The Sunday Post

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, 'be my valentine' at the beginning of the week, just in time for the big day, which was wonderful.

During the week I re-jigged our frilly teacups design... see the new design above, I'm happy with the little teacups' new look and they have been really well received. 

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!

They are available to buy here: http://charlottemacey.co.uk/linen-tea-towels.html

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chickens, cushions & cards

HELLO & happy Sunday! It's been a busy week here with retail and trade orders, from sewing spotty chicken cushions with added bumblebees, to our new woolly sheep stitched pictures...

I spent the majority of yesterday 'stand-planning' for the Country Living Christmas Fair 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!

(below: our stand at (left) Country Living Christmas 2011 & (right) Country Living Spring 2012)

In front of the Olympics this week we also set to the daunting task of organising our ever-amassing card range. We now have 13 designs (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!

Hope you have all had a wonderful week and tune in again next Sunday for the weekly low-down! xo

C A R D S : batch two!

This week our second (and final) batch of new card designs arrived fresh from the printers, and I'm more than happy! Getting designs printed was both exciting and a little bit nerve-wracking; waiting for the finished cards to arrive and knowing how my designs looked on the computer screen but wondering how they would translate when printed... I can fortunately say, they are a success!

From  chubby chickens  to  happy birthday  cards...

And  congratulations  cards to our quirky new design,  yachts ...

Each design is printed onto lovely matt (with a slight glossy sheen) card and comes with a 100% recycled brown envelope, which is pretty awesome too!

£2.80 + free p&p for a limited time on our website, so go and check them out!

 http://charlottemacey.co.uk/cards.html

Preparations...

As we busily prepare for Top Drawer, which starts this weekend (opening on Sunday to be precise), I have just realised how slack I have been with our lovely little blog of late, oops!!

What with recovering from the Christmas rush, being worn out from a succession of festive fairs, and then putting my 'designing' cap back on to decide on new lines for 2012, I'm not sure where the time has gone...

  

So until we get back from Top Drawer mid-next-week (we will be at  stand L100 if you are popping by!), here are a few sneak peeks of new items / card designs / ideas and a trial run set up snap to keep you busy til then... have a wonderful week x

 

Robins & Puddings

This weekend I have been hand-drawing lots of card and gift tags for one of my stockists, so thought I would introduce you to a few of this years festive cards and tags...

robins card...

figgy pudding card...

small pudding tags...

and last but not least, small robin tags...

new goodies for a rainy day...

What a rainy day it is!! Hopefully news of some new goodies in my shop might put a little more of a spring in your step!
Firstly I now have lovely soft natural or fresh white, 'wine glasses' aprons, they wash tremendously well, and I even have one of my own for my kitchen now too :) the white apron has green stitched wine glasses, and the natural apron is stitched with charcoal glasses, and each with lovely appliqued floral cotton. You can find them in my shop here!

Secondly, to co-ordinate with the rest of my 'wine glasses' range I have now designed a hand drawn and watercolour painted card. On a lovely A6 watercolour card, with matching envelope, this card is perfect for all sorts of occasions, from weddings, to anniversaries, to even a simple congratulations type card! Take a look at my 'wine glasses' card here.

My last update for this rainy day is the addition of some lovely new lavender hearts, they are one-off's or one of only a very few, so pop over to my website and have a look whilst you can! In pretty blue spot, cotton ticking, and grey gingham check, these hearts make fantastic little additions to your home, and are great for combatting moths too, which is always an added bonus! I hope you are all keeping warm and dry indoors today, and Happy Midweek! x