THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Where Are Modern Mint?
Where are Modern Mint? If you look at the photo above, you would think we are in sunny Torino at …
Earth Friendly Products
What are Earth Friendly Products? We have never come across a definition of earth friendly products, so we have to suggest to you our own version. Do you agree? Earth friendly products are defined by being made of recycled, or recyclable material, or that promote or are intended for use in ways that tread lighter upon the earth. There, that about sums it up for us. Let us know via Facebook or Twitter if you think that is too simple… Earth friendly products all seem to have certain characteristics about them. For example, they tend to be: Handmade or …
Corporate Gifts
This Blog Is About Corporate Gifts Corporate gifts – sounds boring, doesn’t it? We searched the internet for examples of the kind of gift you can give. Twenty minutes later, we realised that outside of (incredibly lovely) bars of chocolate there is very little else on offer to send to a business or employee as a gift. Honestly, we saw some tragic ideas…. The Worst Corporate Gifts We Saw Included those old-fashioned ‘balls on a string that knock together’ executive toys, clocks that told you the time in Paris, New York and Hong Kong (money never sleeps!), hip flask (for …
Growing Cut Flowers
Growing Cut Flowers in the UK One of the most amazing ways you can use your garden space here in the UK is to grow your own cut flowers. Cut flowers are such an unusual product – they are basically plants that are being chopped whilst in their prime, sent out for sale, then we are buying them and placing them in a vase in order to watch them die. To do this with flowers grown in other countries means the flowers are put through several modes of transport (trucks, planes, lorries, trucks again, then cars…) just to reach our homes. It …