

Bumble is on the left.

But that's not all! Next week we'll show off what we did with the rest of the kit! Until then, check them out for yourself here.

Because we liked these little kitties so much, and to beat the impending postal price-rise, we've decided to offer Free Shipping* to all our UK customers until the 4th of May! Just use the code FRIDAYFUN during the checkout.

Also, until the 30th of April you can still get 15% off of all makedo items using the code BUILDABOXEY* and, if that's not enough, you can get 12.5% off of all our products (forever!*) using the code IMFROMTHEBLOG*.

There's also 15% off everything using our FaceBook code (you'll have to find that one!).

Hope you had a great weekend (there's still a few hours left!) and we'll see you Tuesday for the Spotlight! Oh and, also, because this post is late it actually falls on Earth Day, so be sure check them out!

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

*(restrictions apply)

Thursday Roundup 12-04-12

Hello and welcome to the newest thing in blog (well, our blog), the Thursday Roundup! 'Whats a Thursday Roundup' you say? Well, it's like a newsletter but it comes up here every Thursday (like a newsletter) and features a summary of all thats been going on over the past week (like a newsletter). 

...Basically it's pretty much exactly like a newsletter, but we've decided to call it a Thursday Roundup, which makes it different (somehow). Anyway, on with the show!

Embossed & Stitched
Indra Leather Journal - A4

First up, we have our (newly restocked!) selection of fantastic journals from Paper High. The Indra leather journals are a particular favourite of mine, and the A4 (right) really caught my eye.

The journals have approximately 125 pages (less for the smaller sizes) of paper made from Recycled Cotton from the Indian garment industry. Which makes these both fairly traded and eco friendly!  They come in a variety of styles (pictured is stitched & embossed with clasp). Also avalible from Paper High is Coloured Leather, Leather, Sari and Elephant Dung. Check them out here.

Button Bag Kitten Basket

Next up we have two new additions to our store, the first is from Button Bag, which are craft kits for kids (or crafty grown-ups) which you can use to make all sorts of fluffy things, such as Kittens (left), Owls, Mice, and more. 

As you can see from the picture these items should come with a dentists warning, because of their incredible sweetness. Expect to see more of these on here in the future. Check them out here.

Choc-o Juice Carton Place Mats

And finally we have just started stocking a rage of place mats and home-wares from Doy Bags. All Doy Bag items are made from recycled juice cartons  by a women's co-operative in the Philippines. 

"Wipe-clean and eco friendy? Is it true?" You bet your bottom dollar it is. These placemats look great and come in a variety of designs. Check them out here. We also stock matching coasters, check them out here. 

Well, it's been a busy week, hopefully next week we have as much (or more) cool stuff to show off to you! Remember you can get 12.5% off of all these items (and all the items in our webstore) using the code IMFROMTHEBLOG (restrictions apply).  

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Thanks for reading and we'll see you tomorrow for some Friday Fun!