The ‘Enchanted’

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Here’s a sneaky preview of a bespoke design I have just finished  – it looks so nice in real life as there are more textures in it than in my usual designs, silky satin, a silver lurex jacquard and a lovely soft plush velvet mixed in with my usual cottons and felt – super luxe!

It took a lot of sewing hours this one. Visit the website to see more kids teepee tent designs available from Moozle.

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The BIG one has arrived!

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It is official folks… the BIG new size Moozle teepee option is available to order on our Etsy shop now, what with the new look Moozlehome.com website launched this week as well the excitement is almost too much for me (I said almost). Whooooo-Hooooooo!

Check it out, it is super nice even if I do say so myself. Go on now, have a look at my new baby will you?!  Here. Well? What do you think?

 

Customer Photo

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What a lovely photo! This beaut has been sent by Jessica at Littlebabygarvin blog, the photo is one from baby Harper’s 1st birthday photo shoot, there are more over on her blog, which is definitely worth checking out as her way with words really makes me smile so much and her photos are super cute.

I can’t get over Jessica’s back yard (yes, this photo is really taken in her back yard!) that tree filled backdrop is so lovely, Harper is going to have a ball making dens and playing hide and seek when she’s older.

Find the plain teepee like the one above over on the Moozle website here. Want to see the price in US dollars? Check out our Etsy store here.

Bunny time!

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We finally got a fallen branch from our local park to adorn with our Easter decs, the kids love doing things like this, little Dex and Doll-face were up on the table like a shot putting everything onto one branch, you just gotta go with it!

It does look really nice (now) and all Spring like, and pastel fresh… so whenever you’re ready sunshine, come on out now, don’t be shy!

The pretty eggs are from Hema, and doesn’t Meg (the lovely Donna Wilson plate on the wall) look sweet peeping out from between the branches?

Happy Easter everyone.

Customer comment

I’ve just received such a lovely email from a customer I couldn’t wait to share it… it is from a lady in Copenhagen who contacted me just last week to see if I could do a teepee in time for her daughters birthday, I sent it on Friday and thank goodness it arrived yesterday as the birthday is today! That was close :) I didn’t have time to set it up to photograph before I packed it up but I did quickly take a couple of snaps, here is one of them…

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Thank you soooo much, Kate!!!!

It’s absolutely perfect and arrived yesterday – just in time for Jade to open her birthday presents at her birthday breakfast today!!!  She loves it so much and is having lots of fun exploring!! I’ve never seen her so excited about something before! Really, she loves it and so do we. Her grandmother was very pleased as well :) Will send some pics your way soon! Thanks again!!  Lindsey, Copenhagen, Denmark.

To order your personalised teepee take a look at the options on our Etsy shop here. You can read more of our lovely customers comments on the Moozle website here.

Thank you for your email Lindsey – you made my day :)

 

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Lucky me, I have another super customer photo of a Moozle teepee to share with you, and it came with lovely comments too, happy me! Thank you Anneli, for taking the time to send this to me, it really does make my day x

Hi Kate, This picture is long overdue. We absolutely love the tent and my son has had countless hours of peek-a-boo play and cosy reading/watching movies on i-Pad time in his own special hideaway :) Thank you so much! Anneli and Adrian, Sweden

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My dear friend Anna has sent me this photo of her daughter Poppy in the custom made  teepee I recently finished for them. AnnaK is a very talented freelance graphic designer and art director based in Melbourne, you can see some for her work here, she recently worked on the Moozle id for me and now I have fab new postcards, stickers and cards to send with my deliveries, happy days!

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Thanks again Anna! Happy to hear you all enjoy the Moozle teepee xxx

New Design

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Here’s a pic of a custom made teepee I recently finished for a customer – complete with matching cushion covers! You can order something similar here on Etsy for International customers or on Moozlehome for EU customers. The cushions are not listed yet but feel free to contact me with your requests and I’ll see what I can do for you.

Don’t forget to ‘like’ our Facebook page to get sneaky peaks of all new designs and products!

Muizen Huis

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Last week was half term here in Amsterdam and the weather was f-f-f-freezing so we headed to the cosy central library to check out the wonderful ‘Muizen Huis’ (Mouse House) we have heard so much about. It really is fabulous with over 100 little rooms and so much attention to detail, I could look at it for hours!

The house was created by a Dutch lady called Karina Schaapman, who has lived a very interesting life so far, you’ll have to look up the details! She made the house, created stories and took photographs of the house to illustrate them. The stories follow the adventures of 2 small mice called Sam and Julia. The book has become a big hit, been translated many times and distributed all around the world, it will be available to buy in the UK from July 2013.

Karina has now donated her Muizen Huis to the Centrale Bibliotheek in Amsterdam, the brilliant new library near central station (lunch on the top floor at La Place with the stunning views over the city is not to be missed), now everyone can enjoy her wonderful creation, and I for one would like to say thank you!

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A little peak at a new teepee design just finished and sent this week, it is for twins in New Jersey – I really hope they love it, I was really pleased with the way it turned out, the colours are so bright and happy.

I also had some lovely new comments from some customers this week, I’d love to share with you…

I purchased this Teepee tent for my son’s birthday not thinking it would arrive on time and it did! Delivery was so fast and Kate was always in contact. My son loves it and never wants to come out! It easily fits both my kids. The quality and service are top notch. Thanks so much Kate for a unique gift. Beth, Ohio, USA.

 Thanks so much for the teepee, my children love it! It’s a great feature in my son’s room! Marta, Ontario, Canada.

A big thank you to my lovely customers for taking the time to send me their comments – it really makes my day.

Customer photos

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I have two new customer photos to share with you – thanks to Sharna for posting the top pic to Pinterest and to Zoe in the UK for sharing this sweet photo of Nellie having a tea party in her Moozle teepee.

I also received this super comment from Beth in Cincinnati this week…

Hi Kate, I wanted to let you know that the tent did arrive in time for my son’s birthday and he absolutely loved it.  He only wants to come out to eat and take a bath.  It was a huge hit with both of my kids.  Thanks so much! Beth.

Thank you so much – what lovely customers I have! You can see more of their lovely comments over on the Moozlehome website here.

Customer photo – Mini Boden

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The eagle eyed amongst you will no doubt have spotted that this is indeedy a Moozle teepee tent in the fab new Mini Boden catalog! They ordered it back in August so I have been eagerly awaiting the results – I do like the stylists addition of the pretty paper butterflies, another creative way to decorate your plain teepee – if you have any other styling gems you’d like to share please send your jpegs to me via the Moozlehome website.

There are lots of gorgeous clothes and shoes in the new Mini Boden catalogue, you can see some here in a post I made of a photo shoot with the kids. I’ve already ordered some more bits for the kids I couldn’t resist, just check out these great silver brouges, sure to sell out fast, just wish they were in my size.

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I’ve just listed this kids teepee tent design over on my Etsy page, the sun was out this morning so I put the tent up in the living room and these two crazies promptly moved in!

This tent is all ready to ship – snap it up while you can (I did manage to get them out of it eventually). It is the popular ‘vintage flowers’ design, with a lovely brown tree on the side with lots of pretty lilac and green leaves. The vintage roses fabric is original 1940′s and really rather special.

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I’ve just been reminded of a playlist I did for an interview on the rikrak studio blog about 2 years ago now – and what a playlist it is too – give it a listen if you fancy a dance or a jig about in your chair whilst you work – I have an eclectic, indie/rock/pop dance groove with old classics from Ike and Tina as well as new classics from the like of Dizzy Rascal/Ting Tings, there are links to each track on YouTube so it’s really easy (and addictive) to get into the groove – just what we need for these dark Winter days – fill your soul with sunshine and dance on! What are you listening to today?

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This photo is of the Aurora village in Yellowknife, Canada, I would love to go and visit one day and dance under the stars and the northern lights.

Moozle beginnings

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I just found this (tiny) photo of Dolly’s old bedroom in Pembrokeshire, this is the very first teepee I made and where all this teepee madness stems from! She looks so little here, a cute little thing in beanie and wellie boots. There are lots more photos of past teepee designs on the Moozle Flickr pages. This design went on to be called ‘vintage flowers’ and has been featured in lots of kids design and interiors blogs.

Here are a couple more photos of Dolly’s old room while I’m at it!

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