Vicky Trainor's Charity Summer Garden Party

Wedding stationer and inspiration powerhouse that is Vicky Trainor (ex work collegue and very supportive lovely friend) is always one to pull together great groups of people, that being through photoshoots, creative events, workshops or even just coffee mornings (keep your eye out - on Vicky's blog for future get togethers). Many months ago Vicky decided to throw a charity summer garden party for local creative business women and fans alike, in aid of a charity very close to her own heart, The Holistic Centre at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.

So this Wednesday as a ticketed event, Vicky threw her doors open and invited around 35 women into her beautiful home and garden for a lunchtime of scrumptious food, relaxed business chatter, tons of laughter and fabulous raffle prizes...

The buffet food was laid out in Vicky's gorgeous home studio which never ceases to disappoint the eye, so this time round I couldn't help but take some snapshots.

In the end over £600 was raised for this worthy charity, with many big names and talented designers from all over the UK and abroad freely donating gift prizes for the raffle including a signed copy of Selina Lakes amazing new book Homespun Style.

A big well done to Vicky! It was great to catch up with this list of fabulous ladies...Here's to next years garden party! Becky Mitchell Photography, Jo Leversuch Make Up By Jo, Debbie Stodgen Photography, Katie Byram Photography, Sarah Hestletine of Lillians House, Wendy Walker of Peeling Paint, Jane Day of Tea with Ruby, Lucy Leaver of Design Hub Art Workshops.     

MY WINING RAFFLE PRIZES!... A Vicky Trainor original...

And a a box of gift tag and ribbon goodies from Bits & Bobs. Happy days.

 A wander through the studio...

SurfacePhilia at Designers Marketplace & our Open Studio Night!

NEW STUDIO for moi!

I got my new studio keys last week and met my studio buddies :) The space is still pretty empty and needs sectioning with boards but I reckon we'll all be up and running within the next week! There are six of us moving into this two floor unit, aptly called STUDIO 69! Another five in the unit over the road and another eleven just on the other side of that. Got to love empty property council schemes!! Cant wait to get moved in properly and working next week.

My corner

Upstairs

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