plates spinning

...I always reach this time of year and feel as if I am trying to keep all of the plates spinning - from sampling to production to packing to marketing...but... this is the time of year I love as this is the month that I start to work on the ground drawings for the new collections for 2012 until November.

I have been growing an abundance of hydrangeas in the garden this year ready to photograph with next years new collections. Working with ribbons to create the right colour palettes, the colour of the hydrangea petals, once dried, are simply perfect...