Wednesday 27 June 2012

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.

               

Wednesday 20 June 2012

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...

Wednesday 13 June 2012

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...