Twenty Seven Years Later

A few of my favourite things :: July

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:05:00 +0000

A few of my favourite things from around the web in July...

1} This stunning image from Kiss The Groom.

2} This watercolour colour scheme from The Cinderella Project.

3} One of the cutest baby photo shoots on On To Baby, photo by Jennifer Roper.

4} A gorgeous bouquet by Foxtail Lilly.

5} This Sunday Edition on Snippet and Ink, photo by One Love Photo.

Love Notes :: 23

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:00:00 +0000

Image Elizabeth Messina

You will forever hold a key to my heart, and in my heart will always be a place for you.

Author Unknown

A few of my favourite things :: June

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:30:00 +0000

A few of my favourite things from around the web in June...

1} I love reading the Belle Bébés blog especially the "kids say the funniest things" posts and boy did little Cassie make me giggle and want to watch her over and over again ~ SWEET!

2} Poppy Sparkles has been creating and I am in LOVE with these gorgeous fun flower corsages!

3} Styling, colours and imagery ~ why I always enjoy the Sunday Suppers blog.

4} I have realised that dreams really do come true... I am a sucker for beautiful typography, via the lovely Cinderella Project.

5} Peek-a-boo, couldn't resist this photo and the way the images are styled on Lobster & Swan.

Studio: Sneak Peek

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Earlier in the year I made a personalised A-Z for my gorgeous godson Noah, since then I have been pondering designing a whole range of nursery artwork and trying to work out the best way to do it! I am pretty sure I have it all sorted now and so over the next few weeks I will be finishing off the designs and adding them to some kind of shop... Will update when finished but here are a few sneak peeks until then!

Personalised A-Z ~ Personalised with babies name, birth date, time and weight...
Personalised Door Hanger...

A selection of colours and styles will be available soon!

Happy Fathers Day...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Dad and I just before he walked me down the aisle...

Happy Fathers Day Dad! xxx

A new princess...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:30:00 +0000

Today has been amazing, I have loved every minute of the celebrations, along with Catherine's dress the other thing I loved the most was when William and Catherine left the palace in Prince Charles vintage Aston Martin, good times!

Also I thought I would share a bunting design that I put together for Sarah Vivienne to use as her Twitter background in celebration of todays Royal Wedding... I never knew I could like red, white and blue so much! Pop over to Sarah's website to see her 'Red, White & Blue' fashion shoot, amazing photos! Her shoot was also featured on the Love My Dress blog here!

Happy bank holiday weekend!

Aston Martin Image Credit

My favourite fairytale...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:01:00 +0000

Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess; but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult to find out whether they were real ones. There was always something about them that was not as it should be. So he came home again and was sad, for he would have liked very much to have a real princess.

One evening a terrible storm came on; there was thunder and lightning, and the rain poured down in torrents. Suddenly a knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

It was a princess standing out there in front of the gate. But, good gracious! what a sight the rain and the wind had made her look. The water ran down from her hair and clothes; it ran down into the toes of her shoes and out again at the heels. And yet she said that she was a real princess.

"Well, we'll soon find that out," thought the old queen. But she said nothing, went into the bed-room, took all the bedding off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses.

On this the princess had to lie all night. In the morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" said she. "I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and blue all over my body. It's horrible!"

Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds.
Nobody but a real princess could be as sensitive as that.

So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

There, that is a true story.

The Princess and the Pea ~ 1835 ~ by Hans Christian Andersen

A big thank you...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:00:00 +0000

To all of the couples who came and spoke to me at The Kelmarsh Hall Wedding Experience yesterday, it was lovely to meet you all and hear all about your plans! It was a great day for Edward & Emma, lots of fantastic feedback about the collection and it was lovely to hear how impressed you all were with the little extras that I add to my designs! Looking forward to working with some of you in the near future...

Thanks also to the lovely ladies at Kelmarsh Hall who put on a great 'experience' for the couples, Kelmarsh Hall is a beautiful venue and it looks even more stunning when the sunshine is out like it was yesterday.

I can't write my post without mentioning Paul Martyn, his amazing vocals and sax playing really added a great atmosphere to the day and made it even more special, I am so glad my stand was placed next to him! (Good luck again to you Paul and your partner for 6 weeks time!)

Also wanted to mention Leanne and Chris from Love Letters a lovely couple who are getting married themselves in a few weeks time! Pop over and check out their website, their 'Letters' are just lovely, I will be ordering myself an 'E' '&' 'E' for the Edward & Emma studio and to use on future exhibition stands and also a 'T' '&' 'I' for Tracey & Ian, the shabby chic ones will fit perfectly in our little cottage! (Good luck to you both for your upcoming wedding day!)

Unfortunately I was so busy that I didn't get a chance to take a photo of my stand which I am annoyed with myself about as I was really happy with how it turned out, however I have added a couple of images that Sarah Vivienne took of my invitations when she did her Alice in Wonderland themed photo shoot at Kelmarsh Hall last year...

Lastly I send my thanks to Emma at A Bespoke Design and also Sarah Vivienne who suggested me to the ladies at Kelmarsh Hall in the first place, really grateful to you both!

Image credits: Sarah Vivienne

Colour me pretty:

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:38:00 +0000

PANTONE have announced their fashion colour report for fall 2011, I love it when their posts pop into my reader, I find lots of inspiration from their colour predictions and I will definitely be using some of these delicious colours throughout my design work this year...

My favourites?
Well if I have to pick 3 then I would say, emberglow, honeysuckle and quarry...
And I love the illustrations below from each of the designers to go with the colours!

Which ones would you like to incorporate into your wedding or designs?!

Image credit: Pantone Emberglow Honeysuckle Quarry

Love Notes 22 :: Talkin to the songbird yesterday...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 10:53:00 +0000

She's a little pilot in my mind
Singin songs of love to pass the time
Gonna write a song so she can see
Give her all the love she gives to me
Talk of better days that have yet to come
Never felt this love from anyone

She's not anyone
She's not anyone
She's not anyone

A man can never dream these kind of things
Especially when she came and spread her wings
Whisper in my ear the things I'd like
Then she flew away into the night
Gonna write a song so she can see
Give her all the love she gives to me
Talk of better days that have yet to come
Never felt this love from anyone

She's not anyone
She's not anyone
She's not anyone

Songbird by Oasis

A warm human hand-clasp...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:30:00 +0000

What a wonderful thing is the mail, capable of conveying across continents a warm
human hand-clasp.
Author Unknown

A card is much more than a piece of folded paper, it encloses your news, thoughts and well wishes and it shows the receiver that you care... Our fabulous range of social stationery and greetings cards are waiting to be sent! The collection includes the following and many more...

Valentines
Baby Shower Invitations
Baby Announcements / Thank you’s
Bespoke, one off special designs
Happy Birthday
New Home
Thinking Of You
Get Well Soon
Good Luck

We are excited to be adding new stockists to our list, full details to follow...

If you would like further information on the greetings card collection please just drop us a line!

Saying thank you...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:30:00 +0000

Yesterday was our 1st Wedding Anniversary ~ and what a lovely 1st year we've had! So today I just wanted to share with you the thank you cards that I designed for our wedding. We decided upon an image of us that we thought all of our guests would like for the front but the special part was the text that we wrote and placed to the right of the photo...

we laughed

we cried

we kissed

we hugged

we ate

we drank

we danced

we loved...

we married

It truly summed up our day!

When I show our thank you card to my clients they always love the wording and ask if they can use the same ~ which makes me smile ~ some clients ask to change words or add words of their own, which is great as then it truly sums up their day!

To find out more about my range of thank you cards please feel free to drop me a line...

1 Year Ago Today...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0000

we laughed

we cried

we kissed

we hugged

we ate

we drank

we danced

we loved...

we married

Lovely delphiniums & Friday5

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:30:00 +0000

Last Week, I read this post and saw these photos over on Miss Pickering's blog, amazing huh? Which is why I decided to pop over to Miss Pickering's shop in Stamford to see them for myself. I came away with a lovely great bunch, placed them in various containers, old milk bottles and such around my home and they have made me smile everyday! It was lovely to meet Miss Pickering, what a fantastic little shop and the hound is even sweeter in real life... If you haven't read her blog before then please do, its pretty and fun and I believe she may have some lovely photos to share soon of a wedding that took place just this weekend {I hope it went well!}... Some pics of how Delphinium Week looked for me...

I also spotted this whilst reading my latest issue of Country Living... I am sure you all know by now how much I love this little shop, its a great write up and I am so pleased for Tracey!

And last but not least, this weeks Friday5...

1} Spotty teapot or the I Heart NY cups?
2} Loving these natural shots, the party string image is fab!
3} Fifteen beautiful rings...
4} I don't think I've ever met a polka dot I didn't like!
5} A well thought out photo, filled with love.

First day back today...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:30:00 +0000

... So playing catch up! One of the emails I received whilst I was away was informing me that the new Christian Louboutin Fall-Winter 2010-2011 collection is now available online! I love getting the CL emails, the ads are fabulous and this one I especially love. So just in case you haven't heard yet and fancy wearing some Louboutin's on your wedding day or a special occasion, pop over and take a look www.christianlouboutin.com

Its strange but the image reminds me of my travels to Vegas, what a CRAZY place! I had no idea what to expect and part of me kept thinking that it might be a little tacky but I am pleased to say I was SO wrong. The thought and design that is put into some of the buildings, bars, and nightclubs etc blew me away, I am hoping to collect some of these thoughts in the new designs that I will be working on over the next few weeks, I will keep you updated.

Please bear with me whilst I get back into the swing of things, there are lots of things swirling around in my head at the moment so posting might be quite sporadic!

Love Notes :: 21

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:30:00 +0000

Image Anna Kupberberg

Do I love you?

My God, if your love were a grain of sand,

mine would be a universe of beaches.

from The Princess Bride

Curiouser and curiouser :: Part 2

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 13 May 2010 07:30:00 +0000

So I showed you my handy work on Tuesday, Now its time to see Sarah's... I'll let the pictures do the talking!

I told you they were amazing didn't I!

Sarah's attention to detail and creativity with the props enabled her to capture the Alice feel perfectly in each photo. I think she would even have gone so far as to have a real life white rabbit if one had of been available!

Thanks again to Sarah for letting me be involved, I loved every minute!

Just in case something in one of the photos catches your eye, there is a full list of contributers plus links to their websites below.

Images: Sarah Vivienne Photography ~ www.sarahvivienne.co.uk

Location: Kelmarsh Hall ~ www.kelmarsh.com
Dresses: Fairytale Weddings ~ www.fairy-tale-weddings.co.uk
Hair and make-up: Toni Creative ~ www.tonicreative.co.uk
Cake: The Funky Cake Co ~ www.thefunkycakeco.co.uk
Flowers: Julie Anna Flowers ~ www.julieannaflowers.co.uk
Wedding thrones & table draping: Style Events ~ www.styleevents.co.uk
Bridal hats: Ilda Di Vico ~ www.ascothats.net
Tiaras: Flo & Percy ~ www.floandpercy.com
Vintage china: My Vintage Party ~ www.myvintageparty.co.uk
Stationery: Beau ~ www.beau-madewithlove.co.uk

Love Notes :: 20

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 12 May 2010 07:30:00 +0000

Dance as though no one is watching.
Love as though you've never been hurt.
Sing as though no one can hear you.
Live as though heaven is on earth.

Author unknown

Curiouser and curiouser :: Part 1

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 11 May 2010 07:30:00 +0000

I have always loved the Alice in Wonderland story so when Sarah of Sarah Vivienne Photography approached me to see if I would be interested in coming up with some designs for an Alice themed shoot she was planning I literally jumped at the chance to take part!

I dropped the designs over to the beautiful Kelmarsh Hall on the morning of the shoot. Whilst there I got a behind the scenes glimpse at the magic that was taking place, flowers being arranged and cute little cupcakes being displayed on lovely vintage china... I left knowing that the final photos were going to be amazing and I couldn't wait to see them!

I am planning to tweak the designs a little, I want them to have more of a vintage feel and I want to include some hearts or spades in them somewhere! When they are done I will post an update but for now, as promised, here are some of the final images that Sarah sent over to me along with some close ups of the designs themselves.

On Thursday I will be sharing some of my favourite photos from the rest of the shoot so be sure to pop back, I promise you they are amazing!

Images by Sarah Vivienne Photography - www.sarahvivienne.co.uk

Colour Palette 18 :: Something Blue

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 10 May 2010 07:30:00 +0000

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Photo Credits:
Flowers Martha Stewart, Ribbon, Flowers, Candle A Creative Mint

Friday 5...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 07 May 2010 14:30:00 +0000

1} Yummy chiffon tulle & satin colour palette.
2} Want to find some new British blogs to read?
3} Favourite flowers and colour combo!
4} In love with these hair decorations, for your bridesmaids perhaps?
5} This love shoot is seriously hot, filled with love and passion!

Happy weekend!

Top Ten Tips :: Round up...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 06 May 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Just in case you missed any of my top ten stationery tips here is a full round up, you can read through them all together here or click on the individual links below. Have you found the tips useful? Please feel free to leave a comment if you feel I missed anything or have any tips of your own to add!

1} Triple check your proofs
2} Calculate by household
3} Order extras
4} Allow plenty of time
5} Respondez s'il vous plait
6} Be prepared
7} Check the weight
8} Extra information
9} Saying thank you
10} Be unique

Love Notes :: 20

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:30:00 +0000

Image Sarah Vivienne Photography

Love comforteth like sunshine after rain.
William Shakespeare

My Friday...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 04 May 2010 17:00:00 +0000

A little while back I spotted that Lynne from Tea for Joy was planning to run a 'Blogging for Designers' course, I jumped at the chance to learn some new blogging tips and tricks and got myself signed up straight away.

So last Friday I set off down to London town to meet Lynne and the other like minded bloggers booked onto the course. It was a great day, I really enjoyed meeting everybody and discussing / learning more about their work and their blogs.

If you haven't already then pop over and check out Tea for Joy, I love the 'Tea of the week' posts!

Also on the course I met Julie from The Crafty Currant

Heather from Crafty Little Greetings

and Madeleine from Madeleine Boulesteix

I'm really looking forward to seeing how everyones blogs change over the next few months as we all implement the things we learn't from Lynne!

My first change... Well I have bought the name twentysevenyearslater.com now I just need to figure out how to change it over!

Colour Palette 17 :: Jasmin Pink & Ivy Green

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 03 May 2010 18:00:00 +0000

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Photo Credits:
Elizabeth Messina