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*NEW* Feature Friday - Gifts And Home Boutique 29th Of April

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Friday, 29 April 2016

*NEW* Feature Friday - Gifts And Home Boutique 29th Of April



New Feature Friday!
Featuring Gifts and Home Boutique

Hi my lovelies! It's been long overdue for the regular Feature Fridays and I'm happy to bring it back this year; As you know, my feature Fridays were created to give awareness on small businesses, bloggers and creative minds. To give them a boost of well deserved views and I'm glad it has helped thus far. This week's feature is a lovely store that I came across called Gifts and home boutique ran by friends Sarah and Maz, They sell all things special for the home with personalized and sentimental options to choose from. 
I think when it comes to finding a gift for someone on a memorable occasion that my usual go to would be for example Etsy, but since looking at this small online store it has really opened up ideas for future gift giving to come! Under categorized tabs, the web page helps you select the exact occasion your looking to buy for, including home decor ideas too! With quirky ideas that you can't find on the high street, Gifts and Home Boutique is a store to sure swoon over!
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Interview with Sarah l Owner of Gifts and Home Boutique

1) What has been your key inspiration to your current career?
We started our own business knowing we both shared the love of Personalised and thoughtful gifts for everyone and the home. We love shopping for all pretty little things that make great accessories and gifts for all occasions that offer that personal touch. we were both at a similar point in our careers and family lives to take this on and give it a go.

2) What do you enjoy the most about your job?
Getting to do something we truly love, we both enjoy sources new and beautiful personalised products for every occasion and add that extra special touch with most of our products been personalised, we generally adore everything we sell in fact that is our one rule "if we don't completely love it we don't sell it."

3) To date, what has been your 'proudest' moment?
As we started with a small shop on Facebook and as word spread and demand quickly grew we decided to open our own online store giftsandhomeboutique that you see today.

4) Where do you see yourself in the future?
We hope to maintain this for as long as possible or until we reached such a point that we can perhaps take on a shop of our own.

5) What tips/advice would you give to someone who wants to go down the same career path as yourself?
If its something that you long to do and have an opportunity to do it then give it a go, wherever we end up in the future we know we will never look back and wonder what if, we can both look back and say we tried.

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Gorgeous right?! Big thanks to the lovely Sarah for participating in this week's Feature, all the best to her and Maz for their future!
If you'd like to take a look at their online store simply go to 


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Friday, 2 August 2013

*NEW* Feature Friday - Me & Yu 2nd of August



New Feature Friday!
Featuring Me&Yu

It's Friday horraaah!! and I'm very excited to introduce this week's Feature Friday here on UniqueLoveStyle; Me&Yu! Each design from Me&Yu is hand-drawn and hand-printed by them in a studio in an old Cotton Mill in Manchester.
Quality, art and aesthetics are at the heart of every collection, with quirky pieces inspired by animals, imaginary worlds, symbolism and inspiring quotes. All of their pieces are unisex, some are hand-made and all are hand-printed. Screen printing each item individually creates subtle changes in texture and location each garment is slightly different from the next.


Such a creative company of course I couldn't wait to hear more from the talented Angie during our interview.

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Interview with Angie Hulme l Owner/Designer of Me&Yu

1) What has been your key inspiration to your current career?
I've always just loved fashion, been inspired by making, drawing and just being creative in general. I think the driving force behind what we do is the idea to make a living out of what you love and enjoy.

2) What do you enjoy the most about your job?
I love the freedom that being self employed gives you. Yes you work twice as many hours as you would for someone else but you're in complete control of what you do and when - I'm certainly not a slave to the 9-5.

3) To date, what has been your 'proudest' moment?
I still feel proud if I see someone wearing one of my designs, but in general I just feel amazed that we've managed to make a successful business in the creative industries at a difficult economic time.

4) Where do you see yourself in the future?
We're emigrating to Australia this year, as well as keeping our UK shop and website open, we're hoping to grow the business globally, and I'd like to think the future sees us being a success on a larger scale.

5) What tips/advice would you give to someone who wants to go down the same career path as yourself?
It's very hard work. Be prepared for lots of long days and sleepless nights. Get as much experience as possible - work for other people and learn as much as you can about everything. Test the market by selling your own creations and learn all about your potential customers.

6) Which would you say is your favourite item off your website at the moment?
My new favourite design is the yin yang oversize tunic dress at £22, we also do the same design on a unisex t-shirt at £15 - it's just so fresh and clean, a perfect summer look.

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A big big thank you to Angie and her business for letting myself and my readers to find out more about their fabulous creations!

Check them out over on their social sites!
Shop - http://www.meandyu.ashopcommerce.co.uk/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/meandyu
Instagram - http://instagram.com/meandyu
Twitter - https://twitter.com/lovemeandyu
Tumblr - http://lovemeandyu.tumblr.com/
Vimeo - http://vimeo.com/meandyu
YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/themeandyushow

    
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Thursday, 22 November 2012

*NEW* Feature Friday- Randomeyes Boutique 23rd of November

New Feature Friday!
Featuring Randomeyes Boutique

 Today's feature is based upon a wonderful and quirky company, Randomeyes Boutique! Randomeyes Boutique jewellery and accessories share a uniquely quirky twist - they are random everyday objects...with kawaii inspired googly eyes! 
I'm a big fan of all things cute and kitsch, and coming across this adorable selection of jewellery and accessories i was completely within my element. The website layout in general is presented clearly with both text and images that regard what they create, their concept and also what's new on their site! 

(Custard Cream Necklace)

I find the detailing alone of the products so realistic, but do remember you can't eat them! The products are very unique and eye-catching with affordable prices perfect for a Christmas gift too.

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I was able to have a very wonderful interview with the owner herself; here are her thoughts and it was such a pleasure to hear more about herself and Randomeyes Boutique!

Interview with Karen(AKA Ren)lRandomeyes Boutique Owner


1) What has been your key inspiration to your current career?

A) Japanese culture has played a significant role in the development of the Randomeyes Boutique style. I've always loved kawaii characters ie. 'things' with faces, and this undoubtedly influences my designs. However, I've also battled with mental health problems for the majority of my life, so having a creative outlet has been a natural progression for me. I often find social interaction challenging...so giving random objects their own 'personalities' seemed like the obvious thing to do! I actually have a section of my website dedicated to the mental health charity Mind (http://randomeyesboutique.co.uk/category/2229-randomeyes-boutique-charity.aspx) to try and raise awareness, and funds, for this very worthy cause.


2) What do you enjoy the most about your job?

A) I get a lot of satisfaction from the knowledge that there are people walking around wearing something I've designed and made myself. It's a real confidence boost. I also enjoy seeing the look on people's faces when they see my products for the first time, like at craft fairs and other promotional events. A lot of people do a double-take as they're walking past, then they stop to take a closer look and soon start laughing, as what they're seeing is so unexpected! Knowing I've brought a bit of humour to someone's day is priceless.


3) To date, what has been your 'proudest' moment?

A) I think my proudest moment so far has got to be when I was invited to launch Randomeyes Boutique as an official 'brand' at the Clothes Show Live 2010. Up until this point it had just been a hobby for me, so to then have a stall amongst some of the most famous brands around at such a high profile event was amazing! It was a great opportunity to meet my customers face-to-face too, and I received a lot of really positive feedback.


4) Where do you see yourself in the future?

A) I would like to get Randomeyes Boutique products into a few more 'brick and mortar' shops, but I will always steer clear of high street chains in favour of the smaller, independent boutiques. Somewhere along the line I would like to create a few character graphics based around my charms and put them onto stationery, t-shirts and greetings cards etc. That's always appealed to me. It's just finding the time to actually do it that's tricky!


5) What tips/advice would you give to someone who wants to go down the same career path as yourself?

A) You need to love what you do, or there's no point in doing it! Only listen to criticism when it's constructive, and don't let people's opinions get you down. For every person who hates your products, there may be 10 who love them, so they're the ones you should focus on. You will never be able to please everybody, so don't try to cater for every possible market - find your niche and aim to dominate it. Make sure there's something unique about your products that make them stand out from the competition. If you're passionate about something, just go for it! 


6) Which would you say is your favourite item off your website at the moment?

A) I have several items I really like, but I think my favourite are the biscuit necklaces. I couldn't decide between them though! I make each of the biscuits by hand and they're super-realistic, so it's torture being surrounded by them but not be able to eat them! I've lost count of the amount of times I've been asked 'Are those biscuits real?'!

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It's a joy to feature such a remarkable business, as well as they donate to a charity close to my heart using their hand crafted products, you can see how much time and dedication they have put in to each and every piece of jewellery and accessory! 

This is one of my favourite item's from their website especially for the Christmas season coming up!

 (Large Christmas Holly Necklace
£5.25)

I wish you all the greatest success with your business Karen! I'm sure you will go very far. It really was an honour to feature you!

If you could choose any item off Randomeyes Boutique to be your favourite..Which would it be? Let me know in the comments below!

Randomeyes Boutique links to check out and follow


www.randomeyesboutique.co.uk
www.facebook.com/randomeyesboutique
www.twitter.com/kitschandquirky
www.myspace.com/randomeyesboutique




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