Thank you to the MyDeco folk for asking me down to host a design clinic in their pop-up shop. I spoke to lots of lovely people and it was interesting to hear everyones wallpaper dilemas. Thanks to all of those who came, I’d love to hear any follow up stories!

I’d been on the hunt to get some professional photographs of my wallpapers done for some time… I met up with a few photographers in London, deciding to go with Laura Edwards. I loved the use of natural light in her food shots I had seen, and the minimal fussing with afterwards. Laura also assured me she had plenty of props, and original wooden floors which I thought would really work well with my papers…

On arrival to the shoot I wasn’t let down! We had a full day cutting, sticking, gaffer taping and playing around with all of Laura’s lovely ornaments and antique furniture. I’m over the moon with the results – watch this space for the next shoot!

During my London visit, I swung by 100% Design at Earls Court to pay the &Then Design lads a visit. I’d posted them a roll of Lady Green wallpaper, and was excited to see it up on their stand – it was really nice to see it with more than one drop up alongside their gorgeous furniture.

Here are a few of my favourite pieces from Liberty’s current Prints Charming exhibition. With all sorts of things scattered about on the 4th floor, it was tough to decide what I liked best… I really liked the wall piece with all of the different Liberty fabrics pinned onto it, as well as the printed framework of the bicycle and the cute little teapots… There was also some beautiful Cacharel printed summer dresses, which I guess will have to wait until next summer now since ours never actually happened. Oh well…

Last week I scooted down to London for the evening for the launch of Charlotte Abrahams’ book The Ultimate Guide to Wallpaper. The party was held at the Cole & Son factory, where we were treated to seeing the factory in full printing action. My highlight was Ron, who in his 49th year of service showed us how flocked paper was made the traditional way- using a sieve that had been there since 1925. Amazing.
Thank you to Charlotte Abrahams for putting together such a great book, and all those at Quadrille Publishing. Finally not forgetting all of those at Cole & Son for working overtime to let us see them in action, although I heard they got Friday off so maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing.

Thanks to Jen and all the girls from the Textiles group at Bartley Green School in Birmingham, for having me in a few weeks ago. I went in to do a workshop with the girls, and was realy impressed with what was produced by the end of the lesson.
Another thanks to Jen for supplying me with the photos.

Thankyou to Clare, Rachel and all the Year 10 Art students at my old high school, St. Augustine’s in Redditch, for letting me visit last week.
I had a wonderful afternoon talking to the students, and was very impressed with the work I saw. Things have changed so much since I was there!
Another thanks to Clare for sending me the photographs.

A quick thankyou to designer Linda Florence for taking time out of her busy schedule to meet with me not so long ago in Deptford, London.

After a sit down chat in a lovely little once-was-a-tube-carriage cafe, Linda showed me around her Cockpit Arts studio and also took me to see her ‘Deptford Ballroom’ Gaff, a woodern hut transformed into an outdoor ballroom for two, covered in her beautiful designs.

Cockpit Arts in Deptford are having a Christmas Open Studio event from Friday 5 December – Sunday 7 December, where you can browse and buy christmas presents that the designer-makers from the studio have been busy creating.