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

 

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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 makes and winding down......

Happy July! Summer has finally arrived and it is lovely! I wish I wasn't 8 months pregnant and could actually wear comfortable clothing, and enjoy the heat wave, oh well, there's always next year (hopefully). So after a busy 7 months for Me&My I'm finally able to slow down the pace, 4 regular stockists, a lot of plans in action for autumn, and a emerging customer base means I can actually start making something for the baby with out having a load of orders needing my attention.

I always have a list of new things I want to make, with my son it was a cot quilt, which having never made one before was a tricky task, but 4 years later its still going strong, despite being washed a million times and dragged through the park several times , so this time around my new make is a mobile, I'm going to scale down my toy ellie design and see how that goes! in the mean time I made my baby its first toy (not knowing the gender means using as many colours as I can!) and my first attempt at a dribble bib! (as modelled by bear) enjoy the weather, my heart goes out to all the heavily pregnant women out there who are just preying for a cool breeze! :-)

 

 

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

My Home........

 

 

 

Because I work from home, and tend to roam around into different rooms with sewing in hand, I often don't notice or appreciate the things I own, so today I decided to go around and snap some pictures of the things that mean something to me, 1.Paper art from Shanghai 'fake markets', these remind me of my brother who lives in China, and the time I spent over there visiting him. 2.this amazing folded, quilt thing, I don't even know what it is, a coaster maybe? bought at a  craft fair because my stall was opposite and I thought it was stunning. 3. the green bling ring was bought in NYC in China town on a cold April morning when I was on holiday there with my boyfriend. 4.the two toys are made by me for my son and are the only mouse and owl I've ever made like them. 5.this is a silhouette of my son playing my Granddad's old piano. he must have been only 6 months old and was obsessed with it! and finally 6. Prints bought in Paris in a street market, literally cost about 5euros for all of them, but framed they are my favourite things on the wall.

 

and that's a snap shot of my home...... I spend far to much time on pintrest looking for ideas and not enough time enjoying what's around me!

 

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.

 

 

 

 

what a random day.....

well well, its been a rather strange day! I have been steadily prepping for the Easter weekend craft fair after taking a month off, and thinking I must get back into things, then all of a sudden I have orders coming in from all over the place, and I'm now as busy as I would hope to be...looking forward to Sunday, trading at Inn on the Park in St Albans, and keeping my fingers crossed that the weather is kind! here is a preview of some new ranges, I promise there WILL be better photos, but I really get excited about new products and have to share them! feedback as always is most welcome.