Hello ,
Greetings!!
Last week I was asking you if you know what "Macrame" is?
I admit I didn't when I first came across it.. you can read about it here..
One customer from my home town of Sheffield.. pointed out that back in the 70's (yes I can remember) macrame plant pot holders were all the rage. It's amazing how things come round again.
Retro style is somehow authentic, takes us back to a less plastic age, speaking of which quite a few people lately have asked me what our plastic policy is at Ancient Wisdom.
It's suddenly very apparent that plastic is bad, and for sure we are taking a fresh look at how we can reduce the amount of products that have plastic in them that could end up in our oceans.
The Macrame I just mentioned is made from cotton, but the bag it is packed in to keep it clean and avoid it getting damp (made in tropical Indonesia) is of course plastic.. so this is a major challenge. It's not as simple as just banning plastic, but for sure we have to find ways to minimise plastic. I don't want to blow our own trumpet too loudly (because we are not perfect) but at AW we have used biodegradable bubble wrap for the last 15 years in packing your orders. We were the first giftware importer to champion jute bags for life rather than plastic one use bags as early as 2003, importing from India the super eco-friendly jute bags. So you can see AW is not a recent convert to anti-plastic.. we have had an eye on this for years..
So our policy on plastic.. is as always we are striving to improve. But right now we are on a major plastic purge.. And over the next few months lots of plastic will be gone for good.. and we will find ways to reduce the bad plastic at AW. For example, we are looking at replacing plastic pots with waxed cardboard pots..
If you are looking for more natural gift lines this Christmas check out the Woodware Department, and the Stoneware department, and since we just received an Indonesian container a lot of those natural wood products (all certified sustainable) is back in stock.
I'm excited to see the"A" frame display stands, because they are retro and cool and perfect to display almost anything and totally affordable. Matching stack-able and adaptable (on trend) fruit boxes also.. See below.
And since it's Christmas, we have a beautiful range of retro candle sticks back in stock, but grab them quickly.. supplies are limited.. also see below.
This Christmas if you want natural and retro and not-too-much-plastic.. then your preferred wholesaler must be Ancient Wisdom..
Meanwhile, talking about Christmas.. it is still crazy at AW. The guys in the warehouse are all beginning to look a bit jaded and bleary eyed.. but they are pulling hero shifts every day and we are working like mad to get the orders out. We are still days behind, but hopefully, this weekend shifts will give us a step up. All the parcel companies are stretched and delivery drivers are clearly under the cosh.. please be nice to them even if they toss our parcels around like they don't care.
Hope business is good.. and thank you for trading with us, everyone here appreciates your support.
Until next week..
Take Care
David