Spotted Bikini

Well, two samples anyway. So we’ve put the kettle on and filled the teapot here in the mildly soggy beach hut and are regarding our babies with lumps in our throats and tears of pride in our eyes! General consensus…just a few adjustments to make – Gee and I are both lunaticly (if that’s a word) perfectionist and then we’ll print ‘em and they’ll be on sale – each one with a free Teapig Tea Temple. Does life get any better? Probably not, especially as it’s raining too hard to leave the hut so we’ll have to sit here all day, drinking tea and eating Paul’s Patisserie pistachio macaroons. Do let us know what you think of the mugs – and email us at spottedbikini@yahoo.co.uk to place an order or two…well, you’d need both wouldn’t you? (And they’d make lovely Christmas presents)

And as well as the free Teapigs we’re offering free postage and packaging to our first 50 customers – so what are you waiting for?

Thanks Paul! www.paul-uk.com

P.S. That jaunty spotty scarf that the mugs are artfully nestling on I, Marnie, bought at a jumble sale in Whitstable last Saturday – what a joy!

This is a sneaky peek at what our gorgeous Whitstable mugs are going to look like. This is a print out of the artwork (as it was, it’s changed a bit more now) stuck to the mug with sticky tape! But we’re sure you get the idea… So, this mug has four truly Whitstable beach huts on it. Each one is in a different season with such beautiful artwork by Gee that it makes me, Marnie, all misty-eyed just looking at it.

Our second mug, yet to come, features the famous Whitstable breakwaters or groynes. The sky above them – as you turn the mug – goes from sunrise to a bright summer’s day, to the divine Whitstable sunset and into night. Fabulous seagulls – including Pru, complete with necklace, also appear on the mug.

Fred, the Spotted Bikini dog appears on both mugs because we love his jaunty character! Hopefully the mugs will be ready in about two weeks or so and available here on the website and in Copperfields of Whitstable. But we’ll let you know of course!

The day is gloomy but we couldn’t be perkier here in the mildly wind-savaged Spotted Bikini beach hut. Because we’re branching out! Yes, Spotted Bikini mugs and magnets will soon be available in the lovely Copperfields of Whitstable – hurrah! Been talking to the lovely Dawn there today, getting it all sorted. The mugs and magnets will be on sale here too and we’ll let you know as soon as they’re ready. They will make gorgeous Christmas pressies!

And on the subject of Christmas, Copperfields will also be stocking our Christmas cards within a week or so too. They are stocking two designs which are exclusive to them. The first in an image of Whitstable’s iconic St Alphege church complete with Christmas tree, robin and snow. The second is this beach hut card…

But of course we haven’t stopped there. We have two other Christmas cards going on sale on our website and in the scrumptious town of Whitstable very soon. The first is Wheelers Oyster Bar looking too cosy for words, dusted in snow with Christmas lights twinkling in the window. The second is Pru the Seagull being propositioned by a mistletoe wielding but rather dapper gentleman seagull in a green bobble hat. Lucky Pru!  Come back soon…