Holiday!

Guess what? We actually stopped working and went on a little holiday. We went over to Ireland (Greystones, Dublin and Donabate). Just a few days away but it feels like it was longer. 'Twas very fun especially as we hadn't had a break for so long and we got to catch up with two sets of friends out there who we'd not seen for ages, too. I didn't take my new fancy camera but took some snaps on my phone (excuse the blurriness). Yes, I'm the geek who always takes photos on planes!




























(Think, maybe, I spent a bit of a long time in the advertising area of the Guinness Storehouse!)













I know. It looks like we just flew over, drank Guinness and then came home. Sort of, but we did squeeze a few more things in too! Great trip and I've come home feeling very inspired. So, once I have caught up with orders, look out for some new Storeyshop designs and lots more blog posts. And I think a giveaway might be in order too. What do you reckon? What Storeyshop goodies would you most like to win?

New Magazine Feature (And Seb!)

Woo hoo! A lovely magazine landed on my doormat on Saturday morning and it features Storeyshop. A diary feature about a week in the life of yours truly, to be precise. It's Craftseller Issue 4 (Nov 11) and it has some great makes and tips in, too!


In other news, Seb Chinchillason has a little wink for you all!

New Storeyshop Papercuts

I've been cutting lots of tiny stripes after designing these new papercuts. The black 'More than you'll ever know' one is based on the papercut I gave to Mr Storeyshop on our first wedding anniversary in April. Ever since that one (and even though it took ages to cut!) I've had other more intricate cut out designs up my sleeve.























The next papercut was a recent custom order for a first wedding anniversary gift. The commission was to make the design ornate and romantic. I loved cutting this one and included a few little initials and dates through the design, as I was cutting.

Storeyshop Sock Monkeys

Have had a serious email and message catching-up morning and, due to quite a few recent sock monkey enquiries I thought I'd write a quick update. It's that time of year again and, much as I hate to mention the word in September, I know you lovely, organised people are starting to think about Christmas (and the little ones are starting to draft the Christmas lists!). Rest assured, Storeyshop monkeys are still available (I know at least two of the little fellas have been mentioned on letters to Father Christmas already!).

Due to lots of personalised orders, I haven't been able to make many monkeys to add to the shop lately but I'll be making them to order, like these two who jetted off to Canada together a couple of months ago...



With all this in mind, I have taken some quick snaps of all the sock designs I have available for monkeys. Please excuse the slightly rubbish photos and get your imaginations in gear to visualise the following piles of socks in to super cute monkey friends!










Ooh, and I have more of the pale blue and white polka dot pattern socks (shown in the first photo of the monkeys made for a Canadian customer) available too! Feel free to contact me through my Etsy shop, Twitter, Facebook or by email (helen at Storeyshop.co.uk) if you'd like to order a Storeyshop sock monkey. Please allow up to 4 weeks for yours to be made and shipped although I'll try and get them finished and posted sooner. A felt initial or simple shape can be added to your monkey, if you would like, too!

pssst... There are also two monkeys (pictured below) in the Storeyshop sale so be quick and grab one before they go!

New Storeyshop Cards!

I've been scribbling down ideas for new Storeyshop cards on every scrap of paper I can find for the last month or so while I have been busy cutting personalised orders. Well, I've now got around to designing some of my favourites, cutting them and taking some photos! They'll be appearing in Storeyshop over the next day or so...

Storeyshop In Craftseller Magazine!

A lovely new craft magazine landed on my doormat yesterday and it's great! It's the second (October) issue of Craftseller. There are lots of projects I fancy having a go at (especially a little round felt bird) and some would make great handmade Christmas (sorry that word -eek!) presents. Oh, and there's an Etsy feature featuring yours truly. Yay!









The news from Storeyshop HQ is that there are new cards in progress! It's been ages as I have been so busy with custom orders for lovely people but new ones will be popping up in Storeyshop over the next week. New poster designs in the pipeline, too. Keep your eyes peeled!