Out takes

We're trying to get our current mens t shirt collection onto the website. If you take photos of the t shirts on coat hangers they just look big and saggy so Ed had to wear them.
Here are the pictures you won't be seeing on the website.

The Ros Wallet

Although we don't normally give our products names our latest wallet is definitely a 'Ros'. I made my own version a couple of years ago. After an unfortunate incident of wallet based incompetence I made a wallet I could chain to my bag which would hold lots of small change and business cards.

Initially we thought it was too large for people who don't regularly carry £50 in small change, but I eventually tried making a few to sell. The picture shows the my first batch. Also available in dark brown, tan and black hopefully we will get them onto the website this week.

Hunter Gatherers

Living in the countryside we have started foraging in the hedgerows for foodstuffs we can find growing wild. Our Shoe-making Landlady Chris has done spectacularly well on this front. Local fly tippers have deposited a load of pub snacks at the end of her road. Pictured is one weeks collection.

I'm partial to Sweet Roasted Almonds and Ed sings the praises of Gherkins in Anchovy Oil. I'm not sure what Chris' favourite is but as I keep finding half finished bar snacks cans she's clearly enjoying the fruits of her finds.

Making Screen Printing Frames

We've bought pre-made Screen printing frames before but find the ones we make ourselves last much longer. The pictures above show Ed adding the mesh to the frames. This is actually a two person job as you have to stretch out the mesh as tightly as possible, but I'm taking the photos here.

The worst thing about the job is putting all the staples in which leads to sore wrists, blood blisters and all sorts of other problems. So we're asking Santa for a Pneumatic Staple Gun.

Loglike

Our friends Jen and Steve who run Loglike used to have a stall at Spitalfields on Sundays but recently moved to North Wales. From the looks of their Blog they're having a great time.

Country living has already inspired new Loglike products. This set of badges is beautiful. Like all their products even just the packaging is gorgeous.

Print Day, Friday

Once again Friday was spent printing. Earlier in the week we cut the leather then we print invariably on Friday. Ed does the printing and I do the positioning both to print the items and to dry them while Ed prints the next item. When we've tried swapping roles it's always a disaster. I am always subject to Ed's very critical eye as I do his job but less skillfully, similarly I can't help interfering as I find him so slow with the positioning.

Anyway I position the pieces once printed to dry. As we have limited drying space you have to lay the pieces out as efficiently as possible so you tend to end up with a table covered in the same image. They always look so lovely at this stage it almost seems a shame to sew them up.

Hold the liquor

Our friend Huw has a shop in Brighton (they even sell some of our stuff) and a website; Junkfunk. Was nosing on his website this morning and spotted this nifty little item I hadn't seen before. It appealed to me.