Pod turns Christmas!

At pod we all love Christmas... here is a few photos of us turning the Oxford shop into a winter wonderland!x

Check out our Christmas shades?

Santa's little helper!

Abi hard at work!

Christmas complete!

Happy Birthday Pod

Happy Birthday Pod! Our Bristol store is ten years old. To celebrate a decade of Pod we are offering you the chance to win dinner for two at The Avon Gorge Hotel and a selection of Emmeline Simpson products worth £150.

To enter the prize draw all you need to do is answer this question and email us your answer:

• Where are our other two pod shops located?

Good luck :)

The winner will be notified by 30th September 2011. 

The prize is to be taken by 31st December 2011.

Pod's new friends!

Meet the latest additions to pod... the new Noodoll characters are so cute. Dino, Ricemon or Riceroar, who is your favourite?

Shop online here

Clifton's Wonderful Window Displays

The pod team in Clifton have been busy once again creating some lovely summery window displays. This month we have taken inspiration from Tokyo Milk, a nostalgic magical collection of hand creams, perfumes and lip balms. Our other window is inspired by our lovely local artist, Emmie Simpson to coincide with Bristol's Balloon Fiesta next month.

Fancy a night away?

Win a night stay at The Montpellier Chapter worth £350.

We are offering our customers the chance to win a night stay in this luxurious and stylish contemporary hotel. The prize includes: A one night stay for two in a feature room, two mini spa treatments and breakfast for two.

To enter simply click here and answer the question. 

New Orla Kiely has arrived!

Our favourite handbag designer, Orla Kiely has just launched her new Autumn/Winter collection. The design follows her usual style but this time with a very autumnal colour palette of ambers and jades. We are all fans here at pod and especially love the new style of bag, the medium tote. We hope you like it too!

The Montpellier Chapter

Win a dinner for two at the Montpellier Chapter. Spend over £30 in our Cheltenham store and you will be entered in to a prize draw for your chance to win. The modern British restaurant has an open kitchen with a Beech Stone Hearth Oven and there is also a large terrace for alfresco dining as well as a cosy bar, courtyard and garden room. Winner will be announced by the 31st July. Good luck and happy shopping!

Rice is Nice!

The pod team have been working very hard creating window displays using bold and bright products from the wonderfully funky Danish company RICE. Their new Summer 2011 collection has some fantastic designs and colours together with some seriously crazy products, allowing us to have hours of fun, using duck watering cans, gnome candles and bamboo lanterns! Adding to the excitement RICE is holding a competition to find the best window display amongst their UK stockists.  As soon as we heard about this we were buzzing with ideas for vibrant and colourful scenes ... do you think we could be in with a chance of winning?

Cheltenham go 'Hippy Chic'

Clifton's RICE Tree

New Alex Monroe Collection

We have been patiently waiting for the new collection of Alex Monroe to arrive... and it is now here! The bicycle is a firm favourite here at Pod Head office, the wheels even spin round! Our second choice would be the picnic basket, when you open it up you will find a little mouse sharing your cupcake, lovely! Which is your favourite?

Weekend Offer

This weekend we are offering all our pod fans 15% OFF of picnic blankets. We have a great selection of new colours which are the perfect choice for summer, purple being the pod favourite! So take your pick and when you arrive at the checkout simply enter the code BLOG15.

Click here to see the full collection.

Have a lovely weekend!

Creative Walls

'Creative Walls' is a wonderful book that will inspire you to organise and display your photographs, objects, textiles and ceramics. Geraldine James, the author of the book showcases some amazing displays that are visually appealing and truly innovative. 

               

"For me, a wall is a beautiful blank canvas. A great big opportunity."

Here are a few of our favourites from the book; the framed jewellery display is especially pretty! I'm feeling very creative now; this weekend could involve some paint, antique frames and canvases!

Pretty pretty!

Love this, such a simple idea

En Vogue

Concert Tickets

Congratulations!

Thank you all for entering our latest competition to win a Royal Wedding Goodie Box. The winner is... KIRSTY INGHAM. We hope you enjoy the prize and have a lovely party next Friday.

Royal Prize Giving

We are all getting extremely excited as the Royal Wedding is fast approaching! To celebrate the event we are giving pod fans a chance to win a Royal Wedding Goodie Box comprising a fun selection of patriotic partyware worth over £50.

To enter the prize draw all you need to do is answer this question and email us your answer:

In which venue is the Royal Wedding ceremony being held?

A) Westminster Abbey

B) St Paul's Cathedral

C) Windsor Castle

By following our blog you can keep up-to-date with all our news. Many more fun competitions are planned - so don't miss out!

The Royal Goodie Box!

The lucky winner will be announced on Thursday 21st April, good luck!

Weird and wonderful...

The hype of the Royal Wedding is building up and some people are getting a bit too excited with ideas... we thought we would share our five favourite (but slightly odd) creations with you.

1. The Happy Couple Pizza
2. Royal Wedding Nail Transfers
3. Will & Kate Trainers
4. Kiss Me Kate Ale
5. Very Royal Coffee

Has anyone else seen any more unusual products? We would love to hear about them.