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This week, I have been mostly thinking about when a business becomes a corporate [if at all?], when the transition is made from 'crafter' to small business/ company and when it becomes ok, to copy other peoples ideas?

"Well, it's NEVER ok to copy!" I hear some of you shouting at your screens as you read this, Im inclined to feel the same, but check this out...

When I was little, I never shut up. Ever. My mum likes to remind me of this, every chance she gets- and especially delights in the fact that now, our 5 year old daughter, does exactly the same [apparently, karmas a bitch...!] Anyway, my point is that now, I don't do that much rambling on. Unless

The newest addition to our ex- bouncy castle range... Ta DAHHHHH!!

Its the Zip- Zip HOORAY tote! Two bags- in one, so you don't need to choose....

Wightlink very kindly transport a horse box load of bouncy castles over for us to salvage and swerve from landfill...

So what's the 'Industry Standard' at the moment, with regard to your 'returned' or 'unwanted' item?

Well, I recently read something on the BBC Earth website, that completely blew my mind!

So, imagine this…

You set up a business, maybe... selling bags [?!]

And you think to yourself, I’ll make a red and blue bag… and i think people will REALLY like the red and blue, so I’ll make FIFTY of them, lets say….

In order to do this, I’ll source the fabric, for 50 bags… [in the most sustainable way possible]

** UPDATE:  19th October 2020 please see our most recent instagram posts for updates, our lead times are now MUCH shorter and our new postal label...

What a funny old week [again!]] Theres been SO SO much press recently, NONE of which we were expecting, but all of it positive!  Well, to be hone...

I just realised, that earlier this week, was the year anniversary of the launch of our Inflatable Amnesty initiative... [ not a year since we started making bags from inflatables BUT a year since we thought it may be a good idea to see if other people wanted to save theirs from landfill too...]

The I Love Wight markets are a celebration of all things island made... We've been to a few and the atmosphere is always really lovely [as are the...

A sustainable-ish life, with jen gale, podcast interview, where Jen and i discuss our Brand story and Inflatable Amnesty in more detail....