show time

clementine&bloom, lampshades and cushions. spann&willis, cards and prints

one must dash, posters

Claire Gaudion, silk scarves

I was a little bleary eyed after three days of Spotted at Top Drawer and very thankful to see daylight again. My sun-topped towering stand worked really well, and was quick to install thanks to the full dress rehearsal at home. It was a long three days but well worth doing. I met so many people and made new friends. Fellow Spotted stand mates kept each other going - hooray for us all! clementine&bloom, spann&willis, stormy knight, one must dash, mes leather, Claire Gaudion, Amy Allwright, Jessica Hayes-Gill, Stephanie Davis.

In a moment of collective enthusiasm a group of us signed up for Launchpad at Pulse in May this year. I woke up the next morning thinking why why why?! but in the words of my lovely daughter  'do it mum!'

building up

I have been building a replica of my Top Drawer stand in my studio. As I have just one square metre I am building up! It is becoming a tower block, cushions leaning out of windows, cutting boards balancing on ledges, notebooks hanging off balconies, all topped by a smiling sun. I can't do minimal. Today is paperwork day - price lists, order form, press release, 2500 new postcards arriving any time now (designed and sent off yesterday, hooray for digital print). Tomorrow is set up day, I am surprisingly relaxed, what can possibly go wrong.

getting organised

Only 5 days to go till Top Drawer at Earls Court where I will be joining a group of small design companies selected by Charlotte Abrahams to showcase on her stand, Spotted at Top Drawer. I have one cubic metre of space which is perfect because I think if I had a full size stand I would have gone into hiding by now.

I have left it till this week to prepare, nothing like a deadline for quick decisions although I am rather wasting my time, putting together my perfect stationery kit for the show. Clipboard and stickers from Staples (I love Staples!) smiley stapler from Smug, hole punch from Muji, logbook from here!)

If anyone is coming to Top Drawer I will be on stand SP9, please come and say hello!

spotted!

roddy&ginger has been spotted! twice a year style journalist Charlotte Abrahams hand picks 10 new design brands to showcase on her stand Spotted at Top Drawer, and this year we have been selected for the January show. Our first small venture into the scary world of the trade show, huge exitement and smiles all round.

On the subject of events, we will be upstairs at the Midcentury Modern show this Sunday 2nd December. As always it will be a fantastic leafy south-east London day out for lovers of mid-century furniture and design and an opportunity to shop for Christmas with some truly amazing contemporary designers. Free parking, fab food and a chance to poke around the architectural wonder that is Dulwich College. All the details here.

Cyber-monday 15% sale continues today in both my shops, heres the code WEEKEND15