HUGE apologies and a very Merry Christmas!

It has been far too long since I lasted posted an entry on my blog so I am very sorry.

Jim Jam Sandwich totally took off this Christmas and I was so inundated with orders that after coming home from my full time job every day I have been working until about midnight most nights making brooches and cards. Having only started with NOTHS a year ago and not being that well established back then, I didn't have any idea of how busy I could possibly get. I ended up having on average about 4 - 5 orders a day with some through Folksy as well. I have been so thrilled :-) It has been incredibly hard work but hopefully worth it in getting my name out there. It seems my 'I Love Tea' brooches have been my best seller to date and I have a few new similar ideas for the New Year so watch this space!

In amongst the Christmas rush I also had an order from No8 in France requesting Christmas cards and lots of brooches. Eve asked me to make some 'J'adore Cafe' brooches to see how they went down with the French. I was quite pleased with how these turned out so they will making an appearance on my NOTHS and Folksy shops in the next coming weeks.

I did a blog giveaway a few months ago which I also must hugely apologise for not announcing the winners of. I promise to do this on my return in January and two lucky people who left a comment will still win one of my brooches x

Anyway I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and very Happy New Year. Thank you to all my followers and fans for helping JJS to do so well. I'm off to Borneo for Christmas to try and soak up some sun (inbetween thunder storms!) and to climb Mt Kinabalu so there will be lots of photos on my return.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR

Jim Jam Sandwich in France!!

I had a large card order over summer from a lovely little shop in the south of France called No8 and I have just received photos of my cards in situ! No8 is a gorgeous boutique shop in Auberterre in the Bordeaux region selling beautiful gifts, accesories and my cards :-) Eve has sold most of them and is hopefully about to place an order for some more.

How cute is this little place... You can see my cards on the top two shelves below.

Cards galore all weekend!

I had an incredibly busy weekend getting all the cards made for my order for No8 in France. I started cutting out all the shapes on Friday evening (whilst watching Wimbledon highlights with a cold beer which probably slowed down proceedings!), was stitching everything together most of Saturday, embellishing Sunday and I have finally just bagged and boxed all 39 cards! I can't wait to get them sent off and get Eve's response down in the South of France.

Here are a few photos of my cards in progress and all safely wrapped up and ready to go :-) Eve is going to send me some photos of them once they are displayed in her shop, I can't wait!

Jim Jam Sandwich goes French....

I am very excited about my first order from a new store, No.8, that is opening very soon in the south of France. Having spotted me on Folksy, Eve and I have been in touch over the last few weeks and I have just had confirmation of the cards she wants to trial. She is focusing on handmade products so hopefully my cards will go down well. I am all for supporting talented and individual crafts people and small businesses so I hope things go really well for them.

Their website is not up and running yet but the holding page already looks really beautiful. Good Luck Eve and hopefully I can visit you one day in person....