Mirror Mirror on the wall...

New Button Mirrors are now available and when you spend £20, you get one free! I hope you like them.

The Secret Garden

LENNOX

 CRAVEN

 SOWERBY

 MEDLOCK

 

 WEATHERSTAFF

"The Secret Garden was what Mary called it when she was thinking of it. She liked the name, and she liked still more the feeling that when its beautiful old walls shut her in no one knew where she was. It seemed almost like being shut out of the world in some fairy place." 

Frances Hodgson Burnett

The Secret Garden collect - vintage keys, hung on sterling silver chains. Each key is unique, so once it's gone, it can't be repeated. I hope you like.

The Baudelaires

 

Meet the Baudelaires

"If you are interested in stories with happy endings, you would be better off reading some other book. In this book, not only is there no happy ending, there is no happy beginning and very few happy things in the middle. This is because not very many happy things happened in the lives of the three Baudelaire youngsters."

 

Violet Baudelaire

"Anyone who knew Violet well could tell she was thinking hard, because her long hair was tied up in a ribbon to keep it out of her eyes. Violet had a real knack for inventing and building strange devices, so her brain was often filled with images of pulleys, levers, and gears, and she never wanted to be distracted by something as trivial as her hair."

Klaus Baudelaire

"The Baudelaire parents had an enormous library in their mansion, a room filled with thousands of books on nearly every subject. Being only twelve, Klaus of course had not read all of the books in the Baudelaire library, but he had read a great many of them and had retained a lot of the information from his readings. He knew how to tell an alligator from a crocodile. He knew who killed Julius Caesar. And he knew much about the tiny, slimy animals found at Briny Beach, which he was examining now."

(You can see Sonny Baudelaire in the first photo - I just haven't photographed her properly yet!)

Peach, Pear, Plum

Jen Camel

Jen Plum

New Jen Tees! The classic black, navy and grey marl are all back in stock too, with limited availability. 

As a little aside, I've seen on a few blogs a suggestion that the Golden Snitch necklace is never in stock - quite simply, it is. It just sells out incredibly quickly. It's normally only ever a maxium of a few weeks when it isn't in stock and that's because the components aren't available in the UK so I have to wait for shipping. And unfortunately with the Golden Snitch, it would seem that things are always a little doomed. At the moment the chain I use is no longer available and the lockets are taking forever to arrive from America, but I promise they will be back in stock as soon as possible. 

I always promote the Snitch on both my Facebook page and Twitter when it is back in stock, reply to emails regarding it's re-stocking and even take details to put them aside for people when they are back in stock, so if you are still waiting for one, either follow Wallpaper Rose's Facebook and/or Twitter or email me. I hope that helps!

Exclusively for SMUG

Far a long, long way to run - £20

La a note to follow sew - £14

Sew a needle pulling thread - £20

Ray a drop of golden sun - £14

I have a new stockist! I say new, it's my first since Motel, back in 2010 which is really exciting. 

I've made these pieces exclusively in collaboration with Lizzie for SMUG, so please do go and have a look!

I would love to know what you think.

Boy, why are you crying?

New tees x

Nancy and Violet

Nancy and Violet floral lace bib necklaces - coming soon.

What do you think?? x

Something Old, Something New

Like the rest of Britain, we at Wallpaper Rose are a little excited by William and Kate's wedding!

So much so, I wanted to share with you the Royal Wedding Collection. As most of us won't actually be attending, I thought I would create a range more appropriate to the tea parties and barbecues in the sunshine that I hope you'll be having instead! I've opted for antique bronzes, pearls and blue florals. With these I've put together a few outfits paying homage to British-ness with a relaxed summery twist on the colour pallet - utilising corals, denim blues, floral and lace.

Outfit One:

Floral Shirt Dress - ASOS
Mariella Carriage Necklace - Wallpaper Rose
Perdi Key Necklace - Wallpaper Rose
Pixi Succulent Lip Twin in Coral Camellia - Smug
Coral Reef Nail Polish - Models Own

Outfit Two:

Louche Denim Dress - Joy
Bettie Polka Dot Turban - Little Fille
Marta Locket - Wallpaper Rose
Ruby Earrings - Wallpaper Rose
Sandals - Schuh

Outfit Three:

Jen Peter Pan Collar Tee in Navy - Wallpaper Rose
Eleanor Brooch - Wallpaper Rose
Denim Shorts - Hollister
Michelle Two-way Headband - Little Fille

Quite a few people email and ask, so I thought I'd let you know that some of the Jen Peter Pan Collar Tees and the Golden Snitch necklace are back in stock on the website. Also, if you'd like to be the first to hear about Wallpaper Rose news, discounts and events, sign up to our newsletter!

I hope you're all enjoying the many Bank Holidays this week - what have you got planned for the weekend? x

Oh you pretty things

I know I've somewhat neglected my blog as of late, so I thought I had better do a quick round up! Firstly, new pieces. Though perhaps not so new.... a clear reminder of how long I've actually been working on this post! Also the new Jen Tees - I hope the new lace collars are liked as much as the old ones were - I actually think I prefer these, but we'll see how it goes. My t-shirt supplier also seems to be phasing out the t-shirts I use, which is a massive shame, I don't seem to be able to get either of the burgundy shades now.

In other news, today was the last day of my three month internship, so I'm now back trawling through websites looking for new opportunities. I've also started working in the loveliest of shops, SMUG! (Expect regular Smug updates - as I already have a ridiculous internal shopping list.) Smug is a wonderfully quirky lifestyle shop in Camden Passage, Islington that sells an array of new and vintage homeware, furniture, accessories and apparel. The shop is also beautifully designed if you needed any further incentive to visit. 

You can also follow SMUG of facebook and twitter.

Images courtesy of Smug.

At the end of February I was lucky enough to win the Deer Brains Birthday competition and I've finally (nearly) received all of the prizes! A ridiculous bounty I know. I'm particularly taken with my new friend, Vincent. He currently resides on my bed, but has been known to hang out on the sofa.

Again, another massive thank you to the Deer Brains team.

I'm not usually someone lucky enough to win anything, so was quite confused to also be chosen at random (huzzah for coincidence) to win Dixi's facebook competition. I received this rather lovely Dorothy Perkins satchel. Dixi sells a range of modern and vintage women's apparel - I'm particularly enamoured with their Freya Peter Pan Collar dress.

To celebrate the opening of their new building and photography at the University of wales, Newport, they selected a variety of work, predominantly by ex-students, to adorn the glass walls. I was lucky enough to have one of my images selected. Sadly I haven't had the chance to get back to Newport to see it, but I'm pleased none the less! The image used is the one below:

'Fable' copyright of Louise Nowelle Gibbs.

Please do not use without my permission.

For one of my best friend's birthday, I made him an infamous sock monkey.

I have made three sock monkeys in my life time and I have learnt the following:

1. Never use mens socks. You will be stuffing for eternity. 

2. They make a rather lovely present, particularly for boys, as you cannot give them jewellery.

3. Ears and mouths are not my strong point.

4. No matter how many mistakes you make, or how bad they look, you can dismiss it all with the word 'handmade'.

This is Sam's monkey, who I still believe is nameless (!!!) with Alan. Alan is the rather dashing monkey on the left, the first I made and the only one that will ever be made out of men's socks. He belongs to my beloved and is naturally named after Alan Rickman. The best Alan Man there will ever be. (If you don't agree, you clearly haven't watched Robin Hood - Prince of Thieves or Truly madly Deeply.)

I've rather foolishly got emotionally attached to the Neal by Neal Sperling cable cardigan at Urban Outfitters, again. This time in rust. It's taking the majority of my will power not to buy it and truthfully I cannot promise I won't cave. My mum is still in the process of knitting my bottle green version - apparently every time she sits down to knit she ends up with a cat on her lap. 

Given the choice of knitting or Rufus and Indie, I'd choose Rufus and Indie every time.

I've also realised from this photograph that with my badly DIY'd fringe and my eyebrows, I look like Spock. 

There is no way this can be interpreted positively.

Sadly I didn't get to see my Mum on Mother's Day as I was working and not really in the right part of the country. So I just wanted to share a little appreciation here for being fortunate enough to have her. To bastardise Tina Turner's lyrics, she's simply the best.

And while I was showing embarrassing photos, I thought I would share the precursor to Reservoir Dogs.

Over and Out x