If I get the opportunity to talk to people more after my declaration of Mom-dapendence I like to tell them more about my ‘WHY’ and my ‘HOW’. My motivation for taking the leap into running my own business runs deeper than just wanting to do something for myself, and spend more time with the boys (both the smalls and big one!).
Continue reading I LIKE YOUR MANIFESTO, LET’S PUT IT TO THE TESTO
I’ve been keeping a bit quiet about this until I knew it was really happening. Well, I say keeping quiet, I’m rubbish at keeping my own secrets. I’ve been unsubtly adding British, American and airplane emoticons to my IG messages & tweets recently. Particularly to anyone I connect with on the ‘other side of the pond’.
Continue reading Project USA – this is not a drill, I repeat this is not a drill
So if I’m gonna Blog & Vlog I’d like to offer something a little different. With a wave of Moms jacking in the day job to get designing, making and selling why not offer something these guys might be interested in reading to help pass on tips, funny stories, perhaps let people learn from my misadventures.
Continue reading Blogging – what’s in it for me? What’s in it for you?
I’ve had a busy month. I’ve decided to throw myself into almost every Mother/ Blogger/ Vlogger/ Networking/ Workshop that I can fit into my busy schedule.
A few weeks back I headed out to meet up with some local small business owners to share our stories, hints and tips. It’s one of the things I really enjoy about running a business, getting out and meeting other like minded people, hearing their stories, telling them yours, and finding ways to help each other out. Meeting in a pub, park, play gym or … Continue reading Just don’t say the ‘M’ word
There’s been a lot of learning curves since I started last year. The business is constantly evolving from the original idea I had. The DNA of muklet hasn’t changed, it’s still ‘Americana & Vintage for Kids’, and now it has the addition of ‘big kids’ products! But the way I sell it, talk about it and market it is evolving. I confess to not yet … Continue reading Finding my Blog & Instagram Voice, and not being a d•@k
Well, I’ll be honest, I wasn’t quite sure I’d survive it, but I did. I made it out the other side of an epic run of Christmas fairs & order fulfilment! In hindsight I was maybe a little ambitious with how many Christmas Fairs I signed up to, but as with everything it’s a big learning curve right now. In the run up to the … Continue reading Burning the midnight oil & calling in the cavalry
We’ve been working on something very exciting behind the scenes, and we’ve been dying to tell you about it! Finally I can let the cat out the bag and tell you about The Letterman Co’s first foray into collaborations! Robert Grieves’ work first came to my attention some years ago when his short animated film SAUSAGE won 8 festival awards and qualified for the 2015 … Continue reading The Letterman Co’s first collaboration
When you tell people you work as a fashion designer, they often seem to assume that you spend your days sitting in a glamorous art studio, sketching and flipping through fabric swatches. Oh, if only that were the case! I remember some very disgruntled placement students at one brand I worked for. It didn’t take them long to realize that most of their day would … Continue reading Getting my Craft On! Re-connecting with my Creativity (Guest blog for Etsy London Local Team)
If I had £1 for every time someone suggested I should make some products in pink I would have broken even by now! My response is that The Letterman Co brand is authentic Americana, which doesn’t generally involve pink in the palette! I spoke to a lovely brand management consultant recently at a networking meeting. She was admiring my wire basket of Letterman Co wares … Continue reading Keeping on Brand and resisting the pink
The Rookie Mama 