Ikea Love

We had a Friday night trip to IKEA the other night and picked up a rug and some fabulous fabrics for cushion cover making for our lounge..

The Gislev rug is an absolute bargain at £19.99 and some of the fabrics are as little as £1.99 a metre!

Secret Garden

On the way home after my friends wedding the other weekend in Chesterfield, we stopped at Hardwick Hall, one of the greatest Elizabethan Houses in the country..It was absolutely fabulous and a great way to enjoy the September sunshine wandering round the grounds after a tour of the house..I spotted this doorway and couldn't resist taking a snap with my hipstamatic app..it made me think about a secret garden and took me back to my childhood! Lovely colour for the door as well..

goodbye Summer...hello Autumn..

My goodness..where has the summer gone?!

It's gone by in a flash, or at least it seems..

It has been a jam packed summer with all the usual weddings, anniversaries and birthdays as well as a house move thrown in...I've been busy with my house mate furnishing the house and doing D.I.Y and styling which has been great, including taking the lounge window out to get the sofa into the house! It was worth it believe me! :D

All of the Autumn Winter 2010 catalogues are now out and I've been having a lot of fun flicking through them all to see what exciting things are out there in the world of interiors...It's also been doubly exciting seeing shots I've styled for Next, Argos and Homebase in the catalogues as well..

Now onto the Spring Summer 2011 Argos catalogue!

Calling all Stylist Assistants!

Are you a budding interior stylist or existing stylist assistant?

The Home Retail Group (Argos and Homebase) are looking for enthusiastic freelance stylist assistants to assist their team of stylists at their extensive photographic studio based in Milton Keynes.

Experience is a bonus but not necessary as they are looking for hard working, keen individuals with an interest in interior styling. This could be the perfect starting point for a career in styling!

Please email your CV and cover letter to Head Stylist Hannah Wilman: hannah.wilman@argos.co.uk

Lovely weather for a picnic!

It's been fabulous sunny weather recently and what better accessory to have than a funky picnic blanket!

Check out Anorak's super range of picnice blankets as well as numberous other lovely things!

Period Living- June 2010

Here's a couple of images from a lovely feature I assisted stylist Alison Davidson on for the June issue of Period Living..

Photographs by Tim Young

Well done also to Anne Marie at the urban bakery whose gorgeous tutti fruity cupcakes feature on the front page, styled by Carolyn Bailey

Liberty Fabrics

A while ago I took my lovely Granny out shopping to Stratford-upon-Avon which is a biannual trip we do..Every time we visit we pop to Fred Winters for her to look at the fabrics and to buy some sewing bits and bobs..It's always a great opportunity for me to check out some of the Liberty fabrics they stock..

Last time I went, they were selling off lots of end of roll pieces and I was in my element..I ended up spending a fortune on about 25 samples (which was whittled down from about 40!)..

Here's some of the best ones..Going to make them into cushion covers and use them in some shots..