Market Dates for your Diary

Come and join us on Saturday 8th of May as we return to the lovely Abney Public Hall in Stoke Newington for the monthly craft market held there by Of Cabbages & Kings.

We will be selling all of our products at special stall rates as well as having some brand new goodies on sale too!

Entry is FREE to the public. 11am - 5pm Nearest BR: Stoke Newington or Rectory Road Buses 73,393, 476 stop outside Abney Hall.

New Dates for 2010

Of Cabbages & Kings will now be hosting this great craft market at Abney Hall, Stoke Newington every month throughout 2010!

So jot down these dates in your diary and pay them a visit!

May - Sat 8th & Sun 9th June - Sat 12th & Sun 13th July - Sat 3rd & Sun 4th

11am - 5pm, Abney Hall, 73a Church Street, Stoke Newington, London N16 0AS

All things from designer knitwear and hand-printed stationery to glitzy jewellery and gorgeous home wares, each weekend a different selection of designers and makers will be peddling their wares.

Hot and cold drinks and tasty treats available

For a full list of all the designers exhibiting visit the Of Cabbages & Kings website

For directions follow the map link below:

Map

We will be returning to this venue in June & July too so visit our website for more details...(our dates seen in red above)

March Market Day @ Abney Hall

Last Saturday (6th March 2010) saw us at our first stall this year down at the lovely Abney Public Hall in Stoke Newington with the organisers of the event Of Cabbages & Kings and it was a good day had by all.

I started off the day feeling quite tired having just spent the last few days preparing stock for the sale, but after a very strong coffee and some yummy ginger biscuits I was ready for a day of selling and socialising...as we bumped into quite a few familiar faces too so we felt right at home! The weather even held off the rain too which was a welcome surprise to be greeted with some sunshine during the day.

Here are a few quick snaps of our stall for those of you that didn't make it down:

Not to worry though, if you missed the sale this month come and check us out on Saturday 8th of May so don't forget to pencil it in your diaries..

This months stall also launched our new Sweetie Cardholders to the public as well as our brand new Animal Happy Family Greeting Cards featuring Mr Bite the Butcher, Mr Paws the Policeman & Mr Toad the Tailor. Visit the store now to see more!

Sweetie Cardholders

One of my fondest memories as a child would be the trip to the news agents/sweet shop on the way home from school! Here you would be greeted with all kinds of sugared goodies all in a colourful row, and with empty tub in tow you would start to choose handfuls of assorted sweets which would only cost you between 1&2p! Oh no, there was no messing around with weighing, nope you had your pocket money in hand and would choose accordingly to how much you had to spend. Some of my favourite finds would be white mice, foam mushrooms, strawberry laces and fizzy cola bottles.

Ah those were the days......

So in cheerful reminiscence and because we simply love all things sugar coated, we here at SewSmitten HQ have created some colourful sweetie covered cardholders!

We spent a few days gorging ourselves on some of the classic Pick & Mix sweeties (Ooo isn't our job so hard!!) and have chosen 8 of our favourite to be turned into colourful cardholders.

So tell us which is your favourite sweet?

Here's a peak at just 4 of the 8 we have available online:

Dolly Mix & Fried Egg

Love Hearts & Liquorice allsorts

To view the whole collection go take a look online!

Of Cabbages & Kings Monthly Market

The Of Cabbages & Kings Markets are going monthly! and we at SewSmitten have signed up to return to this lovely venue situated on Stoke Newington Church Street to take part in these great monthly craft market events!

Starting with our first stall this year on Saturday the 6th March and returning again on Saturday 8th May.

Stoke Newington Church Street is a great place to hang out, it's full of great little cafes, vintage shops, yummy restaurants and bars and there is also a farmers market every Saturday in the local school just down the road from Abney Public Hall.

So make a day of it and come and say hello and browse all the lovely handmade goodies on sale, entry is also free!

Venue: Abney Public Hall
Location: 73a Stoke Newington Church Street, Stoke Newington, London, N16 OAS
Times: 11am-5pm
Date: Saturday 6th March

Here's the map:

View Larger Map

To check out who else will be exhibiting just visit their website

Comic Cardholder Mix any 2 for £10

Why not Swag a bargain with our special offer on till the end of March.......

Buy any 2 of our comic cardholders for just £10! (whilst stocks last)

Holders measure 9.5cm x 7cm closed (19cm x 7cm open) includes two slots and can fit up to 4 cards comfortably!

Just visit the store and decide which are your favourites!

Our first in-studio Screen Print Run

Back in November SewSmitten HQ was a buzzing hub of creativity as we began working on ideas for new stock in preparation for our xmas markets.

And the one thing we knew we wanted to do was to hand print our own tea towel and apron sets.

With ideas on what images we were going to use and armed with enthusiasm we had a lot of preparation to do to get the job done! And first off we had to gather all the equipment we would need and find a suitable space to print.

After a lot of running around; finding silk screens, ordering stock, preparing images, exposing and sourcing all the little necessities needed for our print production.. We successfully managed to set up a temporary printing studio in the living room of Gnome's flat!

.....And after four days of solid printing, lots of tea drinking (with the dunking of dark chocolate hobnobs of course!) and some minor hiccups along the way we managed to produce a collection of stunning three colour silk screen printed tea towels and aprons.

Here's some pics of the production process:

The print featured on our new kitchenware range are a reproduction of a Three Colour Reduction Block Lino Print By Luke Kulchstein © 2008 aka Gnome.

We first launched our tea towel and apron range in December and we have received great feedback so far, so why not go check them out for yourselves!

These designs are also available on our new greeting cards range too which feature all 6 prints in the series and are ideal for any occasion!

Vintage Comic Cardholders!

Now available online is the extended collection of our comic cardholders!!

So go have a gander and reminisce your childhood memories and be thankful for the great cartoons we all grew up with..there's nothing like the classics!

Here's just some of the few available:

Topcat!

My Little Pony!

Batman!

Carebears!