Posts by Fay Martin
Fun of the Fair – new range!
Any new range I create has to have a little inspiration, and actually with this range I have rounded it off with a little Pinspiration too! Knowing I was off to Brighton on a hen-do this year, I had lots of ideas in mind for a pier/fun fair/circus/carnival themed range of occasion cards. I have…
Read MoreThe Guardian – Live Q&A session
As you may be aware, when I launched my business three years ago, I had the help and support of a fantastic business mentor provided by the Prince’s Trust, who stayed around for two years to guide me through the early stages of growing the business. His wealth of knowledge and experience definitely prevented me…
Read MoreNew designs – with some anti-valentine’s.
So, it’s about time I shared my new designs with you that are just launching. They will be available on the website soon.Every year I come up with one or two romantic ranges, and this year I was tempted to throw in a couple of ‘anti-valentine’s’ as well as my usual romantic ones. Here is…
Read MoreKelly Hoppen – Prince’s Trust Tomorrow campaign.
My first design meeting with Kelly Hoppen took place on 15th May at Kelly’s gorgeous studio based in Notting Hill. The entrance to Kelly’s studio is just as stylish as Kelly herself with beautiful tall trees and a long garden table leading up to the entrance where the design school meets throughout the year. Seeing…
Read MoreGrazia – The New Rule Britannia Crew!
I love how everything is British mad at the moment, for us designers it’s great as we have so much inspiration to choose from. For card publishers especially, there is plenty of food for thought with the up and coming Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics. There are so many publications featuring photos of the Queen…
Read MoreBlog awards.
A lovely member of the blog community has just given me two awards! The Sunshine Award and the Versatile Blogger Award. It feels really good to have my little blog recognised. I always love the feedback I get and comments under each post, so to have two awards in one go is amazing. Thank you…
Read MorePrince’s Trust – Tomorrow
Monday 14th May saw the launch of the Prince’s Trust new national campaign called ‘Tomorrow‘. Tomorrow embodies the vision at the very heart of The Prince’s Trust, that they believe every young person should have the chance to succeed. The campaign is championing the young talent of Britain and pairing 6 individuals with a mentor.…
Read MoreHarrods!
So, the exciting day finally arrived, and I am still in a spin from the day. I have lots of photos to share with you from my trip to Harrods. On Monday evening Mum and I travelled first class down to London where we were then taxied to the Millenium Hotel on Sloane Street for…
Read MoreSneaky peek!
Ok, so it would be a bit mean to keep completely hush hush until the unveiling of the Jubilee window, and so @HarrodsofLondon have tweeted a snippet of my design concept. A very rough sketch, but the visual team are working really hard to develop the ideas, and bring them to life.
Read MoreStreet Party Window
As you’ve read in recent posts I am the winner of the Harrods Street Party Window competition, and the launch day is really close now. I hadn’t realised how wide spread the competition had been, with lots of the fashion magazines featuring it online, lots of bloggers writing about it, alongside Harrods themselves tweeting and…
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