Leather is an expensive commodity and we don’t like to waste it! But – when we make our leather shoppers, there is a lot of waste after cutting the large leather pieces. We don’t like waste The cutters at my factory are very good and the cut-offs or ‘waste leather’ is put aside in colours and…
Category Archives: Purses
A Halloween Handbag
This is my Halloween ‘Pumpkin’ for this year Large Orange round shopper, the perfect pumpkin shaped handbag!
Win a Business Card Wallet
I was at a ladies networking lunch recently and as the business cards were passed around the table, I noticed that nearly everyone there had their cards in one of my wallets! The ladies who didn’t have one, wanted to buy one there and then, so today, I’ve decided to give you the opportunity to WIN…
There’s a colourful Spring 2013 around the corner
Spring 2013 is going to be all about colour! I was catching up recently with reading all the Fashion trade magazines that I get on a regular basis and I came across a double page spread in WWB (Womenswear Buyer) magazine. The article was discussing and reviewing the key trends in Womenswear for Spring/Summer 2013….
One Design Doesn’t Fit All.
Since I’ve been in Doha, a very important design issue has been made clear to me. One design doesn’t fit all! It didn’t hit me at first, mainly because I was using one of my ‘Billy’ purses but now I know that one design doesn’t suit all. The Billy purse is a long slim zip…
Diary of an Indian Factory Visit: part 1
Have we just had Easter? I think I missed it! I spent Good Friday on a plane from London to Doha, Easter Sat in Doha then Saturday night on plane to Chennai – Easter Sunday, chillin at the Madras Boat club in Chennai, Monday – work day! Bright and early on Monday morning I get…
How to have happy customers
This post isn’t about how I make my customers happy, it’s about how I was made very happy as a customer! Yesterday I visited my hairdresser (again). Usually I see her every 5 to 6 weeks as I have a short hair style and it needs cutting often but over the last few months I…
5 Uses for a Bus Pass cover…..
When I design a new product I usually plan it with one main use in mind. This is what happened when I designed my bus pass cover. The initial ‘get on with it’ boost came when I was selling my designs at a charity sale in North London. At that particular event I was selling lots…
Just in: iPhone/Blackberry or many uses useful leather case!
I’ve just received a new delivery of my iPhone cases in my fabulous soft nappa leather. They are gorgeous….you just have to FEEL one and I just had to tell you about them! The soft nappa version comes in 5 colours: Black (with groovy red lining – so not boring!), Brown, Olive, Red and Lilac….
My Scottish Wool bags in Wool Week
Thanks to a tweet & a blog post from Hilary Grant, I now realise that this week (5th to 11th September) is Wool Week! Wool Week is promoted by The Campaign for Wool and they’ve even got a special exhibition on in London, which starts TODAY, until the end of September. I use a lot…
