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Card Bands – plastic free packaging

For as long as we have been in the card business cellowrap has been the standard way of keeping the cards clean. In recent months there has been a lot of publicity about the problems of plastic in the environment, and this has led to many requests that we supply our cards “naked” the term our industry use for cards that are not packed in a cellobag. Looking around we found there were no satisfactory methods to holding the cards, envelopes and address labels together, so we set out to find a solution.

We have come up with the idea of using translucent bands of paper. The straps pull tightly around the cards and held firmly by a peel and seal glue pad.

The bands are narrowest on the front of the cards, and are nearly invisible when looking at the cards in the display racks.

The straps are wider on the back of the cards, allowing us to add extra space for information such as pricing, bar codes and our company logo

The straps do not keep the cards clean like cellobags do, and we are not expecting the smaller independent shops to adopt our new method of presenting naked cards very fast. However we do believe we have found a more elegant solution to presenting naked cards and in coming months you will see other companies adopting this green method we have invented.

Another advantage we had not anticipated is that the bands are so much easier to remove and discard. Opening and extracting cards from bags, and then sorting them in the waste, is actually quite a chore

Traditionally we have also used cellobags to supply our cards to shops in bundles of 6s or 12s. We are now phasing out our use of plastic for bundling cards and using bundle straps instead. Bundle straps are another product developed by Two Bad Mice!

Remember you saw it here first!


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Fishing by Anita Jeram

RANKED NO 16

Unfortunately this card is not included for publication. Anita likes the title “Serenity”

(4 X 5 stars + 6 X 4 Stars)

  • Serenity

Your views on which title works best are appreciated. Really surprised this has been rated so low. I thought Serenity was the perfect title for this card. It is unlikely to be chosen for publication this time.

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Chess by Alison Friend

Chess by Alison Friend

RANKED NO 6

Chosen for Publication Title : Games Night

The title was first suggested before the competition by Julian who works in Two Bad Mice Office

(15 X 5 stars + 5 X 4 Stars)

  • Games Evening
  • Me to You
  • Are you Game

Your views on which title works best are appreciated. This card has done well in the rankings and we have a title which is better than Check Mate as a greeting.

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BESPOKE

This is a new page which is still under construction

Made in the UK for you

We are working on a new concept which will enable customers to buy made-to-order bespoke ceramics. This way we can offer a far wider choice of designs and products at very competitive prices. Further more we will be able to work more intimately with British factories to provide items that are wholly made in the UK.

There are draw backs

  • The products are not off-the-shelf and will take a few weeks to reach you
  • They will not be gift boxed
  • We have a minimum order value of £100 plus postage

Using our “Drag and Shop” software you will be able to put together images on the objects you want. At first, whilst we are testing this new way of making products, the choice will be very limited, but if the service is popular we will add a wider range of ceramic products and a bigger image library

We are starting with bone china pasta dishes made by Duchess China in Stoke on Trent. You can also use the images on mugs and bowls used for our current ranges of off-the-shelve ceramics. To illustrate the concept we have put together this example.

The image called Swan No 5 is used on the Pasta dish + Large bowl (cereal) + Medium bowl + Medium sized mug.

It would also be possible to tile your kitchen with the same Swan images. Maybe in a pattern like this?

Of course not everyone wants Swans. We already have a number of images ranges

One day we might also be able to add fabrics as well.

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How to Clean Tea Stains on Bone China Mugs

How to Clean Tea Stains on Bone China Mugs

Fine Bone china is well known for its whiteness, strength and the glossy finish of its glazes.   The whiteness and strength are derived from the whiteness of the substrate.  The glossiness  is because the bone china glazes melt at the same temperature as the colours of the decals, meaning the colours fuse into the glaze producing a gorgeous glossy finish.   By comparison porcelain stood next to fine bone china will look less brilliant, however the beauty of bone china comes with a penalty; as they age the physically softer glazes used on bone china collect more micro scratches which makes them stain more easily.

There are some people who wash their cups immediately after finishing their cup of tea.  I am not like that.  I am really lazy and will leave mugs around the office full of tea that has gone cold.  Afterwards I rinse them lightly before making another cup, so my mugs get really badly stained.   For years we have been trying out all sorts of remedies to clean the tea stains that accumulate in our bone china mugs.  These remedies usually involved a lot of scrubbing and it has always been a bit of a chore to get the brilliance back.

Astonish Cup Clean

Recently a customer told me about a product called Astonish Cup Clean that restores the mugs to looking as good as new with almost no scrubbing.  The product can be bought online from Amazon 

This is how bad my mugs get after a few weeks of mistreatment around the office.

remove tea stain on bone china
Looking as good as new!

All you need to do is fill your mug with boiling water and add one teaspoon of the powder.  This is the same mug after being soaked for ten minutes in Astonish Cup Clean.  The brilliance of the colours and glazes are fully restored.

remove coffee stain on mugs

Other Ways to Clean Bone China

1. Denture tablets: Use in the same way as you use Astonish cup clean; fill the cup with hot water and add quarter of a denture tablet and leave. (Maybe it is the same chemical?)

2. Magic cleaners:  The brand we use is Doktor Power magic eraser.  You don’t need soap but you will need to rub the surfaces quite hard to remove the stains

3. Lemon juice:  Never tried this and I think it will not work for deeply engrained  stain:  Fill the mug with hot water and add a wedge of lime or lemon.  Leave to stand for an hour..  Some people scrub with salt and lemon rind

4.  Vinegar: Heat 1 cup of vinegar over medium heat until hot. Soak the mug in the hot vinegar for 4 hours or overnight.

5. Baking Soda: Make a thick paste of baking soda and a little bit of water. Apply this to the stains and then scrub with a scrub brush or sponge.  This may have to be done more than once

Wikihow – how to clean stains out of white mugs https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Stains-out-of-White-Mugs

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Gifts for Dog Lovers

gifts for dog lovers by Anita jeram

Gifts for Dog Lovers

At Two Bad Mice we have many cards and gifts for dog lovers. 

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Dogs are a great subject for humour.  Anita and Alison both get this. Greeting card for dog lover by Anita Jeram

It is often difficult to find a good gift or card for a man.  Often cards with dogs are man cards, for instance Anita Jeram’s Laid Back Kinda Guy is a good card for the man about the house.

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M99 Laid Back Kinda Guy

If you are looking for a gift for a dog loving man then you should look at our large sized mugs;  NLM99 Laid Back Kinda Guy

Other large man mugs are “Ready to Go”

Ready to Go Mug
Ready To Go bone China Mug by Anita Jeram

and “Bee Happy”

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GSM49 Bee Happy Gift Set by Anita Jeram

This medium sized mug is perhaps suitable for the ladies

COOKIES bone china mug
COOKIES bone china mug by Anita Jeram

and of course there is a lot of humour to be had out of the dog cat love hate relationship.

NSM Cats Rule OK – Small mug by Anita Jeram

This theme is beautifully exploited by Alison Friend

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IA59 We’ll Blame it on the Cat reproduced from a watercolour by Alison Friend

Alison Friend has a lot of fun with dogs; she has them playing the piano.  And ideal card for a musician who loves dogs.
not being able to control the sheep

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IA71 The Great Escape by Alison Friend

and retiring

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IA11 Retirement Party by Alison Friend

Pinterest board  https://www.pinterest.co.uk/twobadmicecards/cards-and-gifts-for-dog-lovers/

Two Bad Mice Page for Dog related products https://shop.twobadmice.com/dog-lovers-gifts/

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Gifts For Rabbit Lovers

gifts for rabbit lovers

Gifts for Rabbit Lovers

Rabbit Gifts
Gifts for Rabbit Owners

When you think of Anita Jeram you are quite likely think of her illustrations for the Children’s classic Guess How Much I Love You (Walker Books 1995).  This charming book, which tells of the love between a father and his son the Little Nutbrown Hare, has sold 28million copies in 53 languages.  The book is as famous for its pictures of hares as it is for the text.

It was through this wonderful book that we discovered the work of Anita Jeram

Guess How Much I Love You Gifts
Guess How Much I Love You (Walker Books) Illustration by Anita Jeram

We have an agreement with Walker Books that we will not commission Anita to make cards with Hares that could be confused with her book, but we publish a lot of images of Rabbits by Anita Jeram.   Anita’s rabbits are every bit as cute, cuddly and full of expression as her illustrations of Guess. Consequently Two Bad Mice have a wide range cards and gifts featuring Anita’s rabbits.

Our top performing card and mug of all time is Cloud Watching

gifts for bunny lovers
Cloud Watching by Anita Jeram

Anita sometimes sends us pages of images of rabbits, like the ones used in this card

Cards for Rabbit Lovers

and her rabbits that feature parent child relationships are just the best!

gift for a rabbit lover
M296 I Picked This For You by Anita Jeram

This bone china breakfast mug with matching card is often used as gift for father’s day

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GSM47 You’re the Best Breakfast Mug by Anita Jeram

Another very popular mug is often used as a Valentines day present is Some Bunny to Love.

We also have bowls

bunny gift for a child
Bowl – Walking Together by Anita Jeram

Our memo pads make ideal stationery for rabbit lovers

Stationery for Rabbit lovers by Anita Jeram
Rabbit Memo pad by Anita Jeram

As you use the pad the images on the page change .

Rabbit gifts by Anita Jeram
Stationery for rabbit lovers by Anita Jeram

So if you are looking for a gift of a rabbit fancier, look no further than Two Bad Mice.  We simply have the best!

You can see all Two Bad Mice Rabbit products here: https://shop.twobadmice.com/rabbit-lovers/

We have a  Pinterest Board with Gifts for Rabbit Lovers : https://www.pinterest.co.uk/twobadmicecards/gifts-for-rabbit-lovers/

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Designing Gifts and Cards for Bird Lovers

gifts for bird lovers

Cards and Gifts for Bird Lovers

by Julian Williams (founder director of Two Bad Mice)

I am currently working on a range of cards and gifts for bird lovers.  It is a project that will be spread across a number of years. Creating something new is always a journey along a road that is never straight. The unexpected problems become detours that take us to new destinations we never envisaged when we set out .

My range of cards and ceramics will be centred on the birds many of us are familiar with in Northern Europe. I am choosing birds we see visiting our bird tables and on our walks in the parks of our towns and cities. Amongst Britain’s commonest birds is the Great Tit Parus parus.  These lively nosey bossy birds have a huge range from North Africa in the South to Norway in the North, Ireland in the West to Korea and Japan in the East, and will be familiar to many of our customers.

The images start as a page of pencil drawings. I make the sketches using videos and from photographs.  Once I have made a few drawings and got a feeling for the bird I can invent additional poses.  I then scan the pencil drawings so that I can be amalgamated on a single sheet and worked with digitally.

Great Tits gifts for bird watchers

I have no confidence as a painter, but in recent years I have begun to learn how to use painting software platforms like Photoshop and Corel Painter. Instead of using paint brushes I use a digipen which is like using a pencil on a big flat screen. Digipens are programmed to mimic the behaviour and properties of real brushes in very sophisticated ways. 

There are hundreds of different digital brushes to choose from.  Each brush has its own characteristics which can be adjusted and changed, for instance the digital paint can be made to behave as if it is thick or watery.  I can ask the brushes to react as if it is painting over wet paint that mixes and smears with new colours. Alternatively I can apply the colour with a brush that behaves with the soft and floppy properties of a fine sable watercolour brush. The watercolour brushes add translucent colours that run and dribble over the wrinkles and dips of textured papers.  A big advantage of working with digital brushes is that the screen can zoom out so that the artist can apply broad strokes of colour across the whole canvas and then be asked to zoom in to blow up a small area where detailed work is required.

I use a watercolour brush carrying translucent yellows and bluey-greeny-greys on top of pencil drawing . The basic colours are applied to all the images in a matter of minutes and I now have a small library of birds in different poses to choose from.

greeting cards for bird lovers great tits by Julian Williams Parus major sketch

The next stage of the process is to paint some branches for the birds.

The outlines of the alder branches are painted directly on the flat screen. I am working on making an abstract pattern that distributes the vertical drops of the catkins, against the rambling branches and the birds which are dropped in front of the of the branches. In this case I have a layer for the birds, a layer for the branches  The flying bird can be dragged and resized to a position where it will show on the front side of the mug, his partner will be on the back.

You might notice that I have added more layers of smeary paint to the birds so they no longer look like water colours.  More paint is applied to add colour and fill out the branches.

Lastly I add watery blue background which sits on a layer behind the birds and branches.

This design is now ready to be printed out on a desktop printer and wrapped around mug so that I will see how the item will look after it has been manufactured.

mock up of great tit mug

Other birds

So far I have made twelve mock ups included Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Swallows, Robins, Wrens, Mute Swans, Blue Tits, Long Tailed Tits, Coal tits, Bull Finches, Gold Crest. Here are a few samples of the designs

Blue Tits

Chaffinches

Goldfinches

Nuthatches

Here is a selection of how the mock ups look so far

Cards of Bird Watchers

A big advantage of digital painting is that we can re-use an image we have made for one prupose for another purpose. For instance the painting I made for a mug can be modified by changing changing the arrangements of the pieces, adding details, resizing and adding new layers. When I want to make a card I can reposition the elements image so that they work on a new portrait format. In this instance I also change the background too.

Final image for Great Tits, Parus Major

My image is finished, the last job is to research on the internet and find out interesting facts about the birds for the backs of the cards. This card was released in July 2019.

and here are some more images from the same series

Ceramics for Bird Lovers

Sparrow & Blossom Mug
NMB129 SPARROW & BLOSSOM by Julian Williams

Sparrows & Blossom Bowl
KBMB29 Sparrows and Blossom by Julian Williams

Blossom Memo Pad
SMPJ2 Sparrows & Cherry Blossom Memo Pad by Julian Williams

Page of Greeting Cards and Gifts for Bird Lovers https://www.pinterest.co.uk/twobadmicecards/cards-and-gifts-for-bird-lovers/

Pinterest page : Gifts for Bird lovers

Links

Jenny Wren https://drawingandillusion.blogspot.com/2017/05/jenny-wren-troglodytes-troglodytes.html

BullFinch http://drawingandillusion.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-bullfinch-pyrrhula-pyrrhula.html

Goldfinch http://drawingandillusion.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis.html

Mute Swan: https://drawingandillusion.blogspot.com/2017/04/british-birds-mute-swan-cynus-olor-mute.html

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Greeting Cards and Gifts for Cat lovers by Anita Jeram

gifts for cat lovers

Two Bad Mice has a wide selection of gifts for cat lovers.  This is because Mami, my partner and fellow director at Two Bad Mice, is bonkers about cats.  At the time of writing she has five cats in the house and another six hangers-on that come to the door for her gracious charity.  Our interest in cats is reflected in the selection of  ceramics, greeting cards and other products that feature cats.

Section of Greeting Cards Gifts for Cat Lovers by Anita Jeram
Cards and Gifts for Cat Lovers

Two Bad Mice ceramics often include the option of buying a matching card.  Like this Breakfast in Bed mug and card.

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Anita has made artwork to go on all side of her mug

mug for cat lover by anita jeram
Cat mug: Lots of Luck by Anita Jeram

This is called Beware of the Cat!

Beware of the cat mug
Beware of the Cat by Anita Jeram

This is one of my favourite cat mugs; “Cat Nap”

Cat Hampers

Perhaps you are looking for a gift for a man who love cats?  This hamper includes a large apron, over gloves, a tea towel, a large mug and greeting card

Chefs Hamper

This small 200 ml mug might be a suitable gift for a cat loving child

gift fo a cat loving child
Small Mug – Basketful of Kittens by Anita Jeram

and of course there are dozens of cat cards by Anita, and dozens more containing images of rabbits, mice, dogs, hamsters and badgers.  You really need to go to our website to look through her cards!  www.twobadmice.com

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Competition Result: Dogs in Pub

Below are all the suggested titles for the picture below

M235 CHEERS! CARD

There are some very funny and original ideas for titles.  I liked “Who Let The Dogs Out?”  “The Kennel Club” or “No, I Haven’t Brought My Human Out Tonight”

We made a practical choice “Cheers!”.  It is not the funniest but it was the most popular suggestion and it is the sort of title that works well for a card sender.

We cannot divide the prize between twenty winners, so we have decided to award a free mug to the seven entrants who correctly added the exclamation mark.  These winners will each receive a mug of their choice sent to their homes.  The names of the winners are: Jane Keating, Liza Mcquaid, Anna James, Ashlee Mccune, Lesley Noble, Moira Ashley, Anne Thomas-Ferrand

This is a full list of the titles

A Dog Walks Into A Bar…
A Doggie’s Do
A Dog’s Dinner
A Dog’s Night Inn
A Dog’s Night Out
A Drink Between Friends
A Happy Gathering
A Job Well Done, Cheers!
A Night With The Boys
A Pack Of Friends
A Shaggy Dog Story
A Toast To Our Friendship
Among Best Friends
Anyone For Pool?
At The Fox And Hound
Bar Stool Woofers
Bar Tending
Bar Terrier
Best Of Luck Mate
Best Of Mates
Better Than A Water Bowl
Blokes Night Out
Bonding Time
Bottoms Up
Bottoms Up
Bottoms Up!
Bottoms Up!
Boys Booze Up
Busy Evening At The Dog´S Inn
Called To The Bar
Canine Capers
Canine Drinks
Catch Up
‘Catching Up’
Cheers
Cheers
Cheers
Cheers
Cheers
Cheers
‘Cheers’
Cheers Big Ears
Cheers My Dears!
Cheers To Us All
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers!
Cheers?
Chillin’ And Swillin’!
Chilling And Swilling!
Chilling Out With The Boys
Chin-Chin
Cock Tails Bar
Come Here Often?
Discussing The Day
Do You Come Here Often
Do You Come Here Often?
Do You Take Walkies Here Often?
Dog Friendly
Dog Friendly
Dog Tales
Dog Talk
Dog Walks Into A Bar
Doggie Down Time.
Doggie Heaven
Doggy Bar
Dogs Bar
Dog’s Dinner
Dogs Only
Dogtail Bar
Dogtail Hour
Dogtails
Don’t Drink And Bite
Down At The Local
Down The Dog And Hound.
Drink To Me Only
Drinks Are On Me!
Drinks With Special Friends
Enjoying A Sniffter
Evening Meeting
Fancy A Drink?
Foxy Lady!
Fueling Up For Alkies
Going To The Dogs
Good To See You…
Great Times With Friends
Hair Of The Dog
Hair Of The Dog
Hair Of The Dog
Hair Of The Dog
Hair Of The Dog
‘Hair Of The Dog’
Hair Of The Dog?
Happy Days
Happy Friday!
Happy Hound Hour.
Happy Hour
Happy Hour
Happy Hour
Happy Hour
Happy Hour
Happy Hour
Happy Hour At The Kennel Club
Happy Nour
Heard The One About The Three Cats Who Walked Int
Hello, Do You Walk Here Often?
Here’s Seeing You
Here’s To Our Doglemma
Here’s To Us,Good Friends.
Here’s To You
Here’s Too………
Hey Buddy, A Toast To You
Holiday Cheer
Holiday Chitchat
Hound Happy Hour
Hound Pub For Hound Talks. Brandy Rains No Cats.
I,M Just Having The Hair Of The Human.
I’ll Be “Ruff” In The Morning!
I’ll Drink To That!
I’m Going To Be As Sick As A Dog
In The Dog House
In The Dog House
In The Dog House-Again!
Inn For A Pleasant Evening
Inn Keeping With The Best
It Is A Dogs Life!
It.S Youre Round
It’s A Dog’s Life
It’s A Dog’s Life
It’s A Dog’s Life
It’s A Dog’s Life
It’s A Dog’s Life ….
It’s A Dog’s Life.
It’s Always Five O’clock Somewhere
It’s Good To Have Friends
It’s The Hair Of The Dog I’m Afraid, I Had A Heav
Just Chilling
Just Dogs No Cats
‘Just The One’
Keeping It Cool…
Kennel Club.
Kibbles And Drinks
Last Orders
Last Orders
Last Orders!
Leader Of The Pack
Let Drinking Dogs Lie
Let’s Celebrate
Let’s Drink To That
Let’s Have A Drink
Let’s Have A Hair Of The Dog……
‘Let’s Meet’
Lets Meet Up
Light Refreshments At The Cocked-Tail Lounge
Local Wag
Lock In
Love A Nice Drink After A Long Walk
Man’s Best Friend
Meat Lovers’ Pub
Meet Me At The Bar
Meet Me At The Bar-K
Meeting At The Local
Meeting Friends
Mrs
My Owners Are Away So I’m Making Hay Whilst The Sun Shines
My Round
Nice Bar, This
Nighthawks
No,Haven’t Brought My Human Out Tonight
Not Another Shaggy Dog Story
Nothing Like A Good Tail-Wag At The Local!
Old Friends Toast
One For The Road
One For The Road
One For The Road
One For The Road Lads!
One More For The Road
One More For The Road!
One Pint Only
Party Animal
Party Animals
Party Animals
Play It Cool!
Propping The Bar Up
Pub For Pups
Pups In The Pub
Pup’s Pub
Putting The World To Rights
Relaxed Night Out
‘Relaxing’
Relaxing After A Ruff Day
Rime To Catch Up
Rover’s Happy Day
Rover’s Return
Same Again?
Saturday Night At The Bark Bar
Set Them Up Joe
Shaken Not Stirred
Shaken Not Stirred
Six Pack
So I Said To This Bloke…
Special Times
Such A Thirst After All That Barking!
Tall Tails
Tgif
Tgif!
Thank Dog It’s Friday
Thank God It’s Friday
Thank God It’s Friday!
The Bachelor Bar
The Bar Is Busy
The Business Meeting
The Dog’s Dish
The Drinks Are On Me
The Fox And Hounds
The Fox And Hounds
The Gang’s All Here
The Hound’s Tipple
The More The Merrier
There’s Nothing Like Dog O’clock
This Is Worth Being In The Dog House
Time For Another?
Time Gentledogs
Time With Friends
‘Two Pints Of Lager And A Pack Of Bonio Please’
Watering Hole
Welcome To The Weekend
Where Everybody Knows Your Name
Who Let The Dogs Out?
Wine List
Working Dog Drinks
Would You Like Some Bone Flavoured Crisps?
You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
You Come Here Often.
You’re Here Too!?

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Competition Result: Jackdaw

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Thank you for all your entries.  I am giving the prize to the four entrants who suggested Open Wide – a simple title I had not thought of.  The winners are Adriana Mallery, Janice Mack, Catherine Cooper and Lee-Ann Leander-Pehrson.  Well done you have each won £25 to spend on teh Two Bad Mice website.  We also pay all postage costs.

“Mum?”
A Helping Hand
A Helping Hand
A Little Drop Of Kindness
A Little Tender Care
A Mere Morsal
A Mother’s Job
Adopteeater
All Things Great And Small
Baby..
Before I Fly
Bet In Black Jack
Bird Breakfast
Bird Feeder
Birdie Num Num
Can I Tempt You?
Caw That’s A Lovely Drop
Chick Crumble….
Cor Jete!!
Dinnertime
Down A Little
Down The Hatch!
Down The Hatch!
Feed Me
Feed Me
Feed Me!
Feeding Time
Feeding Time
Feeling Peckish
Food From The Gods
Foundling
Great Expectations!
Grubs Up
Have A Dillicious Day
Hungry Little Chick
I Need You….
I’ll Always Be There For You
Just A Tidbit
Learning To Use Chopsticks!!
Little By Little
Little Treats
Look Up!
Loving Care
Luncheon Is Served
Mamma
Mammy??
More Please!
Motherly Love
My Black Friend
Nature AND Nurture/Nurturing Nature
No Worms Today,Tiny!
One Small Piece
Open Wide
Open Wide
Open Wide And Say Aaahhhh….
Open Wide!
Open Wide!
Patience Makes The Young Grow Stronger!
Peck Ism
Petite Dejeuner
Room Service
Say “AAAAA”
Say Ah!
Sing For It’s Supper
Singing For My Supper
Something Wicked This Way Comes…….
Starvin Marvin!
Stronger Day By Day
Take Your Medicine And Get Well Soon.
Thanks
That Doesn’t Look Like A Worm To Me!!
Tuppence-A-Time
Tweezeater
Tweezer Treat
Worms! Dream On,Tiny!
Yum!
A Dill In The Kitchen

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Competition Result: Cat with the Marrow

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Thank you for all your ideas for titles.  We have consulted with Anita and chosen to use is “The Very Best”  because it is a great message for a card.  Sometimes others titles are wittier and tempting to use, but we have to keep in mind what message will be useful to the card sender.

Congratulations to Jo for winning £75 to spend on the website

A Dill In The Kitchen
A Happy Vegetarian!
A Light Lunch.
A Marrow Escape
A Marrow Escape
A Marrowing Tail
A Pickle Of A Time
A Present For You
A Vegetarian’s Delight!
Anybody Want To Share Whatever This Is?
As Happy As A Cat With A Cucumber
Autumn Came
Autumn Harvest
Ay-Cat-Rumba!
Back Up, Please! I Need To See It Better!!
Behold Ze Chef!!
Big Expectations
C”Est Manifique
Cat Marrow Soup,Tonight
Cat That Got The Courgette
Cat V. Courgette
Chef Celeste
Come Dine With Me!
Cooking This Tommarrow
Cool Cat
Courgette Delight Tonight
Cuke Chef
Cuke Smile
Deus Ex Machina
En Gourd!!
Everything Becomes Good In Your Hands
Fancy A Marrow?
Fancy Some Lunch?
Fat Cat Gets Healthy
Feline Green Around The Gills
First In Show
From The Garden
Get Strong Soon
Getting The Balance Right
Giant Marrow Anyone
Great Expectations!
Great Rewards Come To Those Who Cook
Guess What We’re Having For Dinner!
Happiness Is A Big Green Marrow
Happy Maiow-Rrow
Harvest Time
Harvest Winner!
Have A Dillicious Day
Head Chef
Hey Good Look In’ What You Got Cooking?
Home Grown…
Homegrown
I Thought It Was A Courgette
‘I’m The Pickle King’
In A Pickle
In A Serious Pickle
In A Serious Pickle
It’s A Big One
It’s A Marrow Of Taste
It’s Cooking Day
It’s The Cat’s Whiskas
Just For You
Just You Wait!
Let´S Cook The Cuke
Let’s Make Soup Together
Look What I’ve Got
Love Cooking
Love To Dine With You
Mambo Jumbo
Marrow Cat
Marrow Caton Bleu
Marrow Fat Cat!
Marrow Me!
Marrow Me!
Marrow Meow!
Marrowcat Cooks
Marrowly Missed By Whisker
Marrowy Bliss!
Master Chef…
Meat Is So Passé I’m Going Vegan!
Meeearrow
Meorrow In Action
Miarrow
Mind Me Marrow
Nature’s Bounty
No Meat Today
Not Another Zuccuhini!
On The Straight And Marrow
Pickled Pink…
Pickled Tink!
Pretty Proud Cooking
Prize Winner
Prize Winner.
Purrfect
Purrrrrrfecttion
Ratatouille
Ready For The Weekend
Ready Steady Bake
Seasons Of Mist And Marrow Fruitfulness
See You Tomarrow
Show Stopper
Smile!
Smile!
Smiling Squash
Soup Today, Tomorrow And All Week!
Squash Step
‘Sweet ‘N Sour’
The Bigger The Better
The Cat That Got The Cucumber/Courgette
The Chef Is Here!
The Green Chef
The Mar-Cat
The Very Best
Time For A Career Change
T’marrow Is Another Day
Tomarrows Chef’s Special
Top Cat
True Chef!
Vegetarian Cat
Veggie Surprise?
Veggie-Tarian Cuisine
Well Done Or Raw?
What A Pickle
What’s For Dinner?
Whilst The Cat’s Away, The Courgettes Get Out Of
Who Killed Cook’s Marrow ?!
Winter’s Coming – Wrap Up Your Marrows
Wow! What A Big Beak Mum Has!!
Zuccuhini This,Zuccuhini That!

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YouTube Channel

Today we have launched our You Tube Channel.  If you do not know about You Tube Channels this is all you need to know: It is possible for users and business to set up their own video libraries in You Tube.  Members of the Public can use this library and subscribe to be told when we add new videos are added to our collection.

At present we have one introductory video which is a light hearted look at how we how we run our quirky company.  There are already over 50 mini-videos which customers can use to view our products from all angles.  This example is 20 second video for the Laid Back Guy mug…

The Home Page of our You Tube Channel here

The Home Page has themed playlists; for instance you can find a list of all the videos that feature Cats.

We hope you will use the channel and give us “likes” and “subscribe”.

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Aprons and Kitchen Products

Hi,

Welcome to our blog.  A place where we will let you know news of what we are doing behind the scenes and ask you for advice about product development.

2014 has been a busy year because we have been working with Johnson Tiles to create a range of Kitchen tiles.   This led to further plans to create a selection of kitchen accessories to match the work we had started.   Everything is coming together for a release date early in 2015

Customers and fans on our email list will know about the aprons.  We consulted you about pockets and whether you use them, we discovered by a margin of 2 – 1 that most people do not want a pocket.  This was good news because we did not know how to incorporate a pocket with the design.

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The items are being manufactured for us by Ulster Weavers who have factories in both Britain and China and are well known for their quality.

It is not too late for you to comment and influence our work, so please tell us what you think of these products we are developing.