The Etsy Market is a series of virtual shopping events that pop up across different cities around the world. Some events are run by groups of Etsy sellers, directly sharing their creativity with their community. Others are run by us, with the goal of celebrating incredible makers. Either way, you’re sure to have an incredible, inspiring time!
Welcome to The Etsy Market: Spring Edition Explore a one-of-a-kind world. Birmingham Originals Etsy Team unites local designers, makers and creatives who sell on Etsy to support and promote each other. Browse the Spring Edition of our lookbook to shop from independent makers across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. Know where your goods come from and find out more about the people behind the products!
The Barmy Fox Shop
Tory McNidder Birmingham, UK Tell us about something new: I’ve just launched some new project bags! They now come in the kits so you can take all your embroidery bits and bobs on the go with you! So whether you’re stitching in the park or cosied up on the sofa, you’ll always have it there with you. I’ve also released some brand new stick and stitch packs, which are designs made on water soluble paper. It makes it super easy to stitch on anything and jump on that upcycling trend! What’s your creative process? It’s all about playing and seeing what I can make that come out of that ‘play time’. Most of my ideas start as little sketches in the corner of my planner and then they get refined on my iPad. Finally they get stitched up and I decide if they become a product or if it should just be a nice practise hoop. Not all my ideas make it and that’s ok! I try to source all my materials locally, which has been hard during lockdown, but still doable.
The Summer Pack Stick and Stitch Designs
DIY Embroidery Kit
Project Bags
Blue Mojo Shop
Jo Derecki Birmingham, UK Tell us about you and your brand: I'm Jo from Blue Mojo and I make super fun polymer clay earrings. The definition of 'mojo' is 'a quality that attracts people to you and makes you successful and full of energy' and that's exactly what I want you to feel like when you wear my earrings - successful and like you can take on the world! What’s new? I've recently launched my 'spring fling' daisy chain range and they're just perfect for this time of year. They're colourful, they're cheery, and they're just super for spring and summer Daisy Danglers
Three fun facts: I'm originally from Australia and moved to the UK in 2015 I'm still in love with Australian sweets and my mum regularly sends me packets over Polymer clay earrings are so lightweight that my heaviest pair only weighs the same as two tea bags
Behind the process
Spring fling abstract polymer clay earrings
Spring Fling daisy and leaf polymer clay earrings
BPianca Ceramics Shop
Barbara Pianca Birmingham, UK Introduce yourself: I started potting six years ago, when I made an artist pass that allowed me to use a pottery studio, experiment and self teach me ceramics. I loved it so much that I decided to create my own brand. Since then I have been combining sculpture and design and creating functional unique pieces. I chose porcelain because of its tactile and smooth surface. It reminds me of stone, but it's much easier to work with. What’s your newest make? My work is always developing, recently I made a new Goccia vase. I love how it shows movement. It's the perfect gift for art and nature lover, it's a beautiful abstract sculpture and an elegant vase. It's made from my original shape and mould, slipcast in porcelain, glazed and fired twice.
Black metallic and white vases
What’s your latest goal? Lately I have decided to make a vase as tall as my kiln. I have looked for the right shape and drawn a lot. But I am so impatient that I wanted to go straight to that big shape. Only when I started the shape I decided to make a smaller version first, in case after making shape and mould (which take a long time) I would have not been happy with it! Tell us about your process? I think a lot, I start imagining multiple possible shapes on a white wall (my favourite canvas), then I draw on paper the ones I am kind of happy with until I find my next shape. I use porcelain because of its tactile, pure white and smooth
Top view of the white vase
surface. I studied sculpture, stone carved for years and I am obsessed with clean shapes. Slip casting allows me to make my own shapes and my own plaster moulds. I chose this medium over slab building and throwing because it helps me to control better the shape.
Purple ceramic vase
Violet ceramic mug
Brumbeth Shop
Bethany Dartnell Birmingham, UK Tell us about your making process? Everything is based on my favourite architecture in and around Birmingham and London. Normally forgotten buildings or the too ugly to love buildings. The majority of my work is done in either fineliners, paint or watercolor and recently colour has become a huge part of my work. All of a sudden I love blue and pink. This has never happened! All my work comes wrapped up with a handwritten note and business card. I try to reuse any boxes from my own deliveries so they might not always be beautiful on the outside but it's the inside that counts! What is your favourite thing to make and why? Any commission work. I love a challenge and I also love being trusted with people's favourite buildings. What items do you have favourited on Etsy as wish lists to treat yo'self? I've got my eyes on some earrings as always and then some prints to help brighten up my studio!
Birmingham Signal Box
Original architectural artwork
Birmingham Keyring
By Lou Moffat Shop
Louise Moffat Birmingham, UK Tell us about your favourite product to make: My favourite product to make is my turtlenecks as I just love the process of sewing clothing together! I find it really satisfying taking a pattern I’ve hand drafted and then using it to construct the tops. Having graduated from a fashion degree, designing and sewing clothing is my first love so I can’t believe people are buying and wearing clothing I’ve made! What’s your new product? One of my new products is my silk knotted headbands made in a variety of my prints. I love the fabric I choose to make the headbands out of as I use a sustainably printed Floral Turtleneck
silk that has a super luxurious feel to it as well as a subtle sheen. Each headband is then sewn up by me using a mixture of an overlocker, domestic sewing machine and hand stitching to neaten the headband ends. I just love how all the headbands look and think they are going to be the perfect Spring/Summer accessory! What do you love about Spring? The fact the days stay lighter for so much longer! I feel like that along with all the flowers starting to bloom makes everyone feel so much happier!
Pin cushions
Reusable wipes
Make-up and wash bags
The Cluttery Shop
Zoe Millman Birmingham, UK Tell us about your making process? With my jewellery I often start with a theme and then find inspiration in books and online. What follows is lots of sketching and honing my designs until I'm ready to actually start making. My laser cutting is outsourced to a local, female-owned company and I buy all of my silver findings from the Jewellery Quarter. I try to source other materials such as wood and metals from independent businesses to help support the maker community. My concrete pieces are made entirely in my studio from moulds. Trial and error plays a large role with these pieces, since the materials (concrete and colourants) are so changeable. What do you enjoy most about this time of year? Spring flowers and seeing the trees in leaf are two of my favourite things about this season. Being able to enjoy the lighter evenings makes everything seem more hopeful. Teal Scallop Earrings
Concrete Tealight Holders
Gold Sunray Necklace
Coquillage Design Shop
Michelle Bowden Wolverhampton, UK Tell us about yourself: Hi, my names Shelley! So a bit about myself, well, I love to ice skate and I’d love to have a pet jellyfish someday. I finished my Illustration degree around 5 years ago and started Coquillage Design around two years ago. I’m a one woman band making bright, gorgeously illustrated prints, screenprints and lino prints, as well as handmade jewellery. I love to draw but more than that, seeing the illustrations come to life in 3-D is the most satisfying thing. Feminism and femininity is hugely important to me and so you’ll see a lot of fun feminine colours and motifs in my designs.
Rose Print
Favourite thing to make: Lino-cut prints are my favourite to make when I have the time as they are so therapeutic to carve and it’s satisfying seeing the constant and permanent progress as you carve. I think the finished products always have a lovely texture to them that can't be replicated. Who will you be shopping for this Spring Market? I’ll be shopping for my sister’s birthday, she loves anything contemporary, in-trend, colourful and striking. Her
‘Curls that Kill’ Print
interests are make-up and music and she loves accessories and clothing.
Mixed tropical leaves print
The Crafty Brum Shop
Kate Jones Birmingham, UK Introduce yourself:? My name is Kate Jones and I create hand drawn fine line illustrations of iconic Birmingham scenes combined with a selection of striking houseplants. My unique designs celebrate the mixing of local architecture and the natural world. I also complete bespoke commissions where I bring people's favourite places to life, creating pieces that are personal to them for these to be displayed in their homes or businesses. Three fun facts about you: I was born in Australia and my Dad is a Brummie, I relocated to Brum in 2016. I've still got my Aussie accent, the odd English word is sneaking in now though! My business is fuelled on 90% tea!
Bespoke illustrated home commission
Favourite make: My favourite thing to create is my houseplant homes. I feel it's such a privilege to bring someone's much loved home to life and I especially love when they include their favourite plants for me to depict too.
Library of Birmingham watercolour
‘Floozie in the Jacuzzi’ original watercolour
The Crafty Bun Studio Shop
Holly O’Meara Stourbridge, UK Tell us about a new product: My newest product is my Mother and baby badger print. I created it for my Mum for Mother's day and she absolutely loved it! I love creating prints inspired by British nature. The print was created using a technique called drypoint and I used two separate plates to make the image. Drypoint is intaglio printmaking. It is done by etching into a sheet of perspex or copper with a needle-like tool which creates a rough texture, this is what the ink clings tomanual hot foiling machine using metal dies and foils. Tell is a fun fact or two:
Mother and Baby Badge greeting card
The name CraftyBun Studio comes from my old rabbit Baxter who used to keep me company in my studio. From about the age of 7, my Mum would take us orienteering (really early) most Sundays. It was a wonderful way to experience nature and the outdoors. But also lead to regularly getting very lost!
What is your favourite thing to make and why? I love collagraph and the unpredictable nature of the inking Snoozing Tabby Cat coasters
up process. I can get really experimental with my colours and I love how they blend together on the plate! It was a similar effect to etching but without the chemicals
Best of Moseley Collagraph
The Eloise Bindery Shop
Eloise Lee Birmingham, UK Tell us about a new product: I have a new range of wedding guest books with colourful cloth covers and intricate coptic stitching, which have the words 'wedding' or 'guests' foil blocked in beautiful calligraphy script. I love the simple elegance of these and the endless possibilities for colour combinations. The books can be personalised with names and dates and made to match the happy couple's colour scheme. The books are cut, glued, folded, sewn and pressed by hand, and then foil blocked with a manual hot foiling machine using metal dies and foils. Three fun facts: Hand stitched journals My cats Willow and Eevee like to 'help' me in the studio. I've run 5 marathons I'm obsessed with the colour turquoise. What is your favourite thing to make and why? Marbled coptic stitch books are my current favourite because I really love experimenting with colours and patterns when marbling the book covers, and picking out Cyanotype Print
colours from the marbled design for the other components of the book is a joy. Coptic stitch is my absolute favourite to sew, the stitching looks so beautiful and it allows the book to open completely flat.
Hand bound photo album
Frilly Industries Shop
Kirsty Hillyer Birmingham, UK
Introduce yourself: I’m Kirsty and I make bold, statement and unapologetic laser cut jewellery with the help of my laser cutter Bertha. Favourite make? Anything that’s new, and the next idea. Some ideas take longer to get off the ground than others and sometimes they are the most rewarding to make. Other ideas are instantly realised and translated. Some pieces are your fave to wear, only ever made in batches and the simplest can be the most satisfying. My fave make is usually the one where Bertha behaves herself and cuts perfectly!
Statement Handpainted wood and acrylic bib necklace
What do you love most about this time of year ? I love getting my laundry outside to dry, that it’s not too hot and that my key Spring/Summer looks can emerge from the bottom of the wardrobe to be renewed with my latest piece of jewellery.
] Memphis Chain and earrings
Chrysanthemum Flower Necklace
JMS Illustrates Shop
Jennifer Mae Spooner Birmingham,UK What’s your favourite make? Definitely my 5 minute portraits! As well as having a fun, affordable way to capture your pets, it's also a great creative challenge for me too! Three fun facts: I celebrated my first birthday in Russia. I've sat in a prince's Lamborghini in Bahrain. When I used to blow out my candles as a kid, I used to always wish I would grow up to be a dog Frog Desk Organiser
(lol) . Tell us about your process: I'm forever experimenting with my artwork and my process. As I'm currently studying on an MA in Children's Book Illustration, I'm in a calm, fun mental state where I'm just enjoying what I make and just playing!
5 minute pet portrait
Mouse Adventure Charity Print 2 -Pack
L&S Handmade Stitches Shop
Lucy and Sophie Birmingham, UK Tel us about your creative process: All our products are handmade by us, using quality fabric and card. All our collections are based on seasons or a colour scheme that compliment one another. All orders are packaged in tissue paper with a business card that can be recycled or a keepsake Tell us three fun facts: We are twin sisters! We have have travelled to over 30 countries between us. We skydived in New Zealand. Tell us about a new product? New product is our reusable wipes, now on bamboo terry towelling and cotton. We love them because they are made using our off cut fabric and are eco-friendly as they can be used over and over again. They are perfect to remove
Head wraps
make-up, face cleansing or general wipes.
Hand stitched cards
Velvet scrunchies
Reusable wipes
Lobeela Studio Shop
Lucy Bowser City, Country Tell us how it all started? Lobeela Studio was created in 2019 in Kings Heath Birmingham. I took my love of surface pattern and vibrant colours and began experimenting with Jesmonite (a type of eco-friendly Resin) in the modesty of of my dining room. Then I discovered Art Rooms in Kings Heath which gave me the confidence to develop my ideas into my first collection of homeware and art objects. My dog Lola regularly pops up on my Instagram.. Tell us about your process: Hand cast in Eco Resin, each Lobeela Studio piece has Collection range
scratch-resistant feet and is sealed with a specialist Jesmonite sealant, making them stain and water resistant. Each order is packaged using curated recycled materials. What’s your newest product? Recently launched is the new terrazzo flower shaped hair accessories including matte Spring pastels, electric brights and monochrome. Made for folk who like to accessorise with pops of colour, playful shapes and surface pattern! It is carefully handmade using a type of Eco resin.
Marbled shell trinket tray
What will you be shopping for on Etsy? Shopping with small, local and independent brands is very important to me. There is something very special about sending and receiving a handmade gift. I am always on the lookout for beautiful prints, tableware, jewellery and ceramics!
Trinket trays
Love Kiki Designs Shop
Dominika Gorna Birmingham, UK Introduce yourself: Hi, my name is Dominika the maker behind Love Kiki Designs jewellery. Our ethos is to make fun and colourful jewellery at affordable prices. I love working with polymer clay because it’s such a awesome medium to create with. What’s your newest make? Our new Terrazzo collection of handmade earrings is perfect for spring. I love the colours, they are so fresh and everyone will look great wearing them. Tell us three fun facts: I have two cats when we had our second we thought they will get really well on but instead they squabble all the Terrazzo Collection
time. I love them both very much and they are so spoilt One my cats makes funny noises and sounds like a turkey I love listening to Britney Spears when cleaning it makes the cleaning go faster! Favourite make: I love creating new earrings any earrings, it’s just the process, it’s so relaxing and creative and you can’t always tell how they going to look after baking so that’s very
Daisy Flower Dangle
exciting too!
Who will you be shopping for this market? I will be shopping for my nephews and for my best friend Abby who loves handmade products.
Beautiful statement earrings
Maya Croft Designs Shop
Liezl Croft Evesham, UK What’s your newest make? My new, colourful rainbow wall hanging, is something I'm super excited about. They are a symbol of hope and mean so many things to different people during these strange times. They can be used in a variety of ways: nursery decor, boho wall decoration, adding a personal touch to a gallery wall, or hung in a window to share. Tell us three fun facts: I am a keen (allotment) gardener, but recently have turned into the crazy indoor plant lady. I named my business for the baby name that I never got to use. I collect cook books, or as my husband calls it, cook book
Macrame rainbow wall hanging
hoarder. Who will you be shopping for at the market? My daughter, who can't seem to have too many notebooks or earrings, and my friend who is very much into eco living.
Tea cosy and mug warmer
Face scrubbies
Ocean and Earth Jewellery Shop
Kathryn Stewart Birmingham, UK What’s your newest make? My "Wild Iridescence" necklace and matching drop earrings are one of my favourite makes. I created these pieces to capture the juxtaposition between feeling wild and free, whilst having stability and being grounded, and recognising that you can feel and be both. Wild Iridescence features an earthy dark grey labradorite stone, smooth clear quartz stone & dainty silver leaf. Together these stones symbolise self discovery and the manifestation of intentions, and the leaf was added as a reminder to be free and flow with the direction of life Three fun facts: Green Amethyst earring & necklace set, handwrapped in 14k Gold fill
My favourite hobbies are dancing, surfing, hiking and travelling I am a lawyer by day, jeweller by night, and my background prior to both was in dance and the performing arts! I have a beautiful fluffy black cat, Desmond, who was adopted over lockdown
Tell us about your process? I usually visualise my designs, drawing inspiration from places and experiences. I then lay the design out on my jewellery mat, using the stones and materials that I had in my collection or that I have ordered in for the piece. I White Moonstone & Rose Quartz gemstone drops on 14k Gold fill necklaces
mainly work with sterling silver, gold filled, stones, and semi precious gemstones. All of my materials are sourced from local UK businesses including from the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham. What do you love most about this time of year? I love seeing the new flowers come into the bloom, the longer and lighter days, and that feeling of a "new" start that Spring brings! My birthday is also in this season, and I love celebrating with friends and family
Wild Iridescence pendant featuring Labradorite & Quartz stones, finished on sterling silver
Paree People Shop
Diane Dennis Birmingham,UK Introduce yourself: Paree People fuses vintage silhouettes with African fabrics to create a fresh colourful take on retro style. What’s your newest make? I have recently launched two new headbands- wide and narrow. I receive a lot of queries about how to tie the popular mini wrap that I make so I created two head bands to make it easier to rock a bit of African inspired retro style without getting into a flap about the tying. Three fun facts: I exhibited at the same fashion show where Prince William met Kate Middleton. Matching headwrap and mask
Jamaica is a small island but it has more churches per capita than any other country in the world. The first KFC to open in the UK was in Preston Lancashire. You would have thought it might be London- but no. Favourite make? I love making face masks although I don't like that I have to make face masks! There are several different processes that go into each one and I love seeing how each one comes out ever so slightly different. The narrow head bands are
African print Ankara head wrap
African print alice band
also fun to make.
A Penny and a Pearl Shop
Imogen Alice Mornement Birmingham, UK Introduce yourself? I have always loved working with silks and lace and so I wanted to share that with as many people as possible. I created Penny & a Pearl UK with sourced fabrics and supplies to make it easier for creative people to get hard to source sewing supplies for niche dressmaking. What’s your newest product? My newest product is a DIY wedding garter kit! It's traditional with white lace and roses with a set of blue ribbons so that it can be your something new and your something blue. They can be made by a bride to be to have something handmade on your special day or they make wonderful gifts to give (either made by yourself or the bride to be). Three fun facts:
Finished example
I started the business whilst I was at University I have given a talk about my business in the worlds smallest theatre In my spare time I do at least six different types of needlecrafts
Oh! Pants - Lingerie Sewing/ Dressmaking Kit
Shorts And Sweet Sleepwear Sewing Kit
Penny Jane Designs Shop
Penny Dixon Birmingham, UK Introduce what you make: A collection of luxurious hand-felted pieces made from soft merino wool. Wearable art pieces are a mixture of gentle pastels and bright hues to suit different moods and make the wearer feel cherished. Lovely touchy, feely items for your home too. What’s your newest make? One of my most luxurious products, and new to my Etsy shop, is a handmade shoulder cape in teal and blue. It was wet felted in a huge circle, then dried and machine stitched. This method helped to pick out the initial peacock feather designs all over it. It would look amazing over an evening Golden yellow ‘Klimt’ shawl
dress, a quirky bridal gown or even for a Zoom session in your PJs. Tell us three fun facts Felting is a heritage craft and is thought to have originated over 5,000 years ago! Wool can absorb up to 30% of its own weight of water before it starts to feel wet! There are over 60 different breeds of sheep in the UK! Tell us about your process:
Cobweb felted poppy flower brooch
I work from a small studio space at the back of my house. For larger projects I often spill over into the rest of the house. Like a lot of artists though, our work is interwoven through our lives so it is not unusual to find fluffy bits under sofas and projects or towels drying on the washing line along with a jumper. Fluffy, unspun wool is gently laid, then has warm, soapy water added. It is then rubbed and rolled until it mats and shrinks to form a finished piece. 3D projects are shaped whilst still warm and wet while flat pieces may be delightful as they are - or have embroidery added.
Peacock cape
Sarah Cage Textiles Shop
Sarah Cage Birmingham, UK Introduce yourself: I create textile flowers from fabric, yarn and beads; I weave shawls; I paint watercolour pictures to put on to cards; and I make machine embroidered cards and textile pictures Tell us about your process: I do free machine embroidery on on layered fabric, then cut out flowers with a hot knife, finish them with further embroidery and beading and mount them on hair clips and brooch backs. I weave scarves and shawls on a scarf loom. I paint watercolours in situ and from photographs of local landmarks, then scan them into the computer and print them on good quality card using a laser printer. They are packaged in tissue and recycled bubble wrap for postage Mohair silk shawls
What’s your latest make? My latest addition to the shop is a range of one-off textile cards, using scrap fabric, dyed paper and yarn, which are machine sewn on to the card What do you enjoy most about this time of year? Seeing all the spring flowers - they inspire my textiles
Flowers as hair accessories and boutonnieres
Greeting cards of original watercolours
Sian Elizabeth Hughes Shop
Sian Elizabeth Hughes Worcester, UK Favourite make: I love making my melted silver collection. I often adorn the pieces with gemstones, pearls or butterfly. These piece are great fun to make. I melt the silver and build up layers of wire. I never know how they will turn out or when is the right time to stop. The process is therapeutic but also exciting. Three fun facts: A few years ago won a competition to design for the high street jeweller FHinds I love to repurpose, melt and cut my jewellery up if I don’t like it anymore. Earrings become rings, pins become pendants.
Sterling silver pendant and drop dangly earrings with purple peacock freshwater pearls
As my designs have developed measuring and matching has become less important to me. I work on instinct and enjoy not knowing how things will turn out. What will you be shopping for this market? My husbands birthday, he likes anything bright or textured, I’d love to buy him a print I’d buy for me, I love buying ceramics and other designers jewellery made from the opposite materials or techniques from me such as acrylics, resin. I like handmade clothes I love to buy home accessories such as wall art or quirky cushions, I also buy these for my best friend.
Large dangly sterling silver handmade leaf earrings with white freshwater pearls and red tube garnets
Sterling silver leaf pattern bangle
18ct yellow gold and pearl earrings
Soft Accents UK Shop
Jackie Cassidy Birmingham, UK Tell us about your process: I take inspiration from beautiful bold African Textiles, vibrant cotton prints & preloved materials such as old denim jeans & sumptuous curtains. I buy them in small quantities making each product created individual and unique. The character of each piece of fabric speaks through its texture, colours and history inspiring the shape, fold, pleat, gather, mix/match or contrast to create each product. What’s your newest make? I’ve has just introduced a new range of Farai project bags for knitters, crocheters and crafters. These are drawstring bags made from colourful bold African Textiles with a Range of make-up bags
bright coloured plain lining. The bags have been a labour of love from concept to launch. They are not only very well made, beautiful to look, touch and feel but also have a purpose. Favourite task: I really enjoy detangling string, wires, wool and things like that. It's so cathartic!
Tell us about your process? Sterling Silver Tea Cup Earrings
I only use colours that I love myself, and therefore my whole range is very coordinated! I've made the conscious decision to package my products in compostable, sustainable materials and use recycled yarns and cottons wherever I can.
Project Bag
Sparklymouse Shop
Louise Jones Birmingham, UK Tell us about your process: Everything is painstakingly hand embroidered by me, I then frame the originals and scan and edit the embroidery to create art prints and greeting cards of these designs. My aim for 2021 is to be more eco friendly so I'm reusing packaging and sourcing biodegradable packaging What’s your newest make? I'm currently working on more abstract artworks and teaching myself new embroidery techniques which is influencing all aspects of my new work and building the sparkly. What’s your favourite make? Anything with an uplifting/motivational quote because not only do they help me but they help others too!
‘Well Behaved Women’ and ‘Hairy Legs’ prints
Three fun facts The name sparklymouse came from a cat toy. I have different coloured eyes. I grew up on top of my parents printing shop so art is firmly in my DNA! Who will you be shopping for this market? I will be shopping for my sister whose birthday is coming up soon, she's awkward to buy for and literally has everything she could need so I will need to keep my eyes peeled for something super unique
‘Boobs and the Bees’ print
The Greater Your Storm The Brighter Your Rainbow Print
Studio Bearon Shop
Aaron Chow Birmingham, UK Three fun facts: Studio Bearon was founded in October 2019 Our tote bag was first made in 2018 out of a need for a handy size day bag for travelling. Our in house prints are inspired by artists such as Laszlo Moholy Nagy, Gunta Stolzl, Ani Albers and Alma Siedhoff Buscher. We are still trying to come up with a name for our in house motif. What’s your newest product? Recently we have made a range of Bauhaus inspired printed clothes which we have turned into a range of lifestyle Haus camp range
goods. We have also taken our Bauhaus inspired motifs over to apparel to create a cute range of unisex clothing. What’s your favourite make? I love to make the tote, it’s a fun piece and a great canvas for showcasing our prints. It’s also a very handy size and I still use the tote almost everyday.
T-shirt 01 and Tote 01
Face cushions
SzubiCrafts Shop
Magdalena Szubert Birmingham, UK What’s your process? I start with the collection theme, the vibe, then pick the type of yarn, mostly merino, cotton merino, kidsilk and mohair, definitely no acrylic blends. For the packaging I use brown packing paper, acid free tissue paper in pastel colours, compostable mailers and cotton cord for wrapping. On top of that, I add my logo stickers and personalised ink stamp:) What’s your newest make? The brand new Pastelove collection is a blast from the past! The lovers of anything retro, 90's fashion, quirky colour combos and patterns will be happy. All hand-knitted by me with the finest merino wool sourced in Yorkshire. Apart from knitwear, expect a lot of raffia, cotton cord and recycled T-shirt yarn bags and accessories.
V-neck geek vest
Three fun facts: I love dogs but have a cat tattoo. Give me pickled gherkin and herring with vodka and I am your best friend. I used to professionally train for the 300 metres hurdles. What’s your favourite make? Geek Merino vests for sure! As I am an inner geek.
What do you enjoy most at this time of year? Jump rope skipping, knitting, travelling (if we can) and going to little crafts markets and vintage shops.
Candy floss top
Tom Woolley Illustration Shop
Tom Woolley Birmingham, UK Introduce yourself: I'm an illustrator who specialises in colourful maps. All prints are high quality digital prints on thick white matte paper. I've always been fascinated by maps and love making new ones. What’s your newest product? I've recently starting making personalised house portraits. The perfect way to celebrate your home. I use photographs to illustrate the house digitally and then create a unique print on archive quality paper. Explain your process? Map of Stirchley Print I work digitally in vector graphics and create prints on high quality paper.
Illustrated house commission
Map range
Map of Birmingham print
Wendy Tournay Ceramics Shop
Wendy Tournay Birmingham, UK Introduce yourself: I design and make contemporary minimalist Fine Bone China giftware and interior products from my home studio in Birmingham. I combine typically industrial processes of plaster modelling, mould making and slip-casting and use the finest English Bone China to create handcrafted ceramics
China curved pendant
which are sophisticated, pure white and functional. I continually attempt to push the boundaries of ceramics, designing objects that challenge the technical limitations of the materials whilst staying honest to their inherent qualities. I aim to make my ceramics as sustainable as possible, sourcing the finest quality raw materials locally to create pieces that will last a lifetime. What do you enjoy most about this time of year? My Nomi Mugs are new for 2021. With their soft curving profile and generous ribbon handle these mugs are a beautiful comfortable shape to hold and a pleasure to drink from. They are a good size (375 millilitres) and are perfect for everyday use. Three fun facts:
China vase
I can ride a unicycle and juggle but not at the same time. I won a family holiday in a knitting competition when I was a child. I got carried away planting seeds last year and managed to grow 50 tomato plants! .
Minimalist Nomi Mug
Small table lamp
Wrydwood Studio Shop
Sandra and David Hubble Wednesbury, UK What inspires your jewellery? Inspired by loving memories of the forest and wilderness of their native countries Both designers incorporate British and Danish design with hints of abstract and whimsical themes into what they create. Exploring the idea that memories are in the details of the places we visit and fall in love with. From the elegant butterfly to the mighty stag the elements of nature that surround us help us reflect what they represent to us and how we personify their stories to tell our own and can produce a sense of “Hygge” from the memories we revisit.
Butterfly and flower stacking rings
What’s your favourite make? Sandra's Favourite make is her Celestial Collection. They are minimalist yet pretty. She loves to look at the stars at night and finds it helps in a hectic world. David's Favourite make is his Hugin and Munin Brooch. He loves to make the small details and the two ravens have a great symbolic meaning of Wisdom. Tell us about your process? We hand-make all our items in our own purpose built workshop based in the west midlands. We start each project
Sterling Silver heart pendant
by doodling an idea and work on them from there. The product is then handmade and ready to ship. Our Jewellery boxes are made from recycled paper and our gift bags are made from Hessian. What’s your newest make? One of our new Makes is a part of a new Pendant series inspired by H.C. Andersen’s Stories. The Pendant is inspired by ‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier’; the soldier was the last to be cast but there wasn’t enough tin
Twisted bangles
so he is missing a leg.
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