Happy Easter

Happy Easter!

(...already eaten one of these this morning...)

My family and I gave each other small Easter gifts, from classic chocolate items, to a small stitched chicken picture for my mum and a hand-knitted chick (not knitted by me though I hasten to add!)

And this week I spotted my first Easter lambs, perfect timing.

I hope you are all having a wonderful Easter weekend... x

Selvedge Spring Fair

Two trips to London in two weeks and lots of work to attempt to keep up with inbetween has left me a pretty tired girl, so here are a few snaps from the Selvedge Spring Fair yesterday, and I'm off to put my feet up! 

A lovely day and thanks to High Tea of Highgate for warming 

Earl Grey and delicious gluten-free cupcakes.

Wonderful stalls and stallholders at the fair...

My favourite stall of the day... Beyond France. One day half my house will look like this, beautiful linens, and great company too, thanks Maud!

Country Living Spring Fair 2012

We are back from the Country Living Spring Fair, exhausted (hence why it has taken 3 days to get around to writing this post!) but very happy. I was so pleased with how the stand looked and felt very proud as I arrived each morning. It was like having my very own shop, albeit a mini one!

The reactions to my work from visitors to the fair was also wonderful, and I met so many lovely people over the five days, from people visiting the fair, to followers on twitter and lots of already familiar faces too.

After a fantastic 5 days we are now back on home turf, and although London was great, it is good to be home! We are now cracking on with trade orders and re-stocking for our next Spring fair... this Saturday! (31st March) 

We'll be scooting back to the big smoke for the Selvedge Spring Fair, a one day extravaganza, and we're very excited! http://www.selvedge.org/pages/fair.aspx

daffodils

Today's post is quite simply a dedication to the beautiful daffodil. In the midst of 'we-have-about-a-week-to-go-until-Country-Living' stress I took a few photographs of our second bunch of daffodils this year.

Bought with the buds still closed, they opened up today and are my favourite type - washed-out cream with a yellow centre. Subtle, pale and pretty!  

All Hands on Deck!

This week in the studio has been all about starting to get prepared for the Country Living Spring Fair. Not long to go and being a little under the weather last week has not helped my preparation schedule. Fortunately I have a couple of amazing assistants (for when times get particularly busy, like now!) who have had their hands on deck too, and we've started to get things together ready for the '3 week Spring fair marathon' - as I'm fondly beginning to think of it (see previous blog post for our Spring fair schedule). 

We also had a small 'Friday giveaway' at the end of this week over on our facebook page, with the opportunity to win a couple of pairs of tickets to the Country Living Spring Fair Gala Evening on the 21st March. In the next week or so we will also have tickets to the fair up for grabs, so stay tuned! (Complimentary tickets valid every day except Saturday).

Alternatively if you are getting organised, booking train tickets to London and would like to get your ticket to the fair organised now, you can use code EXHCMT to get £1 off your ticket price. We look forward to seeing you there!

Our Spring Fair Schedule

Whilst sewing lots of chickens, eggs and making our NEW wooden bunnies this week, we also have lots of exciting Spring fair announcements...

Spring at the Barn

Saturday 17th March, 10am - 5pm, free admission

Tithe Barn, Mells nr Frome, Somerset, BA11 3PN

Click here for more details and a list of lovely stallholders!

Country Living Spring Fair

21st - 25th March

Business Design Centre, London

If you would like to get an extra £1 off your ticket price, please use the code EXHCMT online or over the phone. http://www.countrylivingfair.com/spring/tickets

The Selvedge Spring Fair

Saturday 31st March, 10am - 5pm

St. Augustine's Church Hall, London, N6 5BB

Click here for more info!

We are so excited about all three of these fairs, so had better crack on with our bunny-making! Happy Sunday x

my protégé...

I spent the last couple of days taking a small break with my family up in Cheshire. Orders were piling in, but my sanity was waning, so I grabbed a 48 hour 'rest' to rejuvenate!

We had a wonderful time walking, eating and relaxing but the highlight of the trip for me was helping my 8 year old goddaughter get to grips with her mini pink sewing machine...

She made lavender pillows and a cute lavender heart, and I gave her a few tips on how to use the machine. The only help I really gave her was in cutting out the heart shapes for the lavender heart, the rest she was getting pretty nifty at... it looks like I have a little protégé in my midst!

bunnies and eggs...

Since Top Drawer in January I have made over 150 egg cosies. I knew there had been a constant stream of bunnies going from the sewing machine to being packaged up for their new homes, and lots of eggs, chickens and hearts being stitched, but I had no idea just how many... and quite frankly I am amazed!

So here are a couple of snaps I took whilst making lots more egg cosies this week... just in time for Valentine's Day and Easter! x

let it snow...

Snowy scenes are greeting people all over the UK today, for us here in Gloucestershire the snow fell all yesterday afternoon and well into the evening...

I would describe our snow as a 'persistent sprinkling', although it was fairly deep on the roads by the time we attempted to head out for dinner in the evening...

Unfortunately for us (and our sledges - eagerly anticipating a run or two today) the snow was pretty much all gone when we woke up this morning. So until next time snow, my sledge and I are awaiting your return... x

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set of 4 spotty egg napkins

simply 'Like' our facebook page and the napkin 

giveaway photo and you have entered!

we will announce the winner on Wednesday...