Priory 900 Launch! 24th March 2013, Palm Sunday!

Yesterday was the launch of the long awaited celebration... The Priory 900. If you follow me and my work this fantastic celebration began with the name the mouse competition featuring my Mr Mouse which is now called Gilbert de Mouse! 

Arriving at the Priory it was great to see the entire church full showing great support from the residents of Bridlington. Not only was this Palm Sunday and the launch of Priory 900 but we were very excited for the service to be held by the Archbishop of York- John Sentamu. I felt like a paparazzi taking these pictures but I couldn't resist capturing him on my phone.

The Priory is a beautiful building and definitely Bridlington's iconic to the town. I am very honoured to have had a part in this celebration. 

For more information about the forthcoming events this spring/summer check out their website:

http://www.priory900.org

A little Commission :)

A few weeks ago, I completed my first little commission for a friend who gave me free reign on what I could produce for them. The main task being they wanted this poem which has sentimental value to them on a piece of fabric. 

I thought about putting the text on the screen but in the end decided to embroider the wording by hand. This was quite time consuming but I found it a rather relaxing change compared to my normal screen printing. 

After all the embroidering the next task was to make the plain white fabric come to life with some colour. This bit scared me as I had taken so much time with the embroidery, if the colour went wrong it would be such a shame. After quizzing my friend about colour I chose a lemon yellow and an orange scarlet dye. Using a paint brush I painted the dye directly onto the fabric whilst wet letting the two colours merge. I chose to the keep the dye the lightest around the text. 

Then it was the part I was also very excited about... adding abit of screen print! The lady who the poem was for LOVES animals so I knew she would be a fan of Mr Squirrel!

Mr Squirrel was then brought to life a little with some embroidery for himself.

And there you go! The finished piece! 

http://www.facebook.com/Laurenchericedesign

Tote Bags at the Topshop Metro Centre with the Folio!

Last friday the Folio at CCAD went on tour with the DIY Kids art and design students to the Topshop Store at the Metro Centre. Taking place was a fun badge workshop along with a brilliant display of some of the products featured in the Folio at CCAD in Hartlepool.

Above, you make recognise my black totes in the middle which went along!

For More images of the day please click here!

Image Credit to CCAD.

Christmas Decorations Are Away for Another Year!

Its that time to take down all the decorations and have a good hoover of all the bits of tinsel which has come apart. When having a tidy I came across my Christmas cards I received. This particular one is from a close friend of mine from the class of 2011.

Beverly Parish creates these beautiful designs and I was very excited to receive her card through the post. Check out her work here www.littleshopofcrafts.blogspot.com !

Hope I get one next year :)

Where has the Week Gone!

I don't know where the week has gone! I can't believe its been a week since the degree show night! Well- incase you haven't been to see everyones beautiful work the show is still on till tomorrow at Church Square, Hartlepool! This week everyone also got their final marks back. For my FMP I got 78% and Professional Practice I got 90% I am so pleased. I've never worked so hard and these results put a smile on my little face! Next week- preparation for New Designers! Yay!

Lovely Surprise!

After the degree show I go a lovely surprise! My close friend Annie who came to see the degree show had bought me this lovely journal! I absolutely love the stuff you can buy in paperchase and this is going to be perfect for me to log my next adventures in! I love it! Thank you Annie!

Pretty Flowers!

For my birthday I also received this lovely bunch of flowers which are now in full bloom!

It Was My Birthday :)

So yesterday it was my birthday and it was such a lovely day apart from I came down with a really big cold! So now I'm suffering today.. however I still must plod on as it will soon be easter in no time! Here is a card I received which is lovely! It was hand made by my friend Beverly Parish who's on my course with me! Check out her work here- www.unikostudio.com

My Vintage Finds!

Whilst in Paris me and my friends went on the hunt for vintage clothes shop and we found some gorgeous expensive ones and some very cheap crazy ones! There was so much to choose and I managed to find a few buys myself! and for 10€ you can't go wrong! Here are my finds...