Cornwall rocks

Last week I spent a lovely week in Cornwall relaxing and soaking up the atmosphere of this lovely part of the country.

It's the first time back down that way since I was a young 'un and it did not dissapoint.  Our base was a lovely farm cottage (complete with hot tub, oh yes!) and we spent the week travelling around this area taking in some lovely places - Penzance, Mousehole, St Ives, Falmouth, St Mawes and Padstow.

My favourites were St Ives and Padstow, the craft, kiddy and gift shops were simply amazing and hours were spent wandering round the shops, taking in a coffee and people watch and devouring the amazing seafood.  Heaven?  I think so.

Mousehole (pronounced Mousell...I think)

The only dissapointing part of the week was a trip to Lands End - an expensive and tacky tourist trap which felt completely out of place for the area.  With hindsight this probably should have been expected - shame really though.

It's back to it now - the internet in the studio is working again now after a few weeks of, well, not.  I've got some orders to get out this week and preparation for a craft fair in the coming weeks - all go!

Lyndsey,

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Lights, camera....action!

A couple of weeks ago the first ever Maple Designs photo shoot took place.  It was such a great day - a dream come true to have my very own photo shoot, amazing to have gorgeous models wearing and using my items and brilliant to see the end results.

First up I'd like to say a massive thank you to the Mum's and their little models for giving up their time and taking part, and a BIG thank you to Katie from KTM Photography whose photos are absolutely superb.

It was a really fun day and the kiddies were absolute superstars.  Each one had a goody bag of Maple Designs items for the shoot, including:
- Bibs (fabric fronted, terry towelling backed)
- Dribble Bibs (fabric fronted, fleece backed)
- Taggies (fabric fronted, fleece backed with ribbons)
- Burpee Cloths (fabric fronted, fleece backed), and,
- A range of hand appliqued fabric designs on t-shirts, tops and baby suits.

A few photos were posted on Facebook and more from the day are below for your viewing (and ahhhhhing) pleasure!

Haydn with a fetching 'tash top

No dribbles for Haydn with this dribble bib

Lily wearing an 'L' top and strawberry fabric taggie

Bella, Freya and Jack wearing hand appliqued t-shirts

Freya wears a whale design t-shirt

Jack with his dress down day clothing...t-shirt with tie design

Bunting for Bella

P is for Poppy

Poppy wears a strawberry bib

Lily wears an apple fabric dribble bib

Olive comforted by her spotty taggie

Olive saving mum's clothes with this burpee cloth

All items shown in these pictures are available to order and come in a range of fabrics and designs. 

I can also work on any bespoke or custom items - designs, initials, ages etc - so please just drop me a note to say hello via Facebook or e-mail me at lyndsey@mapledesigns.co.uk.

Lyndsey,

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 All images used above kindly reproduced courtesty of KTM Photography (c) 2012.