Friday 29 October 2010

not too twee

...once upon a time (two months ago to be precise) I was asked to put together a litle collection of place cards - 'the brief' - haberdashery, but not too twee, vintage influence preferably with a feel of the 60's, bright, cool-clean-sharp and lots of colour - as much colour as possible!!!
...I didn't want to post these images until Libby was married, but now she is Mrs Reeves, so here's the end result, the card print is from The Embroidery Collection and we have added these fabulous printed floral wooden buttons that have been sewn onto the card with embroidery yarn. And, we are so pleased with them, we have decided to add them to our range. If you would like to see a sample please let me know which colour from the photo's here - it's pot luck from our 'lucky bag' of buttons by the way, as there are lots of different designs. You can also have the underneath of the place card printed in a bright colour of your choice too!! Prices from £2.00 per place card (this includes your guest's name)...

Thursday 28 October 2010

love my dress

...just a little reminder that there's only 4 whole days left to enter our competition in the post below - so if you haven't already - leave your comment (you might want to read the post first if you haven't already!!!).
We also wanted to point out the lovely introductory post over at Love My Dress, we became a sponsor of this beautiful blog at the beginning of this week and you can read it by clicking here...

Sunday 24 October 2010

MONDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2010

...IT'S OUR LITTLE BLOGS
SECOND BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!
WHOOHOO........

...TO CELEBRATE WE HAVE SOME FABULOUS
GIVEAWAYS JUST FOR YOU.
WHETHER YOU ARE A BRIDE TO BE,
A 'MRS' OR 'MR' WHO HASN'T LEFT US
SINCE MARRYING,
A GENERAL DAY TO DAY FOLLOWER,
A PASS BY NOW AND THEN READER....
THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE LITTLE
PRIZE THAT MAY TEMPT YOU.

WE HAVE SEVEN DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PRIZES,
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LEAVE A COMMENT
BELOW TELLING US WHICH TOP 3 GIVEAWAYS
YOU WOULD WISH TO WIN IN ORDER
OF PREFERENCE.
(WE HAVE TITLED THE GIVEAWAYS
FOR YOU TO QUOTE).

WE WILL THEN COVER OUR EYES,
SPIN AROUND THE ROOM FIVE TIMES
AND PLACE OUR HAND IN THE CLOTH BAG
THAT WILL CONTAIN ALL OF YOUR NAMES
AND IF YOUR NAME POPS OUT WE WILL
SEND YOU THE PRIZE THAT IS AVAILABLE
AT THAT POINT FROM YOUR LITTLE LIST!!!!
PHEW. TAKE A BREATHE...
HERE GOES....


PRIZE ONE
'A £100 CREDIT VOUCHER'
TO SPEND SOLELY ON STATIONERY, ANY COLOUR,
ANY DESIGN AND WE WILL EVEN THROW
IN A FREE RE-COLOURING SERVICE IF REQUIRED.
IT WILL BE SENT TO YOU IN ITS OWN LITTLE BOX.

PRIZE TWO
'A £50 CREDIT VOUCHER'
OF WHICH WE HAVE TWO TO GIVE AWAY TO
SPEND FREELY ON EITHER STATIONERY OR FROM
OUR STOCKED SHELVES OVER IN THE PAPER STORE.
IT WILL BE SENT TO YOU IN ITS OWN LITTLE BOX.

PRIZE THREE - OUR PRETTY LITTLE
'1940'S INSPIRED
SEWING CASE'
WITH ITS OWN LITTLE DECORATED BOX,
MADE WITH LOVE HERE IN THE STUDIO.


PRIZE 4 - A BUNDLE OF
'VINTAGE TABLE LINENS'
PERFECT TO DECORATE A LITTLE WEDDING TABLE
OR BRING A LITTLE 19'50'S TO YOUR HOME.

PRIZE 5 - A COLLECTION OF
BLANK AND OCCASIONS
'GREETINGS CARDS'
FROM OUR STUDIO COLLECTIONS

PRIZE 6
'JUST MARRIED BUNTING'
INDOOR USE ONLY.
AND....TO EVERYONE
WHO LEAVES A COMMENT
BELOW WE ARE OFFERING
A 10% DISCOUNT
ON ALL STATIONERY ORDERS
RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 30TH 2010.

SO REMEMBER -
WE WANT TO HEAR YOUR TOP THREE
PREFERRED PRIZES IN THE COMMENTS
SECTION BELOW AND ANY LOVELY MESSAGES
ARE ALWAYS WELCOMED!!!
OFF TO POP OPEN THE ASTI MARTINI,
NO MONEY IN THE TEA CADDY
FOR CHAMPAGNE...

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRY IS NOVEMBER 1ST
PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN ON THE 2ND.
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE....

set your alarm

...don't forget our little pretty giveaways tomorrow to celebrate our blogs second birthday... ...so set your alarm...here's a little snippet above...
...oh, and we nearly forgot to mention that
we are now a proud sponsor
of the addictive, stylish and fabulous blog 'love my dress'...

Saturday 23 October 2010

made with love

.......I have just spent most of today gathering all the lovely giveaways that will be posted on Monday. So remember to set your alarm clocks early so you can be the first to enter. I have made something a little special today for one of you lucky readers to win - a little 1940's inspired sewing case...and it comes in it's own little decorated box too...made with love...






Thursday 21 October 2010

october 25th is a very special day

...october 25th will be our gorgeous little blogs second birthday (aaauugh), so we thought we'd let you in on a little secret and say that WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, so (sorry speaking quietly now) keep watching as over the next few days we will be posting the collection of goodies you can win right here. Image above is just to entice and is not included in the giveaway as these little linens are about to be wrapped up, put to bed and shipped to a very lucky lady as part of her order. In the words of Damon Albarn - Whoohoo.
What will I wear for the party!!!!
Remember to spread the word once the little giveaway goes live....

my 1950's kitchen

...my Janet Hill prints arrived this morning, from Canada, my goodness I am a very happy lady. Just need to find the time to frame them now...I've had to place them back in their wallet as I can't stop looking at the detail and falling in love with the colour and yet again dreaming about my 1950's kitchen...

pretty miss fondant

...here's our pretty little Miss Fondant sent in by Heather or should I say (Mrs Hadfield)!!...

Tuesday 19 October 2010

hand picked

...meet Betty, she is a 38 year old, pretty,
little ditsy dotty Bedford ice cream van...
...meet Hayley, she is a gorgeous, retro loving, ice cream scooping
kinda gal who cherishes and looks after Betty...
...so imagine suprising your guests when they meet Betty and Hayley, all dressed up in their poshest frock and prettiest bunting, at your reception. Stocked with plenty of delights from locally produced dairy ice cream, favourite ice lolly flavours, traditional glass bottled drinks and olde shoppe sweets....
...so go ahead and book the prettiest ice-cream van you will ever dream of meeting...I'm first in the queue for a rum and raisin cornet, a cherry brandy ice lolly, lashings of ginger beer a quarter bag of sherbert pips while listening to Secret Love by Doris Day...while reminiscing being a little girl chasing the ice cream van down the road as it chimed Que Sera Sera...

Betty+Hayley=Vintage Scoops

Monday 18 October 2010

buttons and beads

...exciting week ahead, every inch of the studio currently looks like this while we continue to work on the new 'vintage drawer' designs for 2011/12. This is why nothing has happened, over the last few days, over at studio snippets - that will all change this week - still working on orders!!

Friday 15 October 2010

new vintage drawer label


...the next few days are blissful as we continue to work on a really exciting project. We still have yet to market our new hand-made vintage drawer label and already we have 2 orders for this collection, one you can see above - invitations in their early stages of production...we'll keep you posted when images are ready for this collection and will be available on the web site from March 2011.

Wednesday 13 October 2010

handpicked

...this week I would like to introduce you to the work of katy howieson who is behind the label 'what katy did next'. Her work incorporates vintage inspired finds from all that is haberdashery. Crochet lace, pearls, paper ephemera cut into ditsy florals, vintage buttons. All are embroidered and embellished creations 'made with love' and ready to wear from heart head bands and brooches to delicate organza corsages and beaded bangles......oh and did I tell you that she has quite a little addictive blog too - packed full of 'what katy did next' through to gorgeous and inspiring little mood boards...


Monday 11 October 2010

pottering



definitions of pottering

1. (intr; often foll by about or around) to busy oneself in a desultory though agreeable manner

2. (intr; often foll by along or about) to move with little energy or direction to potter about town

3. (tr; usually foll by away) to waste (time) to potter the day away

4. v potter [potÉ™] to wander about doing small jobs or doing nothing important

it's my favourite past time...

studio snippets

... just a little sneaky reminder to those who have just started to follow this blog - to let you know that 'we have another!!!'. It's called studio snippets and here we document the day to day comings and goings of the production table and the packing table as well as any little glimmers of creativity that may occur!!! Take a peak!

Sunday 10 October 2010

preparation

...it's late Sunday evening and I always come into the studio last thing to make sure my to do list is complete, the tables are clear and orders are in their right groupings.. and after a good nights sleep - ready to start the week fresh faced tomorow morning...

11 bridesmaids and counting

...and you are worried you may have too many bridesmaids
and not quite enough ushers!...

Saturday 9 October 2010

and relax...


...another busy week has been put to bed and the final task of the day was to make a new batch of signs for the packing shelves, so about to sign off for the weekend, flop in my favourite chair and hang 'fragile' and 'handle with care' signs around my neck...have a lovely weekend.

Friday 8 October 2010

just spent my pocket money for the week

...today has been a productive day, not only in printing, cutting, assembling, packaging, but also in spending money...
I have been collecting images in my little black clip file for ohhh approx 2 years now of kitchens - 50's/eclectic inspired, ....we are saving our pennies to extend and create a kitchen living space 10 times larger than what we currently have, as our kitchen is currently the size of a shoe box - a lovely shoe box though - and I have just bought 2 prints from the extremely talented Canadian painter Janet Hill. - heavy wooden free standing units, pantry curtains, enamel coated pots n pans and a whistling kettle...it doesn't take much to make me happy..
...Janet has a shop over at Etsy - and I am sure, like me, you will not be able to resist a print or two or three or four or....

Thursday 7 October 2010

handpicked

...this week's handpicked brings together a few snippets to inspire colour - brushmarks of Smoked Blues, Topaz, Rust, Charred Grey, Sanded Whites, Bleached Apricot, Buttermilk, Blueberry & Blackberry together, Opal and Wheat...Frosted Greens with splashes of freshly cut Greens...



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