Something Old, Something New

Weddng Notes £39: Sheerluxe Blog, June 2011

What's New at Noble Macmillan

It's the dawn of a new era and a whole new look for Noble Macmillan. With our summer catalogue we have launched an exciting new website and our fantastic new brand colours. We've had hugely positive feedback on our midnight blue and cream boxes which come tied up in cream grosgrain ribbon and make the most sought after presents. We have worked hard to design and create our new accessories range and unique personalisation service. Our New Explorer Travel Accessories range includes passport covers, travel wallets, folding travel wallets, luggage tags and zipped travel organisers. Each item is made from either colourful calfskin or our new signature pigskin leather and lined in either leather or silk.

One of the best things about Noble Macmillan is that we can engrave just about everything with names, dates, initials and messages. Each character is £3 and we can engrave most things in our store in Elvaston Mews while you wait. This summer to add to the choices of gold or silver leaf and blind embossing, we are proud to launch our range of colour foils including Rhodesian Red, Alaskan White, Pacific Blue and Dutch gold. This unique service offers a fun twist on a traditional process and will make your gift truly special.

Summer Catalogue

Our new catalogue has arrived and is packed full of exciting new products. If you're not already on our mailing list just email your address to sophie@noblemacmillan.com and we will put one straight in the post for you. Alternatively you can see everything that's in it and the fantastic range of colours on our website.

Inspiring Scrap Books

Some pretty ancient scrapbooks and albums come through the doors of Noble Macmillan either for engraving or repair and we love (with the owner's permission of course) having a look at the old photos and hearing some of the stories that go with them. So it was very exciting last weekend to unearth my very own Great Aunt's beautiful scrapbook, full of a lifetime of photos, invitations and newspaper cuttings dating all the way back to the coronation of George VI.
To say she's a fan of the royals is a bit of an understatement. In fact on leafing through you might be forgiven for thinking that we were in fact related to the royal family such is the intermingling of family photos with cut-outs of the Queen Mother.
It's a pretty incredible book which has really stood the test of time and though I'd love to say it's one of Noble Macmillan's own, as we've only been going for 25 years it pre-dates us by about 50 years. It is however amazing to think that the scrapbooks and albums we're selling today will be treasured and pored over in 75 years time, a real heirloom for the future.

Gun Club: GQ June 2011

Marlborough Portrait Leather Game Book, £89

Featuring for Father's Day

Our uber-stylish leather Blackberry case has made it into the Sheerluxe.com Father's Day gift guide. Personalised with Daddy's name or intials you will be in his good books all year. For other inspiring Father's Day ideas look no further, we've got stacks of them.

Leather Blackberry Case £29

What does an engraver do in his spare time?

When our engraver Warren took a couple of days off last week he kept very quiet about what he was off to do. If you knew Warren you would know the big dipper in Blackpool is the edge of his comfort zone. So when we he texted us these photos we amazed and very impressed. It's always the quiet ones!