wedding collection // sneek peek //

hello bloggies.

here is a sneek peek of one of my new wedding invite save the dates from the new collection coming soon. i am aiming for mid june to have the whole collection ready to view all photographed nicely on the website and ready for ordering.

let me know what you think. all of the designs will be pretty different from one another so there will be something to suit all discerning soon to be wed couples ;)

Rx

ps -  comments + thoughts are welcome.

if you are looking for totally bespoke wedding suites i am more than happy to oblige

for you

this is for you.

it's a collage i made with bits of old book pages and left over paper bits. then i added a few effects via picasa. i have called it 'when will you learn to live?' i don't know why - it just popped into my head!

print it off and put it on your wall - it will make me very happy if you do :)

i am still busy designing a new range of wedding invitations and i am pretty much very exited about them to be honest.

it will be a while until i can share them with you but please bear with me - i want them to be perfect and once they are i will get the website back up and running with the new branding and lovely photos - it will be grand!

Rx

jewellery display ideas

bhg

 the berry

 modish blog

The Makers Project via  Trudi Smith 

mommy perrott

 25 media

 ten things

Nuit De Pluie via Emily Montgomery

apartment therapy

Jamie Collyer via Sarah Lindquist

the coveteur

i don't wear jewellery nearly as much as i should therefore i haven't got a huge collection however if i did i would want to have it all on display. 
don't you love some of these ideas? very clever. i love the picture hooks as hangers and the picture frame gallery at the top. 


Rx

colour - and lots of it

 home inspiration design

 being brazen

your sweet home

 alex fulton design

 digs digs

 desire to inspire

      ingenious look     

 jess at home

 idesign arch

of whim and whimsy

it must be the sunny weather here is the uk at the moment but i am feeling the need for lots of colour.
i have a bit of a thing for corals, pinks and oranges at the moment - what colours do you love right now?
R x

vintage stamps

 thepaperplace

 angela liguori

 the pink couch

 36 shea

steph modo

hands up who loves vintage stamps?! i do.
i have incorporated them into some of the new items are am busy making for the shop (- more updates coming soon.)
i love the stamp bunting don't you?

still here

hello! how have you been? sorry i haven't been around too much of late but things have been a bit hectic around here. you know when you have so much going on and the goal you had of posting to your blog, etsy, facebook etc.. consistently ie. daily or 3 x weekly  suddenly seems like the most ridiculously unrealistic goal and in fact, an absolute impossibility. well as you all know this is what happens when life happens. things have been so hectic around here but the seas have calmed now so i will be back more regularly. thank you for all staying with me - not one of you has jumped ship. in the middle of lots of things happening i have managed to get lots some decorating done - yippee, and i will be posting details in due course. 

i love the above picture by catwalk that i found via etsy. the print is called 'adrift' i think it's the perfect image for this blog post - don't you?

Rx  

a little studio tour

 i have finally tidied up my tiny cupboard studio and took a few pics for you to see where i create my cards and invitations and of course write this blog and drool over other blogs and etsy sellers! 
above is my adjustable easel desk - it's from Ikea and is huge. it's ideal for working on as there is such a large area but the only downside is that it is a tad too big for my tiny workspace. behind my teeny tiny laptop are a couple of paintings my nan painted and gifted to me (along with many others) she is a fantastic painter. i love these because they remind me of her and really cheer me up and inspire me to keep on creating. i have two notebooks that i constantly use, one is for my all of my 'to-do's' and the other is for planning blog posts (which is kind of empty right now but wont be for much longer thanks to this). the old wooden box is a car boot find and contains my equipment such as my glue gun and paper-craft tools. i often take product pictures on here too for a more rustic effect. the Eiffel tower picture is actually a card from fellow etsy seller, Paula from Picard Creative, i received it as a thank you for ordering some of her hilarious magnets one Christmas for my girlfriends.

top left is my humble shelving unit - i think i got it from Argos and it was originally a yellow pine colour so i painted it white. i keep my card supplies, printer and mailing envelopes on here as well as my folders for various boring important bits and pieces. on the top is a white cushion i decorated with some old scarves and the rest of the scarves were used to make my makeshift blind. to the left of the cushion are some of the art dolls that i made with the help of my mum, she created all the hair and amazing clothes (they remind me of Downton Abbey) i had some children that we made and they went to a lovely home in Saudi Arabia in the end which is great. 

 my typewriter is my absolute favourite possession (a gift from my mum) and i use it all the time for adding text to my cards and and invitations quickly and easily. the ink still hasn't ran out and i have had this well over a year now. above the typewriter is my little washing line style photography area. the light here is best as it is right next to the window. i peg my cards up with the little pegs or a bull dog clip and snap away.

above left is a picture of my wonderful mum. i normally have her positioned so that she is looking at me and spurring me on to get things done. i am very lucky in the fact that she has always supported my creative endeavours and will often come round with a bag full of supplies for me to use in my projects. this picture was taken about 20 years ago when she was about a year or two older than i am now. isn't she beautiful?
i made the blind myself very quickly by sewing together two Laura Ashley scarves that i found in a charity shop (!) i then pinned it up above the window with some diamanté pins that i slotted into some holes that were already there (bonus). the fabric is so light that they hold it up really well. i then took a cut off from one of the scarves and pinned that to the left inside edge of the window so that i can tie the blind back as and when i need to. it took about and hour and half altogether.


well, that's it, my little tour is over - sorry it wasn't much but it really is a very small space. but it's my little haven really. here are some of my favourite studio tours from around the web.


+ fieldguided's tour
+ creature comforts Ez's workspace
+ industrial style
+ studio set up tips


Rx