As seen on TV! Tape measure bracelet on 'Baking Mad'

Yes! I've just been catching up on Baking Mad with Eric Lanlard which is a daytime TV show on Channel 4 (I've been watching it on 4OD) - spotting that the lovely Zoe Biscombe who runs the awesome Iron Cupcake contest in Leeds was a contestant.  She's sporting none other than a Kitschen Sink Measure Of My Dreams bracelet!

♥ Zoe and fellow contestant working against the clock...

♥ Measuring ingredients...

♥ Filling the profiterole...

♥ And her winning masterpiece - a choux pastry "religious"....

Yum! Feeling a bit peckish now....!

Well done, Zoe!

♥ Read more about Iron Cupcake or follow Zoe on Twitter!

♥ Buy a tape measure bracelet.

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Feature in Brand Yorkshire Magazine - Social Media Bootcamp!

The latest issue of Brand Yorkshire magazine has been published and features an article written by me on using social media to build a brand personality.

Photography by Lucy Ray

The article coincides with Social Media Bootcamp, run by Abi Manifold (SewYou) and myself, releasing the next round of dates for our workshops for small businesses and the self-employed.

We have a couple of extra sessions this time around including 'Blogging: structured writing and inspiration' and 'Social Media Visuals: entice and engage'.

For further info email me

Read the article in Brand Yorkshire on page 55.

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Recent feature: The World of Kitsch

I was super proud to notice we'd been featured in the multi-award winning blog 'The World of Kitsch' recently.

'The World of Kitsch' is a blog of retro wonders & curiosities.  It has been mentioned by Lauren Laverne on her BBC Six Music Show, is a Cosmopolitan Blog Award Winner and was shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Social Media Awards.  Claire is guest blogger at Cosmopolitan too!

The writer behind the blog, Claire Smythe, spotted Kitschen Sink pieces being tweeted and loved them, and posted them to the blog within what seemed like seconds!

Impressively, within minutes of being featured a piece had been snapped up by a celebrity! The power of social media!

Thanks to Claire for taking the time to feature me :)

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KS in the press: LeLook.eu!

Thrilled to see LeLook.eu, the very cool Barcelona based trend-watch blog, have featured Kitschen Sink in their 'news' section!

LeLook.eu style blog

Loving the style the model is rocking for these shots! I find it fascinating how other people dress up my work.

Photo credit: LeLook.eu

Massive thanks and love to Hebe Media for involving me in the Leeds in Barcelona project, and for believing in Kitschen Sink! I'm really, really pleased to have been part of a project that puts Leeds on the world map of cool. Regular readers of my blog know it's something I am passionate about - and to be part of what's selling it? Wow!


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My names on the Guardian website? Fancy.

If you didn't know already, I'm top media slag about town.  I'm a shameless, press whore of a designer-maker who loves to see her name in lights (well, print, but start small dream BIG, I say).

So imagine my delight to see 'Rowan Grant and her fashion jewelry label Kitschen Sink' written on the Guardian website! Please have a read, and comment to show your support for Leeds' independent creatives and the 'scene' of the city.

Thanks Hebe!

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In the press: COSMO!

I'm right chuffed to have been featured in COSMO, I'm tellin' yer!

Cosmopolitan, March 2011, p167

Lovely sweet recognition from a very well known magazine! And sat next to Tatty Devine and thems :) Boom!

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Did I mention... Eliza Doolittle?

Rising starlet Eliza Doolittle has been photographed wearing a Wild Jezebel necklace made by little old me!

There's no excuse for not knowing who this girl is. Even if you don't follow the charts, surely you've heard her music on the Very.co.uk ad...

If you want one for yourself... you know where to find it...

Wild Jezebel Necklace - £22

My personal favourite is 'Pack up'

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Last date for orders for Christmas delivery: 20th December

Recent Press

I was overjoyed to hear I had been featured on SoFeminine in a collection entitled 'Accessories you won't find on the high street'!

They say 'We’re loving this vintage oversized bubble heart pendant... she’s got one cool granny'. I say 'She was the coolest Grandma ever!'.

It was also exciting to hear the KitschenSink has made it into the August issue of Live and Love York Magazine, in their 'Creative Brief' section. This month's brief was 'Nostalgia'.

You can find me on page 49 :)

I'm so pleased, it's a lovely little magazine!

I have so many updates for you... soon

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It's there! KitschenSink in Supermarket Sarah @ SELFRIDGES

The time has come! I did begin to wonder if it was all a dream...

Clash Mash

A little closer...

Eek!

Double eeeeek!!

All photos by Hannah Golding of Sweet Trash

I think the only thing better than this would be to open an actual KitschenSink concession in Selfridges. Maybe one day... ahhhh... :)

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Rowan, Kate P and KitschenSink in Company Magazine!!

I can't believe I kept this a secret for so long!! You may remember in March I took a few trips to London. On the 8th March, Kate P and I went for a photoshoot with Company Magazine, having had just a few days' notice.

I had responded to a call on Twitter for friends who loved each other's look to talk about it. I immediately emailed them saying 'I'll do it!'. Emails were exchanged every few minutes until they asked for a photo of us both. I picked carefully, none of those where I'm gurning or generally being a div after a few vodkas.  I have never felt as self-conscious as when I waited for the reply email after sending the photos. How deflating would it be to get a reply 'after careful consideration we decided not to bother'.... anyway, three hours later and we had got the go-ahead!

I barely told anyone. I don't think I have ever kept a secret before but I wasn't really willing to believe it was happening until the train tickets were in my hand 20 minutes before our locamotive departure.

The folks at Company were all really lovely. I found the shoot quite exhausting. They wanted us to have straight faces but I kept laughing. That wore thin quickly. We also had to stand leaning forward which was a bit weird. We ended up resting out bums against a wall with our feet a foot away to make it easier.

Even after the event I didn't want to talk about it in case they decide not to publish us! Anyway, I hope you agree that the photo looks really good. We are wearing KitschenSink and the website gets a mention in the article too. Here's the photo they used, I hope you agree it's lovely and Kate P looks most fabulous!

Credit to Company Magazine

What's the article about? You'll have to look at the May issue of Company Magazine (out today) page 88 to find out :)

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Extra, extra! Read all about it!

On my way back from London Town today (will blog that next) I got a text from our Jen saying 'Front page news Mrs! Well done you!'. Well. I didn't expect that!

My local rag wanted to run a story on some of my jewels being selected for Supermarket Sarah's concession in Selfridges so I had a photographer come around earlier in the week. I had been eagerly awaiting the story being published but I never expected front page! How exciting!

I went to my local ASDA to buy the paper (two copies) and the checkout guy recognised me... it caused quite a stir and I blushed quite a lot. It was fun though. So future trips to the supermarket may have to involve some sort of camouflage, shades and a baseball cap.... ha!!

Did I tell you how peed off I am with my hair? I had it cut by some old-school hairdresser because I left it too late to get an appointment with my usual... and I am really paranoid about it. I just thin it's awful but want to let it grow a bit before I have it re-done. So I'm not overly happy with how I look but the article isn't about me it's about the jewels, which I think have been captured magnificently!

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Stop! Press!!

A quick but exciting post today during my Christmas/New Year break.

I have been featured in lots of places over the past few weeks! Here goes... click on the picture to read the full story....

First up - The Yorkshire Post - this is the City of Leeds' main newspaper, and also serves the rest of the County of Yorkshire. A kind of regional broadsheet:

Next up - the Telegraph and Argus, Bradford's local daily newspaper:

The Keighley News, Keighley is a smaller town on the outskirts of Bradford:

And thanks to Jess of Epheriell, for featuring my story in the 'My Crafty Journey' series:

Note: The following mistakes are printed:

• 'Kitchen Sink' is KitschenSink (yeah it is in fact me they are talking about, although no one would know!),
• The Lego work is not exclusive to Projeto, although it is sold in their online store here, I also sell it here in dollars, and here in pounds sterling.

Our local newspapers are well known for making mistakes. Thanks to Paula at Projeto for using me when publicising the gallery.

Right, I'm off to pack a rucksack with red bull, vodka and lamrini. Cocktails wahoo! This means I might not blog for a few days!

What do you have planned for new year?

xoxox