With Hugs and Kisses

2011-10-14T10:29:00.000-07:00

The last couple of months have been crazy I've been busy doing lots of working on our website which know has a great new look if you get a few minutes pop over and have a look http://www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk . Here your find lots of great new products including my favourite this cute bird canvas. Next week I'll be busy working on some Christmas stockings as I'm sure your all aware this very special time of year seems to be creeping up on us fairly rapidly.

Have a great weekend all

Folksy Daily Listing Challenge

2011-02-18T06:17:00.000-08:00

Still taking part with the Folksy daily listing challenge and so far excluding weekends I've listed everyday. For any of you crafters who are thinking of taking part in this challenge I'd definitely recommend it. Having to list an item has forced me to sit down and create some of the ideas that I've had in my head for ages but have never quite found the time to create. Now I have lots of new products to offer my customers.

Unfortunately with two sick boys this week I haven't found the time to keep my blog updated daily so here are my listings on Folksy for the week.

Folksy Daily Listing Challenge

2011-02-10T02:21:00.000-08:00

Todays listing over on the folksy daily listing challenge is this cute little pig gift set. The set consists of a babygro and a pair of booties. Inspired by my love of pigs this little gift set was a joy to make.

Wednesday ?Daily Listing folksy Challenge

2011-02-10T02:10:00.000-08:00

Heres Wednesday's listing on the Folksy daily listing challenge

Folksy Challenge

2011-02-08T10:16:00.000-08:00

Didn't get time to add this to my blog yesterday but yesterdays listing over on the daily listing challenge was this cute house cushion. Originally inspired by the cute little cottage wall plaques I used to get every year when visiting Cornwall.

Todays listing was this yellow owl clock. The clock is also available in blue and pink. I've just put the blue one up

on my kitchen wall, now I'm torn between keeping the blue or changing it for the yellow. hmmm decisions :-)

Folksy listing Challenge

2011-02-04T05:33:00.000-08:00

Todays listing on Folksy is this cute boat gift set. The gift set contains a cute little babygro and shoes.

Daily Listing

2011-02-03T09:56:00.000-08:00

Today is my third listing over on the Folksy daily listing challenge, and so far I'm having a great time. Today I've listed the first item from our new Spring / Summer clothes collection.

I've just taught my self machine embroidery so this is something a little different from me, but I have to say I'm quite pleased with it and my little boy is loving his new t-shirt.

2nd Folksy daily listing

2011-02-02T05:07:00.000-08:00

Heres the second of my listings in the daily listing challenge over on Folksy. This toy box is hand painted with multi coloured butterflies and personalised with a child's name.

Folksy Listing Challenge

2011-02-01T06:20:00.000-08:00

I've decided a need a challenge for February so I'vedecided to join the daily listing challenge over on Folksy. For those of you who don't know this is a challenge to add an item to your shop everyday throughout February.

My first listing is this cute cherry gift set consisting of little cherry shoes and a babygro. I love cherries and this little set just puts a smile on my face. The gift set is currently available to buy in our Folksy and Etsy shop and will soon be added to our own website.

New Products

2010-11-19T08:01:00.000-08:00

You may notice that this weeks new products all have a bird theme, I think I'm a bit obsessed at the moment especiallywith owls. At the moment I'm also enjoying working with pattern whether its delicate papers of bold printed fabrics.

Added to my website this

week are an owl sleepsuit ( blue version coming soon for the boys) and a beautiful bird body suit. Both are hand sewn using the applique method.

When I finally managed to put the sewing machine away I managed to create a cute door sign to go with the popular owl clock, available for sale separately or as this cute gift set.

All items are available for sale on my With Hugs and Kisses website

This weeks I've got a little carried away with the girls, next week I promise to come up with some things for the boys.

Handmade Halloween

2010-11-04T03:04:00.000-07:00

This year after much thought my little boy decided he wanted to be a pirate for Halloween, much improved on the cow he inshisted on being last year. And my baby he probably didn't want to but got no choice he just had to be a pumpkin. This year I was determined to make the costumes myself and get my little boy involved as much as possible.

A week before Halloween we headed to the local fabric shop and came back with a mountain of fabric, not all for Halloween i have to admit. the fabric shop has to be my favourite place in the world i could spend all day there. I made a simple black waist coat with a little pirate badge sewn to the front. the t-shirt was a cheapy that we then painted with black fabric paint.

The bandanna was made from an old pattern i head in the cupboard. the sword was cut from card, painted and covered in foil. an old pair of trousers a few scraps of fabric and there

we have it a pirate.

The pumpkin outfit was made from a simple trouser pattern, the hat two pieces of fabric sewn together and some felt leaves added. The vest was sewn and a cute face appliqued to the front and worn over a stripy orange t-shirt.

I think they both looked very cute.

Cooking's not my strong point, but we did manage some spider cakes, and some gloppy goop.

The pumpkin of cause is sat on the front door, its not the best pumpkin as i left it to the last minute and all the best ones had gone. this is my second attempt the first was much better but that got dropped on the floor and smashed every where so this was a bit of a rush job. Not too bad tho for my first year at pumpkin carving. I've seen some amazing pumpkins around this year, next year I promise to put much more effort in.

A few ghosts for the front room, and there we have it

Happy Halloween!

Hope you all had a lovely Halloween, any pumpkin recipes greatly appreciated

New Products

2010-10-28T06:23:00.000-07:00

This weeks new products are these two cute gift sets featuring children's favoritenursery rhymes The Owl and the Pussy Cat and Humpty Dumpty.

Each gift set consists of a beautifully hand-painted clock, door sign and greeting card.

The clock measures approximately 23cm / 9 inches and requires 1 AA battery.

The door sign measures 28 cm x 15cm / 11 x 6 inches. Each door sign is personalized with a child's name, making it extra special and unique for them.

The card is left blank so you can write your own message, making it perfect for any occasion from a Birthday to a New baby gift.

Both our new gift sets are available for sale on our With Hugs and Kisses website and our Etsy shop

New Product

2010-10-18T01:57:00.000-07:00

This weeks new product is this cute pink owl clock. I have been asked by a number of people if it would be possible to make the blue owl clock in pink, so here it is, perfect for a little girl .

This beautiful clock is made from a collage of high quality plain and patterned papers and given a protective coating. The clock is made from wood and contains a Quartz mechanism. The clock requires 1 AA battery.

To celebrate the launch of our newest clock the first five people to purchase the clock from our With Hugs and Kisses website will also receive a FREE matching door sign.

Holiday in Cornwall

2010-09-17T05:01:00.000-07:00

Well we're now back from our holiday to Cornwall. This year with a 3 year old and a 4 month old there was no way I was going to be holidaying abroad so with fond childhood memories of Cornwall we packed our belongings (what seemed like the entire house) and headed of to St Austal. After what seemed like hundreds of stops at service stations we finally reached Cornwall and what a delight.

The luggage was thrown in the hotel room unfortunately not the pretty cottages that you associate with Cornwall but the Travel Lodge(it was cheap). We then headed for the local beach. It was getting a little dark by then but there was a group of wind surfers on the sea and it was lovely to watch. The next couple of days were sent exploring the beaches of Cornwall, building sand castles, paddling in the sea and eating ice cream. Oh the ice cream the best I've ever had :-). The time flew by it was so lovely. Just before we left we headed down to Mevagissey, oh my god the most beautiful place, the harbour is full of cute little boats and the town is just lovely full of cute old fashioned shops selling beautiful handmade items, heaven :-). I even came back with a new pair of green shoes.

Anyone who ever gets the chance to go must.

All in all a beautiful holiday just way to short, I'll definitely be going back next year.

Here's some of my seaside inspired items, including my Mevagissy inspired clock (all available for sale at www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk)

New Product

2010-08-23T01:07:00.000-07:00

Well its Monday morning again and I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. Ours I'm afraid was not very exciting so I won't bore you with that. Instead let me introduce you to our newest product part of our clock range is this cute hedgehog clock ( available for sale on our website http://www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk).

I'm totally in love with hedgehogs at the moment after discovering the little creature curled up in our garden a few weeks ago and therefore the inspiration for this clock.

Horay for summer!

2010-08-09T01:36:00.000-07:00

Well we're well and truly into summer now and I hope your enjoying the lovely weather. I have to admit we've been having a lovely time with the majority of our spare time spent walking in the woods or splashing in the paddling pool. This summer we've been busy designing and making a range of unique t-shirts and accessories, all available on our website http://www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk. Inspiration came from the great outdoors including flowers and our daily little frog visitor.

Tick Tock! Tick Tock!!

2010-07-26T03:57:00.000-07:00

Added to our new website is a beautiful collection of new clocks, including owls, dinosaurs, fairies, teddies and a new addition to our popular nursery rhyme collection a Hickory Dickory Dock Clock.

Each clock is hand-painted. Inspiration for the set of clocks has come from my paintings as well as children's books. We have tried to create a range of designs with something to suit everyone.

All clocks are available for sale on our website http://www.withhugsandkissses.co.uk

New Website

2010-07-20T03:42:00.000-07:00

Well our new website is launched today.

Here at with Hugs and Kisses we're mega excited about it. its been a long time coming but its here. We hope your find it easier to navigate as well as enjoying our selection of new products, some of which i'll be telling you about in the following weeks.

Hope you enjoy!

http://www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk

New Little Friends

2009-11-06T01:32:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to introduce our new little friends. Met Megan the cat and Toby the dog.

The inspiration for both of these little friends came from by visit to our local fabric shop. I came back with bags full of beautiful fabrics in a variety of colours and textures, perhaps a few too many, but I'm sure they will all be put too good use. There was too pieces of beautiful brushed cotton in there which just screamed dog to me and well if your making a dog why not a cat. And so Toby and Megan where born.

Toby and Megan will make a great friend for any child or adult. Will you take them home?

Toby and Megan are both available on our website www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk

New collections of Clocks

2009-09-14T00:36:00.000-07:00

Tick Tock! Tick Tock!!

Last month we launched our new collections of clocks. Each clock is 100% handmade. they are made from wood and contain a Quartz clock mechanism so the quality is excellent. Choose from nursery rhymes, and cars.

And what's more we love taking this clocks so much we are now taken custom orders so if your looking for something particular please get in touch (Laura@withhugsandkisses.co.uk)

All clocks are available for sale on our website www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk

Featured in Treasury

2009-09-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

Today my Humpty Dumpty Clock has been featured on this Etsy treasury, amongst all these other lovely clocks.

I was so excited to be chosen as this is one of my favourite clocks.

A great treasury I'd think you'd agree

www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=67783

New Purses and Wallets

2009-09-07T03:52:00.000-07:00

New Collection of Purses and Wallets

Over the last couple of weeks I've been designing and making a collection of fun children's purses and wallets.

Each purse is handmade from brightly coloured felt, all beautifully lined. Each purse or wallet features a cute design appliqued to the front.

Choose from animals, birds, flowers, monsters or fish.

GREAT FUN!

And not just for the kids I'm even carrying one round in my own bag. A great way to store the loss change or other little bits and pieces.

All purses and wallets are available on my website

http://www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk

New Baby Shoes

2009-08-17T01:35:00.000-07:00

Over the last couple of weeks I have been busy designing some new baby shoes. I had great fun hunting through my fabric store looking for materials. I went in there not knowing what the end product would look like just that they would be baby shoes so my mind was wide open. I came out with bags of fabrics, along with buttons, threads and what ever else caught my eye.

From this have come 3 new designs for baby shoes, elephants, cars, and flowers. I have to say I'm particually pleased with these new designs. And I still have plenty of fabric left so look out for plenty of new products over the next coming months, including our new Autumn / Winter Clothes range for your little ones.

All our new baby shoes are available on our website http://www.withhugsandkisses.co.uk

Art Prints

2009-07-21T02:06:00.000-07:00

For this week to celebrate our New Art Prints we have decided to offer Buy 1 Get 1 Free on all Art Prints, brought from our Misi or Folksy Store.

These beautiful prints will liven up any room. Choose from fun contemporary prints, cars, teddy bears, flowers and nursery rhymes. Something for everyone.

Offer ends 26th July 2009

New clothing Range

2009-07-13T02:18:00.000-07:00

After much excitement last week we finally launched our new clothing range. A unique range of handmade clothes, for babies and children age 0 months to 3 years. The range includes dresses, skirts and dungarees. Choose from fun giraffes to brightly coloured flowers.

All great fun!

The clothes range is now available through our website with Hugs and Kisses. As well as other sites including, Misi, Dawanda, Etsy and Dreamaid.

We hope your little one will have as much fun in these clothes as we did making them.

Bernie the Owl

2009-06-23T01:41:00.000-07:00

Meet Bernie the Owl

Twit! Twoo! Twit! Twoo!!

Bernie is the latest addition to With Hugs and Kisses products. Bernie is a loveable little owl, full of mischief with his polka dot tummy and patterned wings he is full of character.

I just love owls I think they are so cute, with there huge eyes. And I feel in love with this polka dot fabric, so I had to make him.

Oh and for anyones who wondering the elephant is now named Petal, a name suggested by a Misi member. I think it suits her perfectly.

Elephant -Name wanted

2009-06-17T05:13:00.000-07:00

NAME WANTED

This little fellow is the latest addition to With Hugs and Kisses products but he still doesn't have a name. I've spent ages trying to think of one for her but have yet to come up with anything.

Any suggestions?

2009-06-04T04:08:00.000-07:00

Inspired by the summer sunshine we've been busy creating a collection of hair slides. The colllection features brightly coloured animals, beautiful flowers and yummy fruits. The collection will be due for launch at the end of June along with our clothing range. Hair slides are currently available through Dawanda and Dreamaid.

This little basket of goodies is of to The Emerald Grove in Malvern. We are now supplying them with all our products. A beautiful little shop filled with handmade goodies from the UK.

Dawanda

2009-05-21T23:55:00.000-07:00

I'm pleased to announce that all With Hugs and Kisses products can now be found at DaWanda . So if your looking for that unique babies / children's gift or something special for your little one take a look

Etsy Treasury

2009-05-21T00:47:00.000-07:00

With Hugs and Kisses was included in this lovely treasury on Etsy yesterday.created by windowseatbooks it includes some lovely items and ar beautiful colours. I was so pleased to have my giraffe dress selected.

Take a look athttp://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=54575

My Little World of Chaos

2009-05-20T08:05:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd let you into a little secret today my little world of chaos. I have to admit I'm a tiny bit jealous of all you crafters with neat draws and shelves full of supplies. How ever hard I try chaos just follows. I like to think its down to having a 2 year old, but I'm sure my Mum will tell you its always been this way. For me I just have to have everything around be. Chaos = inspiration. I brought this sewing box from a car boot sale the other day I just feel in love with it instantly. The quality of it is amazing and the little sections are so handy. Definitely a good buy. Oh and there's my tin of buttons I just can't help collecting them, most of them I'll probably never use, but I just love them.

Anyway that's a little insight in to my world and you never know maybe one day I'll have the little studio at the bottom of the garden, with shelves and neatly arranged draws. A girl can always dream!

2009-05-15T05:48:00.000-07:00

With Hugs and Kisses products are now available at Dream Aid. A wonderful site which will help people in poorer countries to get there products to markets outside their normal reach, enabling poorer people to make more money then they can selling within their own area and also reduce the the amount they have to sell through agents (who sometimes take a large profit)

A truly worth while cause.

With Hugs and Kisses is donating a percentage of all sales made through this site to the cause. Please come visit us at Dream Aid

2009-05-15T00:18:00.000-07:00

I created my first Etsy treasury yesterday titled "Day at the Seaside". Had so much fun creating it, there are so many talented Etsy members. Please take a look http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=58267

Included in the treasury is this beautiful print by fellow etsy member lindsayart and one of our favourite dresses from With Hugs and Kisses new collection

2009-05-14T01:59:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is my first entry in my blog.

I just had to tell you about this gorgeous dress I've been making. I found this lovely animal print fabric in my huge, (and I mean huge) fabric box and have been waiting for ages for the opportunity to use, then the idea came to me what better then a giraffe dress. What kid doesn't love giraffes. And I'm already working on the boys dungarees just so the boys aren't left out.

This dress is part of my new children's / babies summer clothing collection, due to launch at the end of June. We're all very excited about it. Selected items are already available in my Etsy and Misi store