introducing...daisy

We thought you might like to meet Daisy Boo - the inspiration behined daisy loves... Daisy Boo is a German Wirehaired Pointer who has lived with Nicola for 18 months. She arrived with her 'husband' (and father to her litter of 15 pups!) Mr Sonny and since then has settled into country life in our thatched cottage with miles of field of them to run in with their labrador and spaniel friends. You will see plenty of her in the future being a 'model' for the various daisy loves... ranges along with her chums. The photo of Daisy Boo was taken by Lesley-Anne.

daisy loves...The Thrift Book by India Knight

We are loving India Knight's book 'The Thrift Book - Live Well and Spend Less'. It has completely inspired both of us to live more thriftily and more importantly enjoy the experience! The chapter on Crafts has proved particularly useful right now...

Definitely recommend it as an inspiring and also very amusing read!

daisy loves...the sunshine

It looks like summer might finally have arrived in England - and just in time for the weekend for a change! Walking the dogs does so much for inspiring creativity and even more so when the weather is so warm and there are so many beautiful things to look at. We both live in a tiny village in thatched cottages and it really is postcard pretty - just a wee village shop, a pub and a church! We are very lucky to live only a few hundred yards from each other and we spend a lot of time together mapping out the great life plan. Right not that plan is mainly dog collars, leads and treats! Nicola is also doing posters and leaflets for the upcoming dog show which will be the launch of the first daisy loves...range.

We are desperately trying to find beautiful quality fabric we love at prices we can pay for our first collection and we just can't wait to try out the first prototypes on our furry friends! They will definitely be the talk of the village! x

daisy loves...to sew

The new sewing machine has been bought and put to it's first test - a beautiful floral cushion for the dog's bed in the office! We are madly sourcing fabrics, rings and buckles that are beautiful as well as functional and putting together our thoughts for the first range.

We're also working on the other important things like marketing, packaging and places to sell. Etsy is the obvious choice, as well as our local markets and car boots but we are also going to have an online shop on our website when that is up and running. Lots to do and all while running our other businesses of design and photography as well! However we are both really excited by the possibilities ahead and we are both really enjoying the journey.

daisy loves...our first show

We now have a deadline of Sunday 9th August for our first collection to be ready! We are showcasing a range of beautiful dog leads and collars at our village dog show (which we are also organising) as well as baking some delicious doggy treats. Nicola has two German Wirehaired Pointers called Daisy Boo and Mr Sonny and Lesley-Anne has four English Springers called Beanie, Pants, Brooke and Charlie Parker and a Munsterlander called Sydney. So we have plenty of willing dogs to try out the leads and collars to make sure they are durable and comfortable - and of course some very willing volunteers for the doggy treat tastings!

daisy loves... Lesley-Anne's latest magazine cover

Lesley-Anne is a very talented photographer and she has done numerous covers for our local glossy magazine Nene Valley Living. This stunning cover shot is her latest!

daisy loves...to Twitter

You can now follow us on Twitter! Just click on the Twitter ad or click here

the daisy loves...logo is born!

Very exciting day as we've finished designing (and agreed on!) our new logo. We both really love it and think it conveys what we're trying to do with daisy loves...

Next step is the website and our first collection!

introducing daisy loves...

Hi and welcome to the brand new daisy loves... blog! daisy loves... is currently a dream shared by two friends, Nicola and Lesley-Anne, to create a range of beautiful, unique handmade items. This blog is a chance for us to share our journey from conception, to launch, to our first sale and onwards.

Nicola is a designer who used to be in PR and Lesley-Anne is a photographer and we both have a love of all things beautiful and an eye for the unusual, so between us we believe we have all the skills we need to make daisy loves... a success.

We are currently working on our logo (which is why our blog is so plain right now!) and website and also on our first collection which will be a range of dog leads and collars and delicious doggy treats, for our first off-line sales pitch at our local dog show in August!

We are registered with Etsy so will be selling our collections there, as well as on our own website, as soon as we are in production.

We hope you enjoy following our journey!

daisy loves... x