just because...

...just because I like to share and couldn't wait.....!!

So here you are -

the 'sneaky peak', 'little snippets', 'a teasing' of images

(only a few mind-but these are the pics even only I have seen)

...from the first 'biggie' shoot we have ever styled that took place this week....

everyone involved is now exhausted (but in a wonderful way)

and are frantically spending today catching up with their business's,

general chores, my house doesn't have a clear surface (even the floors)

would love to know what you think...........

(we are hoping you like them!)

Have a lovely weekend ....xx

image credit - I give you "the fabulous, the gorgeous, the wonderful Becky Mitchell...."

Studio Details

I was finishing tidy the venue this morning from the photo shoot and found this on the window seat... a sneaky peak of part of the set......(a creation by one of the little bridesmaids)....

armchair journeys number 10

... short and simple and very french today -

beautiful new collection from Laure de Sagazan

I am currently collecting anything lace or crocheted,

so this little armchair journey led me to 'love at first sight'...

day tripper....

...some of you may know that I have been organising a photosoot for a little while now... today has been styling day-tomorrow is when it gets seriously serious....... models, make-up artist, hair - eeekkk ....
I love this - this is what we saw through the window (from outside) as we said night night to Rigwood ...

The Making Table

I can't begin to tell you what has travelled through the making table this week. Still haven't finished but not sleeping will take me back to my college days of working through the night! I am working on a photo shoot which I am styling today, this very moment, as you are reading this, ready for shooting tomorrow. It is amazing the detailing that is required but it has been really challenging bringing it all together from the very first moodboard to now having a studio full to the ceiling of everyone's beautiful hand made items that have been donated with kindness.
So here is a little glimpse into a new reception stationery collection all based on old haberdashery yarn cards. Here is the seating plan from this collection, and the idea is that it is a collaboration between yourself and I to make together. So I supply you with the personalised haberdashery cards & pins, and you source your own backing fabric, mountboard and any decorational trimmings you wish to use. So if you like the idea of being involved in the making of your stationery this is one little way that you can show your creative side! This is also open to the other Printed Collections where I can supply the individual card panels only and then you do the rest!!!! Simple!.......


Can't wait to show you little peaks of the shoot. I'm taking my camera along so will sneak some images while no one is looking!......

Pinboard Palettes

...whispering golds, oyster shell white,

victorian creams, water and denim blues,

cucumber green and just one single paint brush

of warm faded lilac...

just because...

...my other new years resolution is that I have amrapali wallpaper

from designers guild on my wall by June -

the piggy bank is 20% full - 80% empty

studio details

Here is the new addition to the blog - 'studio details' where every Thursday I'll show you little snaps of how the studio is currently looking, maybe something special I am working on, or just one littel detail I want to share - who knows what this year is going to bring..... so here is this week's treat...

The studio is full from ceiling to floor, skirting board to skirting board......and why?...well, next week I will be styling the photo shoot that I have been researching for the last three months, Excited? Hell yes!! Anxious?? of course! Life currently is a haze of mood boards, information overload, tasks, lists, emails, phone calls, collections, deliveries..........I am loving it - it is going to be fabulous. A wonderful team from the wedding industry has got together to help make my eclectic soup of floral heaven come together. So you see here the studio table filled with the detailing of my extra large collaged ribbons (will be for sale from mid January) specially made for the shoot.....the last few images are currently of my hall as this is the only area where my portbale walls will fit......so enjoy the first studio details and let me know what you think!???????....

armchair journeys no. 9

...well my new year's resolution to this little ol' blog is being kept and here I am ready to show you the first of the armchair journeys for 2012 (will be every Wednesday if you want to keep stopping by). If you are new to here the armchair journeys are places of visual indulgence that I find myself arriving at on my little internet travels that I want to share with you!

So...Here is No. 9.

I felt a wave of floral love (and equal envy when I discovered these wonderful creations by Louise Hedley of Sohomode (you can read more about her here...). I keep visiting her blog and floating around her Etsy shop because.... (a) I adore her dresses and love the palette of each collection she makes...(b) I love vintage shapes (c) fabric envy (d) I love clothes swaying (at the moment blustering) on washing lines (e) I love the photographs too - all pegged in rows - works of art displayed - I would love my hall to be filled with just these photographs alone - if there were a few coins in my purse I would also love my hall to be filled with these dresses...(f) I wish to own one for every day of the week (g) If I didn't have this little floral business I would work for free in Louise's studio (would also mean I would have to move to Manhattan - which isn't a bad thing) (h) I better stop at h or I would float through til June simply gushing about each and every one...



So, off you go, tell me how long you were there. I have spent quite a while, I can tell you, when I should be organising a 'floral love' photo shoot of my own...... and if like me you fancy treating yourself then you may want to see her available collection over at Etsy... If you buy one please don't tell me - jelousy can make a woman do crazy things.....

Thank you to Louise who kindly gave me permission to show you all her wonderful tea's...

Hoopy New Yur!!

Good morning. First day back? The school run was testing this morning - had to battle with wind and rain, but it was a clear reminder that we are still embedded in the winter months after hibernating in the warmth for two weeks.
I have written my annual 'wish list' notebook of all the little details I want to achieve and change. Lots of exciting plans. New Designs (arriving in February), a fabulous photo shoot that is taking place next week (will post little snippets here and more details to come), I don't normally exhibit at wedding fairs but I am attending a few this year and will keep you posted of where I will be and I am also organising with my gorgeous friend Becky Mitchell a Vintage Wedding Fair in Saltburn-by-Sea in April. One of the little notes in my book is to post here more often. Last year was such a busy year and I didn't get to post here too often, with the addition of Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook it is a full time job just managing all three!!! And of course they are addictive. So keep popping back every few days and I will try to ensure that there will be something new to inspire your creative side and take you on a journey to other designers/makers I have met on my travels (by foot and online)......I have already discovered new people whose work makes me go all 'sherbety' inside. Ideas are whirling around my head which I need to get drawn and painted out to start the new drawings for this year. The style of the new collections are 'handpainted florals' - here's a sneaky peak to the first. The seed was set when I was asked to produce a collection for Wedding magazine earlier this year (see here). Watercolour, brushmarks and pencil detailing all printed on a watercolour base card. This collection hasn't even been named yet!! So if you are a bride who is searching for a little bit of 'floral love' you may want to sent me a little note, I am a stationer who works on her own (with a little bit of help at times here and there) who is a textile designer by trade, who loves colour, loves florals, loves projects, loves styling, loves vintage and generally loves all that is stationery. I work with card and linen - have you seen my collections?

http://www.vickytrainor.co.uk/

So I am about to start Day 1 of what appears to be a very eventful and exciting year. What are you looking forward to the most?