I'm Back!

Hello! It is lovely to be back in blog land - I have missed sharing my creations with you. It has been a very long absence, I do apologise. I have a good reason for not being around though ........


 I am currently expecting my first baby!


It has been a difficult start as I suffered quite badly from nausea and sickness for the first 21 weeks. What with feeling so under the weather and getting used to commuting to London again for work I am sure you can appreciate that I have been left rather exhausted in the evenings and at weekends. A break from online life was unfortunately necessary. Thankfully my sickness has now passed and I am feeling fit and creative again!


I have so many things that I want to make - new products for my online shops and lots of lovely things for baby. I look forward to sharing all of my makes with you as I finish each project.

Handmade Baby Goodies

My handmade personalised elephant baby bibs have proven to be very popular so I have added a new boys design and made my cupcake bib personalisable too. These bibs can be found in my online shop HERE.

I have also listed two one-off appliquéd and embroidered textile artworks in my NOTHS shop. There is only one of each artwork available making them a truly unique gift to welcome a new baby in to the world. I am offering these artworks to my Blog followers and Facebook fans at a 15% discount (with free P&P). Payment needs to be by paypal. As there is only one of each artwork available they are offered to you on a first-come-first-served basis. If you would like one of these artworks then please email me at studio@clairehurd.co.uk.

For full details on these artworks click HERE for the baby blue bear and HERE for the baby pink bunny.

Baby Pink Wash Bag and a Surprise Parcel!

I managed to nip outside today during a brief 5 minutes of sunshine and photograph my pink personalised Baby Wash Bag. I have had the blue version listed online for a while but had to wait a bit longer to get hold of suitable fabric before being able to make a pink version.

You can find both the pink and blue versions listed in my online shop HERE.

I also had a lovely surprise parcel in the post today. Sam from 'Incy Wincy Stitches' very kindly sent me an unexpected parcel of buttons. It was a lovely mixture of coloured buttons, which I look froward to using, and three handmade buttons she embroidered herself. I think I shall be treasuring these beautiful buttons for a while (how cute is that little sheep made from French knots?!) and may consider using them in the future when I find the perfect project.

 Thank you so much Sam, you brightened my day!

Aqua Baby Bibs

My personalised appliquéd elephant baby bibs seem to be going down well. In response to this I have created a new soft aqua version suitable for both boys and girls alike.

I have also introduced a new size so the bibs are now available in small and large. I have noted the measurements online and shall be doing some baby testing this weekend to be able to suggest age ranges for these two sizes.

New Baby Cards

Due to customer interest I have created pink and blue versions of my baby chick card. These new cards would be perfect for birth announcements or new baby congratulations. These cards are now available in my online shops including my new Facebook shop.

This little fabric baby chick has been carefully appliquéd to a polka dot fabric base. The chick has been finished off with a bead and sequin eye and hand-embroidered legs before being mounted on to a co-ordinating coloured paper square. The completed motif has been applied to an off-white card base with a pale ivory paper insert. The card is blank for your own loving message.

The card measures approx. 13.5cm x 13.5cm and comes cellophane wrapped with a matching envelope.

Personalised Baby Wash Bag

I have just listed this lovely baby blue personalised wash bag in my shops.

This carefully handmade wash bag is decorated with an appliquéd elephant motif and personalised with the initial of your choice. This bag is perfect for packing away baby's toiletries for a trip away or for putting in your changing bag to keep all of those everyday essentials to hand.

Click HERE for more information and to purchase your own baby wash bag.

With no children of my own I was a bit short of appropriate accessories to include in my product shot. Then I remembered my lovely knitted bunny - isn't he gorgeous! He was made by the lovely Louise of Boo-Biloo, check out her Folksy shop for more beautifully handmade toys.

Claire Hurd Design products featured today

Today is a good day for Claire Hurd Design!

My personalised Elephant baby bib has been featured on the Cuteable blog for Flickr Friday.

My framed boat artwork has been featured on the Quite Contrary Crafts blog as part of a seaside themed Folksy Friday treasury.

My framed personalised cupcakes artwork appears in 'Today's 40 Favourites' on the Not on the Highstreet website.

Thank you to everyone for featuring me, I am so pleased that you like my designs.

Claire x

Handmade Baby Bibs

I have been designing and making new baby bibs recently to appear in my online shops. I have had some great feedback from Facebook fans regarding their preferred fastening method for baby bibs (velcro) and have a bib sample I am sending to a friend to do a user trial for me. I want to be sure that all details are right, such as does the bib wash nicely (I have washed it a couple of times already but only from clean and not after a baby meal!), does the amount of velcro I have used hold well and is the size good?



As soon as I have some more feedback and have secured a plentiful supply of the base fabrics I shall be listing these. I have used a soft cotton jersey for the face and a brushed cotton reverse for both designs. I used 'anti-snag' velcro for comfort and have made the bibs nice and wide to keep baby as clean as possible.

I have also been experimenting with making my own baby blankets and am quite pleased with the results. I shall share pictures with you as soon as I have some. At the moment my little niece has the blanket to see if it gets her seal of approval!