After the exciting news that Disaster Designs were shortlisted in 7 categories for Gift of the Year we were even more thrilled to discover that we’ve gone on to win for 2 of our ranges.  I’m so happy that one of them was my Hello Sailor collection and the other was for our Moomins amazingly cute bag range.  The Gift of the Year competition is run by the Giftware Association to reward products of excellence in the giftware industry.

My Hello Sailor range has a nautical and tattoo-style influence with pretty floral detailing.  I also managed to include some of my doodles on it by creating a cute little anchor and bird pattern for it.

The Moomins comic range is based around one of the Moomin comic book covers. It’s so cute and I especially love the embroidered rain and cute Moomintroll holding an umbrella on the back of everything.

You can buy these lovely products from www.littlemoose.co.uk or you can contact me if you would any further information.

Hello Sailor collection by Disaster Designs

Hello Sailor handbag by Disaster Designs

Hello Sailor make-up bag by Disaster Designs

Moomins Comic collection by Disaster Designs

Moomin Comic Purse by Disaster Designs

We recently discovered that Disaster Designs has been shortlisted in 7 categories for Gift of the Year which is fab news! Ranges to be shortlisted include my Hello Sailor fashion accessories range and my Sugar Coated stationery which I am particularly excited about.  The full list is as follows:

HELLO SAILOR COLLECTION -Fashion accessories

VINTAGE PURSES - Fashion accessories

SUGAR COATED STATIONERY - Stationery

MOOMINS COLLECTION - Branded Character

FLUTTERS AND FANCIES KITCHENWARE - Kitchen and Dining

DANDY KITCHENWARE - Kitchen and Dining

PAPER PLANE WASH BAG - Body Mind and Soul

Fingers crossed that we win some!

Disaster Designs shortlisted for Gift of the Year

Hello Sailor fashion accessories Collection

Vintage print purses

Sugar Coated stationery

The Moomins collection

Flutters and Fancies kitchenware

Dandy kitchenware

Paper Plane wash bag

So my Doodleshop opened at the end of November and has been doing really well. The month before Christmas was really hectic and it seems that a lot of people received some doodllery for Christmas which is great!

I now need to look to what future designs I’m going to be introducing to my existing range. I’m hoping that 2010 is going to be a good year for Doodleshop and I hope it is a good year for all of you too!

It seems Megabeast is the most popular so far - which one is your favorite?

Megabeast necklace

I was really excited to have been asked to be involved in Urban Retro’s Pop-Up shops. I currently have a Pop-Up shop with all of my doodllery (which I have just launched in my doodleshop) for sale in it. Urban Retro is a really cool online store that has loads of exciting products from clothing to designer toys - I am a regular visitor to their site! Their Pop-Up shops are a brand new concept and are only on the site for 14 days but I think it’s a brilliant idea and I am really pleased to be a part of it! Go check out all of the Pop-Up shops as well as have a nosy at my exclusive interview!!

Urban Retro website screenshot

Urban Retro website screenshot

My interview image

Photo of my workshop!

Doodllery image

I am excited to announce that my online shop called Doodleshop is now live just in time for Christmas! Currently it has my new Doodllery jewellery range for sale which consists of 8 characters as necklaces and brooches.  If you want to buy someone something a bit different this Christmas then these could be the answer!

Doodleshop screenshot