Linen Letters...

I am excited to announce the addition of my new and exciting 'letters' range of homewares. I have just finished adding these two lovely linen tea towels to my website. Available in two unique designs... 'home' comes in a lovely jolly red and 'tea' in deep brown stitching. Both are available on my website now, I hope you like them! x

Hello everyone! Following on from last Sunday's post I just wanted to let you know that 'bits & bobs' went live this week on my website, and has so far had a wonderful response, so expect more bits & bobs cropping up in the future too!

Even though next week is meant to be warming up, it has felt very Autumnal in the past few weeks, I've started snuggling up in woolly jumpers and have been doing more baking... so here are a couple of my favourite 'Sweets & Treats' pics from my board on Pinterest... hope you all have a lovely week x

Coming Soon...

I've been planning on adding an all-new section to my website for a while, and this week I started to build the pages for it. The new section will be called 'bits & bobs' and will feature little extras and great stocking fillers, from peg bundles to plain gift tags to decorate yourself, to spotty egg cups, and with plenty of other things in the pipeline too! 

In the absence of having a real-life shop and the space to store lots of bigger things, this new section will  also co-ordinate wonderfully with my own range... it will be dedicated to  bits & bobs that I find and love and hope that you will too. 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...

Red & White

Two of my favourite colours: red and white. Simple, pretty and cosy. I don't know whether I am particularly in love with this combination at the moment because of the launch of my Christmas Shop, but as Autumn is beginning to set in and I have started to dig out a few more woolly layers, I thought I would share a couple of pictures I found on Pinterest this week... x

The Coast...

Here are a few snaps from my recent little holiday to the seaside. I had a very relaxing break and it was perfect to recharge the batteries! My holiday pictures range from beautiful peeling paint, to peckish seagulls...

 ...lots of photos of my new obsession, boats...

 ...and pretty coastal colours and paintwork... x

Something a bit different...

A few weeks ago I was asked by a customer to make a special tea towel for a wedding anniversary, I soon realised the task in hand would require the design to be sewn in a way that was a little different to my usual style of sewing. I was asked to make a tea towel depicting the family's home in the Lake District, on a large scale taking up half of the tea towel... 

I was a bit daunted at first but am really pleased with how it has turned out. My customer was also very happy and I'm now making a second one (a mini series of tea towels!) with some different appliquéd sections and I'm finding it all very exciting!

The Seaside!

This weekend I squeezed in a '24 hour holiday' as I liked to think of it! When I was little I went on a family holiday to Mumbles, so as one of my best friends has recently moved to Swansea, I decided it was time to return to the Welsh coast for a wee break!

To be honest I didn't recognise much of Mumbles, but upon some other friend's recommendations we made sure we had a Joe's ice cream and a delicious lunch on the seafront. (Joe's was delicious by the way!) and we also visited the house where my auntie grew up, which was lovely to see and take snaps of to show her.

All too soon it was time to come home, but I'm now feeling fresh and rejuvenated from the sea air and sunshine and am ready for the week ahead!

This week...

This week I have been working on orders from Home & Gift. Particularly popular items have been chickens tea and egg cosies and anything with wine glasses on, as well as frilly tea cups, ten green bottles tea towels and lots of napkins!

My new stockists include a new shop opening in Germany by a lovely lady called Iris who I met at the show, Dorfstrasse 9 will be opening in October. As well as Furleys in Rutland, Tilly & Rose and Empathy, in Alton where my cosies and other bits and bobs will be featured alongside vintage painted furniture - the perfect setting.

My Christmas range also went down a treat at the show, so have been making lots of Christmassy goodies too! I can't wait to launch them later on in the year! x

 

And the winners are...

Thank you to everyone who entered my competition, these two little cosies are now ready to head off to their new homes. And without further ado the winners are...

Granny Smither (Kate Verrier)

and

Rosa Lily (Pen)

Congratulations!! If you could both get in touch with me at design@charlottemacey.co.uk to let me know your address I'll pop your egg cosies in the post! x