Our Fantastic Weekend at The Thames Festival:

After months of organising our area at the Thames Festival was an amazing display of lots of talented UK designer makers.
The Thames Festival was a huge challenge for us as we have never created a event in a outdoor space before. But it was such a fun weekend, we enjoyed every minute of it.

We were very proud toy see the stalls draped with beautiful products. Each stall looking amazing and inviting to visitors.
Here are just a selection of the amazing stalls in our area, to see more pictures have a look at our Thames Festival Gallery Page: http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/p/thames-festival-information.html

We had lots of fun in our 7 workshops. A big thank you to Hatastic, Make Industries, Biba's Tea Party, Mischam, Bumble and Earwig and Heart Zeena.

We were also very proud to be part of the Craft Trail and that it launched with a lot of success. We had lots of excited visitors waiting for their stamp so they could hurry off and get a goody bag and enter the prize draw.

Photo Taken by EtsyUk

Craft Trail Map www.crfattrail.co.uk

Craft Trail Map www.crfattrail.co.uk

There has been lots of great feedback for the event and we are already excited to be talking about being part of the festival next year.

One Week to go to apply for our Christmas fair:

We Make London Christmas Fair Deadline for Applications 28th September 2011 10th December 2011 Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) Lavender Hill, Battersea London, SW11 5TN   We Make London was launched in June 2008. After nine successful fairs We Make is pleased to announce its tenth event, our Christmas Fair. The Venue: Battersea Arts Centre is a lively venue Housed in a Grade II* listed old town hall, BAC is renowned for some of the most cutting -edge events in the UK. A place where artists, audience, participants visitors alike thrive in the Arts. Situated in Lavender Hill, a trendy and bustling area and just a short walk from Clapham Junction Station. The Date: We Make Christmas Fair will take place on the 10th December 2011. The doors will open at 11am till 5pm How To Apply: If you would like to apply to sell at our Christmas Fair, please email us at  wemakelondon@googlemail.com for an application form. The deadline for Applications will be 28th September 2011 All applications must be received by midnight on the 28th September 2011. We will then let everyone know if their application has been successful by the the end of the first week of October If you have any questions about the event please feel free to contact us at the above email address Any press inquiries please contact Mary at wemakelondon@googlemail.com

We are off to Hello Etsy:

We might be quite for a few days online as we are off to Hello Etsy in Berlin.

Its looks like its going to be an amazing event.

We already have our itinerary on what we want to see and do while we are at the summit and looking forward to seeing our friends at  EtsyUk Amity, Georgina and Heidi while we are there.

If you email us over the next few days you'll get a lovely message saying we are back on Monday.

If your heading to Hello Etsy too, we will see you there

Mary xx

Come and see us today and tomorrow:

We are here both today and tomorrow from 12pm- 10pm come and say hello
And take part in some fab workshops and buy beautiful products from over 40 designers

The Vintage Midnight Walk:

The Vintage Midnight walk takesmplace tonight.
We cant be there as we will be at the Thames Festival but it looks fantastic and raises money for a great charity.

The Vintage Midnight Walk takes place on Saturday 10 September and is the first joint event between St Joseph’s Hospice and Richard House Children’s Hospice – both providing care and support to those with life-limiting and terminal illnesses in the East End. We’re hoping to get over 500 people to take to the streets and walk 10 miles, all dressed in vintage clothes from the 20’s through to the 50’s to raise thousands of pounds for these two great charities. At the halfway point there will be swing dancing and after-midnight tea. There is a £15 registration fee and minimum sponsorship of £100

Check It Out:


http://www.vintagemidnightwalk.com/

Come and See Us Tomorrow and Sunday:

We are excitedly working through the last preparations for the Thames Festival tomorrow.

Please if you in London come along and see us. We will be setting up outside Southwark Crown Court along side the HMS Belfast.

We are very proud to be part of such a fantastic event and even prouder to be working alongside our craft pals Sanna Panda and Friends, OfCabbages and Kings, Craft Guerrilla and Crafty Fox for the brand new Craft Trail which launches tomorrow.
Check out the fantastic new website to find out how to get your self 1 of the 100 special goody bags and a chance to win some fantastic handmade prizes it the Craft Trails Prize Draw

To see the amazing sellers in the We Make London are check here:

http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/p/thames-festival-designers.html

To see the wonderful workshops taking place in our area on saturday check here:

http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-workshops-at-thames-festival.html

And Sunday here:

http://wemakelondon.blogspot.com/2011/09/our-workshops-at-thames-festival-sunday.html

Our workshop area is sponsored by our lovely friends at Etsy, they will be teaming up with the School of Creative Start-Ups to run a Create Cafe and Mentioring sessions.

If thats not enough for you to do this weekend, then check out the Thames Festival website for all the live entertainment, carnival and fireworks.

Its going to be fantastic......what are you waiting for get down to the Thames Festival tomorrow and sunday. See you there

Thames Festival Designers: Childrens Clothing

With just a few days to go we would like to introduce you to some of the designers that will be at the We Make London area at the Thames Festival.

These are all of the wonderful sellers that make childrens clothing

• Littlechook

I love kids clothes and have always had great fun shopping for clothes for friends' babies, discovering many great independant designers and small labels along the way. 
In 2009 I started 'littlechook' with the aim of producing a fun and quirky collection of childrenswear all featuring my flock prints. 
Please have a browse of our gallery to see a selection of our designs or visit or shop at  http://notonthehighstreet.com/littlechook  to see our full range.
We are also on facebook - just search for 'littlechook' and 'like' us for previews, special offers and sample sales.

• MoochicBaby

MoochicBaby offers a gorgeous range of soft and snuggly hand printed children's bedding and nightwear. Started by two friends, Yuva and Aneesa late in 2010, each print in the MoochicBaby collection is driven by colour and inspired totally by fun! Having between them two children under the age of 5, they became tired of paying ridiculous prices for products, that offered little by way of originality and quality in return. This led them to create their own original and vibrant collection using prints that have been in Yuva's family for generations. Each item is handcrafted  using traditional block printing techniques and is therefore completely unique. Moreover, all of their products are made with 100% pure cotton enhancing the snuggle experience!

• Kappuke-Ki Kidswear

I design & make children’s clothes. I designed the Kimonii, an all-in-one wrap around trouser suit that combines style with practicality. It slips on like a Kimono, the trousers wrap round and fold up, and down again for changing.

I make a whole collection of Eastern inspired kids clothes which mix simple shapes and cute styling with practicality.

I hand make all the items for sale at the festival.

Kappuke-ki (Ca-pook-key) means cupcake in Japanese, and I’ll be selling
those as well!

website www.kappuke-ki-kidswear.co.uk

Thames Festival Designers: Hats

With just a few days to go we would like to introduce you to some of the designers that will be at the We Make London area at the Thames Festival.

These are all of the wonderful Hat sellers that will be there:

• Fairheads Headwear

• Hatastic

Hatastic! founded in 2009 by Chloë Haywood, and the same year won the competition ‘Fashioning Technology’.

Her Recreation Collection (headpieces made from games) launched at Alternative Fashion Week 2010 was then showed at Brighton Fashion Week, and was consequently featured in The Times, Cosmopolitan, OK Magazine and countless blogs.

L’air du temps is a collection of reworked hats adorned with vintage remnants, jewellery and millinery foliage.

Her next collection Candy, has already been seen on the likes of Keisha Buchanan (ex Sugarbabe) and she’s also working on a collaboration with Ayten Gasson Lingerie.

Recently nominated as Accessory Designer of the Year, she has also been working on a couple of projects soon to be featured in the book ‘Glitter Crafts’.

• MischaM

I live and work in London, UK and make hand-sewn romantic, vintage style, and shabby chic flowers, ruffles, accessories and jewelry.

I love to work with silk, satin, lace, new, vintage, second hand and upcycled materials, jewelry and beads to make creations for both special occasions and everyday embellishment.

• Feather Fancies

Feather Fancies is run and owned by Paula Eastman.

Paula has worked for over fifteen years in theatrical costuming and has a Master of Arts in Fashion from The London School of Fashion.

Here at Feather Fancies we love to create and are always trying out new designs to bring to you so watch out in the 'Limited Collection' page as these are generally one offs, so grab yourself something unique that no-one else will have and be the talk of the party!