Instagram Snaps - April 2014

Another busy month for Heart Vintage, here's what I've been up to in April.....

.....my first giveaway winner, I designed a bespoke design with an a family photo which was very sentimental to Sarah-Louise - "Just received my competition prize from @heartvintageuk and I Thank-you from the bottom of my heart. I will treasure this always. It was the last pic ever taken of me with my Grandparents when we lived in Hong Kong and was their last holiday. Deeply missed every day. This plate means the world to me xxxxxxx" 

.....very excited to see my bespoke design in the 2nd issue of Prima Makes magazine.

.....a busy easter weekend sourcing new fabrics and vintage china for new products coming soon.

.....whilst we had the sunny weather I spent time decorating and gardening . Lots of up-cycling - I hope to share photos of my home over the next few weeks.

.....a friends wedding stationary came back from the printers - the designs featured a beautiful vintage balloon theme and typography. I've been working on these for a few months now, so lovely to see the finished product.

.....a trip to my favourite London store Liberty. I spent hours here, a very inspiring visit.

Easter Treasures

A jam packed weekend of rummaging for vintage treasures back home in Staffordshire. Lots of lovely floral china coming it's way to the Heart Vintage shop...I also found so many beautiful pieces to finish my guest room off. 

At the moment it's a very blank (white) canvas...I wanted to accessorise with lots of floral fabrics and paintings....along with a wall of Heart Vintage up-cycled plates. 

I came across the most beautiful vintage tea cosy....I even got abit of history behind it (made my one of the maids at Chatsworth House) the colours are so vivid the photo doesn't do it justice....I think it will be framed along with the gorgeous blue tit. I also 'found' a couple of floral paintings....these will take pride of place above the bedside table.

Can't wait for you to share photos once everything's finished....love abit of home decor especially with some vintage love thrown in.

Prima Makes - Press

Excited to share that Heart Vintage is featured in the 2nd issue of the new Prima Magazine, Prima Makes. I designed a bespoke design using imagery from my favourite vintage floral & bird books, along with my quirky typography, speech bubbles and washi tape hearts. I worked on a larger scale - which was great as I could play around more with layout and add a lot more imagery than I normally would use on my saucer sized wall art. The up-cycled vintage dinner plate is featured on the editors page with a lovely comment and link to my Etsy shop. Many thanks to Selina Lake who beautifully styled this for the magazine. Hoping this is the first of many magazine features for Heart Vintage.

Happy Monday

Happy Monday everyone! it's been a busy weekend here......I've been pottering in my yarden and feeling totally inspired by Selina's new book Outdoor Living. I can't wait to get planting pretties and hanging fairy lights. It's the first Summer in my new house so I can't wait to make my outside space another 'room' to relax. I went on a misson to find more pretty vintage plates from my favourite carboots and vintage shops in Leicester too.......here's a peek at some of the new Heart Vintage designs now available at Powder Blue. My next range will be up-cycling glass jars with candles....perfect for those Summer evenings outside!

Hello April

Hello April.....a little late in saying it....this year seems to be going so fast - I wonder what this month will bring for Heart Vintage.