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Sports Relief 2014

Did you watch Sports Relief or join in with any activities to raise money last weekend? I'm not sporty in the slightest, so my contribution to Sports Relief this year was to join a group of creatives who have donated a fantastic amount of products for this brilliant cause.

The Crafty and Creative Collective is a group of, you guessed it, crafty and creative individuals, linked by our love of all things unique and beautiful and by the fact that we all also sell our products through notonthehighstreet.com - which is how we know one another.

We've pooled our resources - our most loved products - to build a raffle prize (worth around £300) and also a big prize auction (worth over £1,700) over on eBay. Everything is made by the individual seller and most items can be personalised.

The below image shows the products that are up for auction on eBay. The auction finishes tonight (28th March) so you've only got a few hours left to get your bid in.

Sports Relief 2014 auction 

The raffle closes next Friday (the 4th April) and you can donate as little or as much as you like to win the goodies here. The image below shows the prizes up for grabs - including our very own lavender filled embroidered house decoration.

Sports Relief 2014 raffle

We really want to raise as much as we can, so if you can donate or bid please do, and you'll be in with a chance of winning some amazing goodies.

The notonthehighstreet.com Make Awards Winners

A massive huge congratulations to all the notonthehighstreet.com make awards winners who were announced today, at the noths make, do & meet, held at the Royal Opera House in London. I had a fantastic day and although I didn't win an award this year, I am so very proud to have been short listed again. Here is the list of those that won and well done to all who were shortlisted (you can see all of those that made the shortlist in the blog post published on the 4th May below)

Photo from Louy Magroos

Business category

Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 winner:

• Me and My Car

Partner of the Year 2013 winner:

• Sparks Clothing

Start-Up Success Award 2013 winner:

• badgers badgers

Product category

Best New Product 2013 winner:

• Personalised Playlist Cassette Print by Betsy Benn

Personalised Product of the Year 2013 winner:

• Personalised Mini Love Letter Necklace by Maria Allen Jewellery

Handmade Product of the Year 2013 winner:

• Personalised Wedding Dress Hanger by Clouds and Currents

Customer category
Best Customer Service of the Year 2013 winner:

• Lily Belle

Gift of the Year 2013 winner:

• Personalised Silver Plated Spoon by The Cutlery Commission

Storefront Success Award 2013 winner:

• Cupcakes for Clara

Partner Community category

Community Ambassador of the Year 2013 winner (nominated by notonthehighstreet.com partners)

• Helen Lindley, Lindleywood

P.s. I hope that this is correct, as it is all done from memory. 

Father's Day Gift Ideas

Father's Day is just a few weeks away (June the 16th) If you are looking for something a little bit different, we have a great range of unusual gifts which are perfect to give to Dad's and Grandad's this father's day.

For tea and coffee lovers, we have have a range of personalised tea and coffee cosies and if you fancy treating your dad to a fathers day breakfast in bed. A personalised egg cosy will keep boiled eggs perfectly warm.

milly and pip tea, coffee and egg cosies

For gadget fans, you can choose kindle covers, mini ipad covers and phone cosies. Featuring an initial of your choice on one side, with a heart or star on the other, where further words can be added.

milly and pip kindle and phone cosies

For something really unusual, our personalised beach hut doorstops would make a really fun father's day gift. They are filled with organic wheat from our local farm shop and the roofs are made from old pairs of jeans.

milly and pip doorstop

Why not show who's chair belongs to whom. Our personalised cushions can be appliqued with any words of your choice, perfect for both dads and grandads. They are available with a choice of either hearts or stars, which can be appliqued in a range of colours.

milly and pip father's day cushions

 For that finishing touch, our personalised star cards are ideal. They can be embroidered with any words of your choice and would look great popped in a frame to make a wonderful keepsake gift.

milly and pip personalised fathers day card

And lastly, please remember that all our products are made to order and delivery is currently 14 days. So please order as early as possible to ensure that your gift will arrive in time. Thank you x

The not on the high street.com make awards 2012

Last Thursday (21st June) I attended the not on the high street.com make awards in London. milly and pip had been lucky enough to have been shortlisted for 2 awards. Partner of the year and Community Ambassador of the year. There are approx 3000 partners on notonthehighstreet.com so to make the shortlist felt like a huge achievement. 

It was a great day and around 500 partners were there. As well as the make awards, there were photography workshops and talks from an array of people, including a welcome speech from Holly & Sophie, the co-founders of notonthehighstreet.com Other speakers were Emma Jones, founder of Enterprise Nation, Stuart Smith, CEO of Wood Holmes and Medeia Cohan-Pertolino, creative director of School for Startups

The awards were at the end of the day and were presented by Holly and Sophie. the shortlists and winners were announced as follows:

Gift of the Year 2012 Shortlist (voted for by customers)

• Champagne Cork Stool by Impulse Purchase
• Joy Tote Bag by The Joy of Ex Foundation
• Personalised Coordinates Print by The Drifting Bear Co

and the winner was.......... Champagne Cork Stool by Impulse Purchase

Best Customer Service 2012 Shortlist (voted for by customers)

• Letterfest
• Sally Clay Jewellery
• nickprints

and the winner was........Letterfest

Handmade Product of the Year 2012 Shortlist

• Solid Oak 'Hot stuff' Trivet by SquarePear Furniture
• Personalised Family Tree Papercut by Kyleigh's Papercuts
• Mouse Play Dress by Wild Things Funky Little Dresses

The winner was......... Solid Oak 'Hot Stuff' Trivet by SquarePear Furniture

Personalised Product of the Year 2012 Shortlist

• Personalised Christmas Sack by Harrow & green
• Personalised Tax Disc Cufflinks by Me and My Car
• Personalised Leather Scroll Bracelet by Joulberry

and the winner was.......... Personalised Christmas Sack by Harrow & Green

Innovation Award 2012 Shortlist

• Stitch A Map Postcard by The LittleBoysRoom
• Bespoke Fingerprint Wedding Ring by Patrick Laing
• Cake Slice Club by The Cake Nest

and the winner was........Bespoke Fingerprint Wedding Ring by Partrick Laing

Best New Product 2012 Shortlist

• Personalised Metro Map Style Print by This Is My Map
• Head Case Pillow Case by Twisted Twee
• Personalised 'You're The Best' Apron by Sparks Clothing

The winner was........Head Case Pillow Case by Twisted Twee

Start-Up Success Award 2012 Shortlist

• Impulse Purchase
• The Drifting Bear Co.
• More Than Words

and the winner was.........The Drifting Bear Co.

Entrepreneur of the Year 2012 Shortlist

• Kiki's
• Betsy Benn
• modo creative

and the winner was.........Betsy Benn

Best Presented Storefront 2012 Shortlist

• evajeanie
• Cherry Pie Lane
• Rowen & Wren

and the winner was..........Rowen & Wren

By this point I was getting very nervous...................

Partner of the Year 2012 Shortlist

3 Blonde Bears

milly and pip

Lily Belle

I had met Lily Belle and Jo from 3 Blonde Bears during the day and I would have been thrilled if either of them had won..............and the winner was.............3 Blonde Bears 

Community Ambassador of the Year 2012 Shortlist (voted for by partners)

Ali Millard, milly and pip

Gabriella Buckingham, moobaacluck

Helen Lindley, Lindleywood

and the winner was............me, milly and pip. I was so amazed and thrilled to have won!

Me accepting the award from Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish (photo courtesy of the lovely Jane Means) 

And here's the award, sitting in pride of place in the studio

It was a really brilliant day and it was so lovely to meet many partners who I tweet with and speak to on the notonthehighstreet.com forum. Congratulations to all the winners and those that made the shortlists. Thanks to all the notonthehighstreet.com staff for putting on a great event and huge thanks goes to all the partners who voted for me, I am truly honoured to have won, thank you very much x