The Main Street Trading Company: Summer Reading Gift

I just love a wee visit to The Main Street Trading Company in St Boswells in the Scottish Borders. I actually visited last week! If I'd thought in advance I could have picked up my Summer Reading Gift Box (Courtney's Picks) (£26 plus p&p) directly rather than having it posted! 

The gift set is beautifully wrapped with a little personalised note - it's the little things! I love the "hare" tissue and wrap.

Inside the box is a beautifully wrapped and tied parcel of the two books in the set, a miniature of Lind & Lime Gin (my fav) and two tins of Fever Tree Tonic Water. There are three summer selections to choose from picked by their booksellers - one book they've read and loved and one which is on their summer reading list (see HERE). I picked Courtney's Picks (as I'd read/have one of each in the others). As I wanted to read The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave and the other book, The Mermaid of the Black Conch by Monique Roffey piqued my interest.

This set is total joy giving and the perfect gift for a book lover. I can't wait to see what Autumn brings! (Reviews will come in a forthcoming monthly book round-up). See all the Gift Boxes HERE.

February: Lately I've Been Loving

Here's my February loves:

Discovering and trying gorgeous Lind & Lime Gin which is distilled in Leith, Edinburgh. I love the bottle and the gin's stunning with lime, pink peppercorn and juniper botanicals to name a few. It's the very first spirit created by the Port of Leith Distillery Co and you can read more about the gin HERE.

February's Sandwick Bay Candles Subscription Corner box was my favourite yet. The theme for February was Wild Roses and Chocolate. See my thoughts HERE.

Picking up this gorgeous handcrafted soap (which looks almost good enough to eat!) from Edinburgh based Eira Soaps at Cahoots in Portobello. I'm looking forward to using it and a review will follow.

Again, on our recent trip to Leith - at Leith Market and FLUX I chose these lovely treats. 

I've been receiving some great book post* and I can't wait to read Lesley Kelly's new A Health of Strangers Thriller and catching up with old friends in Death at the Plague Museum (I also liked the "tablets" to ward off the virus - chuckles). I'm taking part in the blog tour in April so keep your eyes peeled for my review then.

What have you been loving this month?

*gifted