Take That and Party!

I am the luckiest girl ever - my gorgeous husband has managed to get 2 tickets to see Take That in concert in June next year. I am beyond excited and surprised! A Fantastico Birthday present and whether or not I really wanted to remember my 40th - I will now!

40!

So tomorrow, Sunday 14th of November - I am.......

I'm hoping to have a quiet day and that it will pretty much go unnoticed!

My parents and granny came up from Cornwall to start the 'quiet' festivities off by taking me out to lunch and very nice it was too!

I've booked a day off normal duties, cooking, homework etc and am hoping to grab some quality family time and an afternoon of peace in my studio.

Happy days!

The Carnival has arrived!

Look what I was met with this morning when I drew back the curtains!

Certainly something to brighten a wet and windy November morning.

It's always quite magical - you go to bed as normal - (okay we had to move the car to a neighbouring car park) - but in the dark of night the carnival floats arrive. I must have been shattered last night because I didn't hear a thing, just eerily quiet this morning as the road is closed to all traffic until the early hours of Thursday morning.

This time of year the Carnival is always a big event in Shepton Mallet - my neighbour was very much involved in the carnival but sadly passed away after a long battle with cancer. Today was his funeral - quite fitting that the carnival should be in place. He was a wonderful man, someone who I chatted to on nearly a daily basis. Someone who loved to give me business advice on a daily basis, whether I was out in the garden enjoying the sunshine or hanging out my washing. I will truly miss our chats over the garden fence and send love and best wishes to his family and friends!

4 Days to Go!

My magnets will be available soon.

Here you can see them, with their packaging.

They will be sold individually, or as pairs.

Visit our website to see all 15 designs of

Fridge Magnets

The magnets have arrived!!

I am so excited - looked what arrived today 100's of lovely new shiny magnets!

I seriously LOVE them and surprise, surprise

they have already made it onto the side of the fridge!

All that I'm waiting for now are the packaging cards from the printers,

which should be with me by the middle of next week.

Everything is ready to go - the website is primed and ready to take orders as soon as they're ready. Click on the image above to take you directly to our website, where you can see the magnets in more detail. You can buy them individually or as a pair!



Which is your favourite?
Decisions, decisions!
Perfect advent gift or stocking filler!

New Designs!

I've been busy working behind the scenes on lots of new designs and I thought I'd share my new tape designs with you. Our decorative sticky tapes have been so successful since we launched them in June, so we just had to add some new tapes to our range.

I like to sketch lots of ideas first then build up towards a theme and then work on the sequence that builds along the length of the tape. It repeats every 20cm so the repetition and overall design needs to flow the full 30m length.

I work in black as the designs are produced in single colour, not out of choice but out of cost. I would love some of the tapes to be mixed colour but simply can't afford to do it and offer you tape at an affordable price.

I actually like the black and may well offer it as a colour choice - what do you think?


Hens have been a favourite in our other lines so I thought it was about time to add them to our tape ranges.


And also the lovebirds - one of our most popular card designs had to become a new tape design too. With product requests for Valentine items already coming in, we hope this will be a winner too!

We have also decided to offer a slightly thinner, cheaper range of tapes for those smaller parcels and packages. Bunting, spotty, spooky, sweets and the very popular cupcake will form our portfolio of new designs and will be available in a range of colours in the New Year. We will of course let you know when they will become available and will do a giveaway or two to celebrate. Let us know what you think - we love to read your comments.

For now you can buy all our existing tapes from our website - a perfect stocking filler or wrapping 'must have' this Christmas.

Check out our seconds shop too for bargain tape for your own use only.

Happy Birthday

I'd just like to wish my gorgeous daughter 'Sophie' a very happy 11th Birthday!

She is delightful, excellent company, hardworking, thoughtful and in my eyes truly beautiful!

Happy Birthday Gorgeous!

Look what yummy, glittery delights we will be enjoying this evening!