Category Archives: News from HQ

Supersize Stitches Book – Shoot Part 2

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Yesterday was the second shoot of my book SUPERSIZE STITCHES which is due out in September this year…  it was rather fabulous to have a jaunt out of the office, and watch a team of lovely talented people making my stitched creations look fab.

The photographer RUSSELL SADUR made it all look so easy – and the stylist ALICE KING had bags and bags of delightful prop goodies, which made everything look so pretty.

The first shoot was in Queens Park (London), but the house yesterday in Crouch End (nr Alexander Palace) was a gem – and Andy and Sue made us all feel very welcome.

I cant at the moment share any of the finished shots, but I did take a couple of ‘snaps’ of behind the scene action..

New Decorative Gift Tape

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Our new decorative gift tape designs have landed at our sister brand Pearl and Earl‘s HQ and we have been playing with them all weekend.  The kids favourites are the BOYS AND GIRLS tapes.. which they have have fun making cards with.
Personally we think they make a great quick wrap idea teamed with our candy striped bags…  or to jazz up some simple brown paper wrapping…. we have 2 versions of our NO PEEKING tape – one is a simple big stamp (240mm long) and the other is a typographic montage which works really well as an alternative ribbon (whether its Christmas or any celebration)

Personalised Cross Stitch Christmas Stockings

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Day 2 of our new Christmas launches and today it is the turn of our personalised CROSS STITCH CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS…  each kit includes a personalised letter chart (1 initial not names) and a choice of wools – PINKS or RED AND GREEN

Why not sign up to our newsletter to make sure you get the latest news and special offers – todays code is STOCKINGS for 25% off this kit

Christmas Crafts

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Christmas is a coming and at Granny Knits we are launching a new kit every day this week.. to help you get crafty this Christmas.

First up is our Christmas Words Cross Stitch Kit  which we made up into a colourful wall hanging – which we think makes it a chic heirloom piece to treasure in your Christmas box.

Today only we have 25% off this with code CHRISTMASWORDS.  Why not sign up to our newsletter to make sure you get all the latest codes and offers over the next few weeks.

Happy Seasonal Stitching!

BIG BANG 20% OFF PEARL AND EARL

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Our sister site Pearl and Earl has  a super early exclusive shopping discount of 20% off in our online store until tomorrow.

We have some wonderful bespoke art prints – as well as some great poems and personalised prints…  we also stock a huge range of eco chic paper decorations and our own coloured paper straws for your home decoration or celebration.

Hopefully we can inspire our crafty companions to come and have a peep…  Simply use code BIGBANGBOOM at the checkout, for the discount to be applied to your cart.
Happy Shopping
Love from The Pearl and Earl Posse x
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Striped Paper Straws

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New stocks of our Striped Paper Straws by our sister brand Pearl and Earl are arriving at HQ this week.

They have proved to be super popular since their launch in April and the first batch sold out in under 2 weeks.  We have A LOT arriving at our warehouse this week in some mouthwatering shades.

Our straws are over 18 months worth of development and sourcing .. and they are eco chic at its best.  100% biodegradeable, printed using water based inks and tested to the highest food standards, before being packed in our biodegradable cello retail packs to come to you…  and NO they do not unravel or disintegrate!

We have worked hard to make sure that the colour has the super bright vibrancy you would expect from us and we have 10 new colours and patterns in development for January.

We hope that you love them as much as we do.  We have bulk packs for weddings and events…to save you a bit of dosh if you are having a big do!

So why not add a touch of nostalgic chic glamour to your drink!

Jacqueline Wilson’s Super Fan Party

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Regular readers will know of my recent commission by Dame Jacqueline Wilson to create a crafty piece to coincide with the launch of her new book Sapphire Battersea.
Jacqueline Wilson is a legend – and the most borrowed author in British Libraries, selling over 25 million books in the UK alone.  Most famous perhaps for her character Tracy Beaker, she has very loyal young fans (including my daughter!).  I cannot tell you how thrilled and utterly honored I was to be asked to complete this challenge for her.
Today Jacky sent me this picture of her and the sampler at the Superfan Party for the book launch – so I thought I would share …
The sampler is in Septembers The Official Jacqueline Wilson Mag..  there are lots of events this Autumn for Jacky’s fans, including her very own festival.. so this really is a very exciting project… and you can download it for free here for a limited time only.
>>Buy Sapphire Battersea here
>>Buy Hetty Feather here

Free Jacqueline Wilson Sampler for Sapphire Battersea

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This week is the launch of the new book by Jacqueline Wilson – Sapphire Battersea.

At the beginning of this year I was asked by Jacqueline and the team from Jacqueline Wilson Magazine (JW Mag) to design a sampler that Sapphire could have stitched over the course of her life.

It has to be naive enough to have been started when she was a tot – and only have a couple of stitches so that her readership of young girls would be encouraged to take up the craft!

The stitched framed sample was launched at the Book Launch and a the Super Fan event while I was ‘in recovery’..  and the fans seem to like it!  The sampler is going on tour with Jacqueline on her promotional travels over the next few months – including her own festival!

But from today you can download the sampler exclusively from Granny Knits FOR FREE HERE, for a limited time only.

I has been a complete honour to have been involved in this project – and I hope that it inspires some new young blood to take up stitching.

>>BUY SAPPHIRE BATTERSEA BOOK HERE

In Recovery

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I am back home now from the op and in recovery…

Thank you to all of you who have sent well wishes, and I should be up and running in full effect in a few weeks.  Meanwhile I am loving the time out to rest, think, stitch and write up my next book (which is weird when number one is not out yet!)..

Big thank you to my fabulous consultant and all the team at St Richards in Chichester, who were a jolly set of souls.  Plus to the lovely ladies in my ward – get well soon x