Redbubble Feature One

Our artist Kev Brett is working hard on new designs for the Piddley Pix Range, but in between all that he does some of his own work and it sells on a site called Redbubble!
Redbubble showcases work from different artists, there is literally hundreds of fab designs to choose from! They sell clothing, prints, cards and even stickers!

We have decided to feature a few of the artists, starting of course with our very own Kev Brett (Click Text Link to see in shop)!

Anger Management

Sherlock

Recycle 

Clan O Worms

The Dark Knight

So, there is a quick taster of some of the designs, and don't forget you often have the choice of whether you have adult clothes, kids clothes, prints or more!

Do head over to Kev's Redbubble Account - there are more designs to look at!

New product!

We have our first adult tshirts for sale!

Head over and get yours fast! The first ten purchases get a free keyring too! A bargain at £15.00 including shipping (to the UK)

All About The Boys (Giveaway)

All About the Boys was started when Karen Jones (a mum to 3 boys) was continually frustrated with the lack of classic affordable clothing available for boys on the high street. She now sells carefully selected classic designer children's clothing  at affordable prices through her website and despite the name All About The Boys sells clothes for babies, boys and girls!

All the items they sell are brand new (there are no seconds either), and the Designers include Ralph Lauren, Levi, Tommy Hilfiger

The lovely Karen has offer to giveaway a fab prize to one of you lucky readers, the prize is this Pink Petal Pettiskirt for 18 - 24 months old

All you have to do to be entered is pop over to the All About The Boys website have a look around and then come back and comment with what you liked on the site! The winner of the pettiskirt will be picked at random.

Terms: Competition closes Friday 11th March at 11.59pm, you don't have to follow the blog (although that would be nice), winner picked at random from valid entries, Piddley Pix decision is final!

Minor Edition Review

Minor Edition is an online shop that sells unique dresses; Founded by Ipshita, she designs all the dresses herself, so, I was really pleased when I was offered a dress to review, unfortunately the dresses are in sizes 2-6 so a bit too big for my baby princess, so I was going to have to pass the dress to someone else to review from a 'using' perspective!

When the dress arrived it was beautifully wrapped and I felt like I had received a pressie! I opened it up with the anticipation of a child on Christmas morning to reveal a very pretty dress from the new 'Tomato and Olive Collection' which filled me with a 'it's so not fair' vibe at the thought that my little girl was too ickle and I was having to give it to someone else!


So, all I could do was look at the dress from an observation perspective and then pass it on.

The dress was lovely and the uniqueness shines through, I certainly haven't seen anything like this on the high street! The only minor worry I had was how it would fair being worn by a two year old as it appeared to be very delicate!

If I am honest I am not a big fan of the colour green, but this green suited the pattern and style of the dress perfectly, it had a beautiful shape to it and was topped off with some very cute bows!

Now how did the testers like it? Well on receiving the dress the dad had the same thought about the delicateness of it, he worried that the bows may get pulled off or the dress wouldn't fair well with two year old playing!

After little M had worn the dress they said "When putting it on, it fits well, as it is a fitted style and the right size for our girl. Unlike her other clothes, however, there is no 'give' or stretchiness to the material, so I would imagine that she'll grow out of it pretty quickly" and after wearing the dress there were no signs of bows dropping off or the material wearing or tearing, so although delicate - fit for the job!

This is a beautiful dress, make sure you pop over to Minor Edition to see what other items they have in their new collection and as an added bonus, every customer (the child) gets a birthday surprise on her birthday – they just need to register here.

Information from Minor Edition:

Prices of the Tomato and Olive Collection:
The price list is now ready. I am very happy to offer silk dresses meant for special occasions, at such a bargain price.

Green and Maroon dresses with two small bows  - £19.00

Green dresses with large bows - £19.99

Red dress with white sleeves - £23.99

I always mention the sizing because every child is different and do not always fit the British Standard size. I am a first-hand ‘sufferer’ as Anusha, my daughter always need two sizes larger than her actual age. So would it be worth mentioning that Minor Edition recommends that they check the size chart

Very interesting comment about stretchiness of the fabric and totally agree with M’s daddy. Well, as parents, we all hunt for the regular stretchy clothes for the nursery or toddler groups where messy play and suchlike are involved and those that are resistant to a zillion washes. To be honest, organic silk fabrics do not really stretch like a jersey dress for example. The Tomato and Olive Collection is a collection of dresses that are meant to be delicate and special but without the price tag. This can be compared with the special satin dress (that do not stretch as much too)  that we would have bought for our little ones for any special occasion like a wedding or a birthday. Just that these are not white or pink nor are they pricey.

All About the Boys

Through the wonders of social media I have met some wonderful people, and I have especially enjoyed getting to know other business mums, or Mumpreneurs!!

I would like you to get to know some of them too (and check out their great businesses of course), so here we have a short Q and A with Karen from All About The Boys!

Who are you?
Hello My name is Karen Jones, I am a wife and mum to 3 boys aged 15 and twin 5 yr olds.


What is your business?

I Own an online children's clothing company - All About The Boys  Selling affordable designer and bespoke babies, boys and girls clothes.


What made you set up your own business?

I decided to set up my business after the birth of my twins.  I returned to work after maternity leave, the childcare costs were crippling, I hated the work and I felt totally stressed out trying to do everything and feeling I was achieving nothing.  I had already established a small regular income selling my children's used clothes on Ebay in my spare time and so decided to see if I could make it a proper business to fit around my children and home life.  It has developed over the last 5 yrs and now I have an Ebay shop and website.


Out of the things you sell, which is your favourite and which is your best seller?
I love all things Ralph Lauren, I always have.  They are classic, timeless and stylish.  My twins are wearing polo shirts worn by my eldest son when he was 5.  My best sellers are definitely Polo shirts and because I import direct from America I am able to sell at unbeatable prices in the UK.


What things do you do for fun, in your spare time?
My fun or family fun ?  My fun sleep, read and drink wine !  My family  fun - we go out and about in Devon where we live as much as possible.  We love the beach in Summer and even more so in the Winter.

What is your favourite thing about being a mum?

Belonging, and having my own special people who need me xx


What does a typical day for you include?
How much time do you have ???  Early start, shower, get children up, fed, dressed and walked to school. Back home coffee, put washing on, make the beds, emails, twitter, facebook, blog, website, ebay, photograph stock, list stock, print off despatch notes, more housework, check orders with suppliers, sort customer orders, pack customer orders, post office, collect children, park if weather ok, home, tea for boys, emails, check computer for updates on work, play with boys, quiet time & read to boys, bedtime for boys, dinner for husband, No 1 son and myself, wine : )  Twitter, facebook, catch up on blog posts, tv, bed xx


Do you use Social Media for your business (If so, which sites and what do you like about it)?
I decided to give Twitter ago about 18 months ago initially as an additional link for my website, I became hooked.  I love the immediate short conversations, suits me perfectly.   I then decided a blog might be a good idea too as a lot of the people I was following had them.  Its been a real boost for my business and I get a lot of sales from the followers.  I recently set up a facebook account when I was asked to become a toyologist by ToysRus.  I will be the first to admit I don't quiet "get" facebook.  I think you are either in one camp of the other.


Where can we we find you?
My website is www.allabouttheboys.co.uk
My twitter id is allaboutheboys   (only 1 t the 2 tt username was taken)
My blog is   http://allabouttheboysdesignerclothes.blogspot.com/  


So, don't forget to head over to Karen's website and check out the great clothes!!!