Archive for May, 2009

We thought you might like to meet Daisy Boo – the inspiration behined daisy loves… Daisy Boo is a German Wirehaired Pointer who has lived with Nicola for 18 months. She arrived with her ‘husband’ (and father to her litter of 15 pups!) Mr Sonny and since then has settled into country life in our thatched cottage with miles of field of them to run in with their labrador and spaniel friends. You will see plenty of her in the future being a ‘model’ for the various daisy loves… ranges along with her chums. The photo of Daisy Boo was taken by Lesley-Anne.

We are loving India Knight’s book ‘The Thrift Book – Live Well and Spend Less’. It has completely inspired both of us to live more thriftily and more importantly enjoy the experience! The chapter on Crafts has proved particularly useful right now…

It looks like summer might finally have arrived in England – and just in time for the weekend for a change! Walking the dogs does so much for inspiring creativity and even more so when the weather is so warm and there are so many beautiful things to look at. We both live in a tiny village in thatched cottages and it really is postcard pretty – just a wee village shop, a pub and a church! We are very lucky to live only a few hundred yards from each other and we spend a lot of time together mapping out the great life plan. Right not that plan is mainly dog collars, leads and treats! Nicola is also doing posters and leaflets for the upcoming dog show which will be the launch of the first daisy loves…range.

We are desperately trying to find beautiful quality fabric we love at prices we can pay for our first collection and we just can’t wait to try out the first prototypes on our furry friends! They will definitely be the talk of the village! x

The new sewing machine has been bought and put to it’s first test – a beautiful floral cushion for the dog’s bed in the office! We are madly sourcing fabrics, rings and buckles that are beautiful as well as functional and putting together our thoughts for the first range.

We’re also working on the other important things like marketing, packaging and places to sell. Etsy is the obvious choice, as well as our local markets and car boots but we are also going to have an online shop on our website when that is up and running. Lots to do and all while running our other businesses of design and photography as well! However we are both really excited by the possibilities ahead and we are both really enjoying the journey.

We now have a deadline of Sunday 9th August for our first collection to be ready! We are showcasing a range of beautiful dog leads and collars at our village dog show (which we are also organising) as well as baking some delicious doggy treats. Nicola has two German Wirehaired Pointers called Daisy Boo and Mr Sonny and Lesley-Anne has four English Springers called Beanie, Pants, Brooke and Charlie Parker and a Munsterlander called Sydney. So we have plenty of willing dogs to try out the leads and collars to make sure they are durable and comfortable – and of course some very willing volunteers for the doggy treat tastings!