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Peggies…

24th September 2015

My dear friend Michelle and creator of the beautiful Betty embroideries has been busy beavering away with Janet Gibson on a new little project. Peggies… peg dolls made from lots of found treasures around their studios and Staunton Harrold woods. From scraps of fabric and lace, old buttons and beads and haberdashery odd items such as old cotton reels to foraged finds around the woods such as acorn cups, feathers, sycamore wings, twigs and branches. There was even one little Peggy with an old watering can flower head as a hat, she looked just like Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady!!…

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Traditions, customs, etiquette & a few little tips!

23rd January 2013

If you’ve decided to have a traditional wedding it can be confusing who does what & when, particularly if you’ve never arranged a wedding before! While chatting through stationery orders we’re often asked for our thoughts & ideas. Weddings can be tricky & stressful but thankfully there’s some good old wedding traditions that can help solve your problems. Some of them should most definitely stay in the past but others are kind of cute, so if for one day why not embrace a few old traditions and have fun?! We’ve put together a few little tips, ideas & a whole heap of traditions to…

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Ecocraft Vintage Garden Party Wedding Invitations

12th December 2012

Here on the Hummingbird blog we often show you bespoke designs. Today, we thought we’d do something a little different & share with you a recent order from our whimsical stationery collection. Jane & Gareth came to us a few months ago to order their wedding invitations. They’re getting married in March next year & needed day invitations, evening invitations & RSVP cards. They chose the Vintage Garden Party design with a combination of both laser cut & printed elements. The day invitations were laser cut & finished with ecocraft inlay & champagne ribbon. The evening invitations & RSVP cards were…

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A Vintage Fairytale

18th July 2012

Carla & Michael made an appointment to came to see us at the studio to commission their bespoke wedding stationery, then the fun began! They are getting married this September at Warwick Castle & have created a ‘Vintage Fairytale’ theme in a rich palette of soft neutrals, chocolate brown & gold. They bought sketches, pictures & cuttings from magazines along with them & were so full of enthusiasm! Carla told us ‘I loved the process of doing my own sketches to bring to your design studio. It’s been one of the highlights of planning the wedding so far – & I have my oversized owl…

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Vintage Garden Party from the new Whimsical collection …

22nd May 2012

We’re really pleased to share with you some pics from our new Whimsical Wedding Collection. If you’re planning a garden fete style wedding, love bunting or are passionate about all things vintage, this is the wedding stationery for you! The Garden Party collection started life with our laser cut Garden Party invite & has evolved in to a whole collection of items designed to perfectly complement each other. We think it’s a wonderful mix of our best elements – beautiful laser cutting which shows the technique at it’s best & gorgeous printed pieces which can use coloured print & natural eco card…

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Vintage Finds…..

1st October 2009

Some lovely little vintage finds to inspire us!

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