Hello

Hasn't it been a long time since I just sat and wrote a blog post on the spur of the moment?? For that I do apologise.

Since becoming an SBS (Small Business Sunday) Winner (thanks to Mr.Paphitis) Bagladee has taken a huge leap. Then there was the radio interview for BBC Radio Nottingham.....from then on every day has been filled with bag making adventures. I say adventures because no day is the same, from trade orders, commsions and website orders to christmas decorations by the bucket load and even working on some new ideas.

Even though I am exhausted I am thoroughly enjoying myself.

On the home front, at last after nearly five and a half years our home is almost fininshed. From completely gutting a 1935's semi detatched house, we have cleaned, stripped, plastered, painted, decorated, extended, built, planted, replaced every inch. You can definately say that we have put our heart and soul (blood, sweat and tears) into this house. The last thing to be completed is laying the turf in the front and back garden which will be done this weekend. I cant wait, I'm so excited to see it all finally finished. We will be able to sit back and enjoy our 'space' this is something that has been long awaited for both of us!!

I'm hoping to have a couple of days 'me time' this weekend...no sewing if I can help it. I want to make some cupcakes and get a little bit of house work done, then maybe veg out of the sofa and watch a film.

I hope you're all well out there in blogland. This is still my favourite place to come and 'escape' from it all. Bye for now, I will be back soon with a giveaway!! xxx

BBC Radio Nottingham - Interview with Bagladee

Its been anonther exciting week here at bagladee HQ. It started on Friday when I received an email from one of the producers for BBC Radio Nottingham asking if I would be interested in doing an interview about my bags, winning SBS and being in Elle Magazine.

How amazing!!!

So Monday afternoon I drove down to the studio and met Lewis, Nigel and Phillip. They were so lovely, they knew how nervous I was and made me feel relaxed. I had no idea really how it worked as I've never done anything like it before. I tried to answer the questions as best I could without stuttering too much :D but made a big FAUX PAS. Philip who interviewed me obviously refered to me as Emma Castle, but I never mentioned thoughout the whole interview that I was Bagladee. A bit silly really as you all know me as  Bagladee :( Hopefully some people will have put two and two together and worked it out. Definately something to remember for future interviews ;)

If you would like to hear the interview you can by clicking here its only live for 7 days from the day of recording but I'm working on getting a copy to pop on my blog permenantly.