Round up of 2012

This is later than expected but here is the long awaited round up of 2012.  It was a busy year for Peggy's Collection and a few events made it a year that I will never forget. 

A big thank you to all the bloggers and social media tweets and facebook support that I received and still do.  It is much appreciated and it what makes Peggy's Collection a success.

The year of 2012 started with a feature in Vintage Life Magazine which is a national publication.  I was honoured to be asked to feature in their magazine again.

I also attended my first catwalk show which was Norwich Fashion Week 2012 at the Designers Show in march 2012.  This was a great experience where I showcased my Spring/Summer 2012 collection.  It was a great atmosphere to be in and it taught me alot about the fashion world and how a catwalk show really works.  We had 2 shows one in the afternoon and one in the evening.  This also led to lots of newspaper articles about the shows featuring myself along side other designers before and after the show.

The next event was my Spring Summer photo shoot.  This was located at Wells Next The Sea.  The photographer was David Taylor with Emily Ross, Make up artist and hair stylist.  We went for the vintage look with the girls hair and make up.  It was a beautiful day and the models all looked fabulous.  The models were Heidi Jackson, Lydia Bareham, Joe Embrey, Kevin Dodemont and Abbey Whiting.  

Throughout the year I have also been trying to feature as many young fashionista bloggers on my blog.  I think this is important to encourage everyone in the world of fashion and blogging.

Another big thing to happen this year was the opening of Peggy's Yarns.  This is a website that I sell hand dyed yarns and other accessories for the knitter or crocheter.  I have also featured some british designers products on here too which I think is important to support all small businesses. This has been a great success and I was featured on KnitSpinCake podcast a few weeks of opening it which was great!

 The Autumn Winter photo shoot was a great success.  I worked with a photographer called James Neale who is a local photographer.  I love his work and I was very excited about working with him as I knew he would create the look perfectly for this shoot.  My models were Heidi Jackson, Rebecca Clarke and Kevin Dodemont.  Rebecca Clarke was also the Make up artist.  We had great fun at this photo shoot which was shot at a nearby chapel ruins.  Lots of leaves were thrown and I think the models had a good time as well as looking superb on all of the photographs. Please take a look at James Neale website to view his other work here

Another highlight of the year was winning the Purplebiz award on twitter.  This was great and it shows what support twitter can give to small businesses of all kinds.

I was then approached by Lets Knit Magazine to feature one of my patterns in their national publication.  My pattern was called 'Richard' and it was for a mens hat.  I really enjoyed making this and it was so great to see it in print.

I think that is the main round up of the year of 2012! sorry it has been a long post I have a few other moments to mention but I cannot fit them all on here so I will do seperate blog posts for these.  A massive thank you to everyone that has supported me in 2012 especially my gorgeous models!

If there is anything else you would like me to blog about or if you would like to guest blog for me then please let me know by commenting or emailing me.

Crafty Valentines Gifts for You and Him

Hello lovelies!

Xmas Mini Stockings Twitter Giveaway

Xmas is fast approaching so I thought about making some cute little xmas hand knitted stockings to go on your tree.  These are great to give as gifts or to pop on your tree with sweets or that special little gift into.

I ran a giveaway on twitter for all my lovely faithful followers and I have randomly selected 6 people to win one of these each.  All they had to do was to retweet #peggysxmas

The lucky winners are as follows who will receive one of the mini xmas stockings in a random colour chosen by myself

@rosiesplaytime
@kazzyknits
@Gifted_Goodies
@danicameron
@MattRHarris21
@Dirkwearswhites

If you could all please either email me on peggyscollection@gmail.com with your address or dm it to me on twitter please.  

Thank you to everyone that entered I will be having another giveaway before xmas on twitter.  If you would like to suggest a blog post or a giveaway please leave me a comment.  Thank you

PurpleBiz Winner

Since I have blogged last I have had the honour of gaining another award, which is placed proudly on my w website 

On the 22nd September 2012 I was nomintated as a PurpleBiz winner by the PurpleDogNet on twitter.  This raises the profile of small businesses and they have a great website you can check out too.  Why not follow them on twitter @purpledognet

If you would like to find out more about PurpleDogNet please take a look here

My badge you can see above was courtesy of L F Designs who can be found here 
they have some great items for sale which would be fabulous for xmas!

Scorching weather!

Hi everyone we have been having the most glorious summer weather! I have included a lot more items on my website in the sale section.

My spring/summer 2012 collection is great for this weather we have been having. The beach cover up has been a favourite of lots of people and the cotton vest tops for men and women.

I am in the process of designing and making the autumn/winter 2012 collection. This concept is a little bizarre when it's boiling hot weather and I'm making chunky warm cosy knits!

My next collection is all about the accessories! Can't wait to show you all. As always if there are any requests for items to be included please feel free to leave a comment or contact me through my website http://www.peggyscollection.com

Guest Post by Georgina

Hope you all enjoy the next guest blog post that is by Georgina and it covers the idea of customisation.

Customisation of Shorts 

I am going to write about customised denim shorts. They seem all the rage this summer, first being dyes all sorts of colours and patterns and then being studded, ive seen pyramid studds, cone shaped ones and square ones, the list is endless really.


Although i havent got myself a pair yet, i just find them far to expensive to buy and im too busy to make a pair, which i think would probably cost alot too! i do think they look amazing on tho and also every pair come out different so you will never see two of the same, this is great because it means that whoever is wearing them has picked that pair specially from the others, this gives them a lot more personality i find! very individual.

You can find Georgina's blog here here so please take a look and show your support to her too.


If you would like to guest blog for Peggy's Collection please comment or send me an email many thanks 

Guest Post Heidi Jackson

Hi everyone I hope you all enjoy reading a very special guest post by my very talented niece Heidi Jackson.  Heidi has also modelled for Peggy's Collection in my last two collections, hope you enjoy the post she has wrote and please comment

An introduction into my life, aspirations and thoughts:

Hello everyone! I’m rather excited to be writing a guest blog for Peggys Collection as I’ve never been asked to do anything like this before. I’ve recently started a new blog which includes beauty, fashion and just general life posts. I wasn’t exactly sure what I should write about for this as I usually write about a variety of different subjects over on my own blog. After a few hours full of thinking and planning I thought of this. Writing a little introduction into my life and the things I love, meaning that all of the people that don’t know anything about me as a person will then be informed and know what I’m all about.

Obviously I won’t bore you with every single fact about myself from the minute I was born up until now, that would be one long blog post for sure… I’m a 16 year old girl who has just finished her GCSE’s. I plan to go to my local Sixth Form and study three particular subjects until I’m 18. I feel passionate about writing which is the reason I started writing a blog online, it all started out on Tumblr, my old blog that still exists! It’s just Blogspot would allow me to branch out into the world a bit more which is what I wanted.

Blogging:

One thing that annoys me about being part of a ‘blogging’ community is the fact that so many people now write blogs that many smaller individuals like myself don’t get recognised in the huge crowds of beauty posts and so on.

Another thing would have to be that many young girls of my age constantly post and also talk about high end beauty products. This isn’t always a negative; it’s just that I like to get recommendations from more popular gurus, but with products that have such a steep price tag that doesn’t always happen. Unless it’s a wonder product or claims to do something supernatural I don’t think you need to have an entire collection full of expensive make-up brands. There are without a doubt plenty of drugstore products that are brilliant value. Of course, a few are acceptable if they consist of a beautiful exterior or sparkle.

Magazines:

You may or may not know that I would give my right arm to be a journalist of some sort when I’m older. Ok, so not literally and anything but my right arm or writing would be out of the picture. (Common right handed human over here) The only fear I have of joining that kind of career is how journalists are perceived, I understand why a select few are liked by the public! Such as, the fact that some women write horrible things about other women in the spotlight when we should all be supportive and strong as a gender and also how they can sometimes send out the wrong message to readers of the magazine or newspaper. If this is my dream I don’t want to just chuck it away because of the people who were stupid enough to use their power stupidly, I would be honest and not a writer that the public dread hearing about.

Overall:

That’s just my thoughts and examples on only a very small section of what we hear about but I’ll move on to more positive things now! That really is a big aim of mine and I’d be thrilled to achieve it one day. I also would love to carry on my love for performing, mainly as a group in as I currently do with a local youth theatre company. The feeling that buzzes around the audience, performers and backstage people is absolutely amazing and I had never experienced anything remotely similar to that before I joined the company. Knowing you have entertained somebody possibly put a smile on their face and brightened up their dull day is an unbelievably rewarding feeling that you can’t beat.

Heidi Featuring in Fat Sams

I realise that this post sounds a little like I’m trying to get your approval for me to be President of the United States but that isn’t the case, unfortunately. In fact I’m not very political at all so it would all seem like a load of gobblydegook to me! Anyway, I’d appreciate it if you could follow my blog and thank you very much for taking the time to read this blog! Hope you enjoyed it J

Heidi