We get around...

Hello 2012! A tad belated but hey ho and would you expect anything less from us disorganised folk?!

We had a lovely festive break and New Year's although it seemed to absolutely fly past and already feels like an age ago. Since then though we've been manically preparing for the imminent arrival of R&M baby number two which has involved some shuffling around of living/working spaces, lots of redecorating and I may even be forced to part with my ridiculous collection of magazines to make space. Boo.

Speaking of magazines though we did somehow manage to squeeze in this interview for Mollie Makes just before Christmas and the issue landed on our doormat a few days ago - we're in print! We were so thrilled to be asked to take part and then we find we're amongst some of our favourite other creative couples to boot! We've been huge fans of Something's Hiding In Here for years, remember this, we love the work of Peris & Corr too and we met the lovely Andrea and Robert when we took part in the first UK Got Craft? market last month.

We've also just been interviewed for the ukhandmade website today too - see we do get around just not so much on our own blog!

More marketeering...

Well hello December!

Last weekend's Got Craft? was great and we met some lovely lovely people as always - possibly my favourite bit of doing markets. We loved Charlotte Farmer's and Justine Ellis' gorgeous items. The venue was stunning but the nearness of the bar was far too tempting as we spent far too much on their delicious hot chocolate, coffee and beer for C! Although we did win the Christmas Cake raffle!! I never win anything so was amazed and as we're hosting this year we couldn't be happier - thanks buttercupcakes. We were hopeless as ever at taking photos - it seemed to get dark before we knew it and then nothing came out. Bah. But I've spotted quite a few posts where you can get a feel for the market and the beautiful interior (it was in a converted tram shed) here and here if you fancy a gander. Big thanks Andrea and Robert for all your hardwork.

This weekend we're off to another festive market although this time in our neck of the woods and outside so we currently have all our fingers and toes crossed for dry weather. It's choc-a-block this year and as they've also added a flea market to run alongside it I think you can't fail to find a present or two. So if you're out west...

Got craft?

We have and we're off to the first ever Got Craft? Christmas Market in London town this weekend. If you're around it's looking to be a grand old time complete with a wrapping station from Papermash, DIY crafts with Crafty Pint, a tea and cake station, music and not to mention a full bar as it all takes place in the beautiful Tooting Tram and Social! Personally I'm hoping they'll have some mulled wine on the go for my one beverage - fingers crossed.

Plus the first 30 people through the door can get their hands on a goody bag chock full of loveliness from all the stall holders - worth an early start surely?

Here's a taster of some of the festive goodies we've been working on for our stall...

Whispering Pines

It seems the weeks are positively flying by these days - I blame the shorter days! But we've also been busy bees what with moving our studio out of the house, working on wholesale orders for some lovely new stockists and some fabulous old ones, designing new things for some Christmas markets and last, but not least at all, growing a not-so-wee baby bump!

Today we finally remembered to take some photos whilst we worked and the sun was shining so here is a sneaky peek at our, somewhat overly wood pannelled, new studio. We absolutely love it and all it's extra space but have grand plans for painting all that orange wood sometime SOON! We also took a few shots of our latest festive offerings which are soon to be packaged up and shipped off for the Got Craft? Christmas Market swag bags. It'll be our second London market this year and we can't wait as it sounds chock full of loveliness but more about that soon...

Remember Renegade?

We had a great time at Renegade a couple of weeks ago so we thought we'd better get around to posting a photo of our stall. We were both really excited but a little nervous about the whole thing it being our first market in London and all. Despite all this set up went fairly smoothly and our new designed-and-built-the-day-before shelves (thanks Dad!) went up without a hitch. That was until we realised we had left all the float money at our friend's house so I left to pick it up and somehow went all the way there and back and still managed to forget to bring it back with me! I blame the lack of sleep during the week before the market.

Once we were up and running we had a chance to have a little look around and met some really lovely folks, sadly we were a bit slack on the photography front but some of our favourites were Kate Sutton, Zosienka & Rosie and Hazel Stark to name but a few. We also loved having a few familiar bloggers stop by for a chat - the lovely Kerry from Seventy Tree and Virginia from Roddy and Ginger. It was great to meet you.

C was most unimpressed with my photography efforts and his dodgy expressions so has asked me to add an apology on his behalf!

We're still here...

Oh yes. It has been a wee while but we are still here beavering away and sadly neglecting our dear old blog. Why is it you're either too busy to have time or else have nothing to write about! Or at least that's how it is for me. And now we've signed up for this shindig next month it's all hands on deck, well sewing machine and printing table...

If you're about do come and visit us (or even come have a stall if it takes your fancy as I think there are a few left).

The fox has landed!

I just wanted to post quickly to say we've finally managed to update our wee etsy shop with some new stock and there's more to come. It seems to take me an age to shoot, sort, resize and upload images not to mention writing something vaguely witty (I wish!!) to describe it all. The rest will be up for sale later after my Monday sewing club - tonight I think I shall turn my hand to a much needed apron for Ru as the skirt I was attempting for myself has not gone anywhere near to plan so far! Darn it.