I'm just back from a couple of days visiting family on the Black Isle (very nice train journey down this morning with sun and a couple of hours of reading time - bliss) to find the postie waiting with a heap of packages. Amongst which were more Glove & Hate oven mitts from Stuart Gardiner (if you were in the shop at the end of last week asking about these for a wedding present - so sorry, didn't think they would come so soon!).

Other new things to arrive were Stuart's Drop Scones Not Bombs tote bags, wrapping paper from Gemma Correll, screenprinted purses & letterpress cards from sarah @ Marram Studio, melamine tumblers & mugs from Michelle Mason, and heart shaped ceramic brooches with bikes on them by Mary Goldberg (pics to come soon).

the envelope angel comes to the rescue

I'm sure we all have padded envelopes and other packaging filling our cupboards at home that we've kept to re-use but never have. Maybe it's looking a bit scruffy to send that present for your favourite auntie or you just can never find a label that would cover up the previous address. The boys at Blue Marmalade have the perfect solution to stylishly extend the life of that jiffy bag with their envelope angel which houses a roll of 100 sets of address & sender labels. Send a set of labels with your package and you'll make the chances of it being re-used again even higher.
You can buy your envelope angel here at boo vake now.
£5

Packages and parcels arrive in all shapes and sizes to the shop. This one arrived yesterday from illustrator Beth Morrison. More on the contents soon!