Wednesday 25 September 2013

Creative day in Wales

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Last week we had a lovely creative day at Joy Butlers studio in Wales. We used ceramic paints to decorate reclaimed china pieces and of course there was lots of tea and cake as usual.


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Using ink and water to create unique designs


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Close up details of the paintings, we loved the vibrant colours.IMG_0342IMG_0312


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A box full of foraged mushrooms picked from the surrounding hills.IMG_3685


We had lunch outside and luckily the sun was shining for us!


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There were lots of pretty flower boxes everywhere


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Tea anyone? The ceilings were full of rows of antique teacups, what a great idea!


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Around the workshopIMG_3677


Joy's daughter Ruth makes beautiful jewellery out of the reclaimed teacups and plates.IMG_3678


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The garden was amazing, there were so many pretty flowers everywhere!


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Joy's lovely house and studioIMG_3692


Afternoon tea and biscuits, because you can never have too much tea!IMG_3695


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We made little concertina books full of ideas and we loved using the vibrant inks.


Thank you to Ruth and Joy for a lovely day out, we had such an inspiring time!

Le Petit Pois has arrived!

le-petit-pois-for-blogWith our Spring launch came the release of our fab new range ‘Le Petit Pois’! With wiggly eyes and bright colours they are perfect for little people and grown up's too. The range includes Spring and Everyday designs so there is something for every occasion including Mother's day, Father's day and Birthdays.


The Spring designs will be available in the New Year and our beautiful birthday designs are hitting the shops now so keep an eye out for these little lovelies in shops near you!


We've been featured on Print & Pattern

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Here at Belly Button we are very excited today as we have been featured on the Print and Pattern blog for our fabulous new Le Petit Pois range.


Sending a big thank you to Marie for the lovely post!


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To have a little read of the blog post take a look at the Print and Pattern blog.


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We are also very excited to have a read of the new Print & Pattern Kids book!

Wednesday 18 September 2013

London Fashion Week

Here at Belly Button we have loved this years London fashion week! Here are some of our favourite looks from Maria Grachvogel.


All of these gorgeous outfits are from the Spring/Summer 2014 range and we just love everything!



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We loved the pastel shades for Spring and Summer and the floaty chiffon fabric,especially the duck egg blue!


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Another of our favourite designers was Vivienne Westwood. We always love her choice of colours and patterns. A lot of Vivienne's pieces were very floral and here at Belly Button we do love anything floral!


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We loved the bright colours and use of colour blocking in Roksanda Ilincic's dresses, they are perfect for Spring and summer!


We can't wait for next years London Fashion Week and to see the trends for 2015.


What was your favourite trend for Spring and summer 2014? We would love to know!

Friday 13 September 2013

Belly Button Spring launch party

Here at Belly Button we celebrated the launch of our gorgeous new Spring ranges yesterday by having a fabulous party!


Of course there was a lot of tea and yummy cake, but isn't there always?IMG_5707 Our fabulous looking table showing the full Spring collectionIMG_5666


Lots of delicious looking french fancies and jammy dodgers!IMG_5667 IMG_5675


One of our lovely Platinum Mother's day cards.


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'I love you' Paloma card, perfect for Valentine's day!
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Another gorgeous Mothers day card, great to give to any flower lover. This time from our Marmalade range.IMG_5682


A Paloma Mothers day card, hand jewelled by our lovely painting team!


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Here is one of our fabulously new card ranges, Le Petit Pois, with lots of cute characters and wiggly eyes, including cards for both Spring and Everyday.


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Our brand new Spring brochuresIMG_5687


'Hot Suff' is one of the cards from our Valentines Platinum range.IMG_5701


Mitzi definitely enjoyed the party and even managed to steal a French Fancy, but you wouldn't know it from this cute little face!IMG_5703 IMG_5705


Katie reading through our new Spring Brochure.


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It was lovely to catch up with Irene from Harriet and Dee


We all had a great time at our launch party and we are very excited for them to hit the shops in January so be to sure to look out for them in a shop near you!

Monday 9 September 2013

A New Belly Button Baby

Here at Belly Button we are very excited to announce the birth of a Belly Button baby. Congratulations Lucy on your little baby girl, Martha Annie!
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baby cardsa new baby collageBaby Boy and Baby Girl cards, both from our lovely Platinum range.