French & Godbold are off to market this Sunday 26th June. We will be setting up shop in London at the Old Truman Brewery Sunday Up Market in Brick Lane. Our stall will be on the upper level from 10am-5pm. Please drop by to see our range of lovely greetings and gift cards as well as some of our new creative endeavours. We look forward to seeing you there.
Author Archives: Michaela
Favourite Boots
A lovely day spent wandering in London, meandering through lanes and streets, visiting favourite places and discovering new ones. I started my day in my favourite old boots but ended it in a stylish and bargain priced pair of Sanita sandals. A delightful development. The photo above is a picture of my old boots on mosaic floor of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square.
Art Exhibition
French & Godbold Greetings Cards and Tiny Gift Cards will be for sale at the Gravelly Barn Summer Exhibition this weekend. Doors open at 11.00am Friday 17th June. Click here for full details. We are delighted to be able to include our work in the show and can highly recommend a stop for tea, cake and visual treats if you are in the area.
Observation
I am delighted this week by the arrival of my new digital camera. Its a beautiful thing and I am having a lovely time with it hanging around my neck. I am snapping enthusiastically as I move through my days. There are so many lovely things to see. And the new camera makes the process of observation all the more enjoyable. I am looking forward to spending summer improving my technique.
Successful Transit
Despite it’s somewhat tiny 60x60mm proportions, we are excited to report that the first French & Godbold Tiny Gift Card has successfully made it’s way through the Royal Mail postage system and arrived safely at it’s destination. The Tiny Gift Card envelope is outside the minimum “absolute limit” specified by Royal Mail. And yet they have done us proud and delivered regardless. Further international postage experiments will be undertaken shortly, stay tuned for further reports….
Reconnaissance
A busy time at F&G last week. At Progressive Greetings Live on Wednesday, we were inspired by the generosity of the traders in sharing their knowledge and experience of the greetings card industry. Thanks to Helen, Danny, Joanna and Alec for some great conversations. Since then, Richard has been out and about showing our portfolio, receiving positive feedback and some definite interest from local retailers. We spent Sunday walking the aisles of many London markets, looking for the one we liked the most for a regular F&G stall. Sunday Up Market in the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane is the winner. We had a great day with many beautiful things to see, delightful people to speak to and amazing food to sustain us along the way. Perfect.
Umbels
The umbel is a most pleasing blossom structure. Described as a flower consisting of many stalks which emanate from a single point rather like umbrella ribs. From the humble cow parsley (pictured above) to the delightful elderflower, the Hertfordshire hedgerows are currently awash with umbels. Floating cloud like on long stalks, creamy white in a sea of green. Beautiful.
100,000 Things in the Lounge Room
Last weekend I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the first gig on the current Suzy Almond tour schedule (thanks Clare & Jenny). The Lounge Room Tour is a low-key small format tour occurring in sitting rooms throughout Greater London. It was a delightful evening in a cosy Sydenham flat, with an intimate audience of 12 and Suzy’s alternative pop folk to keep us entertained. The evening culminated with a rousing sing-a-long which saw the crowd belting out a few old favourites such as Blue Moon and American Pie. We all left with happy hearts. Inspired by the sound of Suzy’s beautiful guitar, I have at long last re-tuned my cello.
Portfolio
French & Godbold are off to the Progressive Greetings Live trade show in London tomorrow. A foray into the world of greetings cards….we have much to discover. Richard has been compiling a portfolio of our work today. We pick up our new business cards tomorrow morning just in time for our afternoon of networking.
Card Collections
We are pleased to announce that French & Godbold card sets are now available at our online shop. Collections of four or six French & Godbold Greetings Cards or a set of ten Tiny Gift Cards are now listed for sale. Take some time to browse our range and select your own set of favourite cards.