Happy Easter

Easter weekend and I hope this lovely sunshine will continue. Early in the week I was in Helmsley in North Yorkshire and the weather was beautiful. I took a few pictures of inspiring spots and the light was paticularly pretty.
Hat making continues with some interesting bespoke pieces and lots of everyday cotton hats. This lunchtime the postman arrived with a few roll up Panama hats in various shades and they are all gorgeous. Pop in soon  if you fancy one they sell very quickly.  Happy Easter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Ya Bike!

 

 

 

 

'A boy a girl and a bike' A classic tale of boy meets girl set in a northern mill town, the girls belonged to a cycling club, the boy 'a posh bloke' knocked one of them off their bike and a romance blossomed.
Shot in 1949 around Huddersfield staring Dorris Day and Honor Blackman this old movie seemed a perfect title to style our own version for a photo shoot especially with the Tour de France passing through town this summer.

 

 

So together with a talented team of people, Debbi the owner of  Hair salon Zeitgeist and myself produced the necessary goods for the occasion. She cut and styled hair and boy can she cut hair, I took care of the head wear and Rachel Lucie made some perfect jewellery .
Hebden Bridge has plenty of opportunities for photographic backdrops but of course getting a great picture requires a little magic. This of course came from the talented lens of Shelly Mantovani of Toast Photography
who quite frankly never seems to take anything other than brilliant shots.
There are lots more photographs which I will pop on the blog soon.
Looks great doesn't it.!

Models  Eve, Jake and Florance.
Make up Aimee aimee@beautycall.co.uk
Jewellery Rachel Lucie
Clothes Amelia and Dynamite 35 Market Street Hebden Bridge
Karen Mills  Finder of props and all round help.

A Week in Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's been a week of wild weather, Sunshine, hail, wind, rain and anything else mother nature has had in her back pocket.

So it's been heads down in the workroom making some lovely hats for various events and for the shop to add to our ready to wear collection.

There's been several ladies flat caps made in various colours that are adjustable with a strap and popper at the back, it makes them slightly more feminine and a great fit. Perfect for those who need a hat for the great outdoors or just love a nice flat cap.

The trilby in Chartreuse green and chocolate brown which has been named  ' Havava' has gone down a treat with much 'Oh I wish I was going somewhere' talk I expect it will be off somewhere rather swish quite soon.

I now have all the photographs from the photo shoot and will be showing them off next time.

Have a lovely week whatever you are doing.

Photo Shoot Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Monday the sun was out and I was very relieved as I had a photo shoot. Umbrellas not required.!

There will be  lots of terrific pictures of the shoot in a few days time which will show off the delights of Hebden Bridge.

I was joined by Debbie owner of  Zeitgeist a FABULOUS cutting emporium where every cut is perfection.

Together we put together a shoot based around the film  'A boy a girl and a bike' filmed locally in1949 and tells the story of working mill girls who belong to a cycling club.

Our clothing was supplied by a local boutique Amelia and a lovely make up artist Aimee came to dust cheeks, apply lashes and all other kinds of make up magic.

Spring seems to be here and the valley where I live has been beautiful esp the canal.

When the photographs are ready to post I will be back with another instalment of 'A boy a girl and a bike'

As Shelly from  Toast say's 'don't rush my genius'.  However she is a genius in general especially with a camera.! She also has the most incredible new web site.