The Vintage Wedding

My lovely friend Alys Scott-Hawkins recently got married. For her big day she commissioned me to make her a bag from beautiful vintage linen. It is one of my Mabel bags and it features a gorgeous shell bangle.

Doesn't she look fantastic?

Not on the High Street

Little Red is now selling on www.notonthehighstreet.com. You can see all my pieces here

New Tanya Bag

Further to my post on 28th May; I have finally sourced the leather and finished this new bag...

It is made in yummy brown leather and features ruffles on the front. It is lined with red and white candy stripe satin. I would love to hear your comments :-)

Alice Kettle

I had the pleasure of having a 1-2-1 surgery with Alice Kettle, the textile artist, a Aspex Gallery on Portsmouth today. She is a real inspiration; so friendly and lovely to chat too, with a lot of insight. The chat was really inspiring and have given me some really interesting food for thought. It is wonderful is talk to someone who is facing or has faced the same battles (such as the 'work life balance'). If you are in Winchester, Hampshire, please take the opportunity to go along to the Discovery Centre (at the main library) to see her giant machine embroidery piece 'Looking Forwards to The Past' .

New Commissions

Hey, lots of you have been asking if the lucky owner of the green and black bag below liked her birthday present, well i can confirm it was a success. You can read her feedback in the 'Comments from Satisfied Customers' on the left hand side of this blog (second one down) :-)

I have just taken on some more commissions; from vintage style corsages (designed to attach to dress & shoes) for a fashionista attending a wedding, to another bespoke leather bag with personalised motifs. So watch this space, i will publish photos of them when i finish all the pieces.