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.

Return to Paypal and August news

Hi there, apologies for so few blog entries recently.

Just to let you know what we've been up to. We have just tweaked our website (again) hopefully we've ironed out a few of the niggles. We've gone back to Paypal but are more than happy to send out Google Checkout payments if requested. If you find a gremlin on the website please let us know. I don't think we ever spot them all. The little one pictured above is more of a monkey than a gremlin.

We've also added a few more products to the website such as these kids t shirts. After this we're looking towards Christmas and getting out a new autumn collection. We're both full of ideas so hope to get something out in the near future.

Ed is getting excited about shoe making - but I'm not sure how long it'll take to develop a saleable version. I'll let him tell you about that.

Cambridge Open Studios

Visited some Open studios today which was great. We are thinking of participating next year.

In addition to great art you get to see some gorgeous houses and villages. I visited Paul Abbott's Cervantesesque workshop in Swaffham Prior in the shadow of one windmill and just 100m away from the next.

...and then 12 come at the same time

We have just sent off a parcel of work to the millenium gallery in Sheffield.

So if you happen to be near the winter gardens in the centre of town we strongly recommend a visit.