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20 June 2017

Me at work – Creative workspace

Me at work –  Creative workspace This is where I get most of my work done. I also have a studio next door with all the material, trimmings, tools, paints, drills, sewing machines and space to make a great creative mess. I’ll post the photo of that space another time my lovely blog readers. #wheredesignmeets.  #workspace

1 February 2017

50 Design Tips eBook

50 Design Tips eBook Route Print asked me to send them some design tips for their e-book. As always I’m happy to say what I think. Read the e-book here. These are my top tips: 24. Always Be On The Lookout For Interesting Textures & Imagery. A good brick wall or some recycled paper, photograph…

18 January 2017

Wedding decoration, table & stationary design

Wedding decoration, table & stationary design This is where I sell my design work I created for our wedding. Chris and I got married last summer on Osea Island. Being a designer, I wanted to have creative input on as much of the event as I could. This entailed making; wedding dress design, wedding accesorries,…

10 January 2017

Festival Clothing & Accessories Collection

My Festival Clothing & Accessories Collection Get thinking about summer now, it helps pass the grey days! Theses are just a few of the clothes and accessories I have designed and made. They’re perfect for parties and festivals. I’m hoping to sell them at Secret Emporium at festivals this summer. Get in contact if you’d…

10 January 2017

Festival Number 6 Headdress Workshop

Festival Number 6 Headdress Workshop. My headdress workshops are really taking off now… the latest workshop was at Festival Number 6  in August. Each day we had over 50 people come to the town hall at Port Merion, where this festival is held, to make flower festival headdresses as a part of the many activities put…

6 January 2017

christmas card design paper cut out angel snowflake sequins

  Merry Christmas Everyone! christmas card design paper cut out angel snowflake sequins  I created this paper cut out with plain card and some shinny plastic snowflake sequins and then photographed it. This was one of the designs for a client, Bragard UK, that didn’t get used so I turned into a card for all…

31 October 2016

Latest Polly Playford fascinator design

I created this fascinator using tulle, netting, chain, studs and gold lamé. It has a hair clip on the back for easy fastening and looks bloody fabulous on pretty much every head, especially one with great volume to their hair. I wear mine as much as I can, down the pub, out dancing in a…

31 October 2016

Feather accessories for fashion shoot

  I was asked by the Vintage Showroom of Notting Hill to design and make some feather headdresses for a fashion shoot to help promote a denim manufacturer at Barcelona Denim Premier vision show on the 18th-19th of May. Doug at the Vintage Showrooms was the creative director and did an absolutely stunning job with…

27 May 2016

Foraging

When I was growing up my mum took us on foraging trips where we’d pick Chanterelle mushrooms and edible leaves like wild garlic, Samphire seaweed. We picked muscles oysters and caught crabs. We’d often make dens (like the amazing one we made in the picture above) and build fires and sit around eating our foraged…