♥ Rankidoodle Wedding Invites ♥

I have added some NEW Downloadable Wedding Stationery collections to my Rankidoodle Weddings shop so please take a look.

I decided to create downloadable collections to make my designs more affordable for everyone (and a little easier for me too!)  It is only £25 for a set containing Invitation, RSVP, Thank you card, 2/3 back patterns and detailed instructions.  You can then pay extra (£8 - £12) for a save the date, menu, info card, night invite, order of service, placecards etc.  You can then either print at home OR take to your local printers.

I am also in the process of designing downloadable bunting, envelope liners, table numbers and table plans too to fit with each theme.

All designs available in multiple colourways, here are invitation colour options

for the "Love Tree" collection...

Save the Date & Order of service from the "Ahoy there" collection...

 Placecards & Menu (on a stick) from "Butterflies" collection...

 My MOST popular is the "Bunting" collection, here is the Invitation, RSVP & Thank you card...

 Invite, RSVP and Thank you card for the "Bike Love" collection...

★ It's PRETTY Old ★

Here's another look at my recent vintage treasure finds...

Sunday 28th July

Lebberston Car Boot, Scarborough

Queens' Coronation Tin

Old Rose water bottle

8 x Mother of pearl buttons

A cigarette box

2 x vintage threads

A Queens' coronation tunnel card

I think this is my favourite vintage find EVER!

It's a Queens' coronation Tunnel card, it has a little hole in the front and when you look through it... 

...this is what you see...

...LOVE IT!!!

Please take a look at my It's PRETTY Old shop where I sell my vintage treasures.

♥ Stitchy stitchy! ♥

I recently purchased some bargain embroidery hoops while in the charity shops.  It got me thinking - I used to LOVE a bit of stitching and am going to start again, watch this space...

...until then, here are some pics of stitchy projects from back int' day...

First is my entry to the The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap which I won by the way, the theme was "discover".  You can see all the entries here and read a blogpost about the previous years' entry (bloom) here.

stitchy caravan & bunting

close up

  

Pretty appliqued cakes...

 ...Craft Fair stitchies...

Lavender bags, hearts etc

Pin cushion scrap pack

...stitchy cards...

valentines cards

...and Christmas stitchies!

felt garland

Tree decorations

★ It's PRETTY Old ★

Sometimes you find treasures and sometimes you don't.

A couple of weeks I decided to visit my local carboot sale and I returned with some real treasures - I am SOOOO excited to show you...


Sunday 14th July
Lebberston Car Boot, Scarborough

Ringtons Tea tin
6 x penguin books (1x1st edition)
Treasure Island book

Scarborough watercolour print
Small blue & white Teacup & saucer
Myott floral teacup & saucer

Five Foley teacups & saucers

I just LOVE this treasure Island book cover...

Definately my "buy of the day!" 

I definately won't be Teacup candling these beauties.

Please take a look at my It's PRETTY Old shop where I sell my vintage treasures.

♥ Rankidoodle Loves SHIPS IN BOTTLES ♥

Am a little obsessed by anything nautical (must be the sea air!) and I especially LOVE "Ships in Bottles" I have started a little collection...er well when I say collection...I have two...

...but I'd like a collection like Mark wahlbergs' character in Lovely Bones...

I also found ths fab video about Sydney-based ship builder Ray Gascoigne who has been around boats his whole life as a shipwright and merchant seaman, and now builds intricate boats on the smallest dry dock there is: a bottle.

Bottled History from Smith Journal on Vimeo.

♥ NEW PAPERCUT WEDDING PICTURES ♥

My little fingers have been busy cutting out these new papercut wedding pictures now available in my wedding SHOP

Each one is unique and designed especially for you!

They are also available for New baby, Anniversarys, & Birthdays...

Papercut by hand...

...work in progress...

...Yay! finished

Now lets wrap it up nice x

★ NEW Rankidoodle Website COMING SOON! ★

Exciting times!!! Currently having a FAB new website built.

Keep checking www.rankidoodle.com for Wedding & Social Stationery, Greetings cards and lots of other Rankidoodle goodies!

In the meantime you can find my wares here, here, here & here.

MOYO Magazine

MOYO Magazine is a FAB Magazine all about surface pattern, it is crammed full of great designs, designer interviews, tips and competitions and it's FREEEE! 

Please take a look and check out my "Rankidoodle Secret Book Box" on p3...

Secret Book Box

My NEW Secret Book Boxes are now listed in my shop.

The Rankidoodle Book Boxes for your Trinkets & Treasures are lovely vintage books to hold all your special secrets.  The secret book box can be used to hide jewellery, keys, money or special treasures!

Once closed and tied shut with the ribbon it looks like an ordinary vintage book on your shelf.

 

You can purchase this and other secret book boxes here

★ INSTAGRAM FAVES ★

Its time again for me to share my latest favourite people to follow on instagram. I don't think I will ever run out of amazing people to showcase as the instagram community just keeps growing with more and more amazingly talented people!

Jose Villa is a Californian Wedding photographer who captures beautiful images of amazing weddings.  You can visit his website here

Kristin Rogers is a professional photographer and takes these gorgeous pictures of her amazing kids, family and home.  You can visit her website here

Ri_bon runs a shop in Kyoto, Japan (home of the Geisha) called Sleeping forest selling all things Alice in wonderland.  You can visit the Sleepng forest facebook page here

Paperfashion is Katie Rogers, a fashion illustrator living in cambridge, massachusetts.  Where fashion meets paper!  You can visit her website here

Libertys is my favourite London store and always worth a visit!  These "insider" photos are amazing.  You can visit the Libertys website here

Lobster and swan create beautifully styled photos from the East Sussex coast.  Their BLOG is definately one to follow

You can see all my Instagram Faves posts here, here & here

★ It's PRETTY Old ★

With my LOVE of all things vintage I have decided to do a regular feature called "It's PRETTY Old" showcasing the vintage "treasures" I have recently bought.

I don't think a week goes by without me buying something, even if it is just a 50p book.

Here goes...

Sunday 5th May

Advintageous fair, Scarborough Spa

5 x penguin paperback books

Ship in a bottle (Tom)

 & Paper moon postcard (1907)

Pretty floral Handkerchief

Lots of lovely FREE leaflets

Please take a look at my It's PRETTY Old shop where I sell my vintage treasures.

★ Advintageous fair ★

One of my favourite things to do, like EVER is looking around local charity shops, car boot sales and auction houses trying to find little vintage treasures.  It is rare that I will walk out of one of these places empty handed!  

I recently visited The AdVintageous fair in Scarborough, it was packed full of stalls selling everything from vintage clothes, jewellery and bags to old photos, books and suitcases!  I was in heaven! 

Here area few of my pictures taken at the fair...

Lots of colourful, patterned vintage dresses!

Lovely battered old suitcases

Mickey Ramsbottom & the Alka Seltzers

I couldn't resist the penguin books and bought five!

The next Advintageous fair is at Bridlington Spa Sunday 26th May, it's well worth a visit! 

★ Rankidoodle Loves STARS ★

Here is my new "Rankidoodle Loves" feature, this week: STARS...

I love stars...

All images can be found here

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

Theater Clouds is a beautiful shop on Etsy. Elly Mackay creates magical little worlds out of paper and photographs them. They are gorgeous, dreamy images, please take a look...

Elly also has a book full of her beautiful images, you can buy it here

You can visit Ellys website here and read her Etsy interview here where she talks about what inspires her and her creative process

Please also watch this great video showing Elly at work in her studio...