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How many people end up doing the job they thought they’d do when younger? I certainly never expected to have my own jewellery and accessories brand and yet, here I am, 22 years later, poised to hand over the reins of Miss Milly to two fabulous people enthusiastically waiting to whisk her off on her next set of adventures! Serious interlude: we expect the sale to now complete next week at which point the new owners will be in touch. Named after both my daughter (the real Miss Milly, now loving university life) and my maternal grandmother, the business began way back in 2003 whilst travelling. It was a festival side hustle, then a fledgling business with a shop and homemade website, and then grew into the brand you now know from 2012. I dabbled in shopkeeping again with Miss Milly, The Emporium of Loveliness, and have always kept true to my core fundamentals of colourful, happy, honest and helpful. I firmly believe that if you’ve been brave enough to start your own business, you should also set your own guiding principles. ‘That’s the way it’s done’ is not always necessarily the way it should be done. It has been a joy to end up working in the giftware industry with so many wonderful people. Sending a huge thank you to all my customers, colleagues and peers, suppliers and industry friends for your orders, support, camaraderie and friendship. I really couldn’t have wished for a better, unexpected career! And if you want to see what I get up to next, join me at @thejoyfulrucksack for travel fun and adventures. Once a marketer… 😘 Love, Sarah x

Collaboration over competition. I’ve always been a huge believer in the benefits of having a decent relationship with your competitors. You might not share your key sourcing info but having people to turn to with questions on logistics, currency, importing and events is incredibly useful. I’m carrying on this tradition right to the end of my time with Miss Milly. The brand will not be continuing with the colourful recycled leather bags and purses, preferring to concentrate on the core collections of jewellery and scarves. So with stock remaining, I got in touch with @fashionbysarahlonergan_ to see if she was open to taking on the remaining stock as I know some of my customers already buy from her. And she was! For those that don’t know the business, Sarah works from home for herself to be able to spend time with her children as they grow up. She sells to both the general public and the trade. And the BEST bit? You can order the exact design you want! That should make some of my Miss Milly customers very happy! Give her a follow on socials and have a look at the website, you won’t be disappointed.

With the upcoming sale of Miss Milly later this month, we have added new products to the Sale section of the website to help clear stock before we close to stock-take mid October (date to be confirmed). The transition to the new owners at the end of the month should be fairly seamless with them planning to continue exactly as is. In the meantime, grab yourself a bargain and help us reduce the number of pairs of earrings we’ll have to count! Trade customers: we’ll be adding to the Bundles section too. colourful jewellery | unusual jewellery | wholesale jewellery | jewellery sale | colourful scarves | wholesale scarves | scarf sale | colourful bags | recycled leather bags | bag sale | bright bags | purple accessories | green accessories | red accessories

Warm colours, leaf colours, pumpkin colours. All the tones of Autumn. Beautiful jewellery and soft scarves. Free delivery over £16 with all jewellery gift boxed (exc. Trade). And for gift shops, clothing boutiques and garden centres; a great choice of designs and colours, excellent quality and efficient service. Low MOQ and low minimum order.

I’ve kept you on tenterhooks long enough. So where are we with a possible sale of Miss Milly? Well, whilst nothing is certain until the day the purchase agreement is signed, I have agreed terms with potential buyers, we visited suppliers together last week and are now in the process of confirming orders for the Spring-Summer 27 collection. And they have secured a stand for Spring Fair next February. The plan is to complete the sale by the end of October and for me to work alongside the new owners for a couple of weeks and to then be available for help and advice. It’s an exciting time for us all and I’m loving seeing their energy and ideas but rest assured that the intention is for Miss Milly to continue as is. Why fix something that isn’t broken? The new Autumn-Winter 26 collection is online and selling well, and this season will run as usual apart from the plan to close for a week in late October to stock-take and finalise accounts. Thank you for all the lovely messages I’ve received over the past couple of months, it’s been very humbling to see how highly thought of Miss Milly is. And I am delighted that the brand I’ve thrown my all into is very likely to continue. If you have any questions at all, please get in touch. Photo: there were a few of these colourful little fellas in different colours dotted around the hotel last week when visiting our suppliers.