If you’re stuck for a present for Mother’s Day, how about this lovely traditional ticking fabric bag with an organic calico label reading “Mum’s Bag” and a unique recycled fabric lining? These bags, available in red or blue ticking and fully reversible to reveal the unique linings, are made by Sally Walton of Carry-a-bag, recently profiled as an “Eco Hero” in the Saturday Telegraph and are available at only £25.

I’ve been busy sending out prizes – first of all, two lucky visitors to the Bristol:Twestival got bags designed exclusively for Mimimyne by Carryabag with our logo very attractively stamped on to the Fair Trade, organic calico bags by Sally Walton. These were our donations to charity:water which is the charity that the Twestival supported – and raised £1482.10 for! Secondly, I’ve also sent two Mimimyne T shirts to the two winners of my competition held with the Primary Times, Mrs S Acton and Mrs B Peek. Mrs Acton sent a message to say “Prize safely received. Thank you very much, it’s lovely. Daughter will be delighted when she gets home from school” and Mrs Peek said she was “so excited at winning can’t wait to see my granddaughter in it”! It’s really nice to know that winners enjoy their prizes I will post more info when I do more competitions, so keep an eye on the blog, or you can even subscribe to it (that’s the little square orange button up at the top right hand side of this page saying “Live feed”, folks).

A great time was had by all at the East London Design Show. The Mimimyne stand was made up to look like a garden, with an astroturf floor, apples hanging from the ceiling and blue sky walls. The mannequins dressed in clothes by Teenytini looked charming and the cardboard aeroplane by Paperpod, Splat Chair by Spinifex and furnishings by Naomi Dean attracted a lot of attention. Best sellers were the Mums Bag and My Bag by Carry-a-bag!