Frequently Asked Questions

"Can I physically see your products anywhere?"

We have a shop (newly refurbished in 2023) at Woodings Yard in Stafford, UK that can be visited and where most of the things we make are usually on display and ready to browse and buy. To ensure our products stay in a pristine condition we operate a rather quaint, personal counter service, where one of our shop staff will be on hand to attend to you.

Our normal shop opening times are:

Wednesday - Friday 10:30 - 17:00

& Saturday 10:00 - 16:00

"I’m looking for an unusual and special gift.  Do you make bespoke items to order?"

All of our products are handmade and can usually be made in any combination of our current colour range. We specialise in making bespoke and unusual products and enjoy creating custom solutions. If you have an idea please contact us or call into our shop and we will tell you very quickly if it is something we can help you with and what the cost would be.

"Can you personalise your designs with a name or special message?"

All our designs are able to be personalised with names, monograms, or longer messages. The personalisation can simply be initials or we can produce fully customised options that might be multiple messages or sets of words.

Our personalisation options include modern san-serif text which is clear and simple, larger vintage lettering, and lettering made with antique book-binding tools. Tell us what you want and we’ll do our best to make it happen - there aren't many people that can offer the options we can.

"Do you run any lessons or run workshops?"

We do run workshops that people can attend to experience certain aspects of our work and design. There will usually be an opportunity to make small products and work with tools and materials of a certain theme. Details of these workshops are given out through our newsletter mailing list and via social media, so if this is something that interests you please sign up.

We also are able to provide “Maker Experience Days” at our shop/workshop too. These cost from £390 per day, per person. To book a place please contact us or see our shop.

"If I give you a design, will you make it for me?"

We never copy other people’s designs and generally, everything we make will have our distinctive look and feel. However, we are happy to provide a free consultation of what might be available. If all parties are then happy to proceed, we will work with you to provide a unique solution that achieves your intent, but still retains our own stylistic design signature and ethos.