Treasure Hunting

I'm so behind on blogging it's shameful - life has got in the way the last couple of months and blogging has taken a back seat. Over the next few days I'm hoping to get back into the blogging loop and tell you all what's been happening with me and my little handmade business. 

So, this weekend I decided to have some me time - but couldn't help go on a treasure hunt for china plates. I took a little trip to Matlock and invited my friend who's never been - also an avid treasure hunter! We spent the day strolling around the shops - theirs quite a few vintage ones!

I'm currently converting my dining room into my studio so I was on the look out for interesting storage ideas. I fell in love with these wire storage boxes from Bow Boutique - the coral colour is dreamy.

I picked up these cardboard cotton cones from The Vintage Rooms, a great way to display my bakers twine - I definitely feel like I need to get organised - making everything look prettier is my way of making things easier to sort out. 

Another purchase which came in useful for my washi tapes was this vintage fold up hanger - I'm addicted to buying these - you can never have enough washi tapes!

My home is mostly mid century finds, however, I feel I am being drawn to the 'floral side', my guest room has a wall display of charity shop floral finds. I noticed these stunners on my trip - I love the colours and they have inspired me to bring more of the outdoors into my home.

We also managed to sneak a car boot into the day - I try not to look for anything in particular. I feel everything has a second use and I'm a strong believer that someones rubbish is someone else's treasure. I came across these beauties - apart from being great props in my product photos I want to try and up-cycle them too, maybe a few pages into art prints and incorporate the illustrations into plate designs.

I couldn't resist picking these lovelies from the car boot field - free flowers!!!! what did you all get up to this weekend? find any treasure?

Greetings Cards

I've always wanted to design my own card range  - and now I finally have!!! 

I love old books, I have stacks of them, every chance I get I have a good rummage at charity shops to find any vintage flower books. I've been lucky enough to find plenty and I really wanted to put them to a good use. 

After designing my 'botanical plate range' it gave me the idea to use the pages of these old books along with my trusty sewing machine to create one of a kind cards. The illustrations are so beautiful I didn't want to over work the design so I simply added a small stamp design - these include birds and insects.

I'm addicted to using my vintage tape writer at the moment - if you don't own one you definitely need to purchase. My granddad who has sadly passed away labelled everything with this, I have so many of his old books with his initials stamped on the spine. I wanted to include the tapes into my designs, so each card has a message typed on the front - very simple but effective way of mixing the old with the new. Check out my range here my Etsy shop.

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.