Success & Exciting Times

Normal service is finally starting to resume. Yesterday I was showing my lovely stash at the We Make London Arts & Crafts fair at Battersea Arts Centre, and it went rather well! Whilst I didn't sell a huge amount, what I did sell I felt extremely pleased with as it included the new items the peter pan collars, one of which was the Buzzing Bee's design which means I can start to donate to the BBKA. The only thing I think I should have done was to leave the pattern at home and instead brought more of the clocks, especially the earlier pieces. But you live and you learn. 

After getting over the initial nerves of talking to people, I thoroughly enjoyed talking to other sellers and potential buyers and it was helped along with a bit of a giggle from my dear friend Angela who very kindly modelled one of my collar designs, which helped show them off to people who were looking at them on the table. 

I am however, glad to have a bit of a break from thinking about the fair, though it has sparked several billion ideas for 2013. Great things are coming. I have other things to think on, I am moving soon. Bit of a relief I can't tell you and this is a big step, on the property ladder which has seen me look like a startled rabbit these past few days, only because I didn't think that would ever happen let alone now. 

So I will  be moving at some point to a beautiful two bedroom flat, yes two bedrooms. 

You know what this means....

A STUDIO

Oh and somewhere friends can crash...but...

I WILL HAVE MY VERY OWN STUDIO!!

Yep, totally over the top excited about this. My own space to spread and have everything in one place. A place I can shut the door on. I already have a colour in mind for the room. I know jumping a head but its hard not to think about how you want to decorate, and this is the first time I have been able to do it properly. 

So there might be a bit of a disruption in the near future with blog, website and shop but I'll keep you lovely folks updated. In the meantime, my store is back up and running and there is a few new bits of stock just added.

For now I crash.

Minions and Packaging

Okay last week I was somewhat relaxed about what I had to do for the upcoming craftshow. But today I feel a sense of panic in everything that I have planned to do this weekend. Silly really as I actually also know I'll be okay. Nothing like unnecessary stress to get you going. All though I am sitting here drinking tea, writing this blog post and shopping for a Secret Santa gift for a work colleague. 

Anyho...

I received the last of the bits I needed to order for my packaging, additional business cards (which look and feel better than the gloss ones I got the first time round) and oodles of stickers (750) at the bargain price of £15. I'll certainly be using printed.com again for my marketing needs. They will be used on my boxes for the pictures and clocks, as well as sealing up my stripy paper bags and the white tissue paper. You can also see below that I am also making a felt version of my logo and I also whipped up some price labels ready for me to write on and then laminate. I was trying to think out a way of stiffening the paper I printed the labels on as I didn't have any card and then remembered stuffed away in a cupboard I have a laminator  Might as well put it to good use, glad I didn't get rid of it. So what remains for me to do is make oodles of baubles, and other bits and pieces....back to my list I go.

Now a couple of weeks ago you might recall I posted about the progress of one my stitching minions Laura. She contacted me recently to say that she's completed it and doesn't it look fab. So thrilled to see the design finished and in different colour way. Her assistance and my other Minion Jenny has been fantastic and already I have been tweeked the pattern, to get it to a stage I think I am really happy with. So thank you ladies. 

And now it's time to break away from the computer to crack on.

See me at the Christmas Art and Craft Show

That's right folks you can come and purchase my wares in person on the 1st December at the Battersea Arts Centre, Lavender Hill in London. Come a long for some festive fun and shopping. There is no entry fee this year, so there is no excuse for not coming along. 

For more details about the event, whose there and what else you can do on the day, click this link. Go on you know you want to! 

To-do List Trauma

I am still here. I am just buried under a massive to-do list. The sort where you manage to cross one thing off only to add another five things to do in the process. Mostly I am working on the commission which is slowly progressing and working on extra stock bits for the craftshow. Needless to say I am going to be making the most of my commute to and from work. 

Hope all my crafty minions are doing well, just found a wee slot of time to look over the feedback received so far and making a note of a few of the points for me to work on. 

Must now dash...time for soup x