Sweet and Chic?!

Back in September of last year I wrote about the wonderful day that I had with Nicky, a freelance journalist, and David, a professional photographer. They came to photograph our home for submission into one of the glossy interior mags.

Just a few months down the line we're now in print and our home can be found in the June issue of BBC Homes & Antiques. I have copies of the photographs taken by David, but I am not sure if I am allowed to publish them on the www at this stage. With luck there will be a follow up article in a more local magazine, such as Bristol Life or Bath Life so I imagine there will be copyright on them until they have been released by the mags (?)

I'm pleased with the article, except for the error that they made regarding my shop, which I mentioned in my previous post. Sadly they printed our home address as the location of my new shop. (If you just happen to have stumbled on my blog for the first time, having come via the magazine, then please check out the details of my shop on my blog's sidebar, or take a look at the map on my website here. Thank you!)

I would just like to point out that Nicky is a freelance journalist and we have been in conversation both on the phone and via email for the months after the shoot, so I know that she had all of the details correct, as I was allowed to edit as necessary. It wasn't her fault!

She has been very helpful regarding the mix up and is doing her utmost to rectify the error, by talking to the editor at H&A, so hopefully there will be a follow-up to put things right in a future issue.

I hope to add some better photos of the article to my website under 'press' when I have time, but just now I have an action packed weekend planned!

Thanks to Nicky and David for the memorable day and for making our home look so clean and tidy...even though it wasn't! ;-))

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And talking of photographs; Merille Jane came into my shop again today, bearing gifts...Perhaps you remember me mentioning her in a past post? She is a professional portrait photographer based in Wells. She came into my shop a few weeks ago and asked if she could take a few photos of my merchandise to expand her repertoire! Some of the photos that she took can be seen here.

Merille very kindly brought in a set of the pictures (each a very generous 9" x 6") as a souvenir! The quality of them is stunning - so much depth...I need to decide how best to use them, as they would make excellent promotional material.

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I leave you with good wishes for a happy weekend and some colour in the form of these fabulous fabrics from the 1930's - they make up a patchwork that I have, which I used as a background to the magazine photos above. Hope you'll enjoy them...

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Have a lovely weekend - I'm taking a break from my PC this weekend, as my wrist is giving me some gyp from using the mouse, sewing, doll making, ironing etc!

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Take time to smell the flowers! (Especially the Bluebells - they are delicious!)

Niki x