Launch off!

Hello, so its so very close to launching the new range!!, you know when you have an idea in your head for ages and you suddenly get around to doing it, well these dresses have been an idea of mine for a year! but with the toy range proving to be so successful I simply haven't had the time I would like to develop it until now!!

I knew I wanted a simple tunic dress, and in a material that would last and could be tough enough to with stand tree climbing, sandpits, painting and general childhood mess! so I found a light weight corduroy, and I lined the dress with a soft 100% cotton lining, the animals are all applique by hand!

 I love the result, and I'm so excited to send them out to stockists and restock our online shop this week!  

I hope you like the new range!

dresses available in ages 1-2,2-3,4-5 and 6-7

I would love to know what you think?

Me&My behind the scenes

 

 

Hello 2014!!

so its been a busy start to the new year, behind the scenes we have been developing our new range, after such success with the toy range we have decided to launch a clothing range incorporating some of our most popular characters!

so here is a sneak peek at two of our designs, the pinafore style dresses are easy to wear, designed for PLAY, they are durable corduroy with a soft cotton slip. there will be 5 designs, all are hand appliqued, all are fully lined. the idea is that they should last a childhood, they can start as a knee length dress and eventually they can be worn as a tunic top....

Me&My are soooooo excited about this range, they will be available on our ETSY shop early Feb, and in most of our stockists after that.

If you would like to stock our dresses, please message for details :-)

support small business Saturday!

HI! Tomorrow is support small business Saturday!

I for one will be buying my fruit and veg from my local grocer, I will be buying some flowers from my local florist and my Christmas pressies from etsy! I will shop local, if you would like to as well I am offering FREE shipping for UK customers in my etsy shop.

Code XMAS001 at the checkout. Keep small business alive and kicking and make the high street less boring!

www.etsy.co.uk/shop/itsmeandmy

 

code:XMAS001

seasons greetings !!

hello hello!,
well its all go here at Me&My HQ.....its the busiest time of year not surprisingly!
We are really happy to announce that we are stocked at the We Make London boutique in Camden AND in their pop up boutique at Kew Gardens Christmas. Its an  incredibly exciting! so apologies for the lack of posts!
Our toys are doing really well, its lovely to know that all the hard work, sore fingers, and messy work room pay off and that they go to homes where little people will treasure them.
to buy our products you can go to the following- www.etsy.co.uk/shop/itsmeandmy
or actual real shops! - raindrops on roses St Albans, Felix & Lilys- Islington, We Make London- Camden and We make London Kew.
Happy Christmas. XX

Christmas at Kew

Hi,
so Iv been very bad with this blog recently, turns out life has a habit of making it impossible to get everything done!.
So what's coming up over Xmas I hear you ask....
well I have been busy stitching up a storm in preparation for Christmas at Kew,
its the first year Kew Gardens have put on a winter wonderland type event and I'm so excited to be a part of it. Its a magical place, I remember jumping on the train down to Richmond with my Mum and two brothers to go and see the giant lily pads, its amazing what games you can come up with amongst the flowers.
So here's what might be featuring in the We make London pop up shop at Kew this Christmas....
hopefully all this hard work and late nights pay off!

July! already?

 

Wow, so June flew by in a whirl of making and designing, what started out as a break from clothing design has turned in to its own little business, Our Me&My soft toy range is proving incredibly popular and they continue to sell out at all our stockists a scary rate!

This week we have added a whale toy, taking a break from the world of floral and pastel patterns and going for something bold! these little beauties will be available at our Etsy Shop MeMyUk or selected designs are available at our stockists, Felix & Lily's in Islington, We Make London in Camden and Raindrops on Roses in St Albans....

 

 

Im a busy bee

 

 

 

 

This week I have mostly been sewing, sewing and more sewing! not to mention running around London with bags of stock, dropping them off to different stockists, its all very exciting and lovely to see that hard work does pay off, and all the late nights, sore fingers and neglected house work are worth it when your stock actually sells out! amazingly at 7 months pregnant I feel full of energy and ideas, and can believe in a few months Il have a tiny person to look after and all this will have to take a break or be handed over to a very clever friend of mine to run for a while!

what do you think of the new designs? everyone loves elephants! I'm thinking I will attempt to make a whale soft toy next, but for now its back to sewing these little ellies up for my Etsy shop!

 

 

Stockists

Felix and Lilys http://www.felixandlilys.com/

We make London,Camden pop up boutique http://www.wemakelondon.co.uk/

Raindrops on Roses http://www.raindropsonroses.org.uk/home.html

an obsession with Elephants....

 

Now I'm a fabric hoarder, I tend to stick to the same key colours and styles in my designs, but like a magpie I will buy anything that catches my eye, and I had this beautiful brushed suede sitting on my shelf for nearly a year, there is only about half a metre of this and I couldn't bring myself to chop it up, then one night when my mind was racing with ideas I decided to try and make a suede Ellie and I love it! (its the cream one in the photo) Suede is a joy to work with, it is strong and doesn't fray, and it feels amazing! so I now have VERY limited stock of cream suede luxe Ellies. Wish I could keep them all, but that just wouldn't be fair!

 

These beauties will be available at my Etsy Shop shortly....
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MeMyUk

SALE!

Hello! just to say that I am currently offering 25% OFF all children's clothing at my Etsy store, with coupon code May01, this offer is only available until Monday 28th May, so grab your self a beautiful hand made bargain while you can!



https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MeMyUk

 

Me&My sunny days.....

 

We have had beautiful weather the past couple of days, and a flurry of activity on the designing front, I'm determined to fill up my Etsy shop with as many lovely things as possible, plus there has been a whole heap of friends who have either had a baby or are expecting one (myself included!) which always helps with ideas....

I have loved watching my ideas evolve, its been less then a year since I started all of this as a hobby! and only 6months of really making it a viable business, and in that time my style, has become cleaner, brighter and most of all very much my own :-) the next few months are seriously exciting, Me&My will be featured in a book, more stockists to be confirmed, and if I'm brave enough I may even attempt a trade show, all this while counting down until September when our family of 3 will become 4!

 

not getting very much done..........

So as the weekend draws to an end, its dawned on me that I have actually not done a lot! I did finish one Me&My design, that's been in my head for a while, but with orders for other designs coming in, its hard to find the time to do something just because you want to! this baby grow is available at my Etsy shop

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MeMyUk

I also spent much of the weekend trying to get my son interested in crafts, basically if it involves making monsters and gluing things to paper he is good to go! 

( I drew the monsters, as he just wanted to do noses and googly eyes)

 

Day dreaming....oh and new stock on Etsy!

So while the sun has finally shone in the UK, I have been busy gazing out of the window as I upload pictures to my Etsy Shop, dreaming of ways to turn this small scale business in to something I can retire on! its a lovely day dream, but for now, you can check out new stock at my Etsy Shop- MeMyUk

Feedback is always welcome.

 

 

 

Etsy

here is the link to my little Etsy shop, I will continue to restock, next on the agenda are kids tees and dribble bibs.... I will one day work out how to add a button in here to take you straight there...but for now........


https://www.etsy.com/shop/MeMyUk

coming soon..........

 

new snaps!

So I finally got around to buying a new camera, after literally looking in every single cupboard, draw, nook and cranny for my charger, I realised my old camera wasn't actually that good, so off I went and bought some new tech....

well with all bright new shiny things I had to try it out as soon as I got home! here are a few snaps...

 

 

                                 The rabbits are available to order on my Etsy Shop- MeMyUk,

and here is my son with his Me & My badge!

Happy Easter

Well, I have just got home from THE coldest fair I have ever done!, now I have done Christmas fairs outside, I have done fairs in the rain before, but today I have never ever been so cold in my life! despite the sun trying to shine, it was a tough day, however, lots of lovely comments, some sales and great feedback means it was worth it.... now time to photograph the new accessories range and put it up on Etsy.....plus some very exciting news to come...

HAPPY EASTER Everyone.

 

 

 

 

Spring has sprung at Me&My

So, Me&My will be at a few craft fairs in the next few months,

So have been working away on a few accessories designs...all are made of felt, hand stitched and will end up as hair clips or brooches, theres also a bunny design in the works too.....

A set of 2 clips will be £3.50 and will be available from my Etsy shop over the weekend.

next on the to-do-list, T-shirts and baby grows! 

 

 

I have been really lazy....

Hello again....
its been slow progress here at Me&My, in between a child with a never ending list of winter ailments, from coughs to colds, throat infections to ear infections I cant think of a week he hasn't been ill in the past month...and packing up our cottage and heading 20 miles north to Bedford where we finally bought our first home, I really havnt so much as picked up a needle or dusted off my sewing machine since December! :-) 

Being from London, and spending most of my childhood in just one place and one house I always thought Id follow suit, but I have moved something like 8 times in 8 years! so clearly the nomad in me wont stay put! However, there is something about buying a house which makes it seem all the more permanent, I am already dreaming of colour schemes on walls, tiles in the kitchen and 'upcycling' all my furniture....so business has been on the back burner. However, there are a few things in the pipe line and once I dig out my camera charger (which along with socks and snacks seems to go missing at an alarming rate) I will stock up my Etsy shop with new tees and baby grows, in fact I may even do it this weekend just because its about time!   here are some things Iv been messing around with, badges and hair clips....(terrible photos...damn you missing camera charger!!)