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Farewell to our much loved Cupcake Recipe File

After 2 fabulous years of the cupcake version of our Flip Top Recipe File,  we've given a minutes' silence and said our fond farewells to this much loved cover design!  I think we've all been amazed at just how popular this image has been and how well it's complimented our make-your-own recipe file.  There seems to be an ever-enduring love of cupcakes in general (well they are pretty irresistable with a cuppa aren't they?) and you see images on all sorts of different stationery products.  With this in mind, we've decided to hang onto the theme and found a really delectable, retro style image to adorn our latest Flip Top File which'll be available mid April - just take a look at this! 

Welcome to Matthew

We're delighted to welcome on board Matthew James our new Sales Manager.  As our first man in a team of 9, we're amazed he agreed to join us - he does have 3 daughters keeping him in line at home though so is quite used to being out numbered! He got off to a fine start by bringing chocolate biscuits on his first day - he'll go far!

Truly, we do wish him all the best and look forward to learning a lot from his considerable previous experience in sales.

4 February 2010

We're inbetween shows just now having had a busy time at Top Drawer in Earls Court and about to go to the massive Spring Fair at the NEC in Birmingham - come and see us if you're a trader (Hall 4 stand C47).  Here's a peek at our stand - looking very quiet at the start of the day, but at some points we had to form orderly queues along the walkway!  The show generally was really well attended with 20% more visitors than last time - an encouraging sign.

January 2010

Happy New Year to all our customers - hope you have a healthy and prosperous 2010.

After a very snowy and scenically white Christmas break, we're all settling into the New Year and looking ahead to setting up stall at the forthcoming Top Drawer Spring Show in London next week and then onto the Spring Fair in Birmingham at the start of February.  If you're at either show, we'd love to meet you, so do come and find us and introduce yourselves!

We're delighted to have got through Investors in People here at KTWO having been re-accredited in December and qualifiying this time for bronze status.  Bronze is quite a step-up from the standard pass mark and gave us all a real boost having been given very positive feedback - good to know we're on the right tracks as a company!

Keep warm and cosy this January and hope you enjoy the site - all/any feedback is always greatly appreciated!

Christmas at KTWO

Now that we've had our first deluge of snow, it really does feel as though Christmas is just around the corner - although, when the actual day comes, we should be prepared for anything from gales to floods or perhaps freezing ice and snow - who knows, that's the novelty of living in the UK!

And although Christmas is just a few days away, it's funny to think that we've probably all been preparing for it in one way or another for several months.  At KTWO, our designers are already thinking well ahead to next Christmas - unbelievable (and a bit scary) though it may sound!  Looking back, this has perhaps been a difficult trading year for many with so much uncertainty in the economy.  Here at KTWO, we're pleased to report that sales have been good and we're managing to weather the worst of the recession and this is thanks to you, our lovely customers, for your loyalty and enthusiasm for our products.

Let's hope that we all have a prosperous and healthy 2010, and a special wish to you, our customers, for a happy and relaxing Christmas.

With our best regards to you all

The KTWO Team

Christmas round the corner...

It's the time of year where we should have started our Christmas shopping, or even finished for those who are really organised, but if you are still looking for last minute stocking fillers we have some lovely small gifts to offer.  Our Travel Notes is a lovely gift for the keen traveller, and To Do Notes fantastic for the very organised.  For the bookworm our Book Journal is an easy way to keep track of all the books you have read and may want to read in the future, and the Magnetic Notepad useful for all the family to jot down notes to each other!  Finally when it's time to do the wrapping, make it easier on yourself by keeping all your paper, tags, scissors and cellotape together in our best selling Gift Wrap Storage Bag.

New Arrival at K TWO...

Everyone at K Two would like to congratulate our Design Manager Colleen and her husband Rob on the safe arrival of their beautiful baby boy Sam.  He was born on 13 October and weighed a healthy 6lb 4oz.  He arrived almost 3 weeks early which was a surprise, but a welcome one for the proud parents.  Colleen is  enjoying using the 'All About Baby' File especially as she designed it along with her design team, and has already started to record precious moments.  She is also loving the To Do Notes to keep track of Sam's routines, and jot down all the lovely gifts she has received!

Best Sellers here at K TWO

We have had a great Autumn season so far and as we head towards Christmas the products at the top of our best seller list are the  Recipe Files and Vehicle Document Files.  The Vehicle Files certainly make great gifts for that difficult to buy for man in your life!  Both these best sellers now have more cover choices than ever. 

Our Birthday Card Book and Family Calendar still remain firm favorites and some of our newer additions like the Receipt Book and Family Tree File are proving popular too, both being genuinely useful and beautiful gifts for all ages.

Sales of our Wedding Planner continue to grow rapidly despite the colder winter weather and we're excited about the new cover option coming out in Spring!   In fact it feels like Spring has sprung in our offices as we admire the 1st  production samples of our new Spring products hot off the press....we think they look fantastic and we hope you will too.