Hello! Bonjour! Guten morgen! Just a quick blog-ette to say we’re offering 20% off everything at Miso Funky right now. Yes, everything. I know, we’re crazy.

Use the discount code WHATSUMMER (no space) to bag your bargain. You have until midnight GMT on Friday 18th May. I know, too kind. You’re welcome.

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Check out this giant cross stitch in Spain! Awesome, isn’t it? There’s a whole post about it on the website of Du Dua. which seems to be the most amazing craft shop/workshop provider in Barcelona.

My Spanish isn’t up to much, but I really want to seek this place out if I’m ever there – it looks fantastic. And now I want to have a go at this…who’s in?

We are loved by Card & Gift blog – hurrah! Click here to read the lovely write up they gave us last week.

Giveaway time! How would you like to win one of our very own Union Jack Corgi cross stitch kits? You would? Well, here’s how:

Just leave a comment on this post to enter and let us know what you’d call your corgi if you had one. Our favourite name wins the kit. Simple!

The competition is open until midnight GMT on May 11th and is open to all, wherever on the planet you may be (entries from space included). You must leave an email address too or you won’t get your prize, like the poor sap who won our mugs and then never claimed them! We’ll give those away on Twitter soon, so make sure you are following us.

We don’t have a corgi, but we do have a beautiful Labrador – how have we made it to 6 months of dog ownership without mentioning him here?! Here’s a photo to tug at your heartstrings:

Awwww. Get naming those fictional corgis!

It’s being held at Hardcastle Crags,  a National Trust mill in the Pennines. You can find out more and book onto the workshop here.

And if that wasn’t enough for you, the final two designs of Emily Peacock’s Retro Modern range are now available in store! The Butterfly and Peacock (of course!) are both really bright and bold designs, perfect for Spring stitching.

As 2012 seems to be the year of the Union Jack all over again, we’ve put together a collection of Great British Goods, featuring a selection of our wares which have a patriotic theme.

The jewel in the crown is of course our brand new Union Jack Corgi cross stitch kits:

These have been designed with the Queen’s special celebration this year in mind, however, they are a patriotic Cool Britannia project at any time, really. You’ll find them available to purchase here.

The winner of our latest giveaway is yet to come forwards! Was it you? If we don’t hear from you in the next week, we’ll re-draw it, so be quick! Stay tuned for another prize draw soon.

11. Beccy

Please get in touch to claim your prize, Beccy.

Confession time – there were 3 mugs, but I’m keeping one for myself, it’s too good not to!

Behold! New badges are now available. You can buy them singly or in a set. What you waiting for?

Name: Cerys Turner.

Location: Bethnal Green, East London.

I make: I’m influenced by a wide range of cultures, eras and textile techniques and take an experimental approach and hope something interesting arrives at the end of the process.

My favourite craft tool is: My screen printing squeegee, I actually print with a very non-technical version (a window cleaner’s squeegee instead of a proper screen printer’s one!). Other designers in my studio seem very surprised when I bring it out, but I started using it in art school and it really works for me!

My favourite achievement is: Selling designs to international brands has been really cool, but I appreciate it even more when people who’ve completed my craft kits get in touch with their finished versions. I love seeing how they’ve added their own creativity and made the finished pieces unique to them.

I couldn’t live without: Coffee. I admit I’m a bit of a caffeine addict, but I also love coffee culture, sitting in cafes and people watching or over-hearing snippets of random conversations.

You may be surprised to know: I’ve visited japan and love Japanese culture and the Kawaii characters they invent over there, my all-time favourite is Afro Ken, a dog with an afro that is multicoloured and always changing to different hairstyles.

Ah, Afro Ken – he’s one of my favourite old-skool kawaii characters too. Look, here he is.

Thanks, Cerys!