Drake House

Thank You!

2012-01-13T13:03:00.003-05:00

Our store is currently closed. Thank you all for your support over the years. We hope to see you all again in a few months.

Holiday Sales Are Here

2009-11-27T22:00:00.003-05:00

The holiday shopping season is well underway, and Drake House Gifts are ready like never before. We've been actively managing inventory to enable us to provide even better store wide pricing, sales and promotions than in previous years.

In addition to volume discounts (visible only after placing the items in your cart), category discounts, and clearance sales we are offering coupons to everyone on our email list. We really do love passing along savings to all our friends!

Click here To Join Our Mailing List and receive coupons and be invited to special sales.

Happy Shopping !

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You ! ! !

2009-07-26T16:17:00.003-05:00

It was a lot of work moving the store to the new server (Nexternal) and we often wondered if all the work would be worth it. Well, we sent out our newsletter announcing our Moving Sale to everyone registered with us and . . .

Wow! We had a great response.

So thank you all for your support. As always, feel free to contact us with any questions or comments. We love to hear from you.

If you missed our Moving Sale you can still join our mailing list to receive information about upcoming sales for the end of summer, holiday specials etc.

Your Friends at,

Drake House Gifts

2009-07-11T09:27:00.003-05:00

We are very happy to announce that we are upgrading our store and moving to a new service provider. This will enable us to provide an even higher level of service to our customers.

We're not quite done, so some things may not look quite perfect, but we're getting there! Please feel free to stop by and give us look. Drake House Gifts

For those interested, we are leaving ProStores (an ebay company) and moving the Nexternal.

P.S. Chris Gilmore (our Nexternal rep.) ROCKS!

2008-09-29T23:15:00.002-05:00

Well, it's been a LONG time since our last blog, but WHEH! What a year! We've have some new product lines, are handling the down turn in the economy and added new advertising and check out features.

If you're wondering why there's a Google search bar and advertising on our home page, there's a long techno-geek explanation about search engine optimization and other stuff, but the bottom line is that it helps us to meet new customers and it's an added service if you'd like to use it.

Our most recent product line is Irish Jewelry, featuring Claddagh, Celtic knot work, filigree and other classic Irish designs in both traditional and modern settings and styles.

As always, feel free to call with any special requests, questions or volume discounts!

Holiday Shopping

2007-11-24T11:15:00.000-05:00

Well, here we are again, entering the last month of the year and we're all looking for bargains to spread the Holiday cheer a little bit farther. So without delay, here's a few new things we have to offer.

Our sister store - Main Street Gift Shoppe - is now offering on-line shopping. They feature

NFL Team Logo gift ware

Baekgaard - a hot new line of gift ware for men and women

Adora Dolls

In addition, Drake House Gifts continues with special discounts through out the store, Free Shipping on orders over $99 and new items in our Clearance Sale every day. We've also added:

Snow Babies

Royal Copenhagen

New Santa at play

Belleek 150th Anniversary Collection -limited quantities!

We always welcome your calls and email for Engraving, Gift Wrapping and Special Orders.

Happy Hunting!

Atlantic City Food & Wine Expo !

2007-09-30T20:35:00.000-05:00

We are very excited to be involved with this exceptional show on October 12 - 14. This is aterrific event featuring wine tasting seminars and found many vendors featuring gourmet food, wine, travel, kitchen, cooking.

If you would like to find out more, here is the link to the Atlantic City Food and Wine Expo.

If you would like to attend as our guests, we have just a few pairs of FREE TICKETS still available. All you need to do is send us an email and tell us that you read our blog. First come - first serve.

Oh, I almost forgot, we are adding some new lines. Riedel Crystal is now available. Keep checking back, more are on the way!

What's on sale now?

2007-08-02T16:41:00.000-05:00

Well, lots of stuff! We need to move out older inventory and make room for new inventory for the upcoming holiday Season.

You will find disounted prices on Woodwick Candles, and Sanoma Spa - some of these items will not be replaced, so if you want it, you'll need to act quickly.

There is also Miller Rogaska crystal with special pricing, and there may even still be a few silver pieces priced to move. These prices won't last long either.

Enjoy!

Summer Fun and Summer Sales

2007-06-06T23:12:00.000-05:00

Like most of you we are into the summer season. Being so close to Long Beach Island - a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey - means going to the beach, walking our dogs, riding our bikes to Holgate, climbing Barnegat lighthouse, and of course barbecuing with our friends.

So what does all this mean for Drake House Gifts? Well, we know most of you are busy having fun too and we need to do a little more to get your attention. That's why throughout June you'll find different short term sales - like 10% off Belleek, Free Shipping, and more. If you don't see what you what at a sale price, please contact us and we'll see if there is something we can do for you.

We hope you enjoy your summer and these limited offers, because before you know it we'll be stacking wood and raking leaves!

Flateware and new Home Page Layout

2007-05-09T23:39:00.000-05:00

Once again, it is a pleasure to announce that we've added a new product line - Flatware. OK, well it's not all new, we've had some of the flatware included in our Waterford line, but we have added Reed & Barton Flatware and simplified the links to reach our flatware.

Engraving is available for many of the patterns we carry.

Which brings me to our next topic - the new Home Page layout. We receive many comments on how easy it is to navigate our site and find the right product quickly - which is great feedback for us. So while adding new products this year, we've tried to keep the same approach, while streamlining the Home Page bit. It feels a bit different, but I think it's growing on me.

Since it is likely that we'll need to make additional changes through the year, we'd really love to hear what you think about how our site works for you. Please feel free to drop us a line at mail@drakehousegifts.com.

Waterford Silver and Sonoma Spa

2007-04-02T16:55:00.000-05:00

We are very happy to say that two new product lines have just been added: Waterford Fine Silver Gifts and Sonoma Spa. First about Sonoma Spa...

Sonoma Spa is a great line of personal spa ware that is ideal for pampering yourself at home. We have started with the Spa Therapy line which features Lavender aroma therapy. Each piece can be heated (in a microwave) to release a beautiful lavender scent and is so soft and cuddly, that words are just not enough - you have to feel it. There are also Rose, Eucalyptus. So please feel free to contact us if you're interested in those product lines.

The Waterford Fine Silver Gifts line is truly amazing. We've handled some beautiful silver in the past, but as with their crystal, Waterford has again found a way to set a new standard in silver gifts, flatware and serving ware. Here's a quick set of links:

Ballet Ribbon Collection
Children's Gifts
Flatware
Silver plated Holloware
Gift ware
Picture Frames
Sterling and Silver plated Candle ware

In addition to being finely made, engraving is available for the Waterford Silver - and it's not just initials, or monograms. Our engraver is a master craftsman using hand, machine and computerized techniques on all orders up to the most complex logos and graphics. We have even had clients use Waterford Silver for trophies and memorial presentations. Wouldn't that be nice to be holding a Waterford engraved trophy when you win your local golf outing. To see what we mean, check out our Engraving and Gift Wrapping page.

One more thing, since we strive to keep active inventory for all of our products, we sometimes don't list the full product line in our on-line store. So please feel free to contact us if you don't see what your looking for.

Belleek 2007 - Now In Stock !

2007-03-21T07:14:00.000-05:00

Our 2007 update to the full line of Belleek is complete. We've also added a page for the Belleek 150th Anniversary Archive Collection so that all of these items can be found in one place. You can also find the 2007 Limited Edition pieces here as well. To find out more about the Belleek Anniversary Collection, please see our recent Belleek article.

You can also find these great pieces, as well as new Christmas and religions pieces and remaining inventory from 2006 limited edition pieces, on our Annual Editions and New Items page.

Google Search Bar

2007-02-17T23:10:00.000-05:00

It took a little while, but the Google Search is up and running on the Links page.

We've also recently returned from the New York International Gift Show and came away with some great new products, such as the Sonoma Spa Collection, new Waterford Silver Gifts, and the full new Belleek line, including the 150th Anniversary Archive Collection. We'll be adding these new items throughout the Spring.

New Articles and Links for 2007

2007-01-02T22:38:00.000-05:00

Best wishes to all of you for a happy and healthy new year.

After finishing the year with a much needed rest, we are back to work. The Links page is up and we are adding new links for a variety of services. Please feel free to browse around.

We often receive quite a few client questions that are a bit too long for our FAQ page. So to provide answers, we are including Articles. Our first article has tips for cleaning fine crystal.

If you have a service you'd like to link, or a suggestion for an article, please drop us a line at mailto:kdrake@kdrake@drakehousegifts.com.

New Search Features

2006-12-17T21:54:00.000-05:00

To help our customers find what they are looking for more quickly, we'll be adding some new features soon. In addition to searching our site, you'll soon be able to launch Google searches right within Drake House Gifts.

We are also in the process of adding direct links to a variety on-line vendors and information resources.

We hope you'll enjoy these new features!

The Holiday Season

2006-12-12T22:28:00.000-05:00

Whew! Between work and family and shopping, what a busy time of year this is - it just seems to sail by faster and faster every year. Yet we look forward to it all year long and miss it when it's over.

But one thing that was easier this year was decorating. Climbing on the roof to hang lights was just too much. Instead, we now have three lighted reindeer on the lawn and the white pillars on the porch with the red rope lights look like giant candy canes. It's all very pretty and no roof climbing needed!

Well, back to work we go! Be sure to stop by www.drakehousegifts.com.