Introducing Beryl, the next in our Gocco bear series. Beryl was much more successful than Bernard was a few weeks ago, with 50 perfect examples achieved, and not a single reject! We deliberately stuck to a single colour option to allow us to concentrate on getting consistency, and we think we’ve nailed the early registration problems we were having. We’re currently working to get the paper larger to allow for better window mounting, as these were printed on slightly smaller paper than we’ve used before.

Prices: AU$10.00 each (or £5.00 for those in the old world) plus postage and packaging (which won’t be much, as we’ll just stick him in an envelope along with some stiff card to protect him). We accept cash, and also Paypal for those overseas. Contact us for details of how to pay.

Colours: Only available as Pink and Black Beryl - limited to 50.

When your toaster cooks it’s very last slice of Sunblest, Jones has a new use for it. Whilst the outside of our knackered Russell Hobbs 9206 classic 2 slicer received a coat of shiny, hard wearing orange enamel, the inside was overhauled to hold up to 150 pencils. The theory is simple - when the pencils are sharpened, they drop lower into the slot, so a lift on the level ensures they can still be recovered for use. A handily placed telephone address book is hidden away inside the crumb tray for quick reference. I do worry about Jones sometimes, but his desk (shown above) is certainly tidier now!