Prima Makes - Press

In the latest issue of Prima Makes magazine Heart Vintage features in 'Be My Valentine'. Readers will be able to have a go at making a up-cycled vintage plate following my 'easy makes' instructions.



Styled by London stylist Selina Lake, the feature includes other handmade loveliness, photographed with beautiful fresh flowers & vintage finds....bloomin' lovely.

'love you' & 'bloomin' botanical' ranges feature vintage bird illustrations and botanical drawings, perfect for Valentine's & Mother's Day gifts, available from my online shop now.

Period Living - Press

At the back end of last year I was approached by Period Living magazine to appear in there monthly feature 'My Vintage World'. How bloomin' exciting!!! I obviously jumped at the chance. It gave me chance to let readers know about what inspires me, my earliest childhood memories, my vintage heirlooms as well as my recent vintage purchases and my love for up-cycling.

In the March issue I chat about one of my personal heirlooms, a locket given to me by my grandmother, which my mother also have engraved for my 30th Birthday - I don't leave the house without wearing it, it's one of my favorite pieces of vintage jewellery, it probably doesn't hold much value but it is dearly sentimental to me. I share how I'm addicted to vintage fairs and shops, we have quite a few in Leicester and the surrounding area. I spotted these Luminarc vintage drinking glasses in an interiors mag years ago, I luckily came across a set in one of my stockists stores - Alkaline I'm totally smitten with the pretty bird & floral designs.  Also I share one of my recent up-cycling projects - updating an old vintage lampshade. I really enjoyed doing the piece and was really happy with how the final article turned out.

Leicester Mercury - Press

January was a pretty hectic month for Heart Vintage thanks to some great press features. Leicester Mercury More Magazine featured Heart Vintage TWICE!! Firstly in the shopping feature, but also a two page spread. I really didn't expect the piece to be this big. It was a little overwhelming when I opened the paper in my local newsagents....I'm totally chuffed, and I've had so much positive feedback and custom order requests which is great news! You can have a read of the full article here over on the Leicester Mercury website.

Leicester Mercury - Press

Look who's in the Leicester Mercury More Mag!! Super excited they've wrote a piece about Alkaline, even more so that there's a couple of piccies of Heart Vintage plates - woo hoo! Looking forward to seeing the display for myself...great mix of pretty vintage of the bone china against the strong bold look of the retro pieces in the shop.  

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.