RACHEL GOODCHILD - DESIGNER

24/05/2013

DESIGN PROJECT

Here is the design for the next The Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra concert to be held at St. Georges, Bristol with soloist Romain Lapeyre. The orchestra performs three concerts a year and Ovation Finance are their sponsors. Details of this concert are below. To book tickets, please click HERE.

Concert Poster

Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra: concert advertisement in The Bristol Magazine

Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra: concert advertisement in the West Country Magazine

Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra, June 2013: Concert Poster, Flyer and E-flyer.

A 14 page programme available on the night.

To see the orchestra's website: bristolmetropolitanorchestra.com

Twitter: @BMetOrchestra Facebook: facebook.com/Bristol-Metropolitan-Orchestra

01/05/2013

BRISTOL VINTAGE WEDDING FAIR 2013

I recently exhibited at the Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair in Bristol. The event that has been running for quite afew years now is organised by Ali Cook from Bristol Vintage. The very talented Marie Man took the photographs that day and I would like to share with you these images.

All photography by Marie Man

11/04/2013

PRETTY NOSTALGIC

I am pleased to announce

I have joined the team at Pretty Nostalgic

For those of you who haven't heard of Pretty Nostalgic, it is a bi-monthly home and lifestyle magazine that celebrates vintage, traditional and sustainable ways of living. We passionately support independent British producers, and love seeking out unique, eclectic homes and meeting people who love life and live by their own rules. The magazine is packed with inspiration to help make your house a home, to fill your kitchen with homegrown and foraged food, to inspire you to reuse and upcycle and to make every day an adventure. It is a handbook for creative, curious and resourceful folk who yearn for a simple, stylish and sustainable lifestyle.

As of issue 7 the Magazine (due out May 2013), we will be on sale worldwide. We have many plans for this year including developing our Brilliantly British Directory Listing. If you join the listing, your company will appear online and in the Magazine.

Pretty Nostalgic will be putting on its first event this Winter in a stunning venue (to be announced soon). Subscribers to the directory will be eligible for a reduction on exhibition fees.

You can buy the latest issue of the Magazine from our local stockists or from selected branches of WH Smiths. Alternatively, you can order a copy online and we’ll deliver it to you – with free postage within the UK. You can also subscribe for 1 year and the next 6 issues will be delivered to your door before it reaches the shops.

The Pretty Nostalgic ethos

{ SPEND WISELY }

...by celebrating British producers, who make items with care,
pay fairly and use quality materials.

{ WASTE LESS }

...by learning how to reduce,
reuse and recycle within our own homes
with the aim of living in a more sustainable way.

{ APPRECIATE MORE }

...by using and collecting antiques and vintage goods;

by placing more than a monetary value on our possessions

and by celebrating our family, friends and community.

Have a peek at a few pages from our latest magazine (Issue 6)

Delve into old botanical volumes

Investigate more about collaborative consumption

A vintage shaving guide

Donna Flower shares her floral fabrics

Inspiration for upcycling projects

To join Pretty Nostalgic on...

Twitter, please click HERE

Facebook, please click HERE

Pinterest, please click HERE

Or visit the website HERE

Nicole Burnett | Publisher and Managing Director

Jo Keeling | Editor

29/03/2013

SPRING VINTAGE CLOTHES RUMMAGE

Vintage goodies

The family recently helped with the sorting out of my mother's vintage clothes collection. This involved going through to see what was inside and making sure each item was repacked in the correct box. Many of these clothes have remained in boxes for many years and are therefore very creased and smelled strongly of mothballs. Before they were packed away again I just had to get a few images of some of the items. The images below are of the clothes, un-ironed, and simply popped on from the box. As the clothes were all small in size I had to used my aughters and nieces to model them for me.

Repairing and naming boxes

Every shelf has wonderful collections

Family members all trying on dresses

1930's dress

1930's lace blouse

1930's pure silk crepe

1950's Halter neck satin ball gown with matching bolero jacket

Mint green lace over dress

1940's crepe dressing gown

Fabric loveliness!

1930's dressing gown

1930's black Velvet top with flash and split detail

1930's red silk dress - cut on the cross

1950's Cotton Dress with full skirt

1930's satin black jacket over lace shirt

1950's dress pattern

1930's orange crepe dress

1960's dress with cream lace collar

1960's Blue Satin Ball gown

1960's Mini dress with matching Jacket in green and white

1960's embroidered top

1930's silk velvet dress

1970's oriental floor length dress

1940's black Bette Davies dress with beaded design

1960's Mini dress in white with red spots

1950's Cotton velvet Floor length leopard print evening coat

Below are some photographs that were taken using items from the collection, as well as the actual storage room that houses the collection as well. Taken mainly by Rosalind Jana of Clothes Cameras and Coffee and Rosa Fay of Rosa Fay Photography.