Celebratory Coupon Code!

In honor of little mention in Mollie Makes we've added on a coupon code for 25% off at our etsy shop! It's active from now and will run for 2 weeks! Sooo, head on over and grab yourself something nice!!

Like one of our new Happy Wooden Spoons....

Or perhaps one of the Grizzly Geoffs of Mollie Makes fame....

Or even one of our new Vintage Fabric Plush....

The choice is yours but either way you get 25% off with the code MOLLIEMAKES

Also here's a snap of my new studio companion, he's called Percy and he's keeping me company for the next month (he's Arthurs mum's Jack Russell Puppy)

This is him 'helping' me take pictures of stock.

A Sale Of Sorts

Hello!

Just stopping buy to let y'all know that we've popped some Weirdy Beardy's and Long Johns into the SALE section of our etsy shop. There's nothing wrong with them at all, we've just tweaked the design a little bit since they were first made. We've knocked 50% off their original price so they are only £10!!

Happy shopping!

New In The Shop...

 Sooo we've listed rather a lot of new stuff on the etsy shop, and we thought maybe you guys might like to know about it...

A few new Human Beans including this rather cute little lady.

Some brand new Fuzzy Felt coin purses...my favourite one is this one with the bright red tractor on it.

The grumpy tired Long Johns are back.

Some Round Mice...I love this ones bicycle print belly.

These Sweet Cheeks are regular stock at craft fairs but for some reason this is the first time they've made it into the etsy shop...either way, I think they are rather cute.

They also come in this pinky/blue fabric (which is so incredibly soft)

Some brown tartan Frowny Puss'.

And the normal blue coloured ones...

These guys are super duper shiny new...they are called Weirdy Beardys. We're going to run them in issues so the first 10 designs of Issue 1 are being rolled out now...each one comes with a different 'Weirdy Beardy Likes' on the back...head over to our shop for more pictures and info on them.

There are loads more items over in our shop...this is just a small taster (believe it or not!) To celebrate our full stock shelves you can get 15% off your order with the coupon code fullstockshelves1.
Cheerio for now!

A Rather Busy Thursday.

 Hello dearest followers. Sorry for the small gap in communications,we had a few craft fairs and Easter to struggle through but we're back  in fine form.

We spent all day yesterday re-stocking our Etsy and Folksy shops. The both of us morphed into some sort of crazy efficient team...El took the Photos and I listed the items, as a result the Etsy shop shelves are groaning under the sheer weight of handmade wonders...The Folksy shop needs a bit more work but there's the weekend for that...right?

Anyways, El took some snaps of my studio in between product photos

This is Clyde, he's a good friends dog that I look after 3/4 times a week...he doesn't normally look this sad.

His favourite place to sit is on the lap of the person who's using the computer (he's not fussy as to who's using the computer...as long as they have a lap) He's quite the internet whiz dont'cha know.

Please excuse the grubby light switch, there was a sticker on it when we first moved in and it's left it's mark.

You can see my wall of bird in the background here...and unfortunately you can see me in a rather grubby day off from work outfit.

Jars of stuff...buttons, scrabble tokens, ribbons, fuzzy felts etc

Did I mention I collect Playmobil figures?...it's a growing to be a genuine issue.

This one is my favourite.

And this is the view from my studio window. There's been some crazy weather in the U.K. at the moment and Cheltenham has been no exception, we've had some rather beautiful clouds hanging around...these ones are no exception!

 Rightio, that's all for now, I'm off to go for a coffee before work.

 (I'll do a proper post on all the new items over the weekend...maybe a little discount offer too...)

They've Made It...

Blimey! It's been a bit quiet here of late hasn't it?

We've been tinkering away on new designs and what not but havn't felt too confidant about showing them off. 

It's also been soo cold in our respective work rooms that any sewing we have been doing has been underneath a blanket...which doesn't make for blog worthy pictures!

Anyway...here are a few pictures from this week...nothing fancy, just something to ease us back into the blog...

This furry creature is my kind of part time dog...he's called Clyde and I look after him about 3 times a week.

(I meant to post about this before Christmas...like that was ever going to happen)
I drew the moustache on with a ceramic pen, I made two of them for mine and Arthurs Christmas day breakfast of Hot Chocolate and Croissants...now they mainly get used for soup.

I've had to move my succulents upstairs where it's a bit warmer...they look quite lovely on our bedroom window sill...I feel there is no other option but to buy more and have them in every room...right?

Lastly...believe it or not we've actually got the Grizzly Geoffs up for sale over in our etsy shop. 

The pictures are pretty poor but I just had to get something new up there...My studio's due a move soon (upstairs to warmer climes) and I'm hoping to have a designated space for us to take pictures...so the background is the same in all of our listings...these will do for now I guess.

See You Soon!

Grizzly Geoffs

So we're only a little bit late introducing you guys to these but....lets face it...if we were on time it would be weird.

This, ladies & gentlemen, is a Grizzly Geoff.

They're super dooper new to the StuffedNonsense studio and came about thanks to a rather quiet shift at the day job.

They have a 'loose' back story which we're currently fine tuning but the base of is...

'This is a Grizzly Geoff. He lives behinds your bins and only comes out when it's late; when he thinks the coast is clear he rustles around the bins looking for tasty scraps. He know's that eating from bins isn't the healthiest or most socially acceptable of habits but nonetheless he continues to do so.'

That's right...he's in his pants...Y Front pants to be precise.

He sports a rather handsome beard... similar to that of his name sake 'Geoff from Byker Grove' (I've just spent the last 15 minutes trying to find a suitable link so you can all wonder in the delight of Geoff's beard but can't find a suitable one...so you will just have to take my word for it.)

He has a hand embroidered belly button and some hand embroidered chest hair.

And the beards come in a variety of shades...but for some reason my favourite is the one in the first 3 photos.


So...what do you think? we're quite taken with them, but then we both like beards.Fingers crossed they will be up on the etsy and folksy shop by the 21st...but there is a Tax Return to try and squeeze in around that time too so we won't make any promises.

Your comments are, as always, appreciated!

xx

Front Page News!

The eagle eyed amongst you may have seen our grumpy 'ol Long John hanging out on the front page of etsy...that's right...the FRONT page.

Our good friend Vicki created a super treasury and very kindly including the Long John and then the powers that be at etsy put the treasury on the front page!

How very exciting! There he is on the bottom right...

Here's a link to the treasury.

We're so pleased to be on the front page and send a huge big thank you to Vicki for including us.

In celebration of our wonderful news we are offering free postage on all orders for the next week, just use the code frontpagepostage1.

Right, better get back to the Hot Water Bottle Covers.

xx

Roll up! Roll Up!

I've just finished a rather hefty listing session on our Folksy and Etsy shops.

You can now find new Crabbittz, Human Beans, Dust Bunnies and Dust Bunnie key rings...(before you go any further i apologise for lots of pictures and links...if they all work it will be a miracle...if they don't work and you want to see our shops just search StuffedNonsense on Folksy and StuffedNonsenseUK on Etsy.)

Theodoric the Crabbittz is on Etsy.

Eldrida the Crabbittz is up on Etsy.

Bardolf the Crabbittz is on Etsy.

This little fellow is on etsy.

This little blue chap is on Folksy.

This lovely lady is up on Etsy. (I think she's my favourite human bean to date)

This collared gentlemen is on Folksy.

This lady is keeping the two boys company in the Folksy shop.

This lady is on Etsy.

Dust Bunnie Keyrings are on etsy (hopfully they will be up on folksy by tomorrow)

Normal Dust Bunnies are now up on Etsy (and as above, should be on folksy by tomorrow)

Right...i have laptop shaped eyes after staring at the screen fro three hours, im going to cook some food and go to a lindyhop lesson!...how exciting

We're Not Very Good At This...

Dear followers i'm soo terribly sorry to all of you for being unbelievably rubbish at keeping everything up to date.

The last month has been at times really rather hard and upsetting for us and at other times it has been truly amazing.

Soo...shall we start with the hard stuff (i'll hold your hand if you hold my hand...deal?)Right...around a year and a half ago myself and Arthur ,my partner, (i know that sounds silly but after over six years together boy friend doesn't really seem to cut it does it?) found out that his dad was terminally ill with a brain tumour. He held on for much longer then we thought but last week he past away peacefully in his sleep. He was terribly ill and to see him suffering as much as he was was heart breaking. Whilst it is terribly sad that he has gone, in some ways it is a relief to know that he can now rest without any pain.

I was in two minds as to if i should write about this here but as its one of the main reasons as to why things have been so quiet around here. The whole family is holding up OK and right now we are just piecing everything back together again...trying to get back to normality.

Its not all been sad this month though.

On the 3rd of April we had a stall at the first ever Norwood Feast.

It went soo well, we had an awful lot of fun (even if we did get lost) and we even sold out of some stuff!

We also put the finishing touches on our first order from The Maisonette (i've literally just finished sellotaping the address onto the box!)

AND...

Yesterday we were at the second Crafty Fox Pop Up Market at The Dogstar in Brixton. It was an awful lot of fun and we met lots of lovely people. I had no choice but to be frugal with my purchases ( thanks to my pitiful bank balance) so i left with this really lovely wooden wren brooch

I brought it from Fabric Nation...it took me ages to make my choice (i had to go and get arthur to come and help me!)

and the lovely El and John brought me this awesome bear print from seventy tree..

i love that the picture is made up of the word 'bear' written over and over again.

In other good news i've spent the last two and a half hours listing items on our folksy shop and also on our etsy shop...have a gander if you like.

Well...i imagine that things will still be a bit quiet around here for a bit longer....we've still got some fixing to do...but rest assured i'll be back on full cylinders soon.