My love of Orla Kiely Bags

Years ago when I lived in London I used to go into Libertys and look longingly at Orla Kiely bags. I  promised myself I would buy myself before I left the big smoke but never did....

Then I went to Dublin in 2004 for my Hen Do. There in Browns Department store was a wonderful collection of Orla bags. Since I was there for a special reason I figured it was time for my credit card to treat me. This is the bag I bought...

As you can see its very well worn now. I have used it pretty much every day since I bought it and still love it. Its a perfect everyday bag.

I always hoped I would find one of Orla’s bags that would be suitable for using a night time and this winter she brought out the stunning Holly Bag. Bingo that was the one, I waited until the post Christmas sales and luckily it was reduced by £100 in Fenwick, I bought it on my birthday and used it that night. This is it....

...and I LOVE IT!

To top it off I went food shopping last week at Tescos and bought this little number from there....

I can now say I have an Orla Kiely bag for every eventuality, what a lucky girl I am :)

Getting a card order ready for Gaf

At the weekend I had a nice Valentines card order to get ready for Gaf in Tynemouth. Its a great little shop in the town next to where I live and Im over the moon that they are stocking my cards. All my cards are printed at home which means I have to cut them all out and stick any necessary buttons on to them. I spent saturday afternoon doing this and singing along to the Ministry of Sound 80s electronica CD. Its a good job its a triple CD as I was there a while!

Here are the cards all laid out and ready to be made cutting mat and scalpel in place.

Coloured buttons at the ready!

The buttons have been added to the cards...

A finished and wrapped (apart from the buttons ones which have to be left overnight to dry and stick)

A welcome tea (and cake) break!

More Valentines Day cards...

Like I said yesterday I have done lots of designs for Valentines Day - they are all now available to buy on NOTHS. Here are the texty ones

Gosh thats quite a lot isn’t it!

Valentines Day next...

Well thats Christmas and New Year over with which means up next is Valentines Day. I have designed quite a few cards for Valentines so I will a selection of the next couple of days. I hope you like them!
I will start with the button ones first...