New stockist: with love from Rosses Point

I have some exciting news to share!

Kittiwake Design is now being stocked in the fabulous new art gallery 'with love from Rosses Point' in Rosses Point, Co. Sligo!

Among other Kittiwake Design items, you can find the new 'cats with bow ties', the 'robber duckies', mobiles, bunting, lavender bags and lots of christmas hearts in the gallery.

Located right next to the Waterfront Restaurant, 'with love from Rosses Point' is run by the lovely Medbh Gillard and stocks work from local artists. It is a beautiful space filled with arts and crafts and definitely worth a visit if you are in the area!

Head over to their facebook page for more information and updates!

bespoke christmas stockings

im just a tad late in posting these! the christmas stockings were made well before christmas, but as the customer bought them as gifts, i could not post about them before then... and then i completely forgot all about them! so here they are anyhow! i handstitched the felt stockings and added some snowflakes in felt and a few beads for extra sparkle!

if you want a bespoke item too, please email me at: kittiwakedesign[at]gmail.com

i will be more than happy to make something special just for you!

new shop look!

i have updated the shop look aswell! have a look at the result right here!

new business cards

just in time for the holiday season, i have designed my new business cards! what do you think? they are printed on high gloss paper and i must say that i love the portrait format. my graphic design whiz of a sister suggested that one to me, thank you very much sister! cant wait to start handing them out now!

rose ring pillow

a friend of mine got married recently and i am very proud to present the ring pillow i made for her big day! the couple's one year old walked down the aisle with the ring pillow in her push walker! aw, how adorable is that?

the design is based on the bride's wedding bouquet, which contained esperance roses and oak leaves - a really lovely combination of pinks and brown! i used a creamy white velvet fabric for the pillow and hand stitched the felt flower and leaves, then finished off with a brown and white ribbon to secure the rings. the pillow was filled with wadding and home grown lavender and smelled oh so lovely!

if you want a bespoke ring pillow too, please do get in touch! i would love to create something absolutely unique for your big day! email: kittiwakedesign[at]gmail.com for any queries.

sara

mushroom season

it is mushroom season in sligo and while out hunting for some hydnum rufescens that the boyfriend had spotted earlier in the week, we stumbled upon these lovelies! (top right)

they are called cantharellus tubaeformis and are really delicious fried in butter with a bit of salt and pepper... mmm...



we found about a kilo and a half of them and have the freezer nicely stocked up for winter!

while on the subject of mushrooms, check out the mushroom mobile in the shop! just click on the picture and it will bring you there.



happy mushroom season everyone!

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{lavender hearts}
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these lavender filled hearts will
find their way into the shop soon!

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now in the shop!

the red flower ring pillow
and the mini bunting are now
available to buy in the shop!
(click on the images to get there)

Ring pillow

i have been working in felt a lot lately
but as most of it is for bespoke orders,
i won't be able to share for another while.
the ring pillow is for sale however and
will be added to the shop tomorrow!
i just couldn't wait 'til then to show it! :)
i am really happy with how it turned out and
am thinking of making more in slightly
different designs and colours.
if you have any specific colours you
would like to see, please let me know!

Crochet addiction
and brooches


i have recently started to learn how to crochet
with the help of the wonderful Natasha and i
never expected it to be so addictive!
i have started to bring the crochet hooks everywhere
and was up 'til 4 in the morning finishing
off a scarf the other night- i just could not
put it down 'til it was finished!

the picture above shows some of the things i have
made so far, lets start with the really crookedly looking
flat thing in two different brown tones...
its not finished, its definitely not perfect, but i love it
nonetheless as it was the first thing i made!
and one day im turning it into a cushion!

the grey and yellow flowers are the start of a shawl
i got about 8 flowers made so far...
just another 157 or so to go!

the big flowers (yup, i love flowers!)
are being turned into brooches,
they will be available to buy in the shop soon!

i really enjoy making little brooches and when
emile the cat was sold earlier this week i made a
'mini emile' brooch to come with him to his new home!

-gonna miss you emile-
be nice to your lovely new owner!

New products!

now in the shop!
bunting purple and bunting blue

more bunting will be added soon!

Coming soon..

mini bunting!
-the latest addition to the bunting family-
coming soon to the shop!

(i will also be adding loads of 'normal sized'
bunting in new colours!)

Sidetracked...

i really should be preparing for the stall i have on
friday, but as i am the queen of procrastination,
i saw that the lavender in the garden was ready
to be picked... oh yes, how very important...!
so once i had a nice big bunch picked...
well, then they should (naturally) be arranged into neat
little bunches! and then i just had to take pictures
of them (and a couple of hydrangeas) because...
well, they were pretty!
ok, ok im going sewing now...
ill be using the lavender to stuff new lavender bags!
-watch this space-

Kittiwake Design
-now on facebook!-


come look us up!

Supply shopping

is definitely the best kind of shopping!
-here are some of the latest finds-
i now have felt in LOADS of colours!
i am thinking butterflies, ring pillows and baby mobiles!
-watch this space-

Lolijo pixi
shopping tip of the day!


a friend of mine has an online shop where she sells
fairly traded bags of her own designs.
im in love with the 'where have all the whales gone?'
bag and got 3 of them-one for each of the sisters
and of course one for me!
do visit the shop!

Kittiwake baby
*now open*

please come visit!