Bombus

Last and by no means least of the urban craft stars is Bombus. Amelia uses the art of decoupage in a modern and fresh way with her love of vintage maps and comics which are used to cover furniture and accessories.

She is happy to undertake commissions so if you have a favourite image or part of the world that you would like to see on a bowl, chair or table then please visit her website http://www.bombus.com/

She also has an etsy shop where you can buy a range of her products including her handmade recycled envelopes.

Last few days now for the pop up shop so please come in and say hello!

what's in the shop then?

well lots of lovely goodies!

Some of us sell via etsy, others through their own websites and/or craft markets but we all make gorgeous, inidivudal and handmade items.

My picture shows you just in side the pop up shop where we have got:

a bag by urbanknit

littlechook linen/cotton screenprinted tea towels and a kids mini tote treasure bag with a flock print called 'tweet'

ryokan arts print on canvas

cards and envelopes made from recycled paper and magazines by Bombus.

We are open mon to saturday 11 - 7 pm and sundays 12 - 6pm at 4 Kingly Court, just off carnaby street on the first floor along with othe rlovely boutiques selling vintage clothing, childrenswear, womens fashion and homewares. It's a great place to shop, eat and drink!

open for business

I totally forgot to take photos of the shop on its first day!

We had a first great day in our carnaby street pop up shop though and made a few sales including a bag by peppermint twist and a t shirt by my mums a hippie. I also met the manager of our neighbouring shop, Stromboli Circus Shop (vintage clothing) and he gave me some advice on dressing the window and lighting the shop which was really kind of him. We plan to change the windows round every few days to keep things fresh and to ensure that all our urban craft stars get maximum exposure.

Kingly Court really gets going in the afternoon and in the early evening they have live music so it's a really nice atmosphere. The smell of the food from the Chinese restaraunt downstairs drives me into a hungry frenzy though...

the pop up shop is full of goodies!

and we open tomorrow for business! Today was a day of very hard work by all of the urban craft stars and it looks fantastic. So if you are in the Carnaby Street area come and see us at 1.4 Kingly Court (1st floor). We are a mix of etsy sellers and other who sell via their own websites but all of us make gorgeous handcrafted and individual items.

Our stars are:
Urbanknit - scarves, bags and totes
Peppermint Twist - nappa leather purses
My Mums a Hippie - embroidered pictures, t shirts and brooches
Bombus - re inventing decoupage on mirrors, bowls and furniture
Ryokan Art - photography
FreeflowMamas - womens and childrens fashion
Littlechook - vintage fabric cushion covers, kids t shirts and screen printed tea towels

Hope to see you in the shop soon ready to spend your pocket money....

carnaby street here we come!

collected the keys today for our unit in Kingly Court (just of london's carnaby street) and am now very excited but also a bit stressed but things are coming together.

the unit has a beautiful wood floor and really good lighting. Not too bright but not so dark you can't see anything either.

Our press release is going out to all of ali's contacts tomorrow and tonight I have packed up all the props and stock ready for our 'man and van' arriving at 8am tomorrow.

I have added a little announcement to my etsy shop about our pop up shop especially as the majority of designers in the shop already sell there.

We will have a lovely variety of handmade goodies for sale including bags, purses, scarves, tea towels, vintage fabric cushion covers, childrens tshirts, crochet baby clothing, prints and a range of modern decoupage products.