Product of the week

It just has to be the crocheted beards. Causing a storm all over Facebook this week, the beards are hand crocheted and cost £10, with 10% going to Prostate Cancer Charities.

Baby shower in the Marvellous Tearoom!

Last Saturday we had an amazing group of friends who organised a baby shower for their two friends who are about to be parents! There are photos on twitter, and 'Pops' graciously allowed me to share then here

We wish you both the best of luck with your new little girl, and thanks for joining us for such a special occasion

If you'd like to hire the tearoom for an event, please contact Angie at themarvellousteadancecompany@yahoo.com or tweet her on @tmtdco

The awards - we won!

You might know already, but we won two prestigious style awards on Thursday evening, including the award of the night, Most Stylish Shopping Destination, beating massive, well established shopping areas.

We're delighted to have won, as these awards are voted for by the public. We didn't realise until the night, but Grazia magazine were also involved in short listing the finalists for Best Vintage Boutique, showing that we're being noticed by the fashion elite!

Here's some photos from the night - there are more on our Facebook page at http://Facebook.com/birdsyardpage so why not log in, like us, and see some more!

Most Stylish Shopping Destination

Bird with both awards

Best Vintage Boutique

Product of the week

The choice was hard for the first product of the week, but I've decided on these hand illustrated plates by GX2 Homegrown. As featured in You magazine as a 'work of art you can eat off'

Priced at only £15 each, with matching bowls and mugs also available.

See her etsy shop at http://www.etsy.com/shop/gx2homegrown for more items including cards, moleskines and one-off pieces

GX2 plate, next to the piece in You magazine

Ask us anything

We get a lot of people asking us questions - but did you know you can ask us anything by using Tumblr?

Simply click on this link, and ask us anything, anonymously if you'd like, and we'll answer questions every Tuesday on the blog.

http://birdsyardstyle.tumblr.com/ask

Featured designer - Parlour Millinery

Melissa Dawson has been with us for almost two years, joining us just before Christmas 2010. At first she shared a shop with Kee Boutique but eventually scaled down to a cabinet due to her busy home life not giving her much time to work in the shop.

Now she works one full day a week as well as balancing having three children. We don't know how she does it!

Her hats can be found on etsy

 

 Cherry Hair clips - £9

Birdcage veils - from £15

New product wednesday

I got in this morning to a BUNCH of new things! So here's a round up of my faves

Sophie Adamson had her beautiful jewellery in before, but now she's brought in this horse head! We all love it, it's covered in swarovskis and took 11 weeks to make. Bit of a bargain at £200 I think

Ruby Shoesday makes the most lovely messenger bags for £15 - I just had to buy one!

Finally Parlour Milliner has been crocheting head warmers again. At £12.50 a pop it's worth it to keep your ears covered

Designer of the week - Belles Bejewelled

Belle has been in the shop for about 18 months, and her items always cause a stir. They're bold, statement jewellery, and almost always black (and if not, they're grey or white).

Her infamous piece is the 'crow' necklace, with pvc spikes emanating from a collar, and most of her work uses leather, pvc or jersey - but recently she's started making pieces out of laser cut perspex, and they're just as sculptural.

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/belles.bejewelled

A crow necklace - being worn around one of Belle's mannequin heads.

Photograph courtesy of Joyti Voir Styling

A piece from the new Endless Love collection

Round-up time!

This week, it's all about the new shop and the upcoming event!

On Twitter

We tweeted about our Day of the Dead party, and were retweeted to thousands of people! Let's hope they don't all dress up as a skeleton...

On Tumblr

We featured an adorable mother and daughter called Sarah and Loola

On Facebook

As well as promoting the party, we told everyone about the new shop opening soon

Nomad is the new pop-up shop by The Beating Arts, and will feature all local artists, selling prints, t-shirts, homewares, cards and more.

On Instagram  - we're @birdsyard there too!

Hannah photographed herself in the toilet mirrors .... again....

More new times ahead

The big room is emptied again, ready for new designers to move in! We still have spaces available, so don't be afraid to get in touch

Email michelle@birdsyard.co.uk

Featured Designer - Urban Fox Designs

Juliette, our dark horse, makes amazing screenprinted fabric, which she then uses to upholster furniture, or make into cushions. Last Christmas, her soft toy cats were best-sellers, so we're waiting to see what she brings out this festive season.

"Unique handmade and handscreen printed homewares. Inspired by nature and wildlife with an enigmatic twist."

 

A selection of hand-printed cushions

More cushions

More cushions

Hand printed fabric used to upholster a recycled chair

A selection of brightly coloured homewares

Close-up of cushion to show detail

If you can't make it to Bird's Yard, then have a look at Urban Fox's websites

www.wix.com/urban-fox/design

Shop through Etsy - www.etsy.com/shop/urbanfoxden

Exciting things afoot at Bird's Yard

We have new spaces opening up in Bird's Yard!

Before what was two shops is being made into LOADS meaning we can offer much more space than before!

There are also new ways of working with us - so if you've been in touch before about selling, and found nothing which suited you, why not try again? We're tweaking the system to suit everyone involved so just try us.

Also we're running a competition to paint the front and side of our building. We've had some absolute belters of entries so far!

So if you want to work with us, either by submitting an entry for a painting the front of the building, selling things with us, or even just using your talents in some other way, then please tweet us at @birdsyard or email michelle@birdsyard.co.uk and lets work together!

Monday Featured Designer - Siobhan Murphy

New to Bird's Yard, we have Siobhan Murphy, who makes beautiful encrusted items, including hats, handbags and photo frames.

She moved in less than a  month ago, and after about 6 hours, a handbag had been snapped up!

If you'd like to follow her on twitter, you can find her @craftkittenuk - to have a look at what you might find in our shop before you come along, she also has a Craft Kitten UK Etsy Shop.

This week at Bird's Yard - week ending 14th September

On Twitter

Melissa of Parlour Millinery made a liquorice allsort bow for Rosemary's hat, for the princely sum of £1.50

On Tumblr

Our most stylish person was actually a staff member - Hannah of Crayfish

On Facebook

Claudia was searching for a well dressed moustachioed man who made all the ladies smile

On Instagram  - we're @birdsyard there too!

Poppy photographed the new hand stitched bags Terry bought in for us

Featured Designer Monday - Two Material Girls

All over Bird's Yard, we have amazing lampshades - but they aren't just for decoration, they're all for sale!

Multi-talented Lisa and Sally, known as Two Material Girls, make bespoke lampshades in vintage, retro and contemporary fabrics.

 Map lampshades - made to order - £40 each

 Recycled stamp lampshade - £23

Here are some from contemporary fabrics.

If you'd like to get a commission, or more information about the lampshades shown here, please email twomaterialgirlsuk@gmail.com or visit their facebook page


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on behalf of Bird's Yard, 83 Kirkgate, Leeds