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)

 

New stockists.....

Its been a crazy week here at Me & My HQ,

not only did I finally get round to adding new lines to the Etsy Shop, but I also delivered some to our new stockist Felix & Lilys! as well as lining up new stockists in the coming weeks!

 

Felix & Lilys are an awesome little boutique in Islington, its a treasure trove of beautiful kids clothing, toys and accessories, I could of easily spent hours

pouring over the toddler clothing!

for more info on Felix & Lilys,

go here ---> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Felix-Lilys-baby-boutique/130157453682374?fref=ts

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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!