The Berylune Blog

Growing up in the 80s was amazing. Roller skates rocked. Deliberately ruining your clothes was cool. Making up a dance routine to Tiffany was THE thing to do on a Friday night. Crimped hair (the bigger the better) and questionable make-up was the way to go. If you didn't get a ghetto blaster for Christmas, life wasn't worth living. Computers didn't work unless you spent 10 minutes playing them a...

Thanks to everyone who came to see us at the market! We were right opposite Santander on the Parade for those of you who missed us. Not sure where we'll be this week as it's lights switch on (really it is, I promise!).

Our new stock went down a treat, so I thought I'd share the finished product with you all.

Hello Mo-ophiles!

It is week 3 of growth now, and what better way to celebrate this than a visit to the Cotswolds? For the uninitiated, you may not be aware that the Mo was in fact invented in the heart of the Cotswolds in 1337 (shortly before the first tweed jacket was made). Rather than a statement about men's health, back then, the mo was used to show off the quality of wool that could be...

Our Sunday deadline is fast approaching. We're gluing, sewing, printing, packing, panicking...

And admiring our new necklaces. Geometric goodness.

Courtesy of the lovely Janey over at Slice of Slim! Janey's blog is fantastic if you want to watch what you eat but just LOVE food. I'm particularly fond of the 'Smash & Grab' posts. Janey also introduced me to low fat feta cheese, yummy...

We've been preparing for upcoming Christmas markets this week. Hence the lack of blog posts! Our first market is Sunday, on the Parade in Leamington Spa. There are a few projects we've had on the boil since we opened, but the Christmas markets have given us a deadline to work to!

Our craft studio looks like the elves' workshop. 

A tube came in the post yesterday...

Now we have Ryan Gosling on our wall! We also have I <3 Mel button badges available, ask nicely when buying a colouring book and we'll give you one, whilst stocks last.

New in Mel's 'Colour Me Good' range:

The tree is up! Sorry.

We have Christmas baubles on sale in the shop, as well as Christmas bunting, paper chains, cards made from re-claimed vintage post cards, advent calendars, hand printed lino-cut paper, postcards, tins and loads more I can't remember!


We also have several...

Oh wait. Did I get my holidays mixed up again?


Well, I think they're lovely. I thought I would want a Pug, but actually it's the Panda that has stolen my heart. They're all so cute though! I find them reminiscent of characters in Babe or Beatrix Potter books. The boxes are also a convenient shape for wrapping!

I purchased a c-word tree for the shop...

Hooray, men with random facial hair! It was suggested that we have a 'Crochet for Crotches' campaign this month. We are done with yarn for now though, so instead have decided to sell these little monkeys in the shop:

Yup. Still going.

This one wasn't actually our idea, it was gifted to us by the lovely Helena. So, thanks Helena, here it is:


We think this one is pretty clever. As with all open flames, don't leave unattended.Also, don't eat them, even though they look yummy.

No more pink for a bit! Yayyy. Don't get me wrong, it was great fun, but it's nice to be able to see my desk again. The only pink in sight is a pink starry washi tape and a pink Muppets mechanical pencil. And I think that's about enough for now.

We have taken delivery of some new bits of stationery this week. In addition to some more peas-in-a-pod rubbers, which everyone seems to love, we have had...

Actually, it was a bit on the chilly side. The stars were shining on me as I got in to my car this morning. I bet they thought 'What's she doing up? We don't normally see her before sunrise'.  It was a frosty -1 at 5.45 this morning. And dark.

Whose ridiculous idea was this anyway? 'Yours' was the resounding response from our guerrilla knitting team. What was I thinking? More to the point, why on...

We're a bit chevron obsessed around here at the moment. They're on our new jewellery packaging. They're on our lino printed notebooks. With an exciting delivery that came in yesterday, we now have chevron cushions! Yay!

This is my penultimate pink post, I promise! We had our fourth and final Knitting for Knockers drop in this afternoon. Thanks to everyone, again, for all your hard work and donations. Especially Zoe, who crocheted like a trooper all day! I didn't get photos of everyone today, I kept forgetting to get my camera out!

We had a little peek at all our knitting before we went home:
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It stands for 'The Blogger's Breast Cancer Awareness Raffle'. This year, for one day only -Friday 26th October - when you donate £2 to TBBCAR's Just Giving Page you will be allocated a raffle ticket. You can enter as many times as you like. For example, donate £10 for 5 chances to win.

You can donate money on any day, but donations on other dates will not be entered in the raffle!

This year's prizes...

Chantel & Dave are getting married on Saturday. Which means I got to make pom poms. Which makes me happy. Here is a great tutorial if you fancy having a go.



These are 9 layers of standard tissue sheets cut in half, as Chantel wanted several small pom pom's rather than a few large ones. I think the smaller size makes them look puffier.

Only it probably already exists. Must look that up. 

We were quite busy in the shop today! The C-word is certainly being mentioned more and more... People seem to be gearing up for the festivities. C-word decorations have started appearing around town. A tree attached itself to our shop wall, with lights and everything, as if by magic (really, the fellas who put them up must have been sprinkled...