English Vintage

On My Work Table Today

2012-02-01T01:00:00.000-08:00

The beginnings of a few spring tags...

Mixed Media Tags

2012-01-26T04:46:00.000-08:00

Samples of mixed media swing tags fashioned from scraps of vintage ephemera and shards of old lace.

Mixed Media Miss Haversham

2012-01-24T03:22:00.000-08:00

Mixed media Miss Haversham Swing tickets for Spring 2012.

A Rosie Hue

2012-01-16T00:59:00.000-08:00

Miss Haversham detailing, a silken fabric rose corsage, a little diamante' sparkle.

Miss Haversham Collection

2012-01-12T10:41:00.001-08:00

English Vintage and Miss Haversham.
Scraps and shards pasted to canvases and boards.
Inspiration comes via Dickens.
These small offerings are just that.
Sit on a mantel, add a flickering candle and dream.
Available to buy on line, at The English Vintage Emporium.

Opening Soon

2011-12-27T23:43:00.000-08:00

English Emporium will be opening very soon.
Stocking delicious vintage goods and beautiful handmade keepsakes, fresh flowers and foliage, authentic vintage jewelry and accessories to adorn the body and delight the soul.

For now click on the ONLINE EMPORIUM link for a little of what is to come...

The Humble Jam Jar Tea Light Holder

2011-12-21T01:53:00.000-08:00

Possibly the most simplest of creations.
Recycled jam jars, wrapped in vintage paper, old tea stained muslin, a mother of pearl button, a scrap of lace and an ink stamped tag.

Shards Scraps & Fragments

2011-12-17T01:51:00.001-08:00

Paper, lace, fabric, paint and ink...
Miss Haversham inspired offerings, on canvas or behind glass.
To inspire Great Expectations...

Pewter Steel Steampunk Waterfall Adornment

2011-12-14T04:48:00.000-08:00

Pewter steel tangled chain mail, cascading shards of steel and gypsy coin medallions.
For those not afraid of a little dishevelled adornment.
£25 available on oline...

SOLD

2011-12-11T10:54:00.000-08:00

The return of the English Vintage treasure parcel.
Scraps of cotton fabric, shards of lace, paper ephemera and a few old buttons, finished with a handmade tag!
Available from The English Vintage online emporium...SOLD

SOLD

2011-12-03T23:32:00.000-08:00

A lovely little vintage plaster Madonna statue £15 available on-line. SOLD

Tea Stained Music

2011-11-29T03:37:00.000-08:00

Having purchased ink jet fabric from a crafting emporium, was totally unimpressed with both quality and finish, i decided to concoct my own, from vintage tea stained muslin!
This is much better...

It's All In The Detail

2011-11-09T07:58:00.000-08:00

Ragged scraps of old fabric, carefully placed in a haphazard way.
Chipped vintage mother of pearl buttons, and a wooden Lilliputesque button.
Just some of the detailing fashioned onto simple keepsake pouches and bags.

Vintage Scraps

2011-10-28T01:39:00.000-07:00

Vintage scraps of tea stained muslin, a shard or two of lace, an old mother of pearl button, and a little light music.
Detailing on a hessian bag, ready for a night at the opera or a nail from which to hang...

Delicate Vintage Oyster Lace

2011-10-24T00:28:00.000-07:00

2" fine and delicate oyster lace trim
£2.50 yard free p & p.
Longer lengths available.
Comes wrapped around a handmade vintage tag...

Gothic Revival

2011-10-21T04:08:00.000-07:00

Cast and wrought iron, and a few petals...

Paper Offerings

2011-10-18T03:03:00.000-07:00

Recycled card, vintage papers, a little ink stamping, a few old buttons and a twist of wire...

Miss Marple Corsage Brooches

2011-10-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

Vintage Harris tweed and old buttons, fashioned into corsage brooches.
Autumn adornment for the town or country...

Vintage Handmade Wrapping Paper

2011-10-12T02:12:00.000-07:00

Vintage papers stuck together, a little ink stamping and a sprinkling of silver gliiter.

Tattered & Torn

2011-10-04T02:43:00.000-07:00

Oyster and dusky pink Edwardian brocade, shimmering muslin, Indian metallic thread and vintage buttons from the bottom of the old family quality street tin,
Stitched together to fashion a corsage brooch, i call her Little Nell.
Somewhat dishevelled, sweet and a little mischievous...

Autumn Collection

2011-09-29T01:47:00.001-07:00

Autumn inspiration collection.
Falling leaves, branches and bark.
Donegall and Harris tweed, corduroy and wool...

Images for the Book...

2011-09-27T04:55:00.000-07:00

Styling imagery for the book.
Paper ephemera, some old, some new, and some, somewhere in between...

Vintage Patchwork Lavender Heart

2011-09-24T23:41:00.000-07:00

Tiny scraps of vintage taffeta, brocade and plaid, shards of metallic braid all stitched together, then filled with dried lavender, finally an old button and a length of garden jute from which to hang...

Painted Muslin Bow

2011-09-21T02:07:00.000-07:00

Painted muslin bows and a little "LOVE" tag.
Available online at English Vintage...

Vintage Paper and Fabric

2011-09-09T05:14:00.000-07:00

Simple and natural, vintage paper and fabric goods...

Autumn Adornment

2011-09-07T03:16:00.000-07:00

The beginnings of some Autumn adornment, still in the early stages, antique lace shards, vintage ceramic beads, and an old key yet to add...

ENGLISH VINTAGE ONLINE EMPORIUM

2011-09-02T01:35:00.000-07:00

Rustic country vintage paper collage.

English Vintage Online Emporium

2011-08-26T01:34:00.000-07:00

Handmade keepsakes and vintage goods available at English Vintage online Emporium.

English Vintage Online Emporium

2011-08-21T00:12:00.000-07:00

English Vintage Online Emporium.
Handmade paper and textile keepsakes.

English Vintage Online Emporium

2011-08-20T11:03:00.000-07:00

Over the next few weeks i will be adding handmade goods and vintage finds to the English Vintage Online Emporium...

Early Autumn Collection

2011-08-12T22:58:00.000-07:00

Sorting fabrics for an early autumn collection.
Raspberry and dusty rose pinks, a spinkling of metallic gold thread.
Wool, taffeta, brocades and damasks...

Fanny's basket...

2011-07-27T04:53:00.002-07:00

Used in many a photo shoot, time worn and brittle, and with only one handle, distressed and sun bleached, yet full of vintage charm...

Spanish Beauty

2011-07-19T05:16:00.000-07:00

A ladies powder room, decorated with vintage prints...

Bunting

2011-07-18T00:34:00.000-07:00

Fashioned from vintage flour sack cloth and scraps of paper ephemera.
Window decoration for an organic tea shop...

Autumnal Adornment

2011-07-17T03:17:00.000-07:00

Boiled pure wool, knitted fairisle corsage, a sprinkling of tiny glass beads and grandads cardigan button add a little finishing detail.

Keeping It Simple...

2011-07-14T03:35:00.000-07:00

Decoration for a vintage tea room, not a cup cake insight.
Traditional fruit cake, Victoria sponge and scones served with clotted cream and home made strawberry preserve.

Retail Dressing

2011-07-12T07:56:00.000-07:00

Perfecting the visual aesthetics for a retail enterprise, is an art form, probably more so, than what is actually being sold from within its walls.

Get the shop facade looking right, an interior, that on entry makes the heart beat a little faster, supply customers with bags, tags and tissue you know they secretly covet, let alone what is concealed inside, and you are surely half way there to a successful retail business...

Eclectic Bohemian

2011-07-10T02:48:00.000-07:00

The philosophy: A disregard for the conventional, a marriage of anything from differing walks of life, be it textiles, furniture, art, clothing. Always veering towards the avant-garde, the end result being both enchanting and harmonious...

Vintage Treasure Parcel

2011-07-03T02:21:00.000-07:00

A box of vintage fabric scraps, lengths of ribbon, braid, lace, and some woollen yarn, also a card of buttons and a few old glass beads...

Turkish Delight

2011-07-02T03:18:00.000-07:00

Often you have heard it told "all that glitters is not gold"

Faded Grandeur

2011-06-27T23:26:00.000-07:00

A time worn timber painted shop sign...

Larkrise to Candleford

2011-06-27T01:08:00.001-07:00

Stoneware pots, jute and a pretty face...

Hand dyed Linen

2011-06-27T00:52:00.000-07:00

Edwardian tray cloths and napkins.

Earth Tones

2011-06-25T02:38:00.000-07:00

Muddy hues of differing mediums...

Objects of Desire

2011-06-22T04:50:00.001-07:00

A flaking gilt frame, a worn vintage french grain sack and a dishevelled cast lamp base.
Handmade cushions fashioned from vintage textiles...

Adorn

2011-06-17T05:19:00.000-07:00

Simple pieces of furniture are covered in pages from The London Illustrated News c.1890.
A ghostly, barely there appearance, from which to display jewelry in a little north London boutique...

Decayed Elegance

2011-06-16T07:28:00.000-07:00

In it's day a fine 19th century claret and gold brocade over stuffed ladies arm chair.
Today the source of great intrigue and illusion, taking centre stage as a piece of decayed elegant art, that was much frowned upon by the vetting committee at The Great Antiques Fair in London.
The long stemmed blood red roses representing living beauty that also eventually fades.
Again frowned upon by said committee.

Perchance to Dream

2011-06-16T05:32:00.000-07:00

A bed of stone, luxurious panne' and devore' velvet throws, trailing ivy, flickering candles.
19th century salvaged elements transformed into a medieval chamber.
The Great Antiques Fair London...

Timber & Paper Plaques

2011-06-16T03:23:00.000-07:00

Never wanting to throw anything away, i had to find a use for these off cuts.
Once roof boarding from a 19th century school, now discarded on the work shop floor.
After sanding the face and the edges, i applied a water based glue and arranged old scraps of paper and some ink stamped pieces of vintage linen.
A fine coat of a water based matt varnish to seal.
A hole drilled at either side and a wire loop from which to hang.
These were used to decorate a window of an art supplies shop...

Vintage Props

2011-06-16T03:06:00.000-07:00

An old linen covered mannequin and a 19th century steel daybed, were the props for a trade fair in Islington.
The mannequin was to be draped in upcycled jewelry fashioned from beads and baubles from vintage pre war necklaces, bracelets and brooches.
The daybed was strewn with cushions handmade from old, vintage and antique tattered and torn textiles.
The overall effect was quite stunning...

Bohemian Patchwork

2011-06-16T02:22:00.000-07:00

My most absolute favourite colour palette, rich mulberry, aubergine and deep dark plummy blackberry, juxtaposed with a little tarnished old gold.
Simple patchwork cushions, whilst some time is taken in the placing of the brocades, damasks, silks and woollen pieces, the finished look should appear to have been quite effortless.
These were fashioned to be strewn onto a sumptuously delicious deep plummy velvet chesterfield at a very lovely disceet little hotel on the south coast...

Vintage Paper Scraps

2011-06-16T01:49:00.000-07:00

Working with old time worn paper is a pure joy.
These pieces were used to line pigeon holes in a lifestyle emporium.
The art director for the company wanted a timeless yet aged appearance that would work regardless of the season, i thought these did the job...

Stamped cardboard Heart

2011-06-15T09:39:00.000-07:00

These were great fun to make.
Cut the cardboard into hearts, then paint with an ordinary household matt emulsion.
To distress, lightly sand the face and the edges with a fine glass paper.
Decorate with inked stamps, when dry apply a light coat of a matt water based varnish.
Finally take a length of jute or fine ribbon, make a loop and stitch by machine at the top/reverse of the heart
These little darlings were used to decorate the window of a chocolate shop on the Kings road London

Fabric Scraps

2011-06-15T07:14:00.000-07:00

Scraps of Edwardian pillow slip fabric, even the smallest of pieces can be transformed into a thing of beauty!

Lush

2011-06-15T07:03:00.001-07:00

This time a garden room, i am the least green fingered person imaginable, Gertrude Jekyll i most definitely am not.
My brief was that of a fusion between a Victorian conservatory and the cocktail bar at Raffles...

Neutrals

2011-06-15T06:33:00.000-07:00

Creams, earthenware and zinc all very neutral, these elements work well together, bringing a sense of calm and tranquility.
These random pieces were gathered together for inspiration, as i worked on a florist tucked away down in the west country...