I KNOW I HAVE BEEN QUIET AGAIN

Let me show you the reason why:



My colleague Line and I are taking over the studio where we work, and at the same time we're changing the name and the entire branding of the company. It's incredibly scary, and very exciting indeed - we're both super motivated and eager to take this forward! I've always wanted to set up on my own, but to be co-founder of a design studio before I reach 30 is just beyond my wildest imagination.

There will be a heck of a lot of hard work, but probably also a heck of a lot of fun! If you have anything you want designed, you know where to come - we're happy to work internationally of course. Books, logos and branding, brochures, business cards, catalogues, postcards, album covers, fabric and surface patterns, illustrations, packaging, labelling... we thrive on variety, so if you need creative solutions of any kind we want you to get in touch! Here's how:

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NOW IT'S EASIER...

...to buy fabric with my Geometrees and Retrovroom designs on Spoonflower - simply click on the images below, choose your fabric and amount, and voila! Just sit back and wait for the postman.

I'll hopefully be adding some more designs shortly too!

HOW TO BE A 3-YEAR OLD'S HERO

Easy, a few simple steps is all it takes:

1. Buy a cheap t-shirt in the colour of their choice
2. Add an iron-on football patch to the front
   
3. Applique a number on the back (apparently only "95" would do, because it is Lightning McQueen's number... obviously)
4. Sit back and enjoy the feeling of being a superhero mummy - enjoy it while you can, because it wears off quickly!

We couldn't find a simple red short sleeved t-shirt anywhere today (and of course it had to be red) so I chopped the sleeves off a jumper instead and used the flatlock seam on my sewing machine to hem the raw edges.

THE SEWING ROOM - AFTER

Just a quick post to show off the tidy sewing room while it lasts - because no doubt it will only stay this tidy for about another day or so!



I've still got to put stuff on the walls, a shelf and something with colours, because it's a bit bare now. I am sorting all my buttons by colour into clear glass jars - they'll go on a shelf so that will look pretty neat, like a button rainbow!

THE LAST COUPLE OF EVENINGS I HAVE BEEN...

...busy painting the sewing-/spare room. Though I only rent this place, I couldn't stand the 90s wallpaper anymore, and decided to paint the walls white to make it a much brighter and more inspiring place to sit and sew. A couple of "before" and "in progress" pics:



I started yesterday evening, and continued today after work. After I finished painting I spent an hour or so putting things in place and making it look nice, and now all i am mising is a blind for the window, and a shelf or something for the wall.

Will post photos of the finished room tomorrow when there is daylight enough to take decent photos!

AUTUMN DAYS AND ROSY CHEEKS

Nothing remotely crafty about this post... I just wanted to share a few photos of me and my darling boy enjoying an autumn walk. I wish you all a wonderful autumn too - and please feel free to share your autumny photos in the comments!

SURROUNDED BY GENEROUS PEOPLE

I'm a very lucky girl - can you say "girl" when you're fast approaching the last year of your twenties?! Anyway, just look at this little collage of my day:

1. On Thursday a parcel arrived for me at work. It was from one of my "online forum friends" who has now also become a client of mine at work. She has just been to Syria (that's where you went isn't it?) and brought me back a massive bag of henna for my hair! I'm testing it right now, sporting the lovely towel-on-head look.



2. Another friend of mine (she's local to me but we knew each other first throgh the same forum I mentioned above - clearly the most amazing online community ever!) offered me to come and look through the stuff her grandmother couldn't take with her to her new sheltered accommodation, to see if there was anything I wanted to rehome before it went in the skip. Of course I jumped at the chance...

Thank you both so much!

MY CREATION FOR THE BAG-A-HOLIC SWAP

Now I know that Kristrun has received her parcel, it's finally safe to post photos of the bag I made for the Bag-A-Holic swap:



Thanks to my dear sister for modelling - and what fab pink nails too! Note to self: wear bright nail polish more often, it glams everyting up!

The bag is made from chocolate brown corduroy and is fully lined with "Tablecloth" from Anna Maria Horner's "Garden Party" range of fabrics. There is an internal pocket too, but the photo I took came out blurry, so if you want to see the inside properly, follow the link to Kristrun's blog post right at the top of this post.

I hope everyone's had fun with the swap - it's great to see more photos appearing in the Flickr group too, keep'em coming!