Inkmeup is Moving

Oh Dear!

So I just realised I still had this blog and I'd better do something with it! As of 16th March 2015 Inkmeup will no longer be it's own shop and shall be joining Feltmeupdesigns on my new shiny website and Etsy store.

All Ink related updates shall be coming from Feltmeupdesigns Blog and new products will be listed in the webshop. The Inkmeup facebook page is staying though as I have followers who aren't interested in seeing millions of felt birds and have expressed a desire to keep receiving their Inky updates via Facebook!

I've realised I can't keep up with so many shops and need to streamline my business. Inkmeup designs have been appearing on Not On The High Street for a little over a year and look quite splendid alongside their felted counterparts! So I am biting the bullet and combining them.

My etsy shop has a sale on to clear some things before I move them all so pop over and have a look, I've made up some rather nice mystery packs of prints and there are some fabulous bargains to be had in the sale!

Thank you everyone who has supported Inkmeup I hope you will continue to do so in our new incarnation!

xx
mel

An Inky Update... Busy Busy Busy!

Inkmeup has been having a hectic couple of weeks so this blog post is a little overdue I am afraid. Last week Inkmeup's very own Doris lavender bag was luck enough to be featured in an Etsy Finds Email... so began a scrabble to best take advantage of the feature with frantic sewing of Doris' galore!
The Doris-a-thon resulted in 12 Doris's all clucking their ways to new homes and several other creatures finding a new home too!My sewing machine has gone into overdrive and as well as a whole Gaggle of Doris lots more Kitties have been made, some with festive red bows I time for the holidays season and while I was scouting around the flat for a place to store stock I cam e across a box full of zip and just had to make some pouches! Available in Doris, Kitty and Wren!


Also my Robin Illustrations and tree decorations hit the shop too... selling 3 before I even had a chance to list them... I really like the Red Breasted Robin, larger decoration but the cheeky robin makes me smile! Robins are also available as notebooks, prints and lavender bags and of course my lino cuts which I am so proud of! There will be Robin cards soon too!
So I am already changing up the gears for a great festive season, I half terrified and half excited... I know this year is going to be huge, not bad for a shop I opened just to pay for my gocco printer!

A New Toy!

About 100 years ago (ok maybe 14 years ago!) I got bought a lovely Bernina Minimatic sewing machine which I loved intensely and took off to uni with me where I punished it by sewing about 10km of various threads to make lots of lacy projects with vanishing fabric... sewing machine held up remarkably under the strain and then proceeded to move house with me 10 times in the next 10 years.I loved my first sewing machine so much... even tho it weighed around the same as me but sadly a few weeks ago it died, living in a damp basement flat for a year and then being stuffed in a storage cupboard for another year has completely rusted the mechanism so it just sits there sulking now!I bagged my self a super bargain to replace it... In my family we rarely have anything new so I thought maybe it's about time I did! I got my lovely new Toyota machine delivered and then was too busy/tired/lazy to use it for 2 weeks! Today I dragged it out, set it up and, after some confusion as to where the lever to drop the foot was, sewed away!I've made a bunch of new lavender bags and made a small dent in my work in progress pile... and have found my new favourite smell! New Sewing Machine Smell... ooo it's lovely and it also sounds so good too!
I'm off to settle down and try and clear my pile of lavender bags to sew now... see you soon!
x
Happy Mel