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Hurrah! We've Won A Design Award!

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Hip hip hooray! We are so happy to be awarded a Bronze Award for our Themed Pencil Set designs by A'Design Award for the category of "Art Materials, Stationery Supplies and Gift Items Design". 

Yay! We are ever so honoured - a huge thank you to A' Design Award team. 

Presented in Italy, A'Design Award is the world's largest design award. The jury panel includes a cross section of design professionals from academics to practitioners internationally including Italy, Spain, France, UK, USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Turkey, Australia and many more other countries.

Our themed pencil sets that were chosen for nomination gift pencil sets that have cohesive themes e.g. London Underground, Cockney Rhyming Slangs, English Biscuits pencils etc. To bind the pencils we have chosen to use a neon acrylic ring that matches the theme. This ring is both used as packaging to bind the pencils, or can be used as a necklace / key ring pendant. 

We are simply over the moon!

Online with FY

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Yay! We are now stocked online with FY http://www.iamfy.co  - a fun, trendy online accessories destination that stocks everything from jewellery, headphones, stationery, nail art, printed scarfs (yum!), and some really gorgeous wooden sunglasses which we are so totally eyeing on.

The styled photo shots on their website are just so fun, and witty. We are ever so thankful that they have made our stationery look so cool on their website, which we have taken a few snippets from their website. Thank you Team FY!

Here's our top picks from FY's gorgeous selection :

Sow Blooming Plants

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Ey up duck! Daylight Savings this weekend, 1 less hour to decide what to plant. SOW... why not follow our guide from our new English Gardener's Pencils Set :

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The colours of our pencils are designed to reflect the actual petals and stamen.

The plants and the flowers chosen that are perfect for Gardeners or if you have friends that are interested in botany. This include:

  • Poppy (red petals, and black stamen)
  • Daffodil (yellow outer petals, and orange inner petals)
  • Forget me Not (blue petals and yellow stamen)
  • Sweet Pea (lilac petals and purple stamen)
  • Cactus (green stem and silver white spikes) 
  • Venus Flytrap (green leaves and red flowers)

Have a bloomtastic weekend + P.S. Forget me Not.

Secret 7

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If like us, you like a bit of rock and roll and design. This may be a design submission for you. 

Secret 7 is an annual event where artists / designers submit their designs for a 7 inch vinyl record cover based on a list of chosen music. For this year, the music includes :

  • "Let Forever Be" - Chemical Brothers
  • "Reflections" - Diana Ross & the Supremes
  • "GO" - The Maccabees
  • "Sledge Hammer" - Peter Gabriel
  • "Dead Flowers" - The Rolling Stones
  • "Digital Witness" - St. Vincent
  • "Born Slippy (Nuxx)" - Underworld

On the Secret 7 website http://www.secret-7,com , a list of submission guidelines will be provided and all you need to do is to set up your art template to match what is required. 

Yay! We have our vinyl cover, designed and submitted. 

Unfortunately, this is a secret mission. We have sworn in secrecy to not reveal our design and which music we have designed for.  Hush hush. However, we have created an animated gif to celebrate this fun design event, and especially the good cause for Nordoff Robbins.

The exhibition for the Secret 7 will be held at Somerset House on the 10th April - 3rd May 2015 exhibiting the chosen 700 covers. Sale day of the covers will be on 4th May 2015. Can't wait.

Submit your creations now as deadline for is on the 4th March 2015.  May the lucky 7 power be with you. Have a lucky one!

Oh and FYI, hashtag for Secret 7 is #Secret7s

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Monday Blues - Keep Smiling

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It's Monday. Keep smiling. For all you know, Monday blues no more!

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Random fact : whilst we were posting this smiley animation to our Instagram account ,  we were searching for hashtags that uplifts "Monday Blues". Here's ten :

  • #Mondaybluesnomore
  • #Mondaybluesbegone
  • #Mondaymotivation
  • #Mondayfun
  • #Mondayhumor
  • #Mondayfunday
  • #Mondaybluescure
  • #Mondaybluesgoaway
  • #Mondayinspiration
  • #Mondaypunday