Made in the Shade - 25th October, the Lighthouse, Glasgow

'the rainbow effect' will be at 'Made in the Shade' in the Lighthouse, Glasgow's premier for spot for indie shopping! Come along and experience vintage and indie loveliness from over 35 of the city's most exciting designers and craftspersons.

We will be there with our delicious, unique and limited edition rainbow, tie dyed and vintage trimmed baby, kids and adults wear and accessories. For further info please contact us at therainboweffect@gmail.com or phone on 07786 811121!

We got a 'Vintage' thing, goin' on!!

Less blurb and more info. New vintage inspired range-teeshirts and jim-jams with delicious vintage applique motifs (Dick and Dora, cowboys, 50's space rockets to name a few), lavender scented baby (and adult) sleep pillows, vintage trimmed vintage blankets, cute beanies!!



All items unique, handcrafted-gorgeous 'heritage' gifts for babies, kids and adults. You won't find anything half as much fun, as cute or as kitsch in the shops. And Xmas just round the corner....what could be better, gifts to swoon for-mm-mmmmm x

*NEW! NEW!! NEW!!!

Fabulous 'Pebble Slippers' for babies and toddlers!
Gorgeous, hand felted and completely unique-these wee 'pods' are hand made by 'Pennynotpolly' from scratch using 100% pure new wool, hand-felted round Glen Fyne river pebbles then stitched and trimmed with contrasting ribbon to tie neatly round baby's ankles. Just divine!!

They are extremely soft, cosy and mould perfectly to your childs feet to ensure these slippers are comfortable for precious growing toes and feet.

Sizes and prices:

Newborn to 6 months- £18.00

6 to 12 months- £20.00

12 to 24 months - £22.00

24 to 36 months - £24.00

Contact therainboweffect@gmail.com for further information or to order a pair of these delicious slippers. A special, unique and great present for a precious little one!

So, I'm Crap......

Yes, I was all big talk that I'd update the Blog on a regular basis. Hmm, not since 31st Jan, which is pretty rubbish really. Will try to do better-maybe weekly??.....



So, what has been occuring-trying out some new dye-ing styles, which is working really well but quite time consuming and demands lots of pails of dye, which can be tricky with no proper workspace and trying to ensure none of the small children/animals/husband inadvertently shoves their hands/paws in the buckets I have also added, after many requests, adult tee-shirts to the kids range (see pics, they are rather yummy) and am looking at enhancing the range with some vintage style trimmings on blankets and some of the baby tees. Had a couple of quiet craft fairs, but off to Glasgow (the BIG city) on 26th April to do the Glasgow Craft Mafia gig at Hillhead Library and have a potential couple of days during the Loch Fyne Food Fair on 10th/11th May. So, with business picking up in Spring roll on a (hopefully) busy in Summer.



Watch this space!!

So, nearly at the end of January! So, apart from 'the rainbow effect' what else do i get up to. Well, live in a wooden house in the Argyll Forest (just watching the snow at the moment!) with two small children, Bobby (5) and Effie (2), pictured, plus husband, daft dog and very lazy cat. Am part of large and extensive family who provide me with much laughter, all of who I love dearly, and most of who my long-suffering husband (Laurie) thinks though not quite bordering on the clinically insane, are indeed, quite mad!!

So, when not dyeing lots of small clothes am generally trying to keep the hoose reasonably clean/tidy-not always and easy task as the kids seem hell bent on making the place a midden and (let's face it) i'm not someone who relishes the challenge of housework. My own mother, fanatically clean house that is pristine, really can't figure out where she went wrong. I do however make a mean pot of soup and bake a tasty loaf, so it can't all be bad.

Right, off to make soup now. Will think up some punchy anicdotes for next post-maybe the one about Bobby and the lollipops.......

As For 2008

And what will 2008 bring? Well, watch this space – we are hoping to expand the product range even more, with more colourful leggings, dungarees and dresses. We have sourced some lovely organic baby wear and are hoping to team these with fair trade and recycled fabric soft toys and organic Scottish goats milk baby soaps to make a truly delightful organic ‘Welcome Baby’ gift basket. Also coming, gorgeous baby blankets and personalized vintage-style bibs. Our website is live, but not doing a lot just yet; however, we will be pulling out all the stops after Hogmanay to get the blessed thing up, running, taking orders and processing payments!!

And Finally

Repackaging. We’ve spruced up our packaging – all gift sets come wrapped in lovely, crisp cellophane, with the trademark rainbow ribbon trim and all labels now bear washing instructions, etc. We hope you like!!?