Some of you might have seen the picture of my desk on Facebook, and then you know we are working on new things. Hälge in love is one of our new projects. A project where I finally do not have to think of keeping it simple as I have to with the slippers design. I get to use as much colour and details  as I want!

I LOVE IT!!!!

/Johanna from the car where Fanny is driving to a new factory for our new project Hälge in Love!

We have started working with Jenny Brandt from Dosfamily.com for our image pictures. We are so happy! You will get to see more from her after the summer!

I got this article from Thorbjörn Lundin at Tärnsjö Garveri (the tannery that makes all our leather) this morning. It is from the German magazine Die Zeit and gives some interesting reading about the production of leather and all the dangerous chemicals that are usually involved. Of course none of these chemicals are used when Tärnsjö Tannery makes our leather!

Read the article in Swedish or German below.

Die Zeit våren 2011 (Swedish translation))

http://www.zeit.de/2011/18/GL-Lederherstellung (From Die Zeit)

This is how it looks at page 67 in the issue of Mama that can be found in Swedish stores from today! Thank you Mama!

Docksta Shoe Factory, that produces Bellio’s slippers, has made these shoes (called Patrik & Gunilla) for grown-ups since the sixties! Now we can present the kids’ version – Karl-Astrid – together with Docksta.

They will be available in the two colours above in sizes 24/25 up to 30/31. The price in stores is approximately 515 SEK and from the end of April you can find them in traditional Bellio stores.

Read more about Docksta Shoe Factory on www.dockstasko.com

I got my first Iphone today and made my own sleeve in Bellio leather and with one of our crochet flowers.

What do you think, is this something we should look into doing for real with for example the elephant, stars, the robot etc?  Would you like it?

/Johanna

In the autumn you will find this giraffe on slippers, beanies and maybe something else this autumn. But what is his name? All we can think of is Raffe, which would be a typical name of a cartoon giraffe in Sweden, but extremely boring.

Give us your suggestion! If you give the suggestion that ends up being his name you will win a warm beanie in 100% organic wool. Give the suggestions on Bellios Facebook page or here.

A great thing with CIFF kids in Copenhagen is that you meet people from all over the world. Here you see Caroline from Germany choosing what styles will fit in her store Wohngeschwisterchen in Hamburg!

We have also met great brands, for example Mocklis that could be a competitior to Bellio. But the two owners Sara and Åse are such great people we have decided to cooperate, how we do not know but we will think of something. Check out Mocklis the original made in Sweden when you have time!

This is our stand at CIFF kids (I only have a bad camera with me so it is much brighter in real life )

After a crazy morning I am finally sitting on the plane to Copenhagen!

You can visit Bellio in stand H-016A or H-023A at CIFF KIDS! I will mainly be at H-016A which is Bellios own stand!

See you!
Johanna