It’s been a while since we’ve created any new stationery designs. Our last stationery products were made from photos we’d taken using our vintage cameras. We sold the last of these cards and postcards over Christmas and decided this range would be discontinued as we wanted to experiment with illustration instead.

A month or so ago we created some new shop tags:

We loved creating this hand drawn type and wanted to use the technique to create some illustrations. Our leather bird laptop cases have been selling really well so we’ve combined the motif from these cases with our new type design.

The wing area of the bird can be personalised with either a name, a short message such as ‘happy birthday’ or it can be left blank.

You can check out the card in our shop or contact us if you are interested in stocking this card in your own shop.

Between projects, we’ve been busy planning some new ranges for the toggle shop, so I thought I’d share what we’ve been up to.

In the near future we’ll be introducing some knitted goods. Our iphone cases have received great feedback, so we thought this would be a good place to start. The new range of knitted cases are based on stripey vintage sports socks.

Image source: Richard and Gill on Flickr.

Sneak peaks

Each case is hand knitted with Debbie Bliss merino wool. This wool isn’t the itchy sort your Grandma use to knit jumpers with – its very soft, keeps its shape, lightweight and can be machine washed at 30 degrees. For our crafty readers: this wool also knits up with a lovely even tension.

In the near future, we are hoping to offer a ‘custom’ knit option for these cases. The idea being that you’ll be able to choose your body and stripe colour.

We’ll let you know when the cases are ready for sale!