General Gift Stores

Kitty and Polly

Here's an attractively designed gift store with ideas for all ages at very reasonable prices. There are gorgeous fleecy hats and scarves for kids and babies, cute and colourful bags, and an Irish collection of scented candles and soaps in fragrances such as Irish Linen and Rose which are particularly good value when you compare them against what you'd normally expect to pay for this type of pampering product. This is a new online retailer so keep coming back as the range is sure to grow quickly.

Lakeland Limited

If you thought (as I always have) that Lakeland was about gifts and gizmos for the kitchen and home and clever picnicware then think again. A selection of chocolates, Bay Tree Turkish Delight, Apricots in Moscato, Candied Fruits, olive oils, jalapeno spiced nuts and the famous Australian Celebration Cake are just some of the goodies they're offering at the moment. Couple this with Lakeland's emphasis on quality and service and you certainly won't go wrong when you place an order here. There are also a lot of well priced gift ideas as well.

Bitsnstuff

The amount of choice you'll find at this gifts for all ages website offering products you'll be hard put to find elsewhere is quite amazing. There are hand smocked dresses for children, personalised keepsake boxes and pegboards, decorative silver bottle stoppers and elegant lead crystal decanters. Prices run from the extremely reasonable to hundreds of pounds. This would be a very good place to have a browse before you have your next gift giving panic as although the menus are extremely clear there really is a great deal to see.

Bloomsbury Store

Bloomsbury is a particularly well laid out and carefully edited gift website where you can find something for everyone. I particularly like their men's section, where alongside fragrances by Czech and Speake there are modern radios and ipod speakers, colourful accessories by Paul Smith, Bangers and Mash (yes really), Duchamp and Simon Carter and watches by Mondaine and Opex. There are great gifts for girls here, too.

Boutique to You

Boutique to You specialises in personalised gifts and jewellery with a wealth of gift choices in each boutique section whether it be for designer jewellery collections, mum and baby gifts, wedding gifts and bridesmaid gifts and gifts for children including their exclusive designer jewellery by Fairy Tale Jewels Boutique. On their website there’s a wish list facilty so you can send ' wish mails' to your nearest and dearest with hints of what you’d like to receive.

10% discount to siteguide customers on your first order over £15. Just quote SITEGUIDE when you checkout.

Filofax

Your Filofax is now available in so many colours, sizes and styles, including mini, pocket, A5 and A4, black, red, pink, purple, pale blue and denim and on this website you can see each and every one, plus all the refills and accessories such as calculators and pens. Together with this you can download their address software so that you can create an address database on your computer and print it off onto their special paper (to fit into your filofax, of course). If you know someone who hasn't bought theirs yet this would be an excellent gift.

Fortnum and Mason

As beautifully presented and expensive as you would expect, at the Fortnum and Mason online store you can order their gorgeously packaged teas, coffees, chocolates, hampers and deli products such as caviar and cheese, dip into their extensive wine celler and visit their ‘At Home’ department which is packed full of lovely gift ideas and home décor items. Then pay a visit to Fashion and Beauty to find their own brand toiletries plus other exclusive ranges and accessories for both men and women. If you live in and around London and you’re buying gifts, you can request delivery by horse drawn carriage!

Gift Inspiration

Based in Wiltshire this online retailer offers an excellent gift delivery service. They have a very good selection including gifts for babies, gourmet hampers, (think The French Hot Chocolate Pot gift set and chocolate truffles with champagne) pampering gift boxes and ideas for men plus lots more. If you need a gift in a hurry I would definitely have a look here as they offer all the right services – gift wrapping including your personal message and express delivery.

Gift Store

Here's a good site for ideas for birthday and anniversary gifts, from flowers, chocolates and balloons to magic sets and greeting cards which they'll personalise and send out for you. You'll also find teddygrams, personalised newspapers, Leonidas chocolates and a small selection of toys and games. Everything is well priced so this would be an excellent place to visit if you have a last minute panic.

Halcyon Days

The next time you want to buy a special present for someone, to commemorate a particular event, such as a silver wedding or birthday or just because you want to give something really unique, you should take a look at these exquisite ideas from Halcyon Days, where you'll find hand painted enamel boxes such as The Owl and The Pussycat, Jack Vettriano paintings, Andy Warhol, sayings and quotations and museum editions plus musical boxes, jewelled boxes, clocks and other gift ideas

Handpicked Collection

Handpicked Collection is a beautifully designed gift shop offering a clever collection of present ideas selected by their 'expert panel' of stylists, journalists and presenters whose mission has been to find gifts that are just that little bit different. There's a wide selection of unique gifts for indoor and outdoor living, presents for children and very good suggestions for weddings.

Harrods

Harrods are adding more and more products into their online store and most of them they’ll ship Worldwide. They include silver and glass, decorative accessories, food and drink and although of course the range is nothing like as wide as their Knightsbridge store there are some excellent gift ideas here at a range of prices. Delivery takes up to two weeks and you need to allow longer for overseas orders, of course.

Me-Mo

This is the place for girly-girls who love their cars to come and have a browse. Not everyone want to have exotic seat covers or a pink passion polka dot steering wheel cover but if you think that sounds like you then this is without any doubt your place. It's also a very good store for finding gifts for new drivers, with The Girl's Guide to Losing Your L-Plates and diamante wheel nut caps just a couple of the ideas. hmm.................. There's everything from the truly useful to the totally daft here and you'll either love it or skip right on.

Not Mass Produced

Everything on this well designed website is special and unique, as you'd expect from the name, and there's a wide choice as well (and a wide range of prices) from Olivia Lowe's exquisite bowls and flower holders to Mono the Monkey by Qatch. If you want a gift or something for your home that is totally different to anything you'll find elsewhere this would be a great place to shop.

Oliver Bonas

Voted Best Gift Retailer this is a very well designed and easy to use website with a lovely range of products (just as you would expect). They offer some extremely well priced gifts such as jewellery and accessories, gifts for the 'domestic goddess', ideas for the garden and leather albums, notebooks and address books. Delivery is free on orders over £50 and where items are in stock they'll despatch the same day. Contact them for overseas deliveries.

So Gifted

So Gifted is a small, general gift website offering ideas for everyone including Christenings (pretty photo albums and a Christening keepsake box) weddings, educational and general gifts for young children and unusual gifts for the home and garden including the exquisite range of Rosana china of beautifully boxed expresso cups, desert plates and Haute Shoes tea for two which you'll probably want to keep for yourself. Delivery only to the UK and allow 3 - 5 days.

Sundance Catalogue

Inspired (and initiated) by Robert Redford, Sundance is a truly American catalogue, which has now become a worldwide online store. You'll find wonderful jewellery by American craftsmen, a wide range of high quality classic American clothing including shirts, tops and ts, skirts and trousers, ranch style boots, home accessories (gorgeous quilts and throws) and lots of ideas for gifts, particularly if you know someone who likes original American style.

TJK London

TJK London offers a selection of unusual classic and contemporary silver, wood and leather gifts including jewellery, cufflinks, photo albums and frames designed in-house and sterling silver marmite and jam jar lids. A bonus here is that everything is automatically gift-wrapped. For a small charge they will also engrave items for you. Don't miss the attractive and unusual orb lights - a perfect gift and not one you'll find easily elsewhere.