NEW WEBSHOP - 4 days to go!

It's coming, and it's coming soon! Watch this space for the all new website and webshop which we are delighted to unveil for the beginning of the Christmas season, 4 days until cards are just one click away!

Here's a sneak preview of what delights are to come...

Handmade in Britain

To cut a long story short, we're going to be at Handmade in Britain this November, come and join in the 4 day craft bonanza in Chelsea Old Town Hall from 1st-4th November:

1st 2nd & 3rd Nov: 11am-6pm
4th Nov: 11am -5pm

for more details and tickets see:
http://www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/


In conjunction with Handmade in Britain our Birds and Fairytales collections are now selling at Handmade Interiors:

10 Cheshire Street
London E2 6EH
(just off Brick Lane)

http://handmade-interiors.co.uk/

Made in Clerkenwell

A date for your diaries:
This November we'd like you to step out of the cold and unearth an oasis in the city; a hotbed of cutting edge craft and design by over 70 designers, this time including the Plant!

We're excited to have been selected from many craftspeople and designers to join this Open studio event and will be launching our new Giant Christmas cards range and doing demonstrations at this 4 day celebration of craft! More details on this soon...

Opening hours:
Thursday 27th November 2008 6-8pm
Friday 28th- Sunday 30th November 2008 12noon-6pm

33-35 St John's Square, London EC1M 4DS

The Fortnums Bazaar is now open...

...and we're thrilled to announce the retailing of our Christmas Collection at Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly!
So it's only September, and we're all for sunshine and summer too, but as cards people we can't help but be excited about what's just round the corner...

You'll find our cards at the Christmas Bazaar on the First Floor:

Fortnum & Mason PLC
181 Piccadilly,
London, W1A 1ER
(just a short walk from Green Park tube station)

Additionally good news for hoarders of cards like myself as well as those further afield, individual photos/prices will be posted up on our webshop next month so our cards will soon be available for purchase at the click of a button. More updates soon!

As the festival draws to a close...

...we're sad to soon be leaving our little stall at the West End Fair where we have met so many people and had so many wonderful conversations. But worry not we'll be back next year!
Please come and visit us in our last three days this weekend (until Sunday 6pm) or visit our new website and webshop in late September once it's up.
For those who have ordered cards by mail, they will be with you in the beginning of September.
Until next year Edinburgh friends!

We've arrived!

...in Edinburgh amidst the wind, sun and scattered showers and are now exhibiting in the Marquee in the West End Design Fair.
A big thankyou to all who have bought and browsed already, contributing to the great response for our new collection!

Some comments from the first day:
"Everybody loves a bird"
"Oh my God just look at the inside"
"I wouldn't send it, I'd keep it"
"Bellissimo!"

and one of my favorites said to my face:
"I'm afraid I just go to Tesco for mine"

Looking forward to meeting a lot more people and more photos coming soon.

Below is our new fairytales collection, now available... Enjoy the Festival!

5 days to go!

With less than a week til we hit the festival we've been working round the clock perfecting our new ranges....
Here's a preview of some of our bird cards, another of our new collections for the launch on August 2nd. Looking forward to seeing you there!

counting down to Edinburgh...

With only two weeks to go we've been hard at work - here's a sneak preview of one of our Edinburgh postcards, just one of our new collections for the launch on August 2nd. Watch this space for more previews of our new cards as they are made!

Edinburgh Festival - new collection launch!

We've just had our place confirmed at this year's Edinburgh Festival fair where we will be launching the sale of our new collection!Come and visit us in the fair if you're coming to the Festival, we're excited to be in this historic and vibrant setting and we'd love to see you! Whatever the weather we'll be in a hut-like stall in the grounds of St John's Church ( on the corner of Princes St and Lothian Rd) making and selling our cards for three weeks.

see more details at http://www.westendfair.co.uk/

Admission is free and the fair is open every day from 11am til 6pm from 2nd August til 24th August apart from Sunday 3rd.Hope to see you soon!

wedding commissions

We seem to have fallen off the radar a little recently but fear not!
We've been busying ourselves with some new wedding commissions (and of course working on the new collection too - but that's another story). Congratulations to both couples!
And if you out there are considering engagement, pondering invitations, or have said yes and now can't believe there's only a month left til the wedding and you haven't done anything, please get in touch, we'd love to have a chat abotu what our bespoke service could do for you...

shortlisted!

The Plant have been shortlisted in the Big Leap competition! From new companies (under 30) all over South East England we've been whittled down to a finalist selection of 10 companies. These 10 companies will attend a week-long business bootcamp to determine who will be the overall winner...

http://www.stridingout.co.uk/competition.php

welcome to our new home!

Hello to everyone and welcome to our new blog. Sorry for the delay of our official website due to technical difficulties, this will be our new home until further notice. (or until Cai Jia completes her Multimedia course and is no longer a technophobe.)

Thanks so much to everyone for your help and support back in December when we launched our Christmas range 07. It was a great success and we were so pleased that we got to meet so many people who showed interest and were so genuinely helpful in giving us advice for the future.


Please keep checking back here for further updates as we're soon to start working on our new birthday collection. We are also undertaking a few private bespoke commissions for weddings and are open to enquiries or for a chat about your requirements. Please direct any questions to Cai Jia at entertheplant@googlemail.com

In the mean time here's a reminder of our Christmas collection, please email us for a price list ( both trade and individual customers) thanks!

Surprise range, 5 designs

These cards have holes cut out of the front to reveal the red insert inside and playfully cast a shadow on the inside when put in the light. The inserts are held by cut-outs of festive scenes. Designs come complete with a red envelope and cellophane wrap.

Snowflake Range, 5 designs
These six pointed icons of Christmas invite you to look closer as they are formed from more than meets the eye. A printed insert for your greeting is held in by festive shapes and our burning process leaves a natural gold hue around each snowflake. Designs come complete with a red envelope.

Recipe Range, 6 designs
Inspired by Victorian cookbooks and flock wallpaper this is both a card and a present. With wallpaper patterns formed from the ingredients in the recipe, this card comes complete with a recipe card insert (with ingredients and instructions) and hand drawn illustration of the finished product. Bound with red satin ribbon. Designs come complete with a red envelope and cellophane wrap.