“You know you’re famous when people start getting tattoos” or so they say. And If that statement is true then we’ve made it to the big time as our new best friend, Melissa, has proved. (Pics by Brandy Boyd from Hot*Pop)

She’s been inked with a picture of Bakey-C and it looks absolutely amazing!

I’ve asked her if she’ll answer a couple of questions for me about her tat, and I’ll post the interview here when I have it.

We might not be brave enough to go through with it here, but what do you think about Melissa’s tattoo?

We’re starting to lose track of Gem’s whereabouts; every time we speak to her she’s in a different city. She’s doing a good job of sending us photos from her travels though (and making us all jealous). First up a few pictures of her first Lobster boil, in San Francisco. Loving the Obama apron!

Next stop was Chicago. Here’s a picture of Richard with Tulip in the showroom, followed by cocktails on the terrace at Trump Towers (another tough day at the office huh Gem?)

Seattle next...Gem met up with Tim and Nicole (who you can just see hiding in the picture below) and they headed over to an amazing store named Retrofit which is a great place to get your Momiji fix. Finally Gem finished off her time in the city eating chocolate éclairs by the river with Carrie and mooching round the market which looks pretty spectacular. More news from our globe trotter soon...she’s in Atlanta this week...we think.

This week Gem’s been in New York and Texas. We’re loving her tiny East Village apartment – too cute! Although perhaps not as cute as the 10 week old puppies she met in Texas; we should totally get some for our office.

And finally Texas wouldn’t be Texas without a few cowboy hats, so here’s a shot from a night out on the town. Yee-ha.

Gemma's been having a great time in San Francisco this week. She's been attending trade shows, getting to know some of our American retailers a little better and eating loads of noodles in Japantown.

She’s sent us a couple of pictures from her travels in San Francisco. She met up with Tiffany from Canton Bizarre as well as Ryoji, the buyer for Kinokuniya.

She’ll be leaving San Francisco soon and heading for the next show. We’ll keep you posted.

Cameron and Emma recently took a trip to Canada to meet up with some of the lovely people who take care of Momiji over there.

Even though they were there for a flying visit, they had a great time and even made some new fluffy friends. These heart-meltingly adorable little ducks hatched out of a nest right by the office. It wasn’t long before they were up and off to explore the big wide world. Emma got a few pictures before they left and if you like fluffy little baby ducks, just take a look at these little sweeties.

Momiji HQ had a visitor today; lovely Linnea Borjesson came up from London to talk about a new Momiji project we’re working on together (which, btw you’re going to LOVE.)
We had a morning getting to know Linnea and then headed down the road to the world famous Henley Ice Cream shop for ‘lunch’ (delicious and nutritious.) Just so you know Kat had humbug flavour which Gemma is holding, Debbie had apple & cinnamon, Claire had berry sorbet (with a chocolate dipped cone) and Linnea opted for mango swirl. Just keeping you in the loop...

Those of you following us on Twitter will know that Gem & Cameron are just back from a trip to the USA.

While most of their tweets did seem to be about what they were eating, they were in fact up to some pretty exciting stuff which should mean that if you live in the states there will be lots more places for you to find Momiji in the very near future.

Up at the top is a photo of Gemma at Royal/T in LA, stepping out of a Porta-Party; we’re totally getting one for the office. [You have to check out Royal/T right now. – more news about cool stuff we’re doing with them coming very soon.]

And now back to the food. Here’s Gemma with a dainty slice of cake.

This is Debbie, our lovely new Customer Services Manager.

Deb joined us last week and is doing a mighty fine job of getting to grips with life at Momiji HQ.

Essential Debbie Facts:

*She has a dog named Tallulah.

*Her cheese-on-toast is legendary (we’re yet to taste it so we’ll take her word for it.)

*She’s super-green fingered and is currently growing lettuces, chillies, carrots, aubergines and loads of herbs in her garden.

*Last but not least, the most embarrassing song on her iPod is Think Twice by Celine Dion. Probably should have kept that to herself.

Welcome, Debbie!

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Say a big hello to the newest member of the Momiji team, Gemma.

Gemma’s nickname is Jimjams, we’re not sure why, apparently it started when she was little and has stuck. Here are a few Jimjam facts:

*She makes a mean scrambled eggs. Apparently her trick is adding butter & cream. Sounds sensible to us.

*She has Kylie Minogue bed sheets. Fancy.

*She loves running – we’re going to make her team captain for the big run we’re all pretending we’re training for.

Last week Rich headed out from HQ and down to Bristol to see one of our fabulous retailers, Bristol Guild.

They’ve created an in-store Momiji extravaganza so we took them down some sweets and treats as a reward for all their hard work.

Here they are posing with their Spread the Love tea-towels (because Rich made them). Sorry about that girls!