Christmas Wish

I sent out some of my

handmade Christmas cards

this year to spread some

Christmas cheer to all.

All cards were lovingly handmade

by myself on my Grampas typewriter

and I like to think his sense of humour

has a part to play.

So Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

to all who received my little card and I 

hope it made you smile or even laugh,

after all it is the time for us all to

spread some cheer.

While you are here check out my new website:

http://cargocollective.com/feetandtea

comments welcome

The Design of Debbie & Dave's Wedding day

It was a bright autumn day at Pittodrie House

With a beautiful view over Mountain Bennachie.

My job in designing for Debbie & Dave's big day was to give the venue a vintage feel.

Included in the decoration of Pittodrie House

were my Handmade jars with unique quotes individually typed up using my Grandfathers old typewriter.

Each piece of Fabric used on my jars are sourced second hand, adding to the vintage feel.

The threads on each label were customised to Debbie's wedding colour which was a gorgeous pink.

Also included in the decoration of the venue was my handmade Doilly bunting which hung in the Billiard room along with my heart cut outs pictured below.

The room where the ceremony was taking place had to be extra special so I adorned my birdcage with flowers and decorated the tables with some of the beautiful flowers which were designed by Mairi.
she owns a beautiful shop called Flourish in Aberdeen.
You should check out her website as she hires out stunning vintage china and arranged all of Debbie's flowers which were truly beautiful
http://www.flourishhome.co.uk/

So I think a congratulations is in order for the new Bride and Groom and I hope you had a perfect day.

The Pop up Shop

FeetandTea had its first outing at STAG pop up shop and let me tell you it was very exciting.  There were lots of other stalls there selling vintage clothes and loads of delicious cupcakes, however it is fair to stay that we definitely stood out with all our reclaimed scrap furniture that I refurbished myself and a few pretty flowers and prints on old coat hangers.

Not only did I manage to sell lots of lovely unique cards that were up for grabs my favourite being,

"I love you even though you talk utter shite"

and

"I know I love you because I can leave

the toilet door open"

I also made my individually unique candle jars with special embroidered message on them along with FeetandTea cushions.

Some pictures below:

The grand finale for me was to showcase my 

"Live a Little" print

for all to see.  I spent a total of 48 hours on this piece spread over two weeks.  I drew 23,000 circles on it by hand using nothing but 8 Steadler 0.3 fineliners kindly purchased from the Grays school of Art shop.

Feast your eyes on it and let me know what you think

Also check out time lapse footage done for the day by Stuart Edwards on this link to get a feeling for the day.  there is no puzzle in finding me as I am the last one to clear away at the end.

http://vimeo.com/28133970

We are also featured in The Skinny

under unique fashion pop up Shop and FeetandTea along with my bow tie and birdcage makes an appearance.

thanks for all the support I had from my family and friends beforehand and on the day.

June 25th 2011

My big sisters wedding day was filled with these beautiful inventive wedding favours with lace candle jars for the ladies and the whiskey bottles inspired by Alice in Wonderland for the gentlemen.

Each label was done on my "very old" sewing machine with the colour of thread matching the colour scheme of the wedding. Midnight Blue. I put some perfectly placed words through my typewriter every label was unique and differed from the other then I added some lace under the sewing machine to be sewn together with the thread.  

Loved every minute of it.

Each table theme was done of course in the colour scheme of the wedding.  I drew out a doille in blue ink scanned into Photoshop then used three different fonts to connect every table together. I was worried about how these would look but once they were on the table they looked perfect.

Each nook of Bisham Abbey was adorned with decoration which added the personal touch every wedding needs.  The lace bows were one of my favourite ideas.  I put these ones up myself........

This is a snapshot of the perfect day.

The bride was picture perfect.