Vintage Photoshoot

For the last month or so I've been planning like mad in between plate orders and my full time work for my first Heart Vintage photoshoot with the very talented photographer Linda Blann. Finally it happened!!!!! From the images I've seen so far I'm super exciting to get the photos back. I managed to take a couple of sneaky shots myself......I can't wait to show & tell you more. To mark this milestone I am having a little vintage giveaway. The lovely flying bird plates I used on my shoot will go to the lucky winner, details over on my Facebook & Instagram.

Instagram Snaps - July 2014

I think this has got to be the most exciting month yet, I can't quite believe it, it feels like I'm in a day dream.

.....To be invited to Selina's Fete was a huge and overwhelming experience, the best day of the year by far for Heart Vintage. I was so nervous but excited at the same time.  I have followed her career since leaving university and to be involved at this event was bloody brilliant. I packed up my wares and left early for Surrey, I was literally like a pack horse. After my long journey I was welcomed by so many friendly faces which made me feel at ease. I had such an amazing day, learnt a lot, made some new friends and sold a few of my wares too - bonus!

.....I've been working on a greetings card range for some time now, I wanted to incorporate my love of flowers and up-cycling so it made sense to use old flower books as inspiration. I'm so pleased with the final product, these beauties are available to buy from my little shop now. 

....I mentioned last month that I had been busy designing a new range for The Exchange Bar, the song lyric designs are finished and are on display, they are also available to buy from my shop very soon.

.....this Summer seems to be lasting forever! I spied these supper gorgeous lanterns in Tesco in my favorite sherbet colours. I even got a matching BBQ, looking forward to spending the weekend evenings out in my yarden even more now.

.......and finally another milestone for Heart Vintage.....I have my first photoshoot planned for next month, so far I have the dress ready and lots of inspiration.

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.

Selina Lake's Summer Fete

this coming Saturday, Heart Vintage will have a stall at Selina's Summer Fete in Guildford. Selina will be signing copies of her latest book, there will be a vintage tearoom, a flower stall as well as two floors of hand picked stall holders selling lots of vintage and handmade lovelies.

I'm so excited to be asked to sell my up-cycled vintage china wares including my plates and candles, I'll also be launching my greetings cards range too.

Yarden Love

since moving into my rental last year I've put all my time and effort into putting my stamp on the house. concentrating mostly on the decorating the yarden took a back seat. as soon as the warmer weather came this year I wanted to make the outdoor space another room to my new home.

I wanted to add an up-cycled feel and used second hand and found objects to create a space where I could grow veg & fruit and all the cottage flowers I've always loved.

willow was used to make a handmade trellis for my sweetpeas, recycled crates were used to make a vertical herb and flower garden and lots of vintage and found terracotta pots were packed full of perennials and seeds to create a wild garden look. I even made garden lights recycling glass jars and and adding vintage buttons and tealights.

How do you use your outdoor space, does it reflect your taste in home decor?