House Of Eve

So sorry for the delayed post, i've been working on a rather exciting project. I have been helping some very lovely people set up their new boutique in Clifton, Bristol. It's called House of Eve and they stock designer and vintage women's wear. I've been doing their windows and floor plan as well as a bit of buying - it's been brilliant fun.

House of Eve - Window Design

Labels wise we're selling Danish designers Numph;

Numph

 

And Laundry Room;

 

Laundry Room

And some handpicked vintage dresses, shirts, shoes and bags (we've only been open 3 weeks and we've had to do a second bag run already as everyone has gone crazy for them!)

Vintage 

These pictures were taken just before we opened and in the last two weeks we've added a lot more vintage and have some super soft scarves and very cool jewellery. Next time i'm there i'll take some pics but you can also see what bits and pieces there are via face book - House of Eve and fingers crossed there will be a website soon.

Official opening is 5th November and the address is 91a White Ladies Road, Clifton, Bristol (next to bar humbug). If you're around come and say hi for your free cupcake (with any purchase) and if you're not around then come say hi anytime!

Averys - For all you Wedding Wine needs

I've wanted to blog about Averys for some time now for no other fact than when we were organising our wedding they were beyond superb!
Apart from the gorgeous and unique environment;

wine tasting table

And the obvious experience and expertise;

 

 

They were open and made us feel totally relaxed when we said we had X amount to spend and we needed X amount of bottles (and trust me it wasn't much!)
They got out a selection and let us taste and decide for ourselves - without any of the hideous wine snobbery - which wines would be best for our day and our guest.

We were so delighted by the whole experience that we also treated ourselves to a little something special;

 

 

We have been to Averys on and off since, whenever we have wanted to buy a friend something that you can't get in the supermarket or when we have wanted to treat ourselves to the experience of feeling special without breaking the bank - their good basic wine is the same cost as supermarkets but the quality is so much better.
Go and see for yourselves, it's totally worth the trip: Averys Wine Cellars, 9 Colver Street, Bristol, BS1 5LD  www.averys.com

Vintage Tea Party Co.

For those of you that have never been to Carmarthen in Wales it could be described as "up and coming" in terms of fashion so I was thoroughly excited to see a Vintage Crockery shop pop up on Mansel Street just off the main high street.

The Vintage Tea Party Co. hire Vintage Crockery for weddings and special occasions and are doing so well that they have opened a little boutique selling pretty home wares to accompany their vintage china

 

 

If you're in the neighbourhood you could drop in or alternatively look them up at their tranquil website http://www.thevintageteapartyco.com.

Street Art in Bristol

Again apologies for not posting anything dressy but I've been making and making and I can't let you see the dresses until the weddings happen next year (they will be worth the wait and I'm already hatching a plan to get some lovely vintage dresses headed your way so please hang on in there!)
So for now I thought I would share with you some spectacular street art that is on display near the Old Fire Station in the centre of Bristol. It really is breath taking, and if I was looking at having an urban wedding this summer I would make everyone head down there for some amazing and unique wedding photos;

Family day out!

Hanging plants for an Urban Reception?

I really like the idea of hanging plants within an urban environment to take the grey edge off. I think it could work really well if you had an out door space for your inner city wedding reception.

 

 

 

 

There is a whole lot more and I can't recommend enough that you pop down to see it if you're in town as the scale makes it really amazing.

Something vintage next time - promise
xkt