Little Moments of Joy

 

We all need little moments of joy in our lives to brighten up our day, and now you'll be able to share them with others with our new 'little moments of joy' notecards. They are business card size so they can slip into the wallet, purse or pocket of friends, family, loved ones or total strangers.

Printed by moo.com, they will be coming to our shops soon.

Better for quality, better for trees...

We are pleased to announce that we have found an improved white card stock!

Following an extensive search and trial that featured a number of different card stocks we have now found a new supplier of white card stock that is much weightier (290gsm versus 210gsm) than our previous one but without having to pass on a price increase to our customers.

Better still we are delighted that this made from 100% recycled material too, so is better for the environment! This now means all of our cards are made from recycled card stock!



...sorry a new blog took over a year!

Hello! our name is:

Just incase you had forgotten who we are! Again, it's been a little while since our last post but some stuff of note has happened though!

Firstly we have launched The RSVP Collection.

What is the RSVP Collection?
The RSVP Collection is a new range of modern print your own invitations that subtly balance graphics with carefully laid out typography. It gives you the chance to fully customise your wedding stationery.

Why The RSVP Collection?
The RSVP collection is a modern, affordable way of creating the wedding invitations you want whilst working in a pre-designed framework for ease.

It's how much?
Prices start from just £10 for a single invitation design and go up to £18 for a whole wedding set. As there is no printing cost we've been able to keep our prices down.

Where can I find it?
The RSVP Collection is available in both of etsy and folksy shops.

Can I see it?
Sure.

It's all wedding stationery?
Currently yes, but there will be party invites coming very soon. How about a sneak peak?

So that's the RSVP Collection sorted, we've also completed a wholesale order for Cambridge Contemporary Craft which is exciting. They are the third bricks and mortar shop that we've supplied. So if you're in the area pop and see 9 of our cards on display!

Introducing... The White Collection

It's a little while since we last blogged bu with good cause, we've recently moved house and haven't had the internet. On top of arguably our busiest time of year - Valentine's Day which was very busy but we survived filfilling all of our orders by using our phones! Whilst we've been away from the internet, I have been busy designing a new collection of cards that we've dubbed THE WHITE COLLECTION.

The White Collection is a series of fun and colourful cards printed on...you guessed it, white card. We have sold cards in white before but have mainly been dealing in brown kraft cards. Hope you like the new collection.

New Logo = Giveaway!

To celebrate a new logo we are having a big giveaway! We are offering 6 cards from our new (yet to be listed) range, 3 doodle books, 2 A5 prints and cat lapel pin from our vintage shop: Baby Got Vintage!


To enter, just comment which of our 2 new logo designs you prefer!

The winner will be announced sometime next week!

PS. Everyone who enters stands a chance of winning!

FOLKSY: 96* (that's 96 not out for anyone who doesn't follow cricket!)

As I alluded to in the last post we're very close to 100 Folksy sales (we're on 96 to be precise), which is definitely something to celebrate! The person who completes the 100th sale will recieve a number of freebies as pictured below.

 

What you can see in my crudely taken photo is 2x doodle books, 2x A5 prints and 3x greetings cards, now that's pretty generous i think you'd agree? Whoever completes our 50th Etsy sale will recieve a similar stash of free TWRAS goodies!

And don't forget we've got a giveaway competition launching next week, to tie in with our new logo launch, the giveaway for that will be bigger again!

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone, we hope you had a great festive period and have now recovered and are back to your crafting exploits! We've had quite a busy start to the year in terms of sales which is great. We're really close to 100 Folksy sales and 50 etsy sales, it'll be freebies ahoy for whoever completes those purchases!

Lots is happening with Tea With Rachael & Stephen in coming months. We hope to finally launch our range of wedding stationery. It was only four months ago that we first blogged about it here but we are definitely going to get it up and running; probably after Valentine's Day!

We've got a lot of new greetings cards designed and awaiting listing including one featuring this guy:

 

And finally, over the next couple of weeks I will be working on a new logo which is to be launched with a competition shortly, so watch this space!

Christmas Update

Firstly I am pleased to announce that our sister shop Baby Got Vintage will be having a table at a Vintage and Craft fair on 9th December. The fair is being hosted by Home Cafe in the Woodside Ferry Terminal in Birkenhead. We will also have a selection of christmas cards there too. We're really excited to be doing another fair, even if the stall is more vintage than craft based, so if you're local come by and say hello.

Furthermore we've updated our christmas card photography and are much happier with them this time around, why not check them out on folksy and etsy and let us know what you think.

I'm delighted to say that we've had a really postive response to our christmas range so far and have had a few sales, but don't forget time is running out. Royal Mail's last dates can be found here we suggest ordering a week (2 weeks for international customers) in advance of the final dates to ensure we get them to you in time for Christmas!

Christmas Cards Offer!

Okay, so in our last post we promised you a MASSIVE offer on this years Christmas cards, well we're pleased to finally announce it! We are offering all Christmas cards at just £1.50 each or 5 for £6!

Our cards are all listed on etsy and folksy!

(PS. Watch out for updated photos coming soon!)

IT'S CHRISTMAS...(well it's getting close anyway)

You may or may not want to hear but there is no escaping the fact that there are only 63 days left until Christmas! So you best start your christmas shopping soon! And to go with your presents you'll obviously need some wonderful greetings cards no? Well, we're here to help you, we've just finalised the designs of our first set of Christmas cards.

We hope you like our collection, they will be listed in our folksy and etsy shops by early next week but here is a sneak preview (excuse the quality of the photos but they were taken on my iPhone)

Watch out for a MASSIVE offer on our Christmas cards to be announced very soon!

What's New?

Evening all!

Has been ages since the last blog, again. I know we keep doing it but at least we've got the excuse of being mega busy with our 4month old son, plus I've had a couple of operations on my knee too. But I definitely promise to try a blog at least once a week from now on!

So I thought we could start by giving you an update on what we've been up to in terms of creating and listing new stock for the shop. We listed a load of cushions that we made for the craft fair in the summer, and have enjoyed a fair few sales which is pleasing.

This bear cushion is my favourite! (Click it, it takes you to the cushion sections of our folksy shop)

In terms of the print side of things we've created a number of mew cards for a number of different occasions! Including this new home card, which I've had designed for ages but haven't gotten round to listing. (Again click it, you'll end up in our etsy shop card section)

So that's the stuff we have done! Now coming very soon we'll have a new line in Wedding Invitations! We already have a few designs finalised, once we get a couple more finished we'll have them up and listed! Here's a sneak peek at a save the date!

And finally, the other reason we've not blogged or been very interactive in etsy & folksy os because we've been sourcing stock for our new shop, and now we are proud to announce that Baby Got Vintage is now open! It's a place to find affordable vintage goods.

Come and say hello at www.babygotvintage.etsy.com!

That's all for now guys, take care and happy crafting!

TWRAS

Craft Fair 23rd June

Hello all, long time no post (again!)

But we have been busy since the arrival of our first child 6 weeks ago. But anyhows, we're back on the crafting wagon and will be appearing at craft fair in Liverpool on 23rd June.
I've made up a little poster for it, if you could spread the word that would be lovely!
Thanks

Folksy Friday - Valentine's Day Cards

So a new feature for the blog is Folksy Friday, for those that don't know what it is, the basic premise is that we will pick a theme and then select our favourite Folksy items that match the theme. With it being so close to Valentine's Day it seemed only right that our theme be Valentine's Day Cards. Enjoy!

Love beards by hello DODO

Timber! I've fallen for you by Hole In My Pocket

Meow! I love you by Lisa Hunt Illustration Doodle Shop

You float my boat by The Yellow House

Sending my love by Ello Designs

You're my lobster by Tea With Rachael & Stephen

Valentine's Day

So it's approaching Valentine's Day again. Instead of getting a generic card from Clinton's or Card Warehouse etc, why not get something special that can be personalised. 

Okay, okay... what I mean is, why don't you buy one of our wonderful cards? We are offering free postage on all Valentine's Day Cards and, they can all be personalised if you wish.

Visit us on Folksy! 

J'Adore, inspired by the most romantic city in the world, Paris.

You're My Lobster, Inspired by Phoebe from FRIENDS

Tattoo Style Heart with two magpies for Joy

A tandem bike for two, inspired by the song Daisy Daisy

All you need is love. The classic love mix tape finds it way onto a card.