Merry Christmas

 It's time for a design, internet & work-related-thinking break - Have a very merry christmas!
I will be make christmas pate & paper leaf garlands as some gifts. Celebrating with friends around a bonfire, with music, food & cava and celebrating with family with good food, cheerfullness & relaxing. Until next time...

Anna Lovell's Christmas Sale

 I will be selling my products at Anna Lovell's Christmas Sale!

Dates: Friday 14th December 12 - 9pm, Saturday 15th December 11 – 6pm,
& Sunday 16th December 11 - 6pm
Location: 9, Links Yard, Spelman Street, London, E1 5LX.

Come along for a festive 15% discount on all my products!
Products including my 'Leaf Branch' Cushions & Mugs,
Accessories including patterned Travel Wallets &
Pocket Mirrors, perfect for pretty stocking fillers!
And there will be a wide selection of greetings cards,
Christmas cards & hand crafted paper decorations!

Spread the word, come along & find some goodies just in time for Christmas!

Spelman Street is located just behind Brick Lane,
Nearby Stations are Aldgate East, Shoreditch High Street & Liverpool Street.

Creative Clerkenwell Christmas Pop-Up Shop

This week Creative Clerkenwell have a Christmas Pop-Up shop at the Craft Central Showcase & I have a few Christmas cards & Decorations there too!

It's a beautiful show featuring 'Christmas delights from UK designers and makers' & there are also drop-in workshops for gift-wrapping and card-making.

 Thank you Creative Clerkenwell & Charlene!

Creative Clerkenwell Christmas Pop-Up Shop

Tue 11 – Sun 16 December, 2012
weekdays 11:30am – 7:30pm
weekend 12-5pm


Showcase at Craft Central
33-35 St John’s Square
London EC1M 4DS 
More info here 

My first stall

My first stall at the Salusbury School Christmas Fair was a success, Yippee! Thank you to all who came, bought & said lovely things. And thank you to the two most wonderful men in my life, (the dad & the boyfriend) for all their help & support. Now to keep on going, growing & to finding some more fairs to sell at!
Here are a few photographs of the day...

All items are available from my ONLINE SHOP

Golden Christmas

Image COPYRIGHT Freya Lines 2012. 

Christmas decoration, gold metal paint, gold tape, gold handmade leaf, gold cotton thread & gold pendant.

I come from a family who isn't that big on Christmas, it's a more chilled out affair, for family, food & relaxing after all working hard. It's certainly not about bright lights & excessive spending, we don't really get christmassy until a week before.
But for me, the things that inspire me & make the christmas season special are all the little festive touches, right from the start of the autumn leaves decorating the trees & pavements, to the sparkly ice on plants as it gets colder, as well as all the usual mulled wine & minced pies!

A big part of my festive season is Gold & all things Golden! Gold paper, gold paint, gold thread, gold ink, gold nail varnish, gold jewellery & gold makeup!

This reflects in my products, with the 'Golden Autumn' notecards range, hand finished with gold paint, 'Christmas pattern' & 'Folded Leaf' cards in gold envelopes & my new 'Paper Leaf Garlands', made with gold paper & hung on gold thread. 

oh & I do love annoying my family with cheesy Christmas songs!

Check out my little online shop here

Paper Leaves Garland

Image COPYRIGHT Freya Lines 2012

Image COPYRIGHT Freya Lines 2012

Image COPYRIGHT Freya Lines 2012

Image COPYRIGHT Freya Lines 2012

This Christmas I making handmade 'Paper Leaf Garlands' as festive decorations!
Inspired by the paper leaf garland I made for my home last year, see blogpost here.
I have designed & made five different leaf shapes, based on the Silver Birch, English Elm, Wild Ash, Beach & Aspen Leaves.
They are hand cut & hand folded from gold double sided metalic paper & hung on gold cotton thread.

They will be sold at the Salusbury School Christmas Fair and some other little shows I am doing in December (if I can make more in time).

Packet's include...
10 x Handmade leaves
in 5 different designs (2 of each design)
on 1 metre of 100% cotton thread
Garlands can be taped or tied, it's up to you.
Garlands must be hung tightly so leaves do not fall & group in the middle.

Salusbury School Christmas Fair

 I will be selling my products on my first ever stall! 

On Saturday the 8th of December, from 11am - 3pm
I will be at the Salusbury School Christmas Fair.

Come along for a festive 15% discount on all my products!
Products including my 'Leaf Branch' Cushions & Mugs,
Accessories including patterned Travel Wallets &
Pocket Mirrors, perfect for pretty stocking fillers!
And there will be a wide selection of greetings cards,
Christmas cards & hand crafted paper decorations!

Spread the word, come along & find some goodies just in time for Christmas!

Salusbury School is located on Salusbury Road
Nearby Stations include Queens Park, Brondesbury Park & Kilburn Park.

Decorative Book Covers

I'm so excited to have received these samples in the post from Enitharmon Press!

A little project completed last month using my two of my designs to decorate U.A Fanthorpes books of poems.
My 'Herb Sprigs' pattern is on the U.A Fanthorpe & R.V Bailey 'From me to you' Love poems and my evergreen Leaf Branch pattern on the U. A Fanthorpe 'Christmas Poems'.
I'm looking forward to snuggling up on the sofa with a hot chocolate & having a read of them. My name is on the back cover too!

Thankyou Peter Target & Enitharmon Press!