Press Archive

Our Press Page is on the move and this is just a small part of the Press Archive that will now live on the blog (as we don't want to lose it!). Feel free to have a nosey....

Sessi (Sophia) loves ballet, being creative , adventuring , she is incredibly curious and asks questions about everything. Her mother Carla de Reyes Mezbur is the Co-founder of  Sisters Guild (www.sistersguild.com) blogger (www.sistersguild.blogspot.com ) and full time mum to Sessi (Sophia) 4 and Oona 2. Read more... Pirouette Blog
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I recently stumbled across Sisters Guild,  it's a U.K based children's fashion boutique, that stocks some of the best British labels and more...I asked the owners a few questions! Read more... EOH Blog
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There is such an overwhemling amount of online shops in cyberworld and it is always so refreshing to find a boutique that has an unique selection of well made children's items.  One of these amazing online boutique is Sisters Guild that carries the sweetest and very creative variety of products for little ones.  I love how their selection is vintage inspired and they stock everything from clothing, accessories, toys, party decor to home items.  Read more... Lattes and Juice Blog

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This week I found it impossible to feature just 'Something' beautiful - because I found a whole website where absolutely everything was beautiful - so choosing was especially difficult, but I've forced myself to stick to my 2(ish) favourite things (which means I can come back and show you more stunning things later! In particular things that I'm buying for the big Move - 4 weeks and counting!) Sisters Guild are commited to finding all things creative and lovely, you can tell how much care and thought goes into the selection of every single thing on their site, Carla and Bekka are clearly so very passionate about their shop and if I could I would buy every single unique and simply enchanting piece - I can't stop clicking and discovering more dreamy things! I can't fully describe the wonderful feeling shopping their collection evokes, picturing something like summer days in a sun speckled glade, with a cupcake picnic and ice cold homemade lemonade - catching fairies in jam jars... magic! Read more... Wicked Mama Blog

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Sisters Guild Boutique The online childrenswear store has started it's sale, with brands including Hucklebones and I Love Gorgeous  Sisters Guild was the first online boutique to stock Clothkits, which supply fabric and patterns for you to make their wonderful designs at home. This creative vibe is carried throughout the website in the 'imagine and play' range of activity sets, imaginative gifts and their vintage inspired selection of designers. Sisters Guild stocks Hucklebones, I Love Gorgeous, Belle & Boo and Dandy Star amongst many other brands. They have now started their January up to 50% off sale, which includes classic pieces such as the Hucklebones dress above. Junior Fashion News

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Chock full of enchanting delights, they’ve got whimsy buys by Hucklebones, Belle and Boo and Maileg, retro treats by Little Duckling and Dandy Star (the small but perfectly formed boys dressing room section is fantastic), plus some granny boho fare by Danish fairtrade brand Rice.dk amongst their delights. Think clothing, accessories, toys, and decor goodies in a cool blend of vintage and retro inspired meets quirky meets charming meets modern. Sisters Guild is one cool little style destination and definitely one to bookmark and to be led into temptation by! Bambino Goodies

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It's not often a website launches and CLB thinks, wow, I want to buyeverything. Sisters Guild, which launched today, also had me properly thinking about Christmas shopping for the first time this year. Stuffed with covetable objects for the home and children, it's a style savvy mummy's dream. But it's also teaming with personality and quirkiness. Founders and sisters Carla de Reyes Mezbur, 32, and Bekka McCarthy, 34, have collected together all their favourite children's fashion, accessories and home labels and presented them on this elegant, personal, easy-to-navigate website. This is just the kind of e-commerce site that Chic Little Baby adores: homegrown, original and selling independent brands. Chic Little Baby Blog

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Start Christmas shopping with this charming new website aimed at style-conscious parents. Full of top independent labels for home, child and mother. Time Out, London (Nov 4 2010)
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Further mentions

Very happy to hear that online children’s boutique, Sisters Guild is now open for international ordering. Stocking a range of clothes, toys and decor where, in their own words, “the emphasis is on beauty and creativity”. I defy anyone not to find at least one product they would love to have for their home or children. I struggled to pick such a small number but here are a few of my favourites. Visit for a browse and a treat here. CANDEBOP

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Here at BFB we LOVE Sisters Guild a gorgeously illustrated website run by sisters Bekka and Carla filled with beautiful vintage-style finds  inspired by childhood.  The site is our first port of call for inspiration on kids decor, clothing or inspired gifts for little girls and boys. babyfriendlyboltholes.co.uk   

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You know those moments when you see tots so stylish you wonder where their mummies shop?
Well, we’ve discovered the secret… they shop at Sisters Guild.  This online children’s boutique is the definition of good taste.  Founded by sisters Carla and Bekka, the site launched in October 2010 and is fast becoming a go-to for discerning mums.  Stocking brands such as ilovegorgeous, Hucklebones, Little Duckling and Belle & Boo, we were excited to see that they also have a fantastic range of one of our favourite baby brands, aden & anais thelittlestylebook.com

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Sisters Guild is an online boutique for the imaginative of mind. A beautiful site, filled with black and white pen illustrations and whimsy, Sisters Guild combines relevant design with a homely, nostalgic attitude towards life and motherhood. You will find giftsfor all ages here, and much more besides.
GREAT DESIGN: OLD AND NEW
Filled with pretty and colourful clothes, toys and homewares, there is a lot to explore on this site. Sisters Guild founders, Carla & Bekka, say that they are inspired by ‘imagination, enchanting creations, colour, shape, good design, print and pattern, soft sumptuous fabrics, adventure, starting new traditions, play and intrigue', and the result is a wide-ranging and cheerful collection of cushions, wall stickers, baby dresses, art prints and bunting (and much more). Trawl through the designers; Belle & Boo, Little Ducklings, iLovegorgeous and Rosie Flo are all available here - and you will also find some revitalised vintage favourites, such as Clothkits and PlayPlax!
Look out for Lucky Boy Sunday, a danish duo responsible for some eccentric but beguiling stuffed toys, and Mae with their beautiful wall stickers and dress-up dolls; little girls will love these (and some big girls will too!)
ADDITIONAL TREATS
In addition to all this retail loveliness, the good ladies of the Sisters Guild offer a ‘Monday Makery', a weekly article on the site (accessible via Ideas & Inspiration) offering a craft, or cookery suggestion to help get you and your child's creative juices flowing! These articles are streaming in from the extremely well-maintained Sisters Guild blog, packed with further delights and interest for the creatively-minded vintage/modern mother. Where do they find the time? thegoodwebguide.co.uk

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Sisters Guild. A sampling of their sale items are pictured above. This gorgeous boutique is offering major discounts on much-loved brands like Little Duckling, Dandy Star, and Rice. URBAN MUMS

And the winter sales are still going strong... If I had a new baby (or needed a new baby gift), I would be very tempted to purchaseAden & Anais swaddling wraps and sleeping bags from Sisters Guild. They are currently on sale!  I've heard wonders about this brand, but didn't find out about them until my kids were a bit older. Have you used them? Do you have a favourite new baby brand or item? 

Sisters Guild has more lovely sale items, including melamine dinnerware from Rice, and gorgeous clothes from Hucklebones. Go take a peek...URBAN MUMS

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When I saw the gloriousness that is these divine wings made by the fabulous Carla at cool boutique Sisters Guild, I swooned and I’ll definitely be making some for our girls! Starting with an old white pillowcase and layering on plumes of scraps of fabric with some fabric glue followed up with a bit of stitching, me thinks these are well worth the effort. Play with colours and textures for something less girlie or more bug-ish. BAMBINO GOODIES

One of my absolutely most favourite online boutiques Sisters Guild has started their summer sale with up to 60% off clothing and decor delights by fairtrade Danish brand Rice DK as well as Hucklebones, Ilovegorgeous, Little Duckling, Lucky Boy Sunday, Fluke, and Dandy Star. With so much to love, it’ll be difficult to restrain yourself! BAMBINO GOODIES

Inspired by their own children, Sisters Guild is a boutique with the emphasis on beauty and creativity. A design led haven, you’ll find new ideas waiting to become the classics of our generation. From picnics, clothing, imagination and play, to vintage gifts, decor and even things for mama, brands include Rice.dk, Belle & Boo, Dandy Star, I Love Gorgeous, Clothkits, Miller Goodman, Maileg, and Little Duckling. BAMBINO GOODIES

I’ve said it many times before and I’ll say it again – I love all things Rice, the Danish fairtrade brand that delivers oodles of style in an instantly recognisable mix of colour shots and eclectic print mixes that I always describe as ‘granny boho cool’. Chic spot Sisters Guild have their ‘Kiss’ and ‘Love’ cushion covers featuring striking applique in contrast patterns for £21.50 each as well as velvet floor cushions including the quirky green dove print, £69.50. As usual they wow on the melamine front with their hen print jug (1.75L), £21.50 which is making me think of summer – water and juice by day, Pimms and cocktails when the kids are asleep. They’ve also got peacock tea cosies and coin purses, candelabras, gorgeous fabric covered boxes, patchwork blankets, candle holders, and the a-mazing acrylic framed memo boards, £27, as shown in blue. Swoonage! BAMBINO GOODIES

I am all a flutter having had a look through the Sisters Guild Winter sale. There is temptation left and right from the mix of toys, home wares and clothing. Discounts are from 20% to 40% with Hucklebones, Little Duckling and selected Rice goodies having the bigger discounts. There are some gorgeous MailegEn Gry & Sif Christmas decorations and advent calendars on offer in theChristmas section as well as Rice advent candle holders. Other brands on offer include: Aden & Anais, Ilovegorgeous, Dandy Star and Mini McGhee. BAMBINO GOODIES

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Here in the press posts we gather all the places online and in print where the Sisters or the collections we house, have been featured.  Thank you to all the blogs, mags &  newspapers that share the love for the unique and imaginative, the wonder of childhood and home, and  keep independent shops as well as talented designers and makers thriving.

We have lots to tell and share and if you are a blog, website, magazine or newspaper, please do get in touch with us at rebekka@sistersguild.co.uk  

We will happily provide products for press photo shoots or for review, along with high-res images.

Down to Earth on a Rainbow

Rice Dk 

The Danish superstars of colour and zest known for their big heart and strong ethics its down to earth but funky, fun and functional

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Monday Makery - Ye Pirate Cutlass

It's a rare thing to leave the park without a collection of treasures, be it sticks, acorns, leaves, or a pocketful of daisies. So, this time when we went to the park with a mission in mind; to find the perfect straight stick, the girls were in full eyes down hunting mode. This was a special pirates mission where before we could hunt any treasure we first had to get equipped for any eventuality. We were making swords. We were going to have a go with cardboard but I knew they'd end up crumpling after their first battle so only sticks would suffice.
So with a mission sounding more like a goldilocks tale, 'no, this one's too curvy', 'this one's too bumpy' and 'this one's too thick' we at last discovered a stick 'just right'. Happy with what they found I could 'as though by magic' with a quick snip of the scissors and some scraps of fabric turn them into pirate cutlass's.

Like all great inventions necessity is the mother, and when Oona grew tired of carrying her cutlass we turned a cardboard roll into a sheath to hold the sword in between battles. I'm sure this accessory will end up being decorated in some way but for now she's happy as it is and as these cardboard roll's are easy to come by, or at least easier than finding a straight stick she'll probably create a whole host of matching accessories for her outfits. A pirate takes great pride in his / her appearance apparently.

Here's what you'll need:

• a stick (preferably straight!)
• string or elastic bands
• a small piece of thick fabric; leather, felt, or cardboard from a cereal box.

Here's how:

1. remove any knobbly bits from your stick
2. cut a piece of fabric into a long thing oval and cut two holes on either end.
3. slide the stick through the hole and pull down, then poke the stick through the other end of the fabric creating a looped handle shape.
4. If your fabric slides around take it off and put it back on with an elastic band wrapped around the stick on either side of the fabric.

Dont be tempted to sharpen the ends of the sticks, yes it may make them look more authentic but that's not what you want. the blunter the better. There'll be enough injuries from the whacking about as it is. It may even be a good idea to instate a few rules as you hand over the cutlass, a pirate code so to speak.

So, next time you head to the park bring back a few sticks for some pirate fun,

Aarrrrgh! Look lively me powder monkeys I be going after those pieces o eight!

PomPomTastic

We simply can't get enough of these fun tissue paper honeycomb balls. Suitable for indoor and out their nostalgic beauty brighten parties, weddings and are wonderful as jolly all year round decorations in any room bringing joy and happiness lightening up a neutral space in a creative way.

Each colour ball is available in 4 sizes, small, medium, large and supersize and now the honeycomb mobile has arrived. The honeycomb mobile (top image) features 5 spheres hung from bamboo, it makes for a wonderful unique gift for baby and child as well as us grown ups too. 

So whether you want subtle splashes of colour or big displays of brights there's a colour and size for all.

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Inspiring home of Camilla Ebdrup

Have you ever wondered what the home of creative designers look like. I do. I was so intrigued to see what the home of one of our favourite design team looks like and what inspires their space. These images of the home of Camilla Ebdrup - one half of Lucky Boy Sunday, her husband Andrea Stenmann and their son Sigurd shows a relaxed space with plenty of light, a mix of modern and vintage with some truely unique pieces that add to it's charm. An inspired and inspiring elysian family home where the individual personalities flourish with their own collections and style.

Take a look at more images over and read all about it here as well as discover where they find they style and inspiration. 

Favourite Free Printables

Sometimes its the simple things that keep children busy and the best play are those times when their imagination can carry them off, where they can create their own games, their own rules and their own ideas flourish. Sometimes its pen and paper that bring out the best of play and a little paper play can go along way especially when its a wet and drizzly day. When I saw rain forecast for this week I knew i'd need some back-up, and I found it. Bundles of it. There are so many great free printables for children but this week it's these here that have become the firm favourites in our house.

This free printable above has been a huge hit in our house. This little character has had chicken pox and needed to drink 'cabbagesnail' potion, before all manner of illness's needed to be treated. Now there's a collection like a waiting room or an encyclopaedia of strange diseases stuck to the wall by Dr Oona who insists if you get green spots on your face its inevitable that broccoli grows on your tongue! 

We've yet to give these a try, though i've got them at the ready! Imagine all the games, the cutting the sticking, colouring and collecting possibilities. You can find all these beautiful and quirky printables here alongside much more. If like me you get hooked on the creations take a look at the etsy shop here. 

These oh so puuurfectly cute bookmarks is all it'll take to get my miniature bookworm wanting to curl up and read and with the note cards too she'll love to write her own ideas for her own story this half term.

But perhaps the biggest winner of all this week, and the most appropriate considering the weather, is this colourful remake of the never-fail-to please-game of snakes and ladders. who wouldn't want to slide along a rainbow towards the sunshine or trickle down with the rain. Not only has this been our new version of snakes and ladders but it didn't' take too long for all the characters to get a name and became a game where creatures live under rainbows and gather raindrops in baskets.

Discover mr prinatbles here and you'll discover an abundance of paper play fit for any age, and every day.

If you're still looking to discover more things to do, to create and ideas of play then don't forget our very own Monday Makery as well as our 'summer fun with sisters guild' - a list of 100 things to do indoors and out.

Happy Playing

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Monday Makery - Storage Drums

I discovered these small round storage boxes for just £1 so of course I grabbed them and knew exactly what i'd to them too. With the half term beginning I knew we'd appreciate a new 'something' to create together and with the possibility for painting , glitter, and some new found storage for all those things the girls like to collect I thought this would be a winner for a rainy day activity.

Here's what you'll need:

• round cardboard or papier mache boxes
• paint & brush
• measuring tape
• pencil

Here's how:

• Firstly you'll need to give the boxes their background colour if they're not already the colour you want. Paint the outer sides of the box as well as the outer rim of the lid and the lid top. We didn't paint the inside but of course feel free to decorate inside too.
• Once the paint is dry you'll need to discover the measurements for your triangles. This is easy: measure the circumference of your box, i.e around the outer edge, divide this number by 8 which gives you the size of the triangle base. The circumference of one of my boxes was 42.5 cm, divided by 8 gave me 5.31cm. So I marked a small line at the top of the box every 5.3 cm.
• Then to determine the measurement for your tip of the triangle divide that same number by 2 so, 5.31 divided by 2 is 2.65, now mark 2.65 cm (the exact centre of the triangle base) following each previously marked dot.
• Draw a line from the dot to the base of your box and you'll discover the exact point for the tip of your triangle. From the bottom marker connect the outer two lined markers to create your perfect triangle shape.
• for the edging: I used a reusable sticky tape from some I already had (MT tape) to tape around the bottom and the top of the box so I could draw my outline for the edges. I was then able to lift off the tape without upsetting the paint underneath and use it again for the next box. If your boxes are larger you may find that the measuring tape would provide a good device for measuring and marking the edges for the box.
• Now paint your triangles and the edge lines.
• Paint the outer side edge of lid and wait to dry.

If you would like to add a little more play to your boxes, add a string, rope or ribbon handle* and a couple of batons or wooden spoons for an instant drum kit. If like me here you can find different sized boxes you've got a mini drum kit waiting with different sounds from the bang of each drum!

I've not told the girls about this little aspect yet as they're now in busy organising, collecting and sorting mode. But I can't wait to let them in them in on it too!

*how to create a handle: using a hole punch or screwdriver make a hole in the side of the drum about an inch away from the top then make another on the exact oppsoite side. Thread your rope/string/ribbon from the outside in and tie a knot, using the same length of string thread again from the outside in and tie a knot. Pop on the lid and drum away!

Now i'm on the hunt for a larger set........

Happy Making 

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A Lucky Boy Sunday World

New pieces from Lucky Boy Sunday 

With more colours, soft sumptuous baby alpaca wool and unique creations

lucky boy sunday is a collection to admire, to covet, to embrace with its quirky edgy designs that thrill the imagination and leaves words hungering for poetry.

See the collection of friends, playthings, blankets, cushions, posters and cards in a lucky boy sunday world like a vision of a child's imaginings; a child who sees endless possibilities. It's a grown up version of a childs' reality; bridging the gap between the everyday and the unusual, the poetic and artistic sensibility. 

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