Happy Easter...

Just a quick little post from all of us here at chez abigail*ryan... we've been super busy working recently, and out in the garden too, enjoying the sunshine (the pup more than the rest of us, to be honest - it's his new favourite place!)... so Angus is especially liking it - see how he's smiling for the camera with his new grown up set of teeth? ;))

(kills me!)

...we're having a BBQ tomorrow full of Easter fun, so I hope the wind stops blowing a little before then ;) It was causing me and my props a little bit of bother today, I'll tell you! Those are our new peg-bags btw...

Over and out from our current HQ, the kitchen, which is full of the smell of cakes and bread being baked ahead of tomorrow.

Hope your Easter weekend is a lovely one :)

xo Abigail, Ryan and Angus

A. Rubanesque...

We couldn't have been happier to stumble across the beautiful passementerie shop 'A. Rubanesque' when we were in Powerscourt Townhouse Centre in Dublin the other week...

A small, bijoux store, with enticing, exciting window displays that lured us in to find a cornucopia of ribbons, trimmings, lace, fabric, thread, sequins galore. I loved the ribbon displays all laid out in a colourful rainbow, and the selection was extremely unusual and appealing. It's so nice to not just find the same old things!

When in the store, I gushed to Ryan 'oh my goodness... this is like being in Mokuba in Paris', and, after visiting the website, I read that A. Rubanesque is the only stockist of Mokuba Ribbon on the British Isles... good spot, egh? ;)

I was incredibly strong as just came away with photos, which the management very kindly allowed me to take, but I doubt either Ryan or myself will manage to be quite so strong the next time ;)

Make sure to pay them a visit if you find yourself in Dublin-town sometime soon!

Abigail@abigail*ryan

p.s. can you spot Ryan in the photo's? ;)

Article Dublin...

You may remember "Article" from our stockists page, and during our little jaunt down to Dublin to see Adele, we were lucky enough to see the shop for ourselves.

We want our customers to have the best buying experience they can, so we like to be pretty selective when it comes to choosing stockists. Sadly, we can't always visit our stockists in person, though, so we jumped at the chance to call in when we could.

In the stunning Powerscourt Townhouse Centre in the centre of Dublin's beautiful south side, "Article" is a little gem of a shop full of quirky gorgeousness. So irresistible were the wares, in fact, that we couldn't resist making a couple of purchases ourselves! The leaf embossed porcelain plate in the last photograph above is now destined for our newly painted hallway, and our kitchen is scented with the delicious aroma of one of "Article's" own range of scented candles- in the exotically woody and spiced 'Walnut and Ginger' scent. It was also a particular pleasure to meet the shops creator and curator, John- it's always wonderful to be able to put a face and voice to an email!

We're so glad we took the opportunity when we could, and "Article" will definitely be one of our first ports of call whenever we find ourselves in Ireland's capital.

ryan@abigail*ryan

Let's catch up!

Hello everyone - I don't quite know where to start as we have SO much to catch up on... it's been a really busy few weeks and our heads are spinning a little ;) We had a nice relaxing breakfast this morning to de-compress a little! Do you like my new tea-pot?!

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to, which we will be elaborating on over the next few days and sharing photos...

We were at the Liberty Open Call in London a few weeks back, and had a fantastic time meeting the buyers and pitching our abigail*ryan wares in our 3 minute (!) slot. It went really well and we were delighted with the feedback we received. We were even caught on camera, so we'll share the horror of bad angles soon ;)

Earlier this week we went down to Dublin to see Adele in concert, which I booked earlier in the year as an anniversary present for Ryan and I! We bussed it down and had a perfect day wandering around Dublin's lovely South Side, discovering beautiful shops and eateries... Adele that evening was absolutely *incredible*, our hotel was fab, and the next day was so nice we ended up wandering around for longer than we intended and spent the day having fun! We have loads of photos of all the gorgeous shops we discovered - so we will be sharing those over the next few days...

We got lots of new a*r print goods... new stickers, new business cards galore! We're all ready for our Trade Show in June! Can't wait to show you all...

The first of our Heirloom floor cushions is completed, so I am excited to share photos of that soon, too.

And, finally, if you read our facebook page, the long awaited recipe for Ryan's dairy free, egg free (vegan) chocolate and coconut gateaux, will be up soon. It was so. damn. tasty!

Back soon to share more biz!

Abigail@abigail*ryan

Terrace House Softies...

Hi everyone...

Finally, a little bit of nice light today - which sent me snap happy with the camera!

Our Terrace House Softies, which are LIMITED EDITION... only one of each, and only five in total, are now online. I am quite in love with these, and they were so much fun for us to make, they will be a little hard to part with! In addition to all the lovely materials we used, I love our sycamore scatter cotton on the back... we use a different cotton for each edition we make...

Now you just need to decide which one you like best... pink door, orange door, blue door, yellow door or green door... TOO HARD, right? ;)

You can find them all here, in the shop!

We will be sharing a recipe for an amazing vegan chocolate and coconut gateaux Ryan made yesterday later today or tomorrow... it is disappearing rapidly in our kitchen, so at least we have photos of it to share before it's gone!

More soon,

A@a*r

For Japan...

Hi everyone,

Some of you may have seen in our last post that we have decided to donate 50% of the retail price from each sale of our Hyndragea tea-towel (in duck egg) to the Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal...

Hydrangea flowers symbolise 'Heartfelt Emotions', which is why, out of all of our designs, we felt this most appropriate - as I think this is how most of the world is feeling right now as we watch events in Japan unfold.

This is today's pile of orders, all parcelled up for posting.

Please help in any way you can. Every donation helps and we would like to raise as much as we can with the power of flowers!

Please pass it on.

Thank you. So much.

Abigail & Ryan

So, so, so...

So BUSY!

We're doing some exciting freelance work for a super secret client who is launching a new range - brand identity and graphic design is all done after lots of hard work and now I am doing my favourite part... photography and styling!

...these are some outtakes from after today's shoot :)

So TIRED!

We're super busy and juggling so many balls just now with work! Ryan is feeling a bit better (thank you so much for all your kind notes) but still not doing cartwheels just yet...

So SAD!

The disaster in Japan has been weighing heavily on our minds. We have decided to donate 50% of all proceeds from the sale of our Hyndrangea tea-towel in duck-egg...

Hyndrangea flowers symbolise 'Heartfelt Emotions' and I think that pretty much sums up how people are feeling right now. Funds raised will be going to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Fund...

Thank you so much for your continued support!

xo