Happy Jubilee Weekend & A Giveaway!

Hope you are all enjoying your long weekend of celebrating all things red, white and blue! I'm feeling a bit groggy as one of the evil colds that have been going around has finally caught up with me. I've been eating strawberries and cream and lots of cake though. Rude not to! Here's my Victoria sponge and Jubilee socks combo from yesterday... IT'S GIVEAWAY TIME! Head over to my Storeyshop Facebook page now to enter my giveaway to win a free laser cut card of your choice. Just 'like' and/or comment on the most recent post to be entered. I'll pick the winner at random tomorrow evening. Good luck!

In other news, I am now a whole year older as it was my birthday on May 19th. Had a lovely time celebrating in Sheffield before heading to Sussex to see family and friends and then to Lanzarote for our last child-free holiday! Photos to come of the bump abroad but here are a couple of my lovely birthday presents :)

I haven't had today off as I've been busy catching up with card orders. Getting there so the waiting time should soon be less again. I am getting bump ache though from leaning over my cutting mat. Anyone got any tips for comfortable working?!

Business (Almost) As Usual!

Broadband, oh how I love thee! I'm finally back online and getting the order list down a bit, too. Phew! Things are starting to get back to normal. Just a lot of unpacking and tidying to do. I've been so busy working that our new flat is still a complete mess. I'm waiting for the mum-to-be nesting instinct to kick in. Things will all be perfect and immaculate then, won't they?

Well, I promised some new baby bump photos so here's my 23-week-old bump from last week. Getting big now and I have had the first strangers asking when I'm due so it must look proper baby bump now, rather than just too much dinner! Yay!

News From Storeyshop (New!) HQ

Just a quick note to apologise for anyone waiting for an order or reply to an enquiry. I have new moved home and studio but am still waiting for broadband to be connected so I'm relying on the slighty hit-and-miss web signal on my phone to try and keep up with orders! Waiting time for current and new orders is still around 3 weeks as mentioned on my shop page but just a reminder that I'm still cutting away. I'm replying to messages as and when I can, as well. Have been a bit quiet on Twitter and Facebook for the same reasons but I'll be back. With a giveaway to celebrate the move to Yorkshire so watch this space! There'll be more bump pics, too. Our 20 week scan was great and all is looking very well with Junior. I never like to do things by halves...!

Storeyshop Is Moving!

So the other big news, apart from Bump, is that Storeyshop is moving to Yorkshire! Goodbye quiet but lovely sticks of Northumberland and hello city living (sort of). We're off to Sheffield where Mr has a larger factory space he can build his Ibex vehicles in and where I can also have a studio (woo hoo!). We came up with the idea of moving to back to Mr's homeland (God's Country apparently) about this time last year so it's been a long time in the planning and we're excited to be finally getting going. We move in on Tuesday -our 2nd wedding anniversary!

We are letting our little house out and have found a cool flat in a old converted asylum. It's quite a bit smaller than where we are now though so some serious stuff-editing has been occurring! Yes, I'm a complete hoarder as if you wouldn't have guessed from my 30+ egg cup collection (they are all coming with us by the way).


So do say hello if you are in the Yorkshire area. I can't wait to explore the local art and design scene and find some vintage and craft fairs. Not to mention charity and junk shops to start 'gathering' again (see photo above of my latest charity shop purchase which I have managed to sneak in since the 'no more tat buying before we move' rule laid down by Mr). I'm looking forward to meeting some Mums and Mums-to-be, too so we have signed up for the local NCT course in July.

On that note, bump is coming along nicely! I'm 19 weeks today. Here's a couple of pics from 18 and 19 weeks...

The Big News!

Ahh, the news I have been looking forward to sharing since early January. And definitely my proudest project to date: Storeyshop is expanding! Well, my tummy is. Baby Foers is due early September. So happy and excited! It hasn't really felt real at times but seeing the little one when we had our 12 week scan and then hearing the heartbeat earlier this week has made it feel more like it's actually happening. The photo is of my mini bump at 16 weeks. More to come!

Valentine's Rush 2012

Crikey! My last post was 11th January and I had just reached the big 3000 sales in my Etsy shop. Well, I'm pleased to say I'm now up to 3223 sales and have JUST got all of my international Valentine's Day card orders posted. Phew! No more cards will be delivered in time for February 14th now unless you are in the UK.

This is just a quick update to let anyone who is waiting for a card know that I'm cutting and posting as fast as my little (actually quite big) hands will let me. All UK orders will be in time for Valentine's Day, so fear not. I hope you all like your cards and posters and a big thank you for your orders and support. This month has been amazing (but crazy)!

Happy New Year!

Better late than never! Happy 2012 to you all and I hope you had lovely Christmas breaks? We had a lovely, relaxing week in Sussex catching up with my family and friends. It had been way too long! New Year was a lazy and quiet one spent back in Northumberland before the big Storeyshop catch-up began (I'm getting there now!)...


The amazing news is that I have made it! On Monday I hit the big 3000 sales in my Etsy shop. Can't quite believe I have even posted that many items, let alone made and packed them all too! Including my sales on Folksy and all the cards I have made for family and friends I am probably near to 4000! So, a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me and Storeyshop since the summer of 2007 when it all began. I could definitely not have done it without you!

As well as the freebies that will soon be on their way to the buyer of sale 3000, I'm also running a little celebratory giveaway over on my Facebook page. For your chance to win a laser cut Storeyshop card of your choice, all you have to do to enter is 'like' or comment on my latest giveaway update! I'll pick the winner at random on Friday. Good luck!