STAMPING YOUR STORIES SINCE 2015 ★

 

I STARTED STANLEY AND MAUD IN 2015 WHILST ON MATERNITY LEAVE, I WAS MADE REDUNDANT AND I WANTED SOMETHING TO KEEP ME BUSY AND AWAY FROM RETAIL THERAPY (MY SON WAS A REAL SLEEPER!). I'D TRIED KNITTING (EPIC FAIL), SEWING (ALSO EPIC FAIL) AND I'D ALREADY MADE A HERB GARDEN (I LOVE GARDENING (seasonally) ) AND SO I WANTED SOME HERB MARKERS. I'D SEEN SOME ONLINE AND LOVED THE STAMPED STYLE. I LOOKED INTO THE METHOD AND FELL IN LOVE WITH THE HANDSTAMPED LOOK.
I DECIDED TO MAKE MY OWN.

I SPENT THE DREGS OF MY MATERNITY PAY ON STAMPING SUPPLIES AND SO THE STORY BEGINS.

FROM THERE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE BEING GIVEN HERB MARKERS, KEYRINGS, BOOKMARKS ANYTHING I COULD STAMP WHETHER THEY LIKED IT OR NOT. A LONG STORY SHORT I WAS SOON ASKED BY FRIENDS OF FRIENDS TO MAKE THINGS AND I SOON BRANCHED INTO SIMPLE JEWELLERY.

I NAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER MY CHILDREN'S SNUGS AND I SET UP AN ETSY SHOP WHICH SHORTLY LED TO MY OWN WEBSITE AND HONESTLY IT'S BEEN A LOT OF GRAFT BUT I'M STILL HERE AND LOVING IT.

I'VE TAUGHT MYSELF EVERYTHING I KNOW AND I STILL WANT TO LEARN SO MUCH MORE. 

I'M A TOTAL MAGPIE AND I HAVE AN EYE FOR CLASSIC TIMELESS STYLE. I DESIGN JEWELLERY THAT I WEAR MYSELF EVERYDAY AND IN TEN YEARS TIME THOSE DESIGNS WILL STILL BE CURRENT (PERKS OF THE JOB MEAN MY COLLECTION IS PRETTY SUPER!)

THE STANLEY AND MAUD CONCEPT HAS ALWAYS BEEN

BEAUTIFUL | SIMPLE | JEWELLERY

I HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL LOYAL CUSTOMERS. I HAVE AN AMAZING SOCIAL FOLLOWING THAT'S MORE A COMMUNITY AND LIKE HAVING THOUSANDS OF CHEERLEADERS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MY SCREEN.

I'M SO THANKFUL, I'M SO GRATEFUL AND I JUST LOVE MY JOB.

"OWN YOUR STORY"

CB. X