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14th february 2012

A lovely blog written about us by the wonderful Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair people. We will be selling at this fair next sunday, it's in Bristol Zoo which is damn fine as you get to see the animals, which is very special and it's free to get in to the Fair!

:http://bristolvintageweddingfair.blogspot.com/2012/02/sheena-holland.html

31st January 2012

So it's been a month since the last post and things are moving forward. Had a great month in the shop with lots of brides visiting and buying their headbands and tiaras and combs. I will be selling at Bristol Vintage wedding Fair which is at Bristol Zoo and absolutely fabulous! in February 2012, here's the link:

http://www.bohobride.co.uk/wedding-suppliers/bristol-vintage-wedding-fair-sunday-26th-feb.html

if you are based down south and need to come and try on pieces or discuss your wedding requirements it would be lovely to see you there, the fair is free to get in.

Other than that I had some good news from Vanity Fair in NewYork, stylist Ryan Hastings got in touch as he was doing a shoot with Annie Leibovitz photographing. They needed 10 x tiaras for a shoot they were doing last wednesday. So I'm hoping to get some lovely photo's from that..if it happened...and went to press. Fingers crossed as I love the magazine and the sylists work and photographer!

I'm attaching the latest photo's of the interior of the shop..you must come and visit at some point...

3/1/2012

Happy new year to one and all! hope you all had a fabulous time either away or at home with family. I did both, went away and stayed in Derby and it was lovely.

Now back in the shop, the feel is definitely bridal and brides and coming in and making choices as it's their year or they are planning for next year. Exciting times, please do visit if you wish to chat about your headwear and match your dress to the head piece, I'm always avaliable to talk ideas and thoughts through or help you decide on colours to go with what you are wearing to a wedding or at your own wedding. I can also design you something and make it from totally antique or vintage pieces. don't forget all my pieces are ONE OFF, so you aren't going to look like another bride, you are going to look very special on your day and feel special. I can even match the headpieces of the bridesmaids too if you wish so you feel there is some continuity to the whole day. A lady was in today and decided on a net piece in black and diamante for walking down the aisle and then chose a stunning diamante fringe tiara for the evening reception and because of her long black hair both were so striking on her. I'll post the photo's if she sends them and put them in the Clients Gallery (under header 'Contacts') for you to see.

Well have a fabulous time over the next few weeks and seize 2012, I've a feeling it's going to be a good one!

20/12/11

With the shop in full motion now, life has changed a lot for Sheena Holland retail. The shop unexpectedly has taken a vintage view on sales and we are selling many vintage things and seeing a different aspect on the shop. we will be selling a lot more vintage bridal in the new year for all you brides so do please visit as we will have beautiful vintage dresses from the 1940's - 1980's (one off's) which are lace and satin and netted. I am making many more headbands in the weeks to come for you brides to peruse and try on with thoughts of your big day ahead.

Do please come and visit us in the new year, we really do sell lots of lovely things and many pieces of handmade vintage and antique jewellery that have nothing to do with weddings. I'm hoping to get stoles and lace pieces for those of you that are getting married and need something over your shoulders.

I'll leave you with some photo's of the shop over the last few weeks...

28/11/11

The new shop opened with lots of fun and many people visiting, thanks to all who came that first week,it's been an exciting time. Wedding dresses are arriving this week, and handmade jewellery is for sale in the shop aswell as vintage pieces and mens accessories, so there's plenty to buy for your man too.

24th OCTOBER 2011

Welcome to my first blog, I'm sitting here wondering what to write about, some would say give up now. I've been asked by a few clients to write a blog about my inspirations, facinations and general makings that aren't for sale so this is where I will be posting such things on a weekly basis.

Right now here at Sheena Holland we are preparing to open a shop in Derby Cathedral Quarter which is very exciting. It should be open in the next couple of weeks and will go under the name of sheena Holland.

The shop will sell the usual Sheena Holland handmade wedding pieces, tiaras heabands, feather pieces, hats, jewellery, but there will be added pieces of art for sale hung on the walls, the odd bit of vintage beauties and the general sort of thing you'd put in a Hope Chest or Trousseau. For those of you that don't know what a trousseau is, it's a place, ususally a box or in Victorian times was a chest that kept a hopeful brides' belongings for her special day and her Honeymoon and the years after. So we will have handmade garters made from vintage and antique lace, earrings, vintage cases for honeymoons, feather boas, feather capes, vintage bridal veils...you get my drift. We will also have available for you to buy a range of old haberdashery lace, feathers, glass buttons and beautiful ribbons for that special occasion.

The shop will host small courses (day and evening) on art (drawing and painting), felting, Victorian Tiara chair making, Tapestry Art, Fascinator making, Jewellery, Applique, Basic Sewing on the Machine, Gouache painting, Art and 3D making, Talks on Design,Women in business and Public Speaking, these will start in the new year all taught by teachers who are in their chosen art profession. You can buy a course for a friend or yourself (as a christmas present) or a group of friends can book a 'friends only' course (min 4 adults) for courses due to start in the New Year. Tickets for courses will be for sale in the new shop.

So, first up in my blog, is Triona Doyle. A prolific photgrapher come artist/stylist who I have been working with for the past few months on photos of my work. Here is her blog link: http://trionadoyle.blogspot.com/ we first met up at the lovely photographer Ewan Mathers studio in Banks ' MIll http://www.ewanmathers.com/ (my old studio space) and chatted about similar interests and design and a love for antique quirky things. I asked her if she was able to photograph my work and after styling the headbands in her lovely unique way she has posted me the final work, Here they are and I must say, I adore them!

I hope you enjoyed the first post and I look forward to spilling more beans on the shop soonish....

to contact me please email: info@sheenaholland.com