Creating, family fun & enjoying my surroundings!

The little wanderer has returned...hello lovelies!

Wish I could say I've been somewhere nice but life's been full of spinning many plates at once, family sadness and keeping everyone happy.

I'm sat at the kitchen table inbetween helping Daddy D with Design Farm Studio jobs and I'm having a little skive to fill you in on my days gone by which have made me smile.

Firstly... many hours at the knitting and sewing machine creating design samples for Spring/Summer 2013...organza flowers, pale grey delicate knitwear with a skinny belt thrown in!

Pretty vintage silk paisley with pinky pale pontelle knit.


Chunky orange crochet with vintage vibrant violet 20's crepe floral print.


50's print collar complimenting teal chunky pontelle knit.


Mmm a little polka dot always goes down a treat with a tricky stitch in white cotton.


Lace and smocking = divine duo!


Workie work is followed by a bargain £5 per adult visit to see the animals at Flamingo Land, we have lived in North Yorkshire for seven years and we drive past the village where FL is situated three times a week and yet this is the first time we have popped in to say hello to all the animals. We had a wonderful time and all the animals looked happy and they made us smile.


Meet Clive the Sealion, he was very fun and so talented. Alan his trainer was one of my brothers dearest friends at school and it was so lovely to see him after all these years looking so happy, full of passion and loving his job!


Lennon and I snuggled up with the Meerkats!

We couldn't forget little Freckle waiting so patiently at home, on our return I grabbed my wellies and we took a stroll around the back of the cottage to visit The Ginger Pig's Belted Galloways and our boys Button and Stitch for a run in the field. The perfect weekend!




With lots of animal love

Cheryl-ann

My weekend Part One - My Farmhouse Kitchen creation for The Ginger Pig at The Speciality Fine Food Fair, Olympia

Come on inside at The Speciality Fine Food Fair running from 4th - 6th September, for a glance at The Ginger Pig stand number 944. Here you will find my titavated and collated Farmhouse Kitchen full of delicious Ginger Pig produce.

This is the 2nd time I've been asked to design a stand for a food fair which The Ginger Pig have been part of.

I set up The Ginger Pig stand on Saturday morning with the help of Jayne 'GP London Manager' - she was so great and we had a giggle along the way.

Follow the transformation below of bare industrial stand to a little bit of Yorkshire in London...




Wow all that space to fill, I was certainly in my element! First things first hanging many meters of Linen against the walls.

The Ginger Pig have been very busy!

Making pies, their delicious sausage rolls, sausage and bacon just to name a few. Les the baker has been busy at Grange Farm (Levisham) making lots of Ginger Pig yumminess for the fair goers to taste, along with one of his 3 tier Pork Pie Wedding Cakes to wow you...




A wire pig that I found at a booty for all of £3, pegged with Ginger Pig flyers!

A teeny tiny tea pot filled with Violas looked so cute sat on top of the chiller. I also added a handmade vintage piggy bunting to add that welcoming touch!



Mmm delicious pies...



The 'Ginger Pig Meat' book, a very recommended purchase, Gary and I have been loving lots of the recipes!




A new venture for The Ginger Pig - The Ginger Pig Meat Kitchen Classes are now available…call Amy on 01751 460802 to book your place.



Fresh free range straight from the Farm.



Hope you've enjoyed your e-visit to the fair, it certainly was a fab day and I hope The Ginger Pig have a good few days.

Lots of Ginger Pig love,

C x

Lily Allen in Harper's Bazaar mentions our client 'The Ginger Pig'

Really lovely to see my client 'The Ginger Pig' mentioned in Harper's Bazaar in an article with Lily Allen about ' Gourmet treats to style secrets'

Lily says -

"I'm a real foodie and swear by the Marylebone Farmers Market near my London home. My local butcher the Ginger Pig is fantastic" - here here!

If you're a Londoner you must have a steakie treat one evening, we had one last Friday mmm delicious.

I'm currently designing The Ginger Pig's stand 'Rustic Farmhouse Kitchen' for The Speciality and Fine Food Fair on the 4th - 6th September at Olympia, London.
I'll give you a little sneak preview of my plans in my next post.

Thanks for stopping by for a little read!

Lots of Ginger Pig love

C x

A beautiful thank you!

What a hectic little day!

Daddy D has been a rather poorly 'man flu' kind of chap today which meant my Thursday work day was full of his jobs aswell as mine!

I had a fab meeting treated to homemade cake and a delicious 'proper coffee' with our wonderful client Barbara from toftlyview.co.uk - her 5* B&B and Cottage are so special, it's fab to work with a client who has such good taste and enjoys a giggle along the way!

After doing a few errans and stocking up the first aid box I rushed home to get a couple of hours in to work on our 'Spring Homespun and Vintage Fair' (flyer on it's way I promise!) before my nursery run to collect my little man...

I was greeted by these absolutely gorgeous flowers and a lovely Mark Hearld thank you card from Tim at The Ginger Pig. This kind gesture brought a tear to my eye as once in a while it's so lovely to feel appreciated. Thank you GP you are simply the best!

With lots of blooming love xxx

Pigs, Pies and Prettiness!

A good few months of fun, hectic days and exciting times have come to an end after my weekend styling The Ginger Pig at the International Food Event (IFE – Excel London). Here's Julie and I standing proud amongst the pretty and porky Ginger Pig stand!

For the past four years Gary and I have been working for The Ginger Pig, a butchers and farmers of rare breeds reared in North Yorkshire who sell their produce in their four London shops . We have such a wonderful time working with all the staff and I have the pleasure of taking Tim's (the owner's) wonderful ideas adding a little bit of Design Farm magic along the way.

This year I was asked to style and create their stand at IFE an event in London which enables business from the food industry to show off their produce and gain interest from potential new customers. My theme was 'Rustic Farmhouse Kitchen'.

What an exciting and 'Right up my street' old time I've had! Making, designing, finding rustic farmhouse props, photography, learning the trade of sign writting...what a dream job!


Les and Julie the bakery creatives at Grange Farm (The Ginger Pig HQ!) made the most wonderful produce, the star of the show was their Pork Pie wedding cake - it was a show stopper!


I've had so much fun titivating with pastry roses, metal tractors and all things rustic farmhouse kitchen!


Yummy yummy pork, preserves, pies and hams all decorated with ginger bulb buckets, wooden ginger pigs and rustic props - surrounded by the most gorgeous stripey linen.


Look at that giant sausage roll!


The Ginger Pig's pork pies were voted in the best 10 in The Independent this month so good work The Ginger Pig!


Here are our quirky name badge rosettes we created to be worn on the linen aprons we had made, they looked fab...oh and a little post card to show off their lovely produce!


After setting up the stand, I was taken to the Marylebone shop on Moxon street where I chatted to the staff and had the chance to potter aroungd the shop which was good for me to see all that has been going on as I haven't visited since I became a mummy.

Whilst I was stood with David outside a customer walked into the shop and we heard him declare to his family "This is the best butchers in London" - well I agree!


Lots of Piggy love xxx