…cast your mind back to 2020 and the global situation at the time. We'd just had our second baby and I was due to start paid employment in mine and my husbands other start-up business, which we’d started the year before. It was a Giant Tipi hire firm essentially hiring out large marquee structures to weddings and events. We spent all of 2019 earning no money while we featured at trade shows to get bookings for the following year.

I assume you know how this ended up…all weddings and events were cancelled and we had zero money coming in. Job opportunities in a pandemic with a 2 year old and a baby were non existent, hence how Moon Phase Studios was born.

 

Technically a lot of our business operations in the USA has been a success, we have some incredibly loyal and wonderful customers (thank you!) who we really value and don’t want to lose! But also the logistics of being a UK business trading in the US is difficult and expensive. Theoretically the only way for us to maintain presence in the US is to take on a huge financial risk, set-up in 3 fulfilment centres that service the whole country more cost efficiently. And essentially that will change my job description from artist/designer to operations & logistics manager.

I don’t really want to do that. At least not now anyway! I’m really excited to launch and develop some new products which will be easier to navigate now we have just British suppliers where we can see and feel the products in development.

But I do hear you asking…Where does that leave us? Can we still buy your things or what??

YES. Like I say, some of our American customers have been amongst the most loving, vocal and loyal we’ve ever had - I don’t want to leave you guys!

At the time of us deciding how we could make this business more viable, the unit next door to our lovely little studio became available. (Moon magic manifestation wishes coming true right there).

So we now have the most beautiful, accessible perfect place to expand into and become our own head quarters. We’ll be able to make beautiful parcels with lovely branding and finishing touches which were previously too difficult to organise.