Sunday 27 April 2008

I want one of these!!!

I was down at Claire's shop, Landbaby, in the Bluecoat Liverpool and
late afternoon one of the new designers Claire's got in the shop came in.
I can't remember her name but she has set up SewSew as her business and she makes the most amazing things.

She sells them at Claire's shop and online on Etsy, which is a kind of ebay for deisgners and makers to sell their stuff.
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5752278

My fave is this guy the Ninja, I am well getting one of these. She has a yeti one, a dinosaur one and a Mr Mushroom one, plus..a Batman one.

Her handmade bags are also amazing. It's made me think about what Little Satsuma does and how maybe we should branch out into selling small local companies/ designers stuff, such as this. It's top quality, it's handmade with care, love and attention. We all share the same ethics and we all have a passion for handmade things that keep skills and trades that many more people had years ago, things we shouldn't lose.

Anyway I am sure there is more to follow on this one. I am going to put a plan together and have a think!

xx



The Candles are finally here

We can now offer palm oil free candles! We have 4 so far:
Grapefruit, Freshly Washed Linen, Coconut & Vanilla.

The come in either tea lights, tumbler jar or metro jar (pictured here).

Also on the way are more varieties in aluminium tins which will be Cranberry, Satsuma(!) and Almond with more to follow.

Some of them are made by us and some are made by another small business that have been really really helpful to us in our quest to perfect the art of candle making (which is noooo way as easy as you'd think it is). It's good for small businesses to stick together and support one another, I am a strong believer in that.

Anyway we are also just sorting out being able to give donations to the Orangutan Foundation from sales of the candles. More to follow...

Sunday 20 April 2008

OrangAid at London's Lyceum Theatre 12th May 08

Monday, May 12, 2008
7:30pm - 10:30pm

OrangAid will be headlined by Bill Bailey again this year, and also featuring Marcus Brigstocke, Russell Howard, Kevin Eldon, Shappi Khorsandi, and hosted by Dave Johns. All proceeds go to the Sumatran Orangutan Society for conservation projects for the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan.
Buy your tickets at www.ticketmaster.co.uk - search for "OrangAid", or call the Box Office on 020 7420 8113. They expect to sell out, so buy your tickets soon!

We are looking forward to it, me and the lovely Miss Vincent, a good mate of mine are volunteering on the night and there will be Little Satsuma soaps on sale. All proceeds will go to the Sumatran Orangutan Society.

Should be good fun, hopefully see you there! xxx