20% OFF!!!

It's the WEEKEND! And PAY DAY weekend too, hurray! To celebrate we're offering a whopping 20% off our ENTIRE Etsy shop until Monday. 

Use code: YAYPAYDAY www.hellododoshop.etsy.com

Life Lately :o)

We do love drinking tea and wearing cosy jumpers, but we're not ready to let go of this beautiful summer yet...






Lovely sequin heart brooch gifted to me by the even more lovely Toby of I Like Cats! :o)

An order from a lovely Paris-based customer for three screenprints...we slipped an extra dodo shaped print in there too. It's always lovely to send an 'il pleut' to France!


My AMAZING new x-stitched rings by Magasin! Check out her awesome shop here: www.etsy.com/shop/MaMagasin

We've been having lots of fun this weekend with some new neon pink ink...it's sooooooo nice.


The other evening as we were going to bed we noticed this little guy fast asleep on top of a picture frame in our flat. He could barely keep his eyes open! He was obviously very sleepy from learning how to fly. We left the window open for the night and by morning he'd gone off on his merry way (we were a tad disappointed...) Can anyone tell what kind of bird he is from this blurry shot?




Today's weather....hohum.

Fairy Tale Fair Summer 2013 :o)

Last weekend we returned to the magical Fairy Tale Fair in Patcham! This was the fourth time we've sold at this gorgeous event, the first time being last summer...one of our first ever fairs EVER! The Fairy Tale Fair is organised be the lovely Claire of Cat-a-Cake Creations, who as well as designing her own fantastic range of cute and colourful acrylic jewellery, works INSANELY hard on promoting the fair and all of the sellers. Seriously, no-one could work harder or put more hours in than this girl! We've got to do a shout out to her lovely parents too who also work really hard to ensure the smooth running of the fair!

I didn't take too many photos and the ones I did take were on my phone so please excuse the shoddy quality!


We were surrounded by all our favourite lovely crafty friends! Here's Toby of I Like Cats and Georgia of Cheap Frills having a natter (you can see the beautiful Cheska of Mooshpie in the background too!)

Bit in love with I Like Cat's new cushions...

Sitting opposite Toby's stall all day was a bit like torture.....soooo many lovely things that I wanted! He has so many exciting new products too! I treated myself eventually to a handpainted ring...


Mooshpie's stall is always beautifully presented and full of handprinted goods which are filled with magic and stories. This lady screenprints, goccos, illustrates, binds books, animates... I'm pretty sure there's nothing she can't do :o)


The beautiful work of Cat-a-Cake Creations...I LOVE the new Carrousel Collection! Check out the GIANT ice cream necklace! This particularly pleases me as I find no-one ever makes jewellery big enough...bigger the better :D

And here's a photo of us both! This photo was taken by Kate Trevor who was photographing the event. I look pretty idiotic but it's nice to have pics of us both on the stall for once.
The next Fairy Tale Fair is on the 16th of November DO NOT MISS IT!! :o)

Etsy Sale!

To celebrate the end of Mentor Month (a scheme that The Brighton Etsy Team piloted for Etsy!) we are having a 10% SALE on our entire Etsy shop until the 14th of August! Just use the code MMSALE at the checkout to claim your discount. You can use this discount in loads of other Etsy shops that were a part of Mentor Month too, here are a few of our favourite sale steals :o)

Designosaur, ROARsome laser cut jewellery!

Mooshpie, beautiful magical handprinted things.

Miss Cake, amazing cake toppers (and our lovely mentor!)

Rockcakes, amazing laser cut and precious jewellery!

Eliza Joan, modern and intricate crochet jewellery design (and our lovely mentee!)

I Like Cats, illustrated, painted, knitted and sewn cat themed amazingness!

Yellow Bear Wares, beautiful jewellery made from knitting needles

Kirstin Stride, gorgeous hand drawn jewellery

Becky Queen of Frocks, vintage-inspired handmade clothing label

EanJewellery, handmade contemporary silver jewellery

To find other shops participating in the MMSALE click here!

Black Cat Screen print :o)

This cheeky black cat is now available in our Etsy shop as a handprinted A3 screenprint.
We screen printed him and the sad little fish in his belly on our kitchen work top using water based jet black ink. We aren't allowed actual pet's in our flat (silly renting rules!) but these two little characters make us very happy instead :o)

Brighton Etsy Craft Camp Window

Today we helped to install the Brighton Etsy Team's Craft Camp window at Super+Super! Well, I say we helped but Jam mostly helped with his tallness and I just tied a few bits of string. Cheska of Mooshpie was the real brains behind it all with help from Karli of Designosaur and Toby of I like CATS. Lots of Brighton Etsy Team members decorated little cardboard tents and made awesome decor at the Team Craft Party which also went in to making the window display.

Jam and Cheska figuring things out!

And the finished window this eve!! Sorry I took these on my phone so the quality isn't great. They definitely don't do the window justice in all it's glory so be sure to check it out throughout July.

The shield banner was made by the AMAZING Ellen of B Millinery and features the brand new Brighton Etsy Team logo which we designed :o)


Check out the teeny tiny clothes line!

Our SIX colour (8 including the back..) screenprinted badge!

Lots of lovely tents. You can see our Carl the Chameleon at the back there :o)


More lovely tents including our Ten Green Bottles screenprinted one. The pretty one at the front is by Designosaur.

The Super+Super girls are amazing for letting us take over their window for the month! And the Brighton Etsy Team is full of amazing awesome talented people. Be sure to check out the window display for yourself!