Mevagissey – Stocking up on Supplies

Friday was a really busy day. We got up really early and headed out to Mevagissey. On the way to Mevagissey we stopped at Costa and treated ourselves to takeaway Latte’s (a legacy of living in city for years, we miss the convenience of coffee shops in the city). We then drove the scary (and tourist filled) back roads to Mevagissey. One of the things I loved most about the city was getting up early in the morning and out before the commuters. Walking around the city as shops where being cleaned, florists setting up, newspapers being delivered.

Whilst Mevagissey is far from a city, it still felt a lot like that, with the cute little shop owners setting up for what will become a crazy day with the tourists. Now that we live here, we tend to do what all the other locals do. We get out EARLY in the morning, do everything we need to do for the day and get home before the hoards of tourists hit the roads (at which point even driving a few miles can take the best part of an hour).

First we hit the craft shop in Mevagissey for some new necklaces. They have so many colours & options to choose from that it can take quite a while (with a lot of counting and untangling at the end to get a price). Now we are fully stocked for Pendant Pixie

Following buying our supplies, we had a walk down onto the harbour. Because it was so early, it was mostly locals walking dogs or stopping for a chat, which made a really refreshing change. Even the fishermen where unloading their catches. A few hours later, this place would be crawling with tourists so it was really nice to see it quiet.

Next we hit the road back to Carlyon Bay to our studio to make and package the orders for the day. Done by about 4pm we walked to the post office to post out our Pre Bank Holiday orders, then onto the local village (Charlestown). We ended up sitting in the pub all afternoon & evening, scheming about new ideas & projects and life in general. It was quite a productive afternoon, and a whole lot of fun. We got so carried away we ordered beer & food and made an evening of it.

On the way home we stopped to chat with the Lambs (who where too cute) and made it home about 9PM. After checking and replying to emails, John & I sat down on our Huge sofa and watched Chris Morris’s Four Lions. It was funny as hell “Rubber Dinghy Rapids Brother”.

That brought another Friday to a close, and the hectic pace of the day almost made us forget that this weekend is our 5 Year wedding anniversary. We are so bad at remembering dates :S

Below are some pictures from the day.

Early Morning Mevagissey Street

Mevagissey Harbour

Boats in Mevagissey Harbour

Buying supplies

Winding Mevagissey Street

Mevagissey Junction

The Cornish Fudge Shop Mevagissey

Old Inn Mevagissey

Crooked Backstreet

Brocante (bric a brac in French) shop in Mevagissey

Village Square

Brocante

Brocante

Brocante Mevagissey

The Junction

Market Square

Boxes after stocking up on Supplies

Cokes in the Pub

Yum. Locally caught (via the harbour) Haddock & Chips

Lamb - Cutey

Koolbadges adds Pendant Pixie

Well it has been a busy couple of months. John & I have been working on our next big project, Pendant Pixie and the site is now up and running. I saw Pendants made from Scrabble tiles years ago at a craft fair, then later on etsy, and I’ve always wanted to make them myself. With koolbadges being so busy, it is often hard to find the time to start something new, but over the past few month’s I learned how to make them, started gathering all my supplies together and began listing pendants on etsy & folksy. The response so far has been amazing, and we have already sold loads on etsy & folksy.

Pendant Pixie.co.uk

I never thought that demand for the pendants would be so great, so last month John started work on the brand new Pendant Pixie website. The site is now up and running and we are already taking orders. Pendant Pixie already has around 250 pendant designs listed, and the feedback we have had so far has been excellent. Be sure to checkout Pendant Pixie.

Out for one of our many business meetings. Ice Cream all round.

All this aside, koolbadges has been busier than ever. This week we have started shipping out Christmas orders (some of you are very organised). It feels really weird to be making Christmas Badges in the middle of the summer, but it is also very exciting as Christmas tends to be our busiest period, and the workshop is always full of christmas spirit (well we wear bad christmas jumpers, eat mince pies and listen to cheesy christmas tunes). We are really looking forward to the busy period this season and we look forward to receiving all your orders.

Breaktime for the Koolbadges Workshop

We also have some new machinery coming our way in the form of a 58mm badge machine. We will be producing custom 58mm badges for you, as well as 58mm Pocket Mirrors & keyrings. This should be really exciting as many of you have already asked for your own designs on 58mm badges, not to mention the amount of people who ask us for bigger badges for Birthdays, Stag & Hen parties.

Exciting times in the workshop, which is bound to keep John & I busy.

New Addition

I think it was last week, we went to a really cute fishing town near where we live Megavissey. We had Fish & Chips, had a walk around the narrow cobbled streets & on the way back to the car spotted a little craft fair that was taking place in a church. I purchased some hand cream & this extra cute Hen (called Gurte).

She is made from a vintage table cloth! She was made by Claire Maxwell & you can visit her blog here.

Happy Rejects – Origami Cranes

Origami to me is fascinating, its time consuming & beautiful. I found these Origami Cranes on Etsy. They are stunning & simple.
Origami Cranes from Happy Rejects shop on Etsy

Each mobile can have up to 40 Paper Cranes. Now thats alot of work!

Back Track

So its been a while since i posted here so i am going to do a few update posts to let everyone know whats been going on. its been a BUSY BUSY couple of months.

So first things first. Me & my hubby packed up our Freelander & moved from Scotland Back to the North West of England in Januray. Trust us to move during what some may say was the worst winter Britain had seen for 30 years. The snow was MENTAL. Our trusty Freelander ate it up & John (hubby) was great behind the wheel.

From the North West we carried on making badges & saving our pennies as we had a plan (not telling you what that was, not just yet).
Here are a few badge orders that were made …..
I Love Tea Badges

Love Hearts Badges

General Election Badges

I will be back later to continue the update, first i have to get some orders out.

Podcasts & Badges

We make ALOT of badges here in the koolbadge studio. The one thing that keeps us going are Podcasts, we listen to loads. A few of our favourites are 2600, Kevin Smith Smodcast, Digg Nation & Radio 2. They sure do keep us going.
Here are a few badges that have been made this week

We have LOADS of Halloween Badges on the site. They make great treats instead of candy

Its not all play & no work

The koolbadges studio has been in full swing. These are just a few of the orders that we have made these past few weeks.
Custom Book Club Badges

Hen Party Badges


Stag Party Badges

Patriotic Scottish Badges

….. also as it is the 1st August today (how fast has that come around?) we are have a huge 50% sale at KOOLBADGES!

Kool day out at the Aquarium

I didn’t take too many photos as i was too busy being in awe of the fish. I love the any aquarium, they are such great places. Here are a few of the pics i did take.

Brother & his daughter

Dont forget to pop on over to koolbadges.com & show us some love.
Have a great weekend all x

It’s been a long road!

Ok so all has been quiet on the koolbadges blog for a while. The reason for that is we moved house & have been on a few road trips. Things have been really crazy. Here are a few pics from the road. We went up the East cost of Scotland to Stonehaven & Aberdeen. Then up the West coast of Scotland past Perth & Inverness & then over to Wester Ross to a beautiful place called Gairloch.
Stonehaven

Tree at Glamis Castle

Stonehaven Castle

Me & John at Stonehaven Harbour

Glamis Castle

Gairloch

Loads more pics to come. Oh & there is a 50% sale on the badges this weekend.

Summer – Oh where are you?

All badges are from my shop Koolbadges.com pop by & show us some love