So this is why I've been so busy lately - working on a new project with Jo of StellaMyStar. Nearly ten years ago now I had a conversation with a fellow crafty type about creating a line of children's t-shirts, but I couldn't create the necessary artwork myself (no skillz) and the artist I first approached to collaborate with didn't see how their work would translate to a t-shirt format, or how someone could sell t-shirts outside of a traditional clothing store setting - why sell online? Won't people need to try them on first? Well luckily the independent handmade sector in the UK has changed a whole lot since then!
Fast foward a few years and suddenly everything fell into place. After many years of running my own businesses and a few more years of working with crafters, artists and designers in Glasgow and beyond, I was in the right place to get started. Jo and I put our heads together last July and we started planning - it's been a long time in the pipeline, but somehow time speeded up on itself last week and all of a sudden we were ready to launch - and to make sure our t-shirts will be ready to post by the start of December! Up until the middle of last month, only our designers and our immediate family knew what we were planning, and now we are ready to shout it from the rooftops.
You can find out more about the project, and how to buy from our first collection of t-shirts at the Mimi and Will website at mimiandwill.com and you can pre-order from our first collection here - the best part is you don't even have to choose which shirts you want straightaway, which is great because we have lots more shirts lined up to release before the end of October. Please share our links with anyone you know who has children or might need child-shaped Christmas presents!
and p.s. - Girl Industries isn't going anywhere - so shop with confidence!
