Mother's Day

Mother's Day always catches me out in the UK. Instead of being the 2nd Sunday in May, like in Australia where I grew up, it comes along on fourth Sunday of Lent, and I never seem to remember this so am constantly caught unawares coming Mothering Sunday!
I made a vow not to do it again this year and having these lovely cards and prints around to look at has been a good reminder for me!

I Baked These For You Card - £2.50

I Grew These For You Card (Yellow)- £2.50

I Baked This For You Card - £2.50

I Grew These For You (Pink) - £2.50

And then the lovely prints to match (all available mounted and framed)

I Grew These For You (Yellow)

I Grew These For You (Pink)

I Baked These For You

I Baked This For You

Do you have any plans for Mother's Day?

And speaking of mothers... some lovely mothers have sent us these pics of Belle & Boo out in the world!



Love, Clare x

Changes for Spring!

As you will have noticed things have been a bit quiet on the blog for a while. Combined with the move from London to Bristol, working, and the imminent arrival of her twins, you could say Mandy has been quite snowed under!

With Mandy now on maternity leave, Belle and Boo will still be very much running and we want to keep you up to date with all the news at Belle and Boo and, more importantly, updates on Mandy, so this is where I step in and say hello!

I’m Clare and I’ve been working alongside Mandy as a designer for Belle and Boo for a few years now and I'll be on blog duty for a while. Some of you might remember when Mandy first introduced me here, and I run the Belle and Boo twitter too, so I may have already had a chat with you on there! While I know my blog posts won’t compare to those of Mandy’s I’m looking forward to getting to know you all and can’t wait to share all of the comings and goings at Belle and Boo (and there is definitely a lot going on in the upcoming months!).

Looking out the window I’m greeted with daffodils in bloom and not a cloud in the sky, so it seems rather fitting to share our Spring clothing collection which is now online at the webshop and Etsy store.


Up the Hill Dress, which is printed with the gorgeous Belle and Boo ‘Up the Hill ‘ repeat print. £37




Fly A Kite Dress, which is a favourite in the studio, is a gorgeous 50’s inspired dress that has a secret kite pocket on the back! £44




Lily Dress – A-lined smocking dress with our ‘I Grew These For You’ image screen printed on the skirt. £44 (Modeled here by Kate's adorable daughter)





Boo Pocket Top – A-lined cotton blouse, with ‘Up the Hill’ printed sleeves and screen printed Belle by a sweet little Boo pocket. £30





Up the Hill Camisole – printed with the ‘Up the Hill’ repeat print it has a gorgeous cross over back and a sash. £33. So cute, and like the Boo Pocket top it is a perfect match for our shorts…





Fly A Kite Shorts – gorgeous poplin shorts with featuring Belle and Boo flying a kite and yet another lovely kite pocket! £24

We can’t wait to see pics of your little girls all dressed up for Spring, so be sure to send us photos if you purchase any of the outfits.


I’m off to make the most of this Spring sunshine. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
Love,
Clare

Packing Up

Booooooo so today is the last time I get to work in my lovely studio :(
Russ and I had it built 4 years ago (wow thats gone quickly) and it has been wonderful. Before that we were both working in our 1 bed flat and as from Monday we will both be working in our new little rented house in Bristol. Me in the attic room and Russ in the room that will eventually become the twins nursery, I know we are going to miss this place tremendously, it's where Belle & Boo really got going.
This is how it looks today, don't even ask what our flat looks like!


On a yummier note Belle & Boo have made friends with the team at Little Dish (Who make delicious, fresh food for toddlers) we are hoping to work together this year to bring you some exciting events…watch this space.

They have asked us to mention that Little Dish are searching for 3 mums to become their new WOMS (wonderfully outstanding mothers). This involves getting paid to taste test new recipes, holding tea parties and spending time with little ones at nurseries. To find out more go click here........... Sounds like alot of fun to me :)

Our Belle & Boo Party Range

One exciting blog post followed by another, I am on a roll!

Firstly thank you for all your lovely messages, it was wonderful reading them all with my morning cup of 'decaf' coffee!

OK more exciting news, this time last year we approached the amazing Talkin Tables and asked them if they would consider developing with us a Belle & Boo party range, luckily they said yes. I drew a parade of Belle & Boo characters on their way to a party and Clare our very patient designer spent many, many months getting them to fit existing tableware templates and designing a few new ones along the way.

So now a whole year later it is in our shops here and here and we are very proud, I hope you enjoy it as much as we do and it inspires you to throw a Belle & Boo party.

Here is the range

Invites & Thank you cards £10
"Brush up your whiskers, Boo." said Belle. "We're going to a party!"
A beautiful Belle & Boo stationery set. Includes 10 party invitations, 10 thank you cards, 20 envelopes and 20 address stickers.





Belle & Boo Bunting £7.00
Boo was so excited he jumped as high as the banner!
3 mtr in length






Party Cups £3
"Achoo!" sneezed Boo as the bubbles tickled his nose.
8 x 210ml paper party cups with Belle & Boo




Paper Plates £3.85
"Please Belle, can I have some more?" asked Boo
8 x 23cm paper plates in 2 designs






Table Cloth £3.85
Size: 180 x 120cm






Cake Frill and Toppers £6.50
1 adjustable cake frill and 16 card cake toppers in 4 designs.





Party Bags £4
Belle and Boo couldn't wait to see what was in their party bag. Boo hoped for carrot cake!
8 paper Belle & Boo party bags with name stickers.





Party Napkins £3
"Now wipe your sticky paws, Boo!" said Belle.
30 x 3 ply party napkins




24 Cup Cake Wrappers £4.50
"If i am really good, please may I have two cakes?" asked Boo.
24 x printed cupcake wraps with 3 designs, 8 of each design.





Party Platters £4.50
Boo jumped onto the table to catch a glimpse of the yummy platters of food.
4 food platters in 2 designs





Pin the Tail on the Donkey Game £6
"If I win, can I have an extra slice of cake?" asked Boo.
A traditional game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. The game pack includes a beautifully illustrated, A2 poster with a choice of boy or girl rider for the donkey, 2 sheets of tail and name stickers.





Treat Time Donkey and Cart £10
"Oh please let the cart be full of carrots," Boo gasped "Oh please!"
A cute and quirky, card donkey and cart with waterproof lining.




It goes with out saying PLEASE, please please send us any photos of your parties.