city lit

my sister kam is doing a part-time textiles course at city lit. she has an exhibition of her work going on at the moment. we went to have a look - and it was soooo wonderful to see her work up in lights!!! well done girl!!

great to see our work on the wall . . . .

designer of GIANT CRAB ELEPHANT

arun is really excited that his creature is now on sale in Selfridges! we are taking him to see it in the shop this weekend . . .

the drop off - watch this space for more photo's . . .

we have heard nothing but the sound of the bernina humming away all week in an effort to get the order ready for SupermarketSarah within Selfridges (Ground Floor Stationary/giftware department. we are delivering on monday 21st, so get down there and check it out!!

here's a little preview . . .

new work

we have been super busy this past week since we got an order from the wonderful ladies at SupermarketSarah who currently have a concession in Selfridges . . . so we are working like mad getting the order ready . . . we can't contain our excitement at actually being in Selfridges, London!

Also started work (although it has been put to one side for obvious reasons!) on a new blanket, thanks to the lovely pattern by Lucy at Attic 24 - granny stripes are coming along!!

All is good and wonderful in the world today - even though it is raining and grey outside. Just a whole day of sewing ahead of me and i'm loving the thought of it!!

seeds

when seeds are planted, new things grow . . .

working on new ideas today. . . sketching and drawing is just the best!

happy new year!

we are finally back at work this week . . . kicking and screaming! it was such a lovely break, after the madness leading up to christmas. we are looking forward to creating new stock and developing new ideas . . . we're off to topdraw on tuesday to get some inspiration!

we had lots of crazy creature orders before christmas - it did fill us with joy thinking of all those kids opening up their crazy creatures on christmas day! here is one of my faves that i did for my niece, amber. x

happy times . . .

we just wanted to say HAPPY HOLIDAYS to everyone.

thank you to everyone who has supported us this year. see you all in january 2011 . . . xx

a few photo's . . . .

some photos from Garston Manor

another date

on Friday 12th we will be at shopping evening at

St Anselm's Catholic Primary School

Harrow-on-the-Hill

7.30pm - 10.30pm.

So pop along if you are free!

elves on sale!

christmas selling starts . . .

with the start of november. just to let you know, we will be at the following events:

Garston Winter Fair, Watford

Sunday 14 November • 10am - 4pm

Duck Pond Market, Ruislip

Sunday 21 November • 10am - 3pm

Cannon Lane Schools Christmas Fair

Saturday 27 November • 11am - 3pm

The Guildhall, Leicester

Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 November • 11am - 4.30pm

135 Group, Ealing

Thursday 2 December • 7pm - 9pm

Orley Farm School Christmas Fair

Saturday 4th December • 11am - 3pm

Duck Pond Market, Ruislip

Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 December • 10am - 3pm

then we'll be ready for a holiday!!

this week . . .

we will mostly be sewing . . . furioulsy! loads to get done with Christmas fairs looming.

in the garden this morning

i was drawn to the sun streaming down onto the red hot pokers (which are doing really well this year for some unknown reason!) i love the colours of nature around this time of the year. winter is coming, but the colourful display makes it more bearable. *smile*

swirls . .

a new necklace, hot off the press . . .

purl bee

i bought this purse kit from purl bee which arrived the other day! so excited and can't wait to make it!!! it was a bit of a treat . . . ssshhhh don't tell my husband he doesn't know about it yet!

order

we have been working on an order for a regular client . . just LOVE the mellow colours.

smile

nothing better than being indoors when the weather outside is grim, grey, rain, wet, bleak, cold . . . oh and just horrid!

i'm snug and warm doing some sewing. *smile*

new / old logo

we have changed our logo!

actually we started off with this one, so we are going back to it - feeling a bit sentimental in our old age!! work has begun on our website / shop (even though we are on etsy too) it's time to take that leap. so we had a long hard look at ourselves and what we wanted - one of the things was the 'old' logo. hope you like it . . . x

summer?

today really felt like summer had well and truly gone. sun turned to grey and the drizzle followed.

i was looking through the summer photo's and remembered a day on the beach with some gorgeous friends. this made me smile!

now in the etsy shop

just added our flower brooches to the shop . . . so wander across and have a look.

happiness is . . .

watching my daughter draw on the window. simple pleasures, being lost in a little world, no worries just happy. . . made me smile.

another crazy creature is born

eri, aged 24 (mental age of 9!) designed this creature which we bought to life - quite a challenge, but we enjoyed it!

thanks angeli

angeli patel is a very talented up and coming illustrator who is studying at Camberwell. she drew this amazing picture of me and gave my sisters and me a plug on her blog. go to her blog and read the full story!

etsy shop now open!

we are very excited about finally being able to sell over the internet via Etsy!! We have a few items up for sale, with more to follow in the next days and weeks . . .

meet Tweedy. he is for sale in the shop.

summer is over!

the kids are now back at school, so hopefully we will get back to full speed blogging again! we have had a super busy summer, doing lots of craft fairs. so now it is time to replenish stock and get ready for (dare I say it) christmas!!!

here is the last of our 'freestyle' creatures which sold last weekend at the Harrow in LEAF show.

felt corsages

we were commissioned to make 6 felt corsages for six little flower girls. here they are . . .

new bunny

we have been doing some 'freestyle' sewing!! what does that mean, you ask? well it's just creating a creature with scraps of fabric and seeing what happens . . . it's been fun! here's the first bunny we made, he's called oscar. he used to be part of a pair of tweed trousers!

had a fun few days at duck pond market this weekend. they had a medieval festival there, as well as the normal craft fair. apart from the rain on saturday, it was a good weekend!!

this week . . .

we have mostly been making creatures . . . in preparation for a craft fair on 24th and 25th july at Harrow Arts Centre. so if you are around the area pop in. there will be loads of art activities for kids too. should be a fun filled day.

this one has been designed by my clever son, Arun.

watering can

just been too busy to notice that the geraniums are in flower . . .

july has been a busy month so far, lots of school fairs and craft fairs. we have met some lovely people along the way. i do love my 'job'

gold is the sun

we are taking a week off. been working hard, now it is time to enjoy the sun and recharge. : )

crazy creatures

we have had some new orders and so the family has grown . . .

expanding the mind

we have just spent a wonderful day attending a course for crafters at ferrers gallery with the wonderful Rachael Chambers. we learnt alot about being more 'business' minded. as we all know us crafters are hopeless at selling ourselves, so it was a real insight! it was also great to meet some really lovely fellow crafts people.

anya's pink and purple

anya made her very own felt swirl necklace

pink and purple

we have a commission for a pink and purple felt ball necklace, so i thought i'd take a few 'pink and purple' photo's from the garden as inspiration . . .