Birthday Sale

Yay!  It's my birthday this weekend!  I thought I might have a little (rare) sale to celebrate.  For the next couple of days there is 20% off (not including postage) in both my stores (here and here) by using the coupon code "HappyBDay14".

And one lucky buyer will could win an extra 20% off by regramming on instagram / sharing on facebook / or forwarding this email.  Please let me know in the message on your purchase which one you have done and I'll refund the extra 20% to the winner on Tuesday.  Feel free to do all three to get three chances!

As well as my new Kanzashi Kits, I've just uploaded some of my new origami brooches for pre-order.  They won't get to me for a couple of weeks but there're in the Etsy store now so that they can join in the sale fun.

In the meantime, I'm off for a weekend of eating birthday cake!

Family Outing

I'm very excited as this weekend the new members of my Origami family are making their market debut.  There are some wise owls, some sweet hummingbirds and bunnies,  a cat that loves to snuggle up and a cheeky little fox all waiting to find new homes.

They will of course be joined by the older member of the family, my origami cranes.

All of the brooches have been laser cut in sustainable-growth bamboo, then hand sanded and  hand coloured.

We'll be at the BrisStyle Twilight Market tomorrow night, the special event Fashion Week Young Designers Market on Saturday and Saturday night and then some will be going online next week.

If you're around, please pop by and say hi.

Hoo Hoo

A couple of owl friends to join the Origami family.

Did you know that in Japan the owl is a symbol of good luck?  

"Owl" in Japanese is "fukurou".  The first part of the word "fuku" translates to "good fortune".

"Fu" in Japanese also means "without" and "kurou", hardship, so by a happy linguistic accident, "owl" can also mean "without hardship".  

Just another reason to like those cute little birds.

New members of the Origami Family

A few weeks ago I sat down to work on a new jewellery collection.  When I'm designing I love to sit and play with papers and fabrics before I translate them to anything digital.  On that day with origami paper scattered all over the floor I my hands just wanted to get into folding and as a result, I have three new members to join my origami cranes.

May I introduce you to Kitsune the fox.  He's a little on the naughty side, but actually very sweet natured.

A delicate little hummingbird, she's magical to watch as she floats through the flower garden.

And lastly, little Usagi the rabbit, fun to play with, but best to keep away from the vegetable garden.