Vintage treasures have arrived re-created and beautified by Mini McGhee. Hand made in Scotland all of the pieces are one-offs and are lovely heirlooms. We are working on a new collaboration ‘Olive Loves Mini McGhee’ that we will be launching soon but you will have to wait a little bit longer to see just what we are working on!
All of the pieces from Mini McGhee will be available on our website soon but we couldn’t wait to give you a sneak preview. Laundry bags £29 and shoe bags £22 created from hand embroidered linen vintage table cloths, grosgrains and printed cottons are gorgeous enough to hang on any wall or in a row on some vintage coat hooks. Be imaginative and use them for storing lots of different things inside.
Treasure a hand knitted baby blanket from Mini McGhee in a beautiful vintage embroidered bag £59 or onr of her striped felted blankets £46.
Our home has made it onto the pages of another new Japanese interior book, A Girly Interior in London, published by Editions de Paris. Just inside the front cover there is a beautifully illustrated map that puts Stoke Newington right up there where it belongs as an exciting and diverse London neighbourhood. We have already been asked if we can get hold of some prints of the London map for friends and customers in Stoke Newington so I will see what I can do.
When stylist Emma Cassi came to visited us in East London she was stunned by the cherry blossom mural in Olives bedroom. A mural as grand as this is a big statement but we really pulled it off. I think that there is a fine line between a mural that really works and one that is too twee or too contrived or quite frankly just not painted very well. I consider myself to be incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to work with a wonderful scenic artist Susanna Burton who bought my ideas to life quite beautifully. If you would like to discuss ideas for your children’s room with us please get in touch with us info@olivelovesalfie.co.uk
The artist Bryony Lloyd came to see me a few months ago with her photographic portrait montages. I loved the idea and wanted to develop the idea into a bespoke portrait project that would be exclusively available through Olive Loves Alfie. We have created 3 different questionnaires for kids, teenagers and adults that will create a brief for Bryony to work with for each portrait.
Olive told Bryony that she has 2 love birds, goes to trapeze classes, loves Italy and the colours yellow, blue and silver. I gave Bryony a photograph to work on with Olive hiding behind a huge dried Alium.
The framed portraits cost £200 and the questionnaire can be mailed out as a gift if you are buying it as a present. Each bespoke portrait will take approximately 10 days. Aprox 32cm 42cm.
A few weeks ago I met a brilliant London based photographer and film maker whose work I found beautiful and fascinating. In his photographic work Phil Miller creates montages using projections, artwork and multiple exposures. Layering inanimate objects, scenic and typographic elements together his work has an amazing depth and quality so that each piece of work becomes a compelling contemplative narrative.
Cat In Cannes was inspired by and produced after a visit to the Cannes Film Festival and is my personal favourite.
We have commissioned Phil to produce a montage based on Olive Loves Alfie.
If you are looking for a unique way to capture your family or to tell your story I think Phil’s photographic montage would be a wonderfully original and powerful medium.
www.philmillerphotography.com
