If you're not in the UK, you may not know that the whole country has been in lockdown for three and a half months. It certainly isn't the end of the road, but this week some of the restrictions were lifted. This means that retail stores are now allowed to open, including some of our lovely stockists who have had their bricks + mortar stores closed all this time! We wanted to show them some love as this is such a huge week for them, coming back to their shops after a long time away. Mustard wouldn't be Mustard without our amazing...
Something we are super proud of here at Mustard is our collaboration with Beam. If you haven't heard about them already, Beam are a fantastic charity working to help get people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness into stable, paid training and work. We donate £5 from every single order through our UK site to Beam, and so far we have raised a mind-boggling £50,000! Today we are picking the brains of Beam founder Alex Stephany, finding out all about the work Beam does, what actually is a social impact business, and how other people and businesses can do more...
It's time for a super handy DIY! These instructions will show you how to make a washable paper insert for your baskets to keep all of your little bits + pieces neatly tidied away. This DIY is great if you like to use your baskets for craft supplies, toys (hello lego!) or kitchen storage because it can be easily removed to clean + it stops anything from falling out! Ready to take your baskets to the next level? What you need Washable paper: Small 55cm x 48cm / Large 50cm x 72.6cm (here's where we got ours from) A printer Tape ...
Over the last few months, Mustard has welcomed a few new friendly faces to our team. With Em on maternity leave and Lizzy moving into a new role, we were in need of some new Customer Happiness Heroes. Say hi to Paris in Australia and Lu in the UK! We feel so lucky to have found these two when we did and have them as part of our locker loving family. Customer Happiness Hero, we hear you ask? That's the title for our lovely people who help you with all of your locker queries. If you ever pop us an...
International Women's Day is celebrated every year on the 8th March. It is a day to both celebrate the achievements of women all over the world, and also recognise the continuing gender disparity in society and push for social, economic, cultural and political change. As a business owned by two women, International Women's Day felt important for us and we wanted to shout about it! We are choosing to celebrate women in business, our family, friends and wonderful team. This year, the theme for International Women's Day is 'Choose to Challenge' because a challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our...
Last week in our blog we told you all about Wordbits and how our beautiful, colourful magnet collaboration came to be! This week, we are hearing first hand from Annabel and Shanna, founders of Wordbits, about their journey. We got the lowdown on how their practical alphabet magnets came to life. Behind the scenes shooting for the Wordbits Kickstarter campaign.Let’s start at the beginning! What made you want to start a business? Is it something you had always wanted to do, or did you have a different career path in mind growing up? Fun fact, Shanna always wanted to be a CEO...
You may have seen these little letters popping up on our Instagram feed for some time now and we are so excited to finally be able to share them with you! Say hello to Wordbits - alphabet magnets have never looked so good. Want to know more? This blog post is going to tell you everything - how we found Wordbits, who they are and everything you need to know about the new products joining the Mustard family! Meet Annabel + Shanna These two wonderful ladies are the brains behind our new favourite magnets! Both live in Denmark but...
There's a new addition to the Mustard family and we're a little bit obsessed - meet The Twinny! She's the locker we wished we had in our childhood bedrooms and the wardrobe of our dreams. While she took a *little* longer to arrive than we had initially hoped, we are so pleased and proud she's finally here and is making her way into your homes! A lot of things were more difficult than usual in 2020 and creating a new product was no exception! So, it somehow feels like a triumph over all the delays, disappointments and difficulties, to bring you this shiny new product... Ta da! So much thought,...
Adam is the founder of Melbourne based stationery brand MiGOALS. MiGoals started with an idea to design a simple product to help people take their goals from dream to action. Adam set out to design a planner specifically to help people focus on their goals and live life to their full potential. His business was launched in 2010 - with a decade of experience in helping people achieve their goals, we knew he'd be the person to ask about goal setting. Goals and goal setting are at the core of your brand Mi Goals. What was it that led to...
This has got to be our most fun DIY to date - bring the carnival inside by making your own felt bunting to jazz up the inside of your locker! Follow our step-by-step instructions below to make this cute + colourful decoration - have fun picking colours to match your locker or go the full rainbow! What you need Download the bunting template Felt Marker pens/felt tips Material scissors Ruler Pins Sewing machine Large eye needle needle Twine or thread 80cm Step by Step one. Print out your downloaded template on A4 paper + cut out all of the elements. two. Trace...
We know many of our lockers were destined to be gifts this year. Since our shipment has been delayed, we've made some IOUs so you still have something to give + your loved one can get all excited! You can either print them out to give in person or send them digitally by email or text. Just fill in the blanks and let your special person know which colour locker you've selected. The Shorty The Skinny The Lowdown The Midi It's definitely not the same as the real thing but we hope it makes the wait a little easier. We...
The holidays are creeping ever closer and we have a feeling we aren't the only ones a little panicked about buying gifts this year! We've pulled together 9 goodie baskets filled with gifts from small business to dazzle and delight your most special people! 1. alphabet magnets / Wordbits 2. hand sewn peace flag / Happy Sunday 3. mustard basket set / Mustard Made 4. handmade crown decoration / mollysmummymakes 5. reversible beach towel / Saarde 6. gumboots / Hubble and Duke 1. diary / Migoals 2. olive basket set / Mustard Made 3. candle / Oliver Bonas 4. watering can / Evergreen Collective 5. incense and holder / Addition studio 6. plant food / Plant Runner 1. hamman towel / Kin & Kloth 2. skincare / Salus 3. eco washing liquid subscription / Dirt 4. white...
