Shops shops shops!

Well, we are excited to say that The Grateful Thread is finally getting our products into stores. We are now stocked in several London boutiques, a couple of shops in North America and are soon to be stocked in very cool shop called Nieuws Innoventions in Amsterdam as well. Things are moving moving moving, and shipping shipping shipping all the time it seems.

Special softie for baby Lux!

I just received these photos from a happy customer in The Netherlands. We customized a Rock Star softie with her new baby's name. I just love the way its hanging with the rest of the guitars. How incredibly cool is that?! Wow, this baby is already a star in the making . . . . Lux, when you get rich and famous, please remember the little people like those at The Grateful Thread :)

Last Call for entries

Someone's junk really is someones else's treasure. Especially when it is reused or made into something new and totally original. 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse is almost ready to shut the doors on entries. We just snuck in there with some of our repurposed vinyl record gear. A book is being published with the best selections and I think its going to be fabulous to see all the wonderful and clever ways people are reusing, recycling and repurposing everyday things.

check it out here http://extremecraft.typepad.com/ Entries are still accepted through March 13th

Beautiful Fabric

I love a gorgeous piece of fabric what can I say.

Check out the designs at http://Volksfaden.de
and try to find inspiration for ideas. I'm already thinking about
what to make for baby bumps arrival . . . . . . .

From sad to rad!

I found this nice but somewhat sad little commode at a thrift store awhile back and finally got around to giving it a little makeover. I covered it with this fab wallpaper I found on ebay and am really happy with the results. I would highly recommend doing this project. Its easy with quick and fabulous results. Shamon!

How do I love you? . . . Let me count the ways

I think this is the most thoughtful and sweetest gift I have ever received.
From my sweet hubby, a special Valentine's day book. Take a tip boys, she'll be putty in your hands after this one.

custom orders for clocks!

Know someone's fav band of all time? We try to source what we can so if you have a special request don't hesitate to ask and we'll see what we can do! (unless its something truly obscure!)Here's a special Blondie request we did for a custom order.

Have a favorite photo of your boyfriend rocking out his guitar? We can do custom labels with your photos and/or text too!

New GT website up and running

I have been working very hard on integrating e-commerce functionality to our website. You can now buy products direct from the site!
Check it out!

http://www.the-gratefulthread.com/

Pulse Spring 2009

We are officially signed on to the PULSE tradeshow here in London at Earls Court.
We are both slightly terrified since this will be our first major show. At least we have 3 months to prepare our booth and get everything in order. So much to do!
We will be showcasing our new vinyl jewelry range as well our signature clocks, and softies. Hope to see you there!

Things are starting to move!

So I have now finished the film I was working on "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus". It was an interesting project and gave me the opportunity to meet and work with Terry Gilliam, an inspiring man. But alas, now I have time to work on The Grateful thread full time!

We have taken a brave and scary step and got some of the guitars manufactured!
these are the 3 designs -

More Guitar Softies

After many requests from various magazines and newspapers, I took some more photos of our latest series of guitars to pass to the press. This group are all custom made by us. My personal fav is the red with white polka!

Elliot and Big Tone

We had such a great time when Nico's sister Sophie and her 2 boys came and stayed with us. Heres Eliott and Big Tone in a monster hug!

Recycled Vinyl Jewelry

Our latest endeavor! We had some vinyl cut by water jet and then bent it into shape if necessary. We also had some very cool necklaces cut that we still need to finish the chains on, but they should be here soon!

New Character Art!

Courtesy of our young new friend Fiona, who we met at the Craft Guerilla Market. She seemed to really enjoy our monsters, and drew two fantastic portraits of Johnny Fandango and Betsy Bones in action.

Great stuff Fiona! thanks again!

Craft Guerilla Market in Walthamstow!

We will be there March 31st selling our wares. I really hope we get a good turnout and the weathers nice. I visited the first edition which seemed to go well. Always nice to see what other crafters are doing and getting our products exposure! Will let you know how it goes!