On the milk

We did the Merge Craft Fair, Oundle in December. Lucy Anne Harding was one of the stall holders. I loved her work. She studied art but lives on the family farm and does their milk round.

These experiences 'on the milk' inspire her work. Her images are of the doors and people she sees on her round the jottings in her milk book and so forth. Her website www.lucyanneharding.co.uk is well worth a look.

Wishing you the best for 2012

We always get a bit behind over Christmas and last year was no exception, but we've got lots to look forward to in 2012.

So here's a quick preview of our plans for 2012;
-realising some of the new products we've been dreaming about
-moving over to biodegradable lightweight mailing bags and using gorgeous royal blue tissue paper to wrap the mail order products
-uploading the products we've had on the stall for a while to the website
-experimenting with a new mens stall at Spitalfields

So watch this space, all the best for 2012 and above is a preview of a new web product - the trouser pocket saving key blanket.

Football Crazy

OK hands up I'm not actually football crazy but I'm really excited about our new image. It's of an impromptu game taking place between language students in a local park (Parker's Piece, Cambridge for anyone who is interested).

Like the cricket match t shirt it spans the width of the chest and is quite subtle as the people are so small. I took the image a few years ago and found it erroneously shoved in the wrong photo album which reminded me to get cracking with the artwork.

Woodbridge Vintage and Contemporary Fair

Just a quick reminder we'll be at Woodbridge for the Retro and Modern fair tomorrow. We'll also have our regular pitch at Cambridge All Saints market.

Be there and be on the Square!

We're very much looking forward to the next Woodbridge Retro and Modern Fair on September 17th - we'll get to see the lovely people of Suffolk and nose around the stalls ourselves.

Vegetarian Friendly

Anyone familiar with our market stalls will know that they are full of colourful leather products which draw all sorts of customers in for a browse. For a long time we have had requests from vegetarians for non leather products. We wanted to come up with something really good so it has taken us a while but they're finally here - printed fabric pencil cases. They're fully lined and zip close.

If you're the type of person who likes to have one big wallet containing everything they could handle that task and could also take a pair of glasses or a camera.

Vegetarian purses coming very soon.

shoe making

I have always wanted to make my own shoes, so I did a one day shoe making course with green shoes in Buckfastleigh.
The green shoes creation are the black shoes on the left, my efforts of making my own shoe pattern and putting a shoe together are on the right.

However, it seems that my lasts (the things that give the shoe its shape) are a bit slender for my plates. So, I am in the process of making my own.

The green one is professionally made and the white one is my half finished home made last. Shoes will follow - given time.