Alexia Claire in Vogue!

I was very lucky to receive a call from Vogue magazine last month. I now have my Russian Doll laptop sleeve featured in this months issue! So it goes without saying how giddy I was to receive my free copy through the post a week ago.

The laptop sleeves pictured here and listed in my Etsy shop are for 13' Macbooks. However any of my designs can be custom made to fit your laptop sleeve dimensions, or even an iPad or Kindle. I also make sleeves to fit your particular phone. Any questions on this please do not hesitate to email me at alexia@alexiaclaire.com.

There is an Etsy listing here for custom laptop sleeves too.

Alexia Claire at ReetSweet Sheffield

A couple of months ago I had a stall at the ReetSweet Sheffield event in the Millenium Gallery. It was a great venue with an awesome selection of designer makers. The sun beamed through the enormous windows all day and there was a very steady flow of visitors. I would definitely do it again!

My new printed tote bags all sold out! They definitely went down well. Look out for more of these in my Folksy and Etsy Shops. 

I tried a new fan shape display of my baskets this time.

This was the lovely Moonko's stand. Debbie of Moonko won the best stall of the day. It was my first time meeting her but we have been talking for quite some time and my work is featured on the Moonko Website. 

Mother's Day Gift Ideas

Right folks, tonight is your last night to order anything from my online shops to receive it in time for Mother's Day! If you order tonight I can post them first class tomorrow. Easy Peasy. So if you have any last minute gifts to buy, get cracking!



Don't forget that my handmade fabric baskets (above) found in my shop make the perfect gift bag, which your mum can re-use for whatever she desires instead of throwing away a paper one!

A much needed catch up

I haven't blogged properly in a while, shameful I know, but at the same time it has been for very good reasons, and also means that I have a lot to share about! I have had visits from uni friends, as well as paid visits of my own. I have had snow days, design days, craft days you name it! Not to mention landing a new and very exciting job! I have attended a couple of craft fairs (with more to come) had a few awesome nights on the town with friends and helped out with volunteer projects. So watch this space for lots of bloggingly good content!

A catch up on my recent makes

I have made a couple of one off specials in the last month or two which I have yet to share with you all! So here is a quick peek at a few of them...

We bought my Grandma a Kindle for her birthday last year, and I made her a sleeve for it too. It may have been quite a while ago but here it is! She loves her kindle, she had to show me how to use it a few weeks ago when I was staying over.

An old school friend was moving away to begin her new amazing career at the start of this year, and she asked me if I could reproduce an Alexander Mcqueen cushion that she had seen, to go in her new place. I made two large cushions and she loved them.

This was a watercolour I did for my Grandma, we're both huge bird lovers (in case you didn't already know!) in particular water birds so I drew her this Kingfisher.

And finally, I knitted my best friend this Irish hiking scarf for her birthday this month. I ran out of wool and couldn't find the same wool anywhere so it was a bit shorter than I would have liked! My mum knitted me the same scarf for last Christmas and I've loved wearing it.

Valentines Day Gift Bag Idea

I have designed and made this Valentines fabric basket which you can now buy in my Etsy and Folksy shops. Perfect as a gift bag to put other little gifts in or to give as a useful reusable storage basket. It also comes with a matching gift tag!

Handmade Laptop Sleeves

I have been making laptop sleeves for quite a while now but never got around to listing my silk screen printed sleeves online. Well now here they are! You can buy through my Etsy or my Folksy shop. The ones listed are all for a 13" MacBook as that is the laptop I have. I do however make sleeves for different sized laptops, all you've got to do is drop me a message with your exact dimensions and chosen design and I can take it from there! Email me at alexia@alexiaclaire.com. They are padded and have a toggle fastening. Here are a couple examples.

An Alexia Claire Giveaway!

The lovely people over at 20 Best Twenty are doing a give away of my Russian Doll basket on their blog this week!

Check out their blog post to find out how to enter.

Closing date is Monday 19th, and the winner will be announced on Tuesday 20th.

Best of luck!

Advent Calendar Offer!

There are just two days left until advent! So my knitted Advent Calendar now has free shipping! Be quick to take advantage of this offer before Advent begins.

You can buy it from either my Etsy Shop or my Folksy Shop



This Advent Calendar can be re-used every year and any little surprises you can think of put into its pockets. Why not begin a new family tradition and buy this Advent Calendar today?

Cyber Monday at Alexia Claire

'Alexia Claire' will be offering 10% off this CYBER MONDAY on my Etsy shop!

Just enter this code at the checkout: alexiacybermonday11

For 10% off everything in my shop! Monday 28th only!

Happy shopping!