Etsy Frontpage!

 

Do you recognise this image? You would usually see it as a digital image. A certain frontpage, of a certain website. Yes, you guessed it, the Etsy frontpage! This idea was to create a 3D version of the Etsy frontpage complete with products.

This was done at Artsmart which was held over the summer to showcase art and design from the University of the Arts London. It included a market, various stall and information points as well as a talks programme and a recruitment fair.

Etsy was on hand to provide information about starting a business and building a brand. We were excited to have one of our pieces, the Lime Batik Supersnap clutch chosen to go in the display. Such a cool idea. We loved it!

New Supersnap Collection @ The Shop Floor

Yes, you guessed it. There is a brand new Supersnap Clutch collection from Urbanknit hitting the stores next week. The collection is exclusive to The Shop Floor Project who have just opened a brand new Brick and Mortar shop in Ulverston Cumbria.

The Shop Floor
60 Market Street
Ulverston
Cumbria

Angela Simmons Rocks Urbanknit At New York Fashion Week 2011

Photo credits: WireImage

American TV Personality/ Designer, Angela Simmons looked stunning as she rocked our very own Starfish Ànkárá Super Snap clutch in blue during the recently concluded Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York.

Angela was spotted with the Urbanknit clutch at the front row of the Nanette Lepore Spring 2012 Fashion show at the Stage at Lincoln Centre on September 14, 2011.

Most of you know Angela from her feature (alongside her family) on the MTV reality TV show, “Run’s House” which follows the family life of her father (founding member of hip hop group Run-D.M.C) Rev. Run.

She also went on to star in a spin-off show called “Daddy’s Girls” with her sister Vanessa which follows their life as they start their business, Pastry.

View the pictures from New York Fashion week here www.mtv.com/photos/mtv-style-stars-at-new-york-fashion-week-2011

Teal Gold Supersnap Clutch

Thank you to Toyin for your donation! This is the newest addition to the A - Z Initiative idea.

Proceeds from the sale of this bag or any other piece in the same fabric will go towards a relocation, hygiene and educational children's program in Nigeria. More information on that later this month. I met an amazingly inspiring person last weekend and she has such a massive vision to help underpriviledged children living in some of the worst conditions imaginable and Urbanknit would like to lend its support in its own way.

Please click A - Z Initiative for more information about the idea.

Also check out the barometer on the right side of the blog page to see how much we have raised so far.

Urbanknit in Easy Living Magazine

We are very excited to have our Supersnap clutches featured in the June edition of Easy Living Magazine!

The Strawberry Butterflies and Red Ribbons Supersnap clutches are available at The Shop Floor Project along with many more African print fabric options. Do drop in!

The Shop Floor Project- New Clutch Collection

They are here! Brand new collection of Supersnap clutches are now available at The Shop Floor Project. The clutches in these brand new prints from Gambia, Ghana and Nigeria are exclusive to The Shop Floor Project so do stop by and have a good browse! Have a great week ahead.

Teal and Bronze Supersnap Clutch

Teal and Bronze Supersnap Clutch, originally uploaded by Urbanknit.

Even more experimenting with the Super snap.....

Yellow Supersnap Clutch

Yellow Supersnap Clutch, originally uploaded by Urbanknit.

My current favourite fabric. I love it so much, I was tempted not to cut it up but just stare at it every once in a while. Haha, but sense prevailed and it is now a supersnap clutch!

Happy New Year!

Red Ribbons Super snap clutch, originally uploaded by Urbanknit.

A new super snap clutch to start the new year. Happy New Year everyone! Lets make this year one to remember!

Anthropologie

Short but very very exciting news. It's official! Urbanknit Super Snap clutches are now available in Anthropologie UK.

Anthropologie
158 Regent Street,
London, UK
W1B 5SW
Tel: 020 7529 9800

Chistmas Super Snap Collection

Urbanknit's super snap clutch Christmas collection.Will be available at The Shop Floor Project in November. Be sure to check it out!

Urbanknit Super Snap Clutches- Autumn/Fall 2010

The Autumn/Fall collection of Super Snap Ankara clutches.

Available at The Shop Floor Project, My Asho and Urbanknit

The Shop Floor Project

Urbanknit in collaboration with The Shop Floor Project has launched a collection of six Super Snap clutches. I am really really really excited about this project. Did I say really already?

Here is a bit more about it. The UK based online shop is best described as a hybrid of department store and museum. It was launched in 2006 by mother and daughter, artists, Denise and Samantha Allan.

The clever website design has a broad appeal and has been voted in ELLE Magazine's top 25 websites, featured in Vogue, Grand Designs, Grazia, Marie Claire, Look, Word of Interiors, The Independent and the Times amongst many others

The shop sells a range of items from jewellery to wallpaper by hard to find independent designers from New York to Scotland - see the inventory below for a full list of the designers on display and in the Photo gallery for examples. Prices vary from £10 to £200.

It has been hailed as 'one of the most beautiful websites ever' by Marie Claire magazine and as 'Dover Street Market without the tourists' by Daily Candy. A comment from a customer last december wrote ‘ I have done almost all of my Christmas shopping from your site and it looks like I’ve been to lots of independent shops’.

In 2009 the website was featured in the publication iCatching: shopping design online which chose just 40 sites from around the world.

Come and visit! www.theshopfloorproject.com

Urbanknit on Etsy Storque

So this Super Snap Clutch in Ankara got a wee mention in today's Etsy Storque article. The article is all about prints and quite frankly, I'd have been very annoyed if Urbanknit hadn't gotten a mention. Haha.

Hope your week is off to a good start.

Super Snap Ankara

Super Snap Ankara, originally uploaded by Urbanknit.

I am on a roll, this now here listed on etsy. More and more to come!

Super Snap clutch- Poppies

Super Snap clutch- Poppies, originally uploaded by Urbanknit.

I don't know if I will ever get bored of prints. I use mainly African print fabrics for my bags but sometimes I see one which I cannot resist buying like this one. As soon as I saw it I knew it was coming home with me.

At the time I didn't know what I was going to do with it. I have been getting together a collection of clutches to put in my bigcartel shop and this is one of the 3 I made over the weekend. It photographs well.

I am very tempted to keep it for myself!