tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91466480261343262872024-03-06T01:04:33.438+00:00Charlotte Macey - - - - Stitch TalesCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-85852181932365163392014-01-19T12:17:00.001+00:002014-01-19T12:17:59.251+00:00{ belated } Happy New Year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Firstly wishing you all a (very) belated happy and healthy New Year! With a busy 2013, the rush of Christmas, followed by designing, making and photographing a brand new collection for Spring 2014, my blog writing seems to have been thrown to the wayside. I'd like to say that in the coming months I'll be a better blog-post-writer, however I wouldn't like to make any promises!</div>
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First up I'd like to introduce the first of our new collections for Spring 2014, <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/BLUE-PARSLEY.html">Blue Parsley</a>. Following on from the success of our Countryside fabric and co-ordinating product range, and taking on board customer requests for a '<i>more blue/duck egg</i>' floral design similar to Countryside, Blue Parsley was born! And has so far gone down an absolute treat with our customers - Thank You to everyone whose homes are now sporting Blue Parsley cushions, placemats, etc. You can see the full Blue Parsley range on our new '<a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/collections.html">COLLECTIONS</a>' page on our website (another new addition for 2014, which we hope will make navigating the website that little bit easier.)</div>
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<a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/press.html">PRESS</a> :: our linen Countryside cushion was featured not once, but twice(!) in the pages of the February issue of <b>Country Living magazine</b>. A wonderful start to 2014 x</div>
<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-66152681132658583272013-09-07T15:38:00.001+01:002013-09-07T15:38:59.385+01:00Hello September!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello September! With a slight chill in the air and leaves on the ground, autumn is most definitely underway. And it's been a busy week for us here catching up after a wee summer break - from adjusting the product labelling for our linen and cotton tea towels, to packing sets of new coasters and placemats (above: new Yachts design). </div>
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The placemats and coasters can be <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/tableware.html">MIX & MATCH</a>-ed too, for a quirky and varied dining set!</div>
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And in the workshop the boys have been busy crafting more bunny and duck bookends, including our NEW <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/jemima-duck-bookends.html">Jemima duck bookends</a> - hand painted in Pink Ground by Farrow & Ball, such a pale & pretty pink!</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-4763721615056988192013-08-04T17:01:00.000+01:002013-08-04T17:01:22.936+01:00The Sunday Post // we're back!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>27th May</i> - the last time I published a post on our blog. Not very impressive! But what can I say, it has so far been a beautiful summer; we've been working on lovely orders, new things for our stockists & whilst also secretly working on our Christmas range. There's been a lot going on!</div>
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If you haven't taken a look at our website recently, check it out! We are now selling gorgeous coasters & placemats, locally made & available in a lovely selection of our designs. As for Christmas, the range is very nearly ready, but we obviously can't launch it yet - August is a little early, even for me! </div>
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So stay tuned for weekly studio & product news, Christmas launch updates & hopefully more blogging goodness (sorry again for the huge hiatus between posts) - until next time! cx</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-30664800029055751092013-05-27T13:11:00.000+01:002013-05-27T13:11:58.072+01:00p u r s e s<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yet again it's been a while since I've managed to find the time to write a blog post. Since the last one (a good few weeks ago - when I launched the new fabric pouches) I have been working on custom tea towels, for customer's special events and for stockists, as well as attending one of the big London trade fairs and launching our new purse range. I'm so pleased with the purses, which are perfect for coins and bank cards (see above), you can take a look at them here on our <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/bags.html">BAGS</a> page.</div>
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I feel that the purse selection really sum up what CMT is all about - clean lines, simple design and beautiful, quality items. It's fantastic to feature the cow parsley that surrounds the studio at this time of year, as well as our old favourites of course, pecking chickens! </div>
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Until next time, hope you're having a super Bank Holiday weekend wherever you are, time for me to head back to the lavender-filled studio to catch up on a few orders from the weekend... cx</div>
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Say hello to our NEW zipped pouches!</div>
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In 3 designs : <i>Yachts</i>, <i>Brown Chickens</i> and <i>Countryside</i>, and perfect to use as a make-up bag, clutch, or pouch to fit in your handbag... the possibilities are endless!</div>
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Find them on the <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/bags.html">BAGS</a> page of our website, or here... <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/pouches.html">http://charlottemacey.co.uk/pouches.html</a></div>
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£18 each and lined with medium weight natural cotton... which one is your favourite?</div>
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Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-41519120926166970062013-04-14T19:52:00.001+01:002013-04-14T19:53:19.692+01:00The Sunday Post<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Cotswolds are starting to look a little more green this week, the lambs are leaping and the barn finally saw some sunshine... just before the rain that is! The studio has been go, go, go, just the way we like it...</div>
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We spent the week working on trade orders for new stockists, here in the UK and one across the pond. Our new ranges have been going down wonderfully, and we're expecting a delivery of jugs (big & small) this week so they'll be available in our <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/chinaware.html">SHOP</a> again later in the week.</div>
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And last but by no means least, here are a couple of snaps of our two new cushion designs, <i><b>Countryside</b></i> and <b><i>Brown Chickens</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, both available in long / square linen cushions, and in natural / ivory colourways.</span></b></div>
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Hope you are all having a super Sunday, I'm sitting here with a hot cup of tea in the sunshine, mulling over our week: new linen napkins, florals, my first hot cross bun of the year & hearts, hearts, hearts. We sold out of our first Valentine's card design, '<i>be my valentine</i>' at the beginning of the week, just in time for the big day, which was wonderful.</div>
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During the week I re-jigged our <i>frilly teacups</i> design... see the new design above, I'm happy with the little teacups' new look and they have been really well received. </div>
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A new customer favourite in the last few weeks has been the natural linen chickens tea towel. We recently introduced this great natural linen into the range, and although quite heavy it washes wonderfully and becomes so soft and absorbent, I think we may have made the perfect tea towel!</div>
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They are available to buy here: <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/linen-tea-towels.html">http://charlottemacey.co.uk/linen-tea-towels.html</a></div>
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It has been a much less snowy week for us here in the Cotswolds; with equal measures of rain and sunshine we have managed several Post Office trips without any ice excitement (phew!). It has even felt like Spring might finally be in the air, with a bit of sunshine and spotting our first snowdrops. </div>
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The Easter chocolate munching has also begun (we tried to resist, honestly!) and this week we have been working on a lovely order for lots of yachts items, heading to a new and exciting stockist this week... more will be revealed later! It was a great sense of achievement having a 12-cushion stack perched on the table ready to be packed.</div>
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Our linen yacht cushions and range of notebooks are all available here, so do take a peek: <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/">http://charlottemacey.co.uk/</a>.</div>
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We also have a SALE page, that is regularly updated with one-off textile items, ceramic seconds and end of line treats, usually only 1 of each item available, <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/SALE.html">http://charlottemacey.co.uk/SALE.html</a>. Happy Sunday Everyone x</div>
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Gosh, my last post was in October - I honestly can't believe it's been that long! But it just goes to show what a busy time we've had here since then. There is so much to sum up, that the best way to describe it all is in a series of photo montages! </div>
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First up (above) - <b>Christmas 2012</b>... our best Christmas ever, it was frenzied but wonderful from start to finish, we had a fantastic feature (5 pages!!) in <i><b>Country Homes & Interiors </b></i>magazine, and rounded off the year with a wonderful snowy trip to the mountains in France with all of our family, eating and relaxing - it was pure heaven.</div>
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<b>2013.</b> No sooner had we landed back on UK soil and it was time to get ready for our first trade show of the year, <b><i>Top Drawer</i></b>. And so two weeks into January I headed off to London with our product range and props in tow, and had a lovely few days meeting buyers, interesting contacts and having early morning catch-ups with all of my 'fair friends', old and new. I eventually made it back home with a broken car and a chest infection... and then the snow arrived!</div>
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It's been a beautiful snowy week here in the Cotswolds... I have been recuperating, (my car is now fixed, yippee), making troops of egg cosies, and venturing out on treacherous trips to the Post Office! We had a lot of rain overnight, and awoke this morning to green grass and blue skies... I could almost be fooled into thinking Spring might be on the way! cx</div>
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It's all systems go in the studio at the moment in the build-up to the two <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;">Country Living Fairs</span></b> we will be doing in November. We've been working on new linen <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/coasters.html">coasters</a> and <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/placemats.html">placemats</a> (above: <i>spotty</i>, below: <i>puddings</i>), as well as re-jigging tea and coffee cosies and a few other bits and bobs too. </div>
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We always find in the preparation for fairs - whether retail or trade shows - that having our whole range laid out, is a great time to assess how everything works together, especially having introduced new items over the last few months. It almost feels like a spring clean, although I suppose it would be an 'autumn clean' in this case! It's great to look at our packaging, designs, the coherency of the new items with the older items, etc... </div>
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This week we've been working on stock of linen and cotton tea towels, including our new natural linen tea towels, and a new design too - wine glasses. We're hard at it this weekend, working on napkins, aprons and new placemats... time to get back to the sewing machine, happy Sunday everyone! xo</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-82756726844331490262012-09-30T11:01:00.000+01:002012-09-30T11:01:46.668+01:00The Sunday Post :: our week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;">HELLO!</span></b> Hope you've all had a lovely week, I honestly don't know where the last seven days have gone, and all of a sudden we are a day away from October - eek! We had a delivery of festive chicken mugs earlier in the week, which have all been snapped up! We are now awaiting another delivery... so if you would like to sip your tea or hot chocolate out of one of these this winter, we will have more in stock soon!</div>
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Although still early (I know, we haven't even had Halloween yet) we've been quite focused on Christmas this week. People have been getting their orders in early, so we've had plenty to keep us busy in amongst trade orders, also for lots of Christmas goodies! And inbetween the wind, rain and clouds, we've had spells of beautiful Autumn sunshine, like this..... x</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>HELLO!</b></span> I hope you are all having a lovely leisurely Sunday, we started the day here with tea and croissants - a perfect Sunday morning. This week we have started to think about our upcoming winter and Christmas fairs. And with that in mind we have a little announcement...</div>
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We are going to be exhibiting at the <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Country Living Harrogate Christmas Fair</span></span></b> (as well as the London fair two weeks earlier) - so if you live further north and can't make it down to London, I will hopefully see you Harrogate from the <i><b>29th November - 2nd December</b></i>!</div>
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And a last-minute note to let you know that we have just launched <b><a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/coasters.html">embroidered linen chicken placemats</a></b>, to co-ordinate with our embroidered coasters. Available in sets of 4 and made from beautiful rustic linen, we are so pleased with their subtle style. </div>
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Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-14575045347726635592012-09-16T16:58:00.000+01:002012-09-16T16:58:08.147+01:00a week of launches...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">HELLO</span></b> and happy Sunday! This week has been a week of launches - from our <b><i>new</i></b> <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/linen-tea-towels.html">natural linen tea towels</a> (lovely and rustic, we're so pleased with them) to our <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/christmas-shop.html">Christmas Shop</a>! And I'm excited to say that the Christmas orders have been coming in already... yesterday was our busiest day of the year so far!</div>
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Our 2012 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b><i><a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/christmas-shop.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Christmas Shop</span></a></i></b></span> features everything from jolly figgy pudding <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/figgy-pudding-napkins.html">napkins</a>, to <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/figgy-pudding-tea-towel.html">tea towels</a>, <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/christmas-shop.html">cosies</a> and <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/christmas-tags.html">Christmas gift tags</a> - that I started last night. Each one is hand-drawn and painted and this year I am doing three designs: robins, puddings and penguins. It was great to pack my first festive tags of the season! <br />
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This year we are also producing a range of 3 Christmas cards: <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/merry-christmas-card.html">Merry Christmas</a> (below), <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/let-it-snow-card.html">Let it Snow</a> and of course, <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/figgy-pudding-card.html">Figgy Pudding</a>. They are available individually and also in a <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/christmas-card-pack.html">Pack of 6</a>, which includes 2 of each design and lovely recycled brown envelopes too. On that festive note, I am off to pack a few more cards... have a wonderful week and catch you all next Sunday! x</div>
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Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-79793968431653947912012-09-09T11:42:00.001+01:002012-09-09T11:43:21.400+01:00the last days of summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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From wading in thick grass full of clovers, to beautiful clear blue skies, the weather this last week has been pretty much perfect. For the majority of it we've been inside sewing lots of things for trade orders, but it's been lovely to sew in bare feet and to have the studio doors and windows wide open.</div>
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We've been making bunnies, egg cosies and notebooks to head up to Yorkshire, as well as framed pictures, cards and (more) egg cosies to be delivered to one of our local stockists this week. Whilst we're out and about delivering goodies this week - fingers crossed it won't be raining - we'll be dreaming of the perfect blue skies and hoping they will return again soon. x</div>
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Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-42586730004280308712012-09-02T10:45:00.000+01:002012-09-02T10:45:19.506+01:00A trip down to sunny Devon...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I spent the last week in South Devon with my family, our annual pilgrimage, and every year see the trip as a wonderful time to take photos of the beautiful scenery, the sea, quirky boats and lobster pots, as well as a chance to get the watercolours out, and I spent a lovely few hours drawing boats, painting their sails and doing smaller, quicker sketches of boats and yachts using pen. </div>
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It made a lovely change to use pencils, paint and paper, as I spend the majority of my time 'drawing' with my sewing machine, so it was great to be creative using a completely different medium to my usual fabric and thread.</div>
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Our holiday breakfast's were made complete with one of our coffee cosies, and we spent time wandering around the pretty coastal towns, walking around the beautiful Devon coastline, and stopping for well-deserved coffee and cake, or treating ourselves to delicious cream teas!</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-60917713550186379942012-08-20T22:19:00.000+01:002012-09-16T16:58:23.181+01:00Adventures in Wales<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This weekend I spent a glorious couple of days by the sea. We stayed in <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><b><i>Mumbles</i></b></span>, where I had visited as a child and where my auntie and her family grew up. We visited beaches (above is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><b>Rhossili Bay</b></i></span> - a beauty!), got our toes sandy, paddled in the sea... </div>
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...and found wonderful cafes. The cafe pictured below is <i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Ty Junction</span></b></i> - the food was great, the decor quirky and rustic, and they even had lovely things to buy too, a must-visit if you are heading to Mumbles (Ty Junction: 2 Woodville Road, Mumbles, Swansea).</div>
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On one of the rainy mornings we popped into the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><i><b>Oyster Gallery</b></i></span> - one of our stockists! We found them at the top of Newton Road (the main street in Mumbles), met the lovely staff and took a couple of snaps of our products in the shop. The Oyster Gallery is a beautiful shop, bigger than I had expected and a treasure-trove of seaside delights! (<a href="http://www.oystergallery.co.uk/">Oyster Gallery</a>: 70-72 Newton Road, Mumbles, Swansea). xo</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-22845392248725087662012-08-12T11:23:00.001+01:002012-08-20T22:19:20.623+01:00chickens, cushions & cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>HELLO</b> </span>& happy Sunday! It's been a busy week here with retail and trade orders, from sewing spotty chicken <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/cushions.html">cushions</a> with added bumblebees, to our new woolly sheep <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/stitched-pictures.html">stitched pictures</a>...</div>
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I spent the majority of yesterday 'stand-planning' for the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><i>Country Living Christmas Fair</i></span> in London in November. Deciding on how to display our new and existing stock is a tricky business, and after several rough stand sketches, I think I'm finally getting there... all will be revealed in November!</div>
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(below: our stand at (<i>left</i>) Country Living Christmas 2011 & (<i>right</i>) Country Living Spring 2012)</div>
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In front of the Olympics this week we also set to the daunting task of organising our ever-amassing <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/cards.html">card range</a>. We now have <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/cards.html">13 designs</a> (10 all-year and 3 Christmas cards to be launched in September!) and after realising just how many cards we are now stocking, the time had come to group them all into designs and seasons. I love being organised!</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-79655809540115020502012-08-06T13:59:00.000+01:002012-08-06T14:00:16.583+01:00our weekly round-up...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The intention of my blog when I started it over two years ago, was to post at least once a week, usually on a Sunday, as there would definitely be spare time on Sunday '<i>the day of rest</i>' to sit down and have a think about what I wanted to write and share about the studio goings-on during the week. However in recent months my posts have become more and more sporadic, as Sunday's no longer seem to be quiet and finding a spare moment has become surprisingly tricky!</div>
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However I think it's important to share our news from the studio, so I'm going to make a concerted effort - and <i><b>Stitch Tales</b></i> will be coming to you every Sunday (all going to plan!)</div>
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Firstly the creation of our NEW <b><i>linen coasters</i></b>. At the moment we are making embroidered chicken & printed yacht coasters, and they are available in sets of 4 from our <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/coasters.html">website</a>.</div>
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And secondly, our notebooks have been featured in the September issue of <i><b>Country Living</b></i>. They are quite tiny in the picture and we haven't been credited for their use, but they are in there nonetheless, which is great! (below: a close up from the magazine, the notebooks are sitting on top of the table)</div>
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To make the most of our last day of sunshine yesterday we ventured to the <a href="http://www.three-choirs-vineyards.co.uk/">Three Choirs Vineyard</a> in Newent to sample some wine, sit in the sun and learn about their wine and sparkling wine-making processes.</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-44675896177113396622012-07-22T16:31:00.000+01:002012-07-22T16:32:24.937+01:00Home & Gift 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the majority of last week we were exhibiting at the <b>Home & Gift</b> trade show in Harrogate. We headed north last Saturday to set up, and it doesn't matter how many trade fairs I do, being faced with the bare stand always seems a little daunting at first... but we got there!</div>
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We had a great few days, meeting new and potential stockists, as well as lovely fellow exhibitors and new friends. We even squeezed in a couple of trips to Betty's for some 'tea room blend' before the show opened in the mornings!</div>
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...and celebrating my birthday! I was even treated to a surprise birthday chocolate cake on the last day of Home & Gift (clearly the girls I met already know me too well!), which was delicious... but back to work tomorrow, we have orders to get cracking on!</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-40660980600707631862012-06-30T11:23:00.000+01:002012-06-30T11:23:56.618+01:00Midsummer Sale!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Midsummer Sale</span></b> time here at CMT HQ, and we have added some one-off (or last remaining) items to our <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/sale.html"><b>SALE</b></a> page. Our <b>spotty bunting</b> (above) - available in either <i>spotty teal</i>, <i>charcoal</i> or <i>blue</i> is now only £14, and our last 2 sets of <b>croissant napkins</b> (below) are also £14!</div>
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We've been Jubilee and Union Jack crazy for a while now, but we've decided to add our <b>Union Jack tea cosies</b> to the <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/sale.html"><b>SALE</b></a> too... </div>
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WAS £38, NOW £25!</div>
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Our white cotton <b>beach hut aprons</b> are also, yep you guessed it, £14 </div>
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And last but by no means least... we have a couple of <b>navy daisy tea cosies</b> left in stock, now only £18 (<i>£20 off!</i>) So pop on over to our <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/sale.html"><b>SALE</b></a> page and have a browse, now is the time to stock up on birthday presents, or even to get in early for Christmas (sorry, Christmas is on the brain!)</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-33062200127984125232012-06-18T19:03:00.001+01:002012-06-18T19:04:00.752+01:00a little catch-up...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello there folks! Since the Jubilee weekend it's been go-go-go, so much so that my blog post writing has slipped a little, but I'm back! </div>
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After (and throughout) the Jubilee celebrations we were busy preparing our stock and stand layout for Pulse, a new trade fair for us in London. </div>
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The fair was a resounding success and we came away tired but happy and with great new stockists and re-orders from existing ones too. </div>
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We are now busying away getting lots of lovely new stock ready to send off to all corners of Britain, from Norfolk to Cornwall and a few inbetween!</div>
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We were also extremely pleased with the reaction to our new products - <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/notebooks.html">notebooks</a>, <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/bags.html">totes</a> and <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/mugs-etc.html">mugs</a> - hopefully you will find these in a shop near you soon!</div>
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Well first things first, happy Jubilee weekend! Hope you are all having a lovely time street-partying, dressed in all things red, blue and white, and having a festive few days.</div>
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This week we launched our new range of <a href="http://charlottemacey.co.uk/cushions.html">linen cushions</a>, 3 chubby square and 3 long rectangular cushions. We are frantically preparing all our stock for Pulse in London, which opens next Sunday, so it's all hands on deck at the moment and the Jubilee celebrations have had to take a little bit of a back seat whilst we sew! </div>
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With that in mind I'd better get back to it, and will hopefully be rewarding myself with a lovely glass of Pimms later on, happy celebrating!</div>
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<br />Charlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10520020714537572462noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146648026134326287.post-34792049920522241752012-05-27T10:03:00.000+01:002012-05-27T10:06:00.096+01:00N O T E B O O K S<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the last week we launched a brand new product... <b style="color: #444444;">notebooks</b>!!</div>
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