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Homemade London's wedding window display for Mary's Living and Giving Another intricate design by Helen Gibbons

PUBLISHED 3 May, 2011 - 15:29

We were recently approached by Save the Children to produce a wedding-themed window display for their Westbourne Grove branch of Mary's Living and Giving following the vintage-inspired Valentine's window we created for their Primrose Hill shop.

Again, we worked with the super-talented Helen Gibbons who created a gorgeous display complete with customised bunting, paperchains from vintage French encyclopaedias and butterfly strings with bells and gems. She also created an intricate papercrafted wedding bouquet with origami lillies, delicate roses and tissue paper flowers

If you're getting married this year and haven't found your dress yet, then do pop along to Mary's Living and Giving, for a limited period of time, they will be selling brand new dresses donated by designers such as Matthew Williamson and Temperley at bargain prices with all of the profits going to Save the Children.

More photos of our display can be seen on our Facebook page

Hen parties at Homemade London Still a few spots left for the summer months!

PUBLISHED 30 March, 2011 - 18:59

Anyone who knows Homemade London knows that we love a party and most weekends we host some of London's most sophisticated hen gatherings.

We offer a range of hen party options from just a few hours to a whole day event with a wide range of options from perfume-making and beauty products to jewellery, lingerie, millinery and pottery painting. We can treat you to afternoon tea on our vintage china or even a champagne supper.

Prices start at just £30 per person for a 2-hour party.

We're filling up quickly as the wedding season approaches, so if you'd like to hear more please contact us.

'From Britain with Love' loves Homemade London

PUBLISHED 18 March, 2011 - 12:59

If you've been meaning to try out one of our workshops and wanted to know what it might be like, you may be interested in the review of our Beauty workshops on the Course Notes feature on the fantastic From Britain with Love website - an online magazine and directory devoted to all things handmade.

Extreme Royal Wedding Cakes

PUBLISHED 17 March, 2011 - 18:51

This week and next we're appearing at the Ideal Home Show giving DIY tips and inspiration and yesterday we spotted this spectacular entry for the Ideal Cake Decorator of the Year award by cake designer and one-time architect Michelle Wibowo who spent 80 hours making it.

Gorgeous Wedding Invites... A London Wedding

PUBLISHED 14 March, 2011 - 17:47

With our Personal Wedding Fair coming up on 10 April, we're constantly on the look out for anything wedding-related. We recently received this lovely invite by talented Designer Sarah Daly which we thought was perfect for a London wedding.

If you've got any handmade wedding-related projects you're working on - do let us know, we'd love to feature them!

Some incredibly cute hair accessories

PUBLISHED 11 March, 2011 - 19:20

As the mother of a 2 year old with incredibly wild hair, I'm slightly obsessed with children's hair accessories, we've been experimenting with a few ideas and have come up with these gorgeous little pumpkin style clips and hairbands. We'll also be making them into little brooches too!

If you'd like to see this as a mini workshop, let us know and we'll schedule it in.

Portman Village feature on Londonist.com

PUBLISHED 9 March, 2011 - 14:25

Many of our visitors to Homemade London remark on what a lovely area we're in. Portman Village is full of lots of independent shops, bars, restaurants, today the Londonist features the area in a beautifully written piece by Mr Homemade London.

Homemade London at the Ideal Home Show Hand-made Home Style Secrets

PUBLISHED 7 March, 2011 - 20:37

Homemade London will be giving demonstrations on the Ideal Woman Catwalk at the Ideal Home Show which takes place 11-27 March There will be a chance for the audience will be able to get involved too.

If you'd like to see us, our sessions will take place the following dates and times:

Wednesday 16^th March 15.20 and 17.20

Tuesday 22nd 11.30 and 12.30

Friday 25^th March 12.20 and 14.20

Homemade London Social - Fabric Necklaces Now booking 17 March

PUBLISHED 1 March, 2011 - 19:33

We still have a few spots left for our Marimekko-inspired china painting workshop on Thursday 3 March but we're also now taking bookings for the next Homemade London Social on Thursday 17 March - fabric necklaces. We've got a variety of designs to inspire you, plus tips on how to create and customise your own. As ever, the Homemade London Socials are an absolute bargain, £25 including materials, drinks and nibbles - we hope to see you for a fun, creative evening!

Puppy meets Sock Monster

PUBLISHED 1 March, 2011 - 19:22

We first introduced puppy Dixon on our Facebook page a few weeks ago and had our biggest response ever. And since, you like him so much, we felt that we just had to share when he took a shine to this little sock monster we're making for our forthcoming Parent and Child workshops.

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