The preperation for these things start weeks before, but I still managed to find myself manically ironing outfits Saturday morning before we loaded everything into the car and set off for the Business Design Centre in Islington.
I remember going to the New Designers exhibition just after I had finished art college and being in total awe that my contemporaries were showing in this incredible space in London. So I most admit that as we drove into the loading bay I got a shiver of excitment that here I was finally about to exhibit my own work :)
Russ and I transformed the stand from this
to this,
Those 9 cut out Belle's took ages to make but were well commented on throughout the show so I am glad I did it, I almost gave up at number 6!
We had an amazing spot, right by the entrance & were surrounded by beautiful stands, I was VERY excited when I saw one stand down from us was Mae all the way from Australia. Her re-usable wall stickers are even prettier in real life & now I just need to work out where I am going to put mine.
Peta (from Mae) and I felt very rock & roll when we were 2 of the last remaining drinkers on the first nights drink party (hhmmmm we left the bar at 8.20! maybe not that rock & roll) Directly next to us was Helen Gordon I couldn't resist buying one of her gorgeous bags and aprons after the show, they are very sweet indeed.
Another exciting thing that happened at the weekend was Belle & Boo were featured in a Telegraph artical called 'Best of Britian's sellers on Etsy' we were featured after Rob Ryan, it doesn't get much better than that does it!
Ok, now I have to focus and get ready for We make London this Saturday, it's going to be amazing it is sponsered by Etsy and there are some incredible people exhibiting. Please come, please, please I will be all by myself this time & I do like to chat!
There will be special Belle & Boo 'We Make London' offers so come along and find out what they are, they are going to be yummy.
PS. The Bristol ladies are doing a photo shoot of the new Autumn & Winter clothes this Friday, so we will be able to show them to you very soon. If you can't wait have a squint at the cut out Belle's she is doing a great job of modeling them. Also if you want to have a sneaky peek of whats coming next year click here.
