Bring the summer in...

I put this mood board together to remind myself of what summer feels like - even when it isn't apparent outside!  This is just a small selection of the lovely things we have in store right now.  The gorgeous images were taken by Kevin Peschke of Millennium Studios. I'm now dreaming of blue skies, sandy beaches [preferably deserted ones!]and white-washed beach houses... 

 

A Great Giveaway!

We are GIVING AWAY one of our Stags Head Tea Towels, worth £10.00, with EVERY ORDER placed on our website from Friday 10th June until Friday 24th June 2011.  These gorgeous linen union tea towels have been specially printed for us, in Great Britain, and are based on our best-selling vintage linen Stags Head cushions.  Get ordering whilst stocks last!

Up the garden path...

Its a very busy time at Angel HQ.  We are preparing samples of our new Angel Linens designs for the Pulse trade fair, in London, at the end of this week - more of which later.

Despite this workload, I managed to sneak away from the workshop, this afternoon, for a quick stroll around the garden.  I had to marvel at the generosity of Mother Nature in making my wild garden look beautiful despite its total neglect...by yours truly!

Style Made Simple...

I have always been a fan of Victoria Harrison's writing and her lovely blog Style Made Simple is on our 'must read' list.  It goes without saying, therefore, that we were thrilled when she asked if she could feature us in her latest post.  Take a look for yourself and you could be the lucky winner of one of our vintage linen Beach Hut cushions...

Picture Perfect...

Today I have been playing with Mosaic Maker an online tool that allows you to create your own inspiration boards.  It is perfect if you don't happen to have Photoshop [or similar] available at your fingertips.  It is free and, take it from me, incredibly simple to use!  You can choose to upload your images from a variety of sources and you can even choose the background and frame colours.  It does, however, re-size all the images as squares so choose your source material carefully.  

This is my first attempt, featuring some of my vintage linen designs, so please be kind...

Twinkle Twinkle...

We always have some of these gorgeous vintage [Amish] Barn Stars in our store.  They have become very popular recently and we now see them in all the magazines!  Now, we don't have anything against the reproduction ones, they make great decorative pieces, but we think that part of the charm of a vintage piece is the story behind it.  That's why we only stock the real thing!  Each one is completely unique with a look that only comes with genuine age.

Inspiration Calls...

I have spent a lovely afternoon in the studio, working on some more new designs, which need to go to photography, before launching at Pulse in a couple of weeks and yes, I know I am leaving it a bit late but when inspiration strikes... what is a girl to do?

Since I can't show you the actual designs, just yet, I thought a few pics of the studio might act as a substitute for now?  It's not pretty and it's certainly not tidy but it's mine...

Before [and after] clean up!

A Vintage Pile!