Well – 2016 has arrived bringing with it extremely welcome Rains and many newly engaged couples! Looking at these consultations (and the corresponding Pinterest boards) I’ve noticed some common threads and similar themes starting to emerge. Many of the ideas are a continuation of what we’ve seen in the past year, but there are some new, […]
Well, winter is giving us her ‘cold shoulder’ here in the midlands. Icy temperatures with a snowy-edged wind driving all but the bonkers indoors! Time spent cuddled up next to a roaring fire noticing the specially collected items loaded with personal memories. The sun-bleached shells from a wild trip to Mozam, the tiny hand-carved bone hare on […]
I honestly love everything about auctions Beyond drinking the coffee, buying non-banting sandwiches made by the wonderful fundraising ladies and seeing all the regular faces, I love the idea of re-using, re-purposing or re-finishing; the adrenaline-rush of going for someone’s granny’s old teapot and getting it, knowing that a bunch of rosemary or cluster roses […]
Because Petals is always evolving, I like to keep an eye on what’s happening at the very heights of fashion. Rather than being enslaved to them, I see trends as sources of inspiration, to which I add my own stamp of uniqueness based on what is locally and seasonally available – and where my creativity […]
Before I opened my shop in 2014, I had to completely transform the look and feel of the existing store in Nottingham Road. My design objective was to shed the old brand entirely to create a space that was unique to the local market. I drew my inspiration from European florists such as Odorantes in […]