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Passionate about presents
I met Linda Mears through Twitter and noticed her new online magazine, Suffolk Days, for families visiting and living in Suffolk. I think it is a great idea and is getting lots of interest even though it is a relatively new site.
Do have a read and enter the competition at the bottom to win a personalised towel or child’s dressing gown.
I have added soft, organic hooded baby towels and fluffy dressing gowns to my choice of personalised items – and they needed to be photographed for the website.
Sally Ball kindly lent us a room at her beautiful boutique bed and breakfast The Old Rectory in Campsea Ashe.
The Oak Room
Claudia Gannon and I carefully prepared all the shots we were going to take with 2 year old Ethan. Best laid plans!!!
I knew the day was going to be a challenge when our little boy model flung off the dressing gown and hooded towel the minute we starting shooting.
I remembered the game I played with my son 15 years when we were trying to have a family photo taken. He jumped on my back & leapt on to the bed forgetting the wretched dressing gown was on him.
Wayhay... this is a good game!
Catch...
Things did not improve in the bathroom either.
Oi, this isn't my bath time...
Ahh but this is fun drying Mum’s hair
Massive thanks to Sally and Claudia
A nice lady from Vogue googled personalised towels and found me! They are doing some advertising on companies they like for Christmas presents. I agreed to oblige and here is the result. Hope it works!!
Now look closely!! Clue it’s Number 12
Years ago when the children were little we gave the name ‘Stanley’ to the enormous long legged spiders that scurried across the bathroom floor.
We just thought it would make them less likely to be arachnophobic. It worked with one child but not the other.
The thought came to me if you wanted to help Stan out of the bath (as there seem to be so many about at the moment) you could always drape a Jane Hamerton personalised towel over the bath!
Hooded, organic hooded personalised baby towel
I was very happy to learn there is a photo of the organic, hooded baby towel in this month’s Prima Baby magazine on Page 20.
I would like to thank Rachel for lending me her baby Jasper to be my model. Her website is cutsiecutsie.com
Towel for kindergarten
The internet has made reaching a wider audience much easier for titchy businesses like mine. Google translation helped this week when a lady and I spent a day emailing each other for a specific towel order for her little boy.
He needed specific towel sizes and a 10 cm loop requested by his Spanish kindergarten. I wasn’t sure if it would ever be possible. It was thanks to the digital camera as well.
This was the result which was posted yesterday. Fingers crossed the towels reach her.
Blue & white towels
I had a brief from the beautiful Haileybury School in Hertford to mock up a swim towel. They sent me their logo which I appliqued on so there is no scratchy backing material. The whole towel is still soft.
I felt some initials were needed to make it more personal. I found an old dress of my daughter’s and cut that up! Here is the result. Some girls from Uppingham saw it and loved it! Hmmm now that’s a good idea.
Haileybury School swim towel
Blue bathrobe
I had a lovely Greek lady who is going to a wedding in Greece this weekend enquire about a really special wedding present for the bride and groom who are lawyers.
After lots of emails flying to each other over dressing gown colours and materials I could applique on, this was the result. They were all gift wrapped ready for her to pop in her suitacase.
I am happy to say she emailed me to say ‘Thank you, they look great’!
Cream bathrobe
I talk too much so what better medium for me than twitter as people don t tell you to shut up they just unfollow you.
I had a banter on Twitter with @nicpandolfi from Ipswich Town 102 radio station about the state of the high street v small independents and people running small businesses.
Before I knew it had invited me on to his breakfast show to talk about the state of the nation s sewing skills. It is a subject I feel passionately about as I don t like the throw away attitude. Commodity prices have shot through the roof so we are going to have to re-cycle more & make do and mend .
We have to teach our young children to sew and cook at a basic level. You never know what that might lead to. In the small amount of research I have done around local schools it seems to me we pay lip service to the practical skills of life and I feel this has to change.
The experience was nerve wracking but it s good to get out of your comfort zone. I hope I did OK Nick!
Nautical flags on blue towel
A customer wanted an unusual gift for her friend who is going through a tough time. She wanted a practical colour for her bathroom and something jolly.
My five year old son hooted with laughter when I traced around his hands, but it made a perfect shape which I have used many times. To think he is a strapping 17 year old towering above me now.
My customer’s friends liked it so much she ordered more.
Floral material on a red towel