Design Competition 2012

Following on from the success of last year's design competition (won by Robbie Henderson, with his awesome Bear Hug! illustration), we're once again giving everyone a chance to submit their artwork for possible inclusion on a ToDryFor tea towel!

The lucky winner's design will become part of our existing line-up of talented artists, which includes Gemma Correll, Rob Ryan, Julia Pott and other highly acclaimed individuals, as well as receiving five free samples, on-going commission payments, and international exposure through press and worldwide stockists. Exciting, non?!

For more information and to submit a design, visit our competition page...

Take Note: Christmas Order By Dates!

Okay, we know it's still a bit early to be talking about Christmas, but just in case you live in Outer Mongolia and are getting nervous, we've put a page up on our website with all the important 'order by' dates to ensure your tea towels arrive before Christmas.

Here's a quick overview, if you want to start planning - December will be here before you know it:

Rest of world*:
Order by Sunday 4th December

Eastern Europe, USA, and Canada:
Order by Wednesday 8th December

Western Europe:
Order by Sunday 11th December

UK:
Order by Monday 19th December

If you have an emergency that means you are unable to place your order before the above dates, do get in touch and we will try to work our delivery magic to ensure you get everything you need.

* Rest of world includes: South & Central America, Caribbean, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Far East (including Japan), Australia and New Zealand

(Mmm, sprouts...)

New Guide towels from Stuart Gardiner!

We've got two new corking designs from Stuart Gardiner in stock - "A Guide to White Wine with Food" and "A Guide to Red Wine with Food". Be the sommelier of your own kitchen with these comprehensive wine pairing guides - they're both beautiful and functional.

A guide to white wine

A guide to red wine

ToDryFor in the Future 50!

We were thrilled to find ourselves included in Giftware Pro Magazine's 'Future 50 Design-led Giftware Brands of Tomorrow' recently. Following a great response to our stand at Pulse we were chosen for the top 50 alongside fab new brands such as Nancy and Betty Studio and Uncommonly Beautiful. What an honour!

Here's a picture of our stand at Pulse, with all the tea towels in handmade frames (loving created by HelloWilson) to show them off.

We have a winner!

Boy o boy! This was the most difficult decision we've had to make in a long time. We received so many amazing entries for our 2011 tea towel design competition that it was almost impossible to choose between them.

However, we finally managed to whittle it down to one ultimate winner. Congratulations go to Falkirk based designer, Robbie Henderson. Please may we introduce... Bear Hug!!!!!!!!!!!

We fell in love with the ambiguity of this great big bear (does he really want to hug you, or does he actually just want to eat you?!?) The design will now be put into production, with the final tea towels ready to dry dishes in June. We can't wait!

Thank you so much to everyone who entered. We were overwhelmed by the number and quality of entries, and just feel bad that we can't choose everyone! We'll be running another design competition next year, so do please keep popping back to the blog.

We love vegetables (and Nicholas Frith)!

Oh my! We're pleased to introduce Keep On Truggin', the latest artist-commissioned tea towel in our ToDryFor range!

This delightful vegetable-toting trucker has been designed by Nicholas John Frith, and is perfect for all allotment-owners, vegetarians, and fans of Cannonball Run.

Keep on Truggin' is priced at £9.95 and is available here...

ToDryFor Design Competition 2011!

This year we’ve decided it would be fun to run our very own design competition, giving everyone a chance to submit their artwork for possible inclusion on a ToDryFor tea towel.

The winning design will become part of our ToDryFor range, earning the winner ongoing commission and international promotion and recognition. Oh yeah, and you'd get to work with us (so we'd send you emails with pictures of our cat, and chat about what you're planning to have for tea that evening, and that sort of thing)! Woop!

There's lots more info, including the design spec, terms and conditions, and prize details etc. over on the website. So... pop the kettle on, get your thinking caps on, doodle a bit, and then procrastinate until the closing date! You've got until Thursday 31st March to enter...

Good luck!!