christmas, invites, new designs...

what a super christmas, lots of family, excited little maudie and of course lots of yumminess and twinkle.
all family now left and we're having 2 studio days to get all our invites out for the trade shows coming up....



The first of the 2 shows is at Earls Court, that is TOP DRAWER and is open from the 17th to 19th Jan. We'll be showing new cards and social stationery, (check out some on our website) alongside fabulous ORGANIC textiles for baby and toddler. We are positioned in the CHILDREN'S area so please come and seek us out.
Second show is on the 31st Jan and 1st feb, taking place at Business Design Centre in Islington; BUBBLE, great show with big emphasis on kids and baby.

Look forward to seeing you all x

32 sleeps till christmas

and this got me thinking...... family, friends, festive cheer, decorations.....
it all started when i came down to see Neil and Maudie watching Muppets Christmas Carol early this morning.
now i'm really starting to get excited. so between work and waiting for print outs i got searching and here are a few finds that i came across by some sellers on noths, how jolly. enjoy

molly-meg

I'm a huge fan of "Molly-Meg" and now my little maudie is big enough, she too can enjoy these wonderful vintage chairs - and better still now stay on them.
Specialising in designs from the 1950s to the present, Molly-Meg aims to show the best of contemporary design along with vintage classics, creating a perfect combination which kids will love and that will evoke nostalgia among parents.
Later this month we look forward to working alongside Molly and some of her 'miniature classics' so will bring you more news then..... in the meantime be sure to check out Molly-Meg and I bet childhood memories will come flooding back

Review

We are delighted and very excited by the wonderful review we have received from Natalie at Bambino Goodies and Nest Goodies. Enjoy the read and a BIG thank you :)

Top Drawer - thank you

Well, the day after is here again, and I'd just like to say thank you to all that called by the stand at Top Drawer, we had a super show, and new ORGANIC product was met with great enthusiasm. Big thank you for the write ups we've had so far, very much appreciated and great to here the positive feedback. We took on lots of new accounts and for those regulars who stopped by it was as always great to see you. I know a few who couldn't make it or couldn't get on the stand so for those here are a few additional images of the products. New card range I'll report on and add images later. Thanks again, best, claire :)

Top Drawer 13-15 Sept

Looking forward to seeing you next month at Olympia for Top Drawer Autumn, the great show where you can select and buy you pre-christmas stock. We're very excited to be bringing lots of new collections with us. We'll post again before the show with more news. Anyone who can't make it be sure to drop us a line and we can get a catalogue to you. Enjoy, cloud cuckOO

Beautiful papers whilst in search of a new home

Whilst continuing the travels around the South-West country last week in search of a potential new home I did as always get side tracked but can you blame me.... I came across Jurianne Matter and her wonderful paper-works, she is now one of my favorite paper designers. I couldn't help but buy her creations and what better the boats and lanterns simple sum up summer, boats by day and soft light by night - lovely lovely.

we love print

as a textile print designer I get so excited seeing new prints and of course classic vintage too, mini moderns vintage prints are fab, made me think of my nanna and a real comfy tiny sofa she had.

I've just completed another range of scandi-esque prints so clean and fresh and a great contrast to our cloud cuckoo card style. Orla Kiely has gorgeous prints always and just love the above from her spring 09 collection

Thanks to all our visitors and buyers

We're very excited to receive all our new pieces and will be getting them ready to be sent out to all our buyers.
It was lovely to see you all at Pulse and we had a great show. Hope you all had a super time too.
The new giftwrap was a huge success and we're now working hard with all new requests. Have a great weekend and enjoy the stock when it arrives next week!

Cloud Cuckoo Designs is still Cloud Cuckoo Designs!!

Hello all, I’m posting today to clear up any confusion. There has been some misinformation put about that Cloud Cuckoo Designs have been renamed as Ella and Otto. I can confirm this is not the case. Yes, there is a brand Ella and Otto but this is a company set up this year using designs registered and developed under Cloud Cuckoo Designs. These designs were produced during a trial project, involving Cloud Cuckoo Designs and Tania Urban (who earlier this year set up Ella & Otto). Disappointed by the results, which we felt were too compromised, we decided at the end of 2008 that we would stop selling this range under the Cloud Cuckoo Designs name, once all stock had been sold.
We are producing a new textile range in our signature style that will be available in the near future and will include similar and additional products as before.

Pulse 09

Less than one week to go and more new product to arrive this week, how exciting.
Sunday 31st May will be the first day of Pulse 09 open to trade. Since the last show we've noted requests by our wonderful stockists and we're really pleased to be delivering on these and can't wait for you to see them.
If you come along call by and say hello on stand J55 be greta to see you, if you can't make it hope you like the updated website and catalogue to download.
Wishes, claire

new card range " tweet twoo tales"

The new range for 2009 was our TWEET TWOO TALES and since we've added in 5 notebook design I'm just inspired to keep on going with more products, anything you'd like to see just email us at info@cloudcuckoodesigns.com, we're not just thinking 2-d !!! get ready.

Kids Modern

What do have planned for Valentine weekend?? You'll LOVE Kids Modern, a great show for all the family or individuals who LOVE fabulous design. Hope to see you there. xxxx

cloud cuckOO snOw creations

I'm back, Maude just had a cat nap so took the opportunity to build 2 cloud cuckoo snow peeps, i think they fit in well with our Minnies Sewing Box characters and our new range "tweet twoo tales"
Hope to build more tomorrow, "let it snow let it snow let it snow"

snOwmen

An old fashioned winter wonderland. It has been many years since I last woke up to such a deep white covering. All the happy memories of sledging with my sister and my dad have been with me all morning, Maude is not of the age to appreciate it but nevertheless we had a fun outing this morning and here are some of the jolly snowmen we met along the way. I couldn't't resist a group photo of the chilly beings but some of my favourites too, check out 'Teeny Tiny' "snow Bunny' and only one I came across with a good old carrot nose. Maude and I will be making our snow family I hope later today or tomorrow.

snOwmen

Top Drawer Spring

Tuesday afternoon took me to Top drawer as a visitor rather than exhibitor, strange being the other side of the fence but good too. To keep to timings we were pleased to still launch a new card range just before the show and this has been meet with great enthusiasm.
As our new range features humble home owls 'Tweet & Twoo' I was taken by some other lovely owls on show by Olive and Moss, Petra Boase and new company Owaboo

In addition to the owls other lovely finds were; simplistic clean designs for babies from Fabric of the Universe, a new company based in Edinburgh
Thornback and Peel had gorgeous sketch hand printed textiles used across a range of products including baby tops, might NEED one for my little Maudie!!

Finally an old classic and inspiration to many SCP have the amazing work of Alexander Girard as plywood prints and here is my favourite Madonna
'Blossom & Bob' from ISAK is sure to follow in the success as this too is fab and as always they too had a great stand