Roxy's blog on Charlie & the Fox

Jim is a stuffed Owl

roxyleaver — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:27:11 +0000

Group shot, originally uploaded by Roxy_l.

A new Etsy store upload. I had embroidered the front of these owls a while ago, I was thinking of sewing them 2D onto T-shirts but I changed my mind and made them into stuffed toys.

I love the ribbon bow, it looks cute. Jim looks very dapper in 3D.

The big apple

roxyleaver — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:12:36 +0000

Empire State , originally uploaded by Roxy_l.

I’ve been away for a bit, it was my Mum and my aunt’s birthday.
My aunt lives in America and My mum lives in the UK. So we had an amazing family get together in America for their birthday.

There were surprises left. right and center. Not all of them remained surprises but it was amazing. I also managed to keep the secret that my sister was also flying out, we made out that she couldn’t go.

I had such an awesome time, can’t wait to visit America again. I’ll have to make up an excuse to go out again soon. hehe.

Rainy day…happiness

Roxy Leaver — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:24:20 +0000

I fell in love with so many images today. Here are just a few…

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New treats

Roxy Leaver — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:35:10 +0000

Just a quick little update today. I’m in the process of making new stuff for a website update, I’ll be adding new products very soon. It would be great if I could work super fast, but it’s going well.

Here is a soon to be cushion, I embroidered shades onto it. I love the way it turned out, so there’ll probably be lots more shades to come.

Some pretties

Roxy Leaver — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:32:54 +0000

It’s not snowing today and the snow from yesterday didn’t settle. A little disappointed. At least I can still wear my scarf, but to be fair I’ve had to wear a scarf in the summer as well in the past.

I’ve picked out a few favourites among all the lovelies that are on Etsy, and here are a few below. I love love love the ‘KEEP CALM’ posters and all the different colours, I might have to get one myself.

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Snow day

Roxy Leaver — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:27:26 +0000

So it’s snowing again at the moment and it apparently might snow all week.

Now I love the snow, especially when it is actually snowing. I could watch large snow flakes dance around for hours.

So here are some lovely snow photos I’ve found online.

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New Charlie & the Fox website

Roxy Leaver — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:29:15 +0000

The brand new Charlie & the Fox website is now up and running. So exciting, it took a while to come together but I’m so happy with it. We’ll have new products coming to the store soon now. Lovely.

I like these quotes

Roxy Leaver — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:53:51 +0000

I’ve been slowly working my way through a book of quotes from lots of different famous and well known authors and philosophers. I really like the book, it makes me happy reading it.

Last night I noticed that it was published in the 50s, which is amazing. This little battered and bruised old book has got a firm place in my bookshelf.

Below are two quotes I’ve picked so far that I really like.

“Love in our hearts shall grow mighty and strong,
Through crosses, through sorrows, through manifold wrong.” (Longfellow)

“Speak clearly if you speak at all;
Carve every word before you let it fall.” (O. W. Holmes)

Three Jims

Roxy Leaver — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:49:50 +0000

We’re working on our menswear collection, since launching the vintage clothing, and have brought our Jim print to form in wool.

So I’ve sewn three Jims in wool ready to be placed onto three t-shirts; a small, medium and large t-shirt.

Here’s a picture of the three Jims in the making.

It’s a Bullfinch!

Roxy Leaver — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:16:06 +0000

I saw a Bullfinch for the first time today, it’s got an amazing orange belly and they look so cute. Little fat balls of colourful bird.

I tried to take some photos but they all came out a bit blurry as it was far away. My camera zoom would only go so far. So I drew my version of a Bullfinch afterwards from the photos.

Bullfinch