About us - Rowenna

My turn! Gayle interviewed me too...

Full Name? - Rowenna Victoria Wilcox

Job title at Carry Me Home? - Sales Assistant and blogger extraordinaire!

Do you prefer tea or coffee? - I used to love tea but recently have become obsessed with really strong coffee.

Favourite Carry Me Home Product? - Its got to be Gayle's "It started with a kiss" baby grow in white, its so cheeky! Im also obsessed with some little green and white stripy trousers from an Olive and Moss gift set.

Favourite colour? - A nice pastelly pinky lilac colour. The colour of my nail varnish!

Guilty pleasure? - Sometimes i hide a bar of chocolate in my bed before i go to sleep so that when i wake up in the morning i can eat it straight away!

What do you do when your not working at Carry Me Home? - Im in my final year of my textiles degree at Chelsea so mostly im either printing, drawing or trying to write my dissertation! If im not at Carry Me Home or uni then im shopping, worrying or travelling to and from uni or Carry Me Home!

Do you have any hobbies? - I love rummaging around car boot sales, charity shops, antique markets and skips. And Grazia.

Tell us an unexpected fact about yourself? - I once won a trophy for being 'best lady driver' in an auto test. I cant actually drive!

What superpower would you like to have? - The ability to function normally without any sleep, i go a bit crazy without my 8 hours a night!

What is your favourite food? - Chocolate. Or most types of cheese.

What was the last book or magazine you read? - I read Grazia magazine yesterday on the train, and i am TRYING to read The Theory of Shopping by Daniel Miller (and failing!)

What are your top 3 things to listen to? - The Specials, Sublime and i am obsessed with Hot Chip at the moment.

What item of clothing couldn't you live without? - Probably my little brown leather satchel which my mum got for me in a charity shop for 50p! Either that or my big baggy polka dot dress i found on ebay.

What was your best charity shop find? - My brown bag (see above) or my little Moschino bag which was only £10! Oh, and my glass dressing table, which was free because i found it in a skip.

Best thing about working at Carry Me Home? - That i get to look at lovely baby stuff all the time without actually having to have a baby!

About Us - Gayle

This morning we have been interviewing each other, so read on to find out a little bit about us! Its Gayle's turn first!

Full Name? - Gayle Ruth Elizabeth Bernadette Haddock

Job title at Carry Me Home? - owner/designer

Do you prefer tea or coffee? - Coffee in the morning to wake me up, tea in the afternoon and coffee in the evenings!

Favourite Carry Me Home Product? - My all time favourite is Patrick, the navy Carry Me Home bear, but at the moment i also love our new little duckling cardies.

Favourite colour? - To wear is Navy, i also love gold and cream together.

Guilty Pleasure? - That i made my boyfriend buy me a pair of red Mellisa Vivienne Westwood shoes, and have never worn them. I just keep them on a shelf to look at. They even came on holiday with me!

What do you do when your not working at Carry Me Home? - Think about Carry Me Home! I also like to spend time at home with my sister, and my boyfriend Dean, go to spinning classes, go out for cheeky mojitos, watch reality TV and look at clothes i want to buy!

Do you have any hobbies? - Crying at reality TV!

Tell us an unexpected fact about yourself? - I used to be a catwalk model on QVC!

What superpower would you like to have? - The one that Mary Poppins has, where you point at things to tidy them up!

What is your favourite food? - I like any kind of cheese and any kind of cake and hot food with coleslaw on the side.

What was the last book or magazine you read? - The last thing i read was the Asos catalogue, but the last book i read was The Russian Concubine.

What are your top 3 things to listen to? - Prince, George Micheal and vocal Happy House music, which is what i dance to when I'm out having cheeky mojitos!

What item of clothing couldn't you live without? - My navy blue cardigan from Zara, and my really expensive leggings from Lytess.

What was your best ever charity shop find? - A Framed picture of Marylin Monroe which i got for £10. Ive never seen it anywhere else so it was a bargain, and it looks great in my living room. And people ask me if its me! Ha ha!

Best thing about working at Carry Me Home? - Selling lovely things to lovely people. I like knowing that ive helped to choose someone a really nice gift for someone.

Outfit of the week!

Phew, it took me ages to decide on these outfits - theres so much new stock to choose from! Finally decided on some nice matchy autumn looks.

For girls is one of our lovely new cardigans, made from lambswool - they are so soft! Lots of unusual detailing and they are available from 3-6 months right up to 3-4 years! Looks really cute with this lovely dress (my favourite minimod one!) which is 1-2 years. This outfit looks so cute with a Christmas pudding hat, but if its to early for you we also have lots of stripy knitted hats, and theres actually a cute matching fur lined hat for this dress! 'Jana Mae' was the perfect finishing touch for this look.

For boys is one of our lovely new romper suits (yes i know i havnt posted about them yet - i will soon!), we have them from 0-6 months up to 12-18 months in 2 different colour ways. It looks so smart with a tie bib! Our red bear hat was a perfect match, and 'Fred' has such a nice face that i couldnt resist! Gayle has added lots of our new stock onto the website if you fancy having a look!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Carry Me Home! Hope you all have fun dressing up and trick or treating!

Love Lane Caravans

So this is where i went for a weekend away recently, and had to share it with you! We stayed in the 50s caravan, which had lots of its original features, beautiful floral wallpaper and bedding, lots of pretty vintage trinkets and oh yeah, ITS PINK! Love Lane Caravans have lots of different vintage caravans to chose from though, and the location is lovely. One of my new favourite places! And its child friendly too, there are swings to play on in the field and nearby is a lovely farm with lots of activities! Ok so maybe i should have waited till next spring to share this (when you can actually go and stay - bit cold in the winter!) but i couldnt wait to post the photos!

New knitwear!

I cant believe how much lovely knitwear we have at the moment! Starting from the top...these tiny hand knitted jumpers are so cute! They are lovely and soft and we have lots of different colours. Next is our christmassy knitwear! The pudding hat has been selling fast already, and we also have sweet little matching booties. My favourite is the knitted bear hat! His face is soo cute! Hes available in Khaki and dark red, and i have to admit, i am quite tempted to see if i can squeeze my head into one! We got some really nice berry hats too, i love the bobbley texture on them, and they tie under the chin, how sweet! We also got some very posh cardigans for girls, in cream and brown, or purple and white. These are available in 3-6 months right up to 3-4 years, and look, how handy - they go perfectly with our dresses! Check the website for more nice knitted things or come into the shop on Carnaby street x

Whimsy dolls

Wow its been a busy week for Gayle! Loads more lovely winter stock arrived - including these gorgeous Whimsy dolls, which deserved a post of their own! We've got lots of lovely dolls, blondes, brunettes and red heads! Each one has a different little dress, and they are all named. We've also got some really cute foxes and cats. They are completely unique, and made by hand America - we are the only UK stockists so you wont see them anywhere else! Sam the squirrel has got to be my favourite - just look at that tail (should a buy myself something sensible, like winter shoes, or a cute toy squirrel? Its a close call!)! Gayle sold her favourite one before i even had a chance to take a photo, but she has assured me he went to a good home! Hopefully these will all go to good homes too, so hurry up if you've got your eye on one!