A mountain of love: Meet 'Red Paper House'

We still get incredibly excited about new makers we meet along the way putting together Reetsweet. Amy from 'Red paper house' had to be hunted down by us because we love her work so much we were desperate for her to appear!

Working using paper and wood, Amy creates touching, delicate, pretty work inspired by nature featuring woodland motifs and mountainous peaks. You'll also find her photography work on display which features the great outdoors as well.

So make a date next Saturday and come see us at reetsweet designer maker fair at Leeds Corn Exchange?

Here's what you missed at Reetsweet Spring 2013

We just wanted to bob on here and say a huge thank you to everyone involved in making our fair possible on saturday, we had a brilliant and talented selection of makers, and a good crowd in to support us! Thanks also, to the folk at The Corn Exchange for hosting, and everyone who helped to publicise the event.

If you missed us, here's a rundown of what you could have perused...(with links where available to buy online)

Big thanks to...
/That old chesnut
/Ed Boxall /Sallyann Jewellery
/Natasha Green
/Nellie&Moo
/Lou Bijoux
/Chrissie Freeth
/Amy Panda
/Charli's Cupcakes
/The mouse ran up the clock

Smallest Design

  Love me sew

Pinegrove Leather

  Rita Broka

Becci Maryanne Illustration

Sarah Morris Jones

Gallons of ink

Dual Nation

New maker for April: Suzy Jones of 'Smallest Design Studio'

At reetsweet we love to celebrate the quirky, the bright and the beautiful! Suzy, with her business 'Smallest' pretty much sums up everything we love about handmade...

'Smallest is a design company that specialises in handmade products for children and the young at heart. The company was founded in 2012 by Suzy Jones. Inspired by her daughter, Suzy refound her love of drawing and making. Smallest is growing from the dining table to a studio based business with a passion for beautiful, quirky and simple design.

All fabrics are designed by Suzy Jones and printed using a combination of digital and screen printing processes. Unique products are then created with love and care in the Smallest design studio in Lancashire.  

Smallest’s dolls are all handmade by Suzy in her studio. She uses recycled, antique and upcycled material to produce these delicate, one of a kind characters.  Suzy takes her inspiration from the world around her, recurrent themes are science, nature and winter.'

oct fair preview: new friends!

Here at reetsweet we are always looking for new crafty talents, and are proud to introduce to you Natasha Kidd - aka 'theknittingkidd' knitter extraordinaire!

'I am a knitter with a serious case of the 'knitting bug' interested in creating, making, colour, texture and all things handmade.

I design and hand-knit unique and quirky felted bags. My bags come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours, with embellishments including knitted toadstools, mushrooms, flowers and other flora, fauna and buttons. Alongside bags I make knitted and felted purses, brooches, pencil and laptop cases. Most recently I have started to develop a range of small knitted toys. All products are made with high quality wool.

I have been knitting for about a year and a half after a random knitting lesson with my mum one Christmas. Since then I haven't stopped knitting and I have been selling my wares for about a year, first to friends and family and since April 2011 I have started selling at craft and handmade fairs.

I studied an Art and Design degree at Leeds Metropolitan from which I graduated in 2003. I have always been interested in making work including sculpture, model making, animation and drawing and painting. I have found my passion in knitting and textiles.'

http://www.knittingkidd.co.uk/

October's reetsweet on the 1st and 2nd will also showcase the work of Memelou - Michelle Gemmel! Her charming designs are the perfect antidote to the nights drawing in...

'Michelle Gemmel has been a designer for many years. She studied textile design at York St john University. After graduating she worked for large companies designing Underwear, swimwear, nightwear and housewares but most recently became a freelance designer. Michelle has always been in love with surface pattern and decided to follow her dream and design patterns all day long! She also now has the time to be more creative and has decided to pursue her love of craft. She loves making quirky, fun purses and printed tote bags as well as cards and other nic naks. Everything is handmade and designed (with love) in Michelle's micro studio in Leeds- it's really that small!'

http://me-melou.blogspot.com/

jonathan lives here...

Jonathan Wilkinson aka We Live Here celebrates in his work the buildings and scenes from the places we see everyday. All of his illustrations are orginal, created from scratch. He studied fine art at the Psalter Lane Campus Sheffield Hallam where he developed his style and established We Live Here in 2007.

"Above all I get a kick out of reimagining these unconventionally beautiful buildings in my own style. For me it gives the buildings a greater sense of importance and hopefully makes us think a little differently about them too."

Jonathan has lived and worked in Sheffield for the last 11 years. While he was born in Leeds and grew up in Nottingham, Sheffield is his home. This will be his second appearance at reetsweet, he first visited us in Nov for our premier show!