In one way or another November has been a pretty busy month.  Nevertheless, in between work life and family life I have managed to find some time for printing.  The kitchen table has become my work station; meals are now eaten on a mat on the kitchen floor. 

My workshop/kitchen

The focus this month has shifted from Christmas cards, to decorations and gift tags.  The reason….ribbons!  I’ve built up a small collection of them (working in the East end of London, I’m surrounded by loads of Asian textile shops selling cheap and colourful adornments), and I enjoy combining them with the prints that I make. 

Here is some Christmas bunting that I made earlier…

 

 

And these are some gift tags…

 

 

Products for sale...

In my ‘mission statement’ in the first blog, I wrote that these products “will be offered up for sale” and that “all profits will be donated to Children in Need”.  I am not yet ready to set up a shop on Etsy – I need to develop a range of products that I am proud to sell and to have built up plenty of stock. So far only two of my products match that standard, and, true to my pledge, I would like to make them available for sale.  Since I do not have an online store through which to process the payment, I ask anyone wishing to purchase these products to:

(1)    send your postal address to vicky.startprinting@gmail.com stating which product you would like

(2)     upon receipt of the product,  make the payment by means of donation direct to the Children in Need website: 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008dk4b/features/cin-donate

The following products are packaged and ready to be shipped:


    Christmas Bunting

 

Price: £5.00 + postage

Product details: 5 hand-printed cards suspended on 80cm length of quality ribbon.  The cards measure 8x8cm.  The card is stiff watercolour paper (300gsm).  The prints are in black pigment ink (acid free), embellished in gold and with red glitter candles.

Quantity available: 10

 

 

   Vintage gift tags

 

Price: £3.00 + postage

Product details: 6 gift tags (3 with red ribbon, 3 with green).  The cards measure 8x5.5cm.  The length of ribbon is 30cm. The card is stiff water colour paper (300gsm). The back of the card is printed with "to/from".

Quantity available: 10

 

 

 

 

Please note that..

• the price quoted above is merely a suggested price for recipients to donate directly to Children in Need at their own discretion.
• due to the cost of postage, these products are only available to UK residents.
• this offer is subject to availability.

Targets for this month...  

My brother-in-law has made a bulk order of 30 Christmas cards to distribute to his colleagues at his hospital.  So this month I shall be designing and printing cards to meet that order, including customised envelopes.  The results will be posted on the blog before the end of the month.  In the meantime, I wish everyone a festive and enjoyable month!