New work by Bee & Tea for up coming Christmas fairs I have designed

Very excited about my new work for the upcoming events & Fairs

NEW

Organic handmade linen lavander bags (great for keeping moths at pay and keep your wool silk or cashmere clothes smelling good in drawers

Crisp cotton botanical laundry bags with pansies, fuchsias or delphiniums with pretty ribbed cotton drawstring cotton botanical print napkins for special occasions bringing aesthetic style to your meals and celebrations

and fab cusions with piping to complete your sofa, chairs or bed with morning glory design,

Love in a mist, mixed floral and beautiful botanical design

Pictures below give a taster....

Bridget x

craft central: We Love Made in Clerkenwell Winter 2014 Branding!

craft central: We Love Made in Clerkenwell Winter 2014 Branding!: Thank you Turnbull Grey ! We are loving the new  Made In Clerkenwell  branding! Open studios is back at Craft Central in Partne...

Bee & Tea Blog by Bridget Chetwynd: The Bee & Tea Charity Tea last Saturday went reall...

Our Bee & Tea Chairoty Tea on 7th June was a great success!

Fantastic cakes made by Stokey WI ladies who kindly volunteered and helped out on the day, beautiful piano and violin live music wafting out the windows onto the cafe patio at St Peter's De Beauvoir Community cafe

We had 40 guests and raised ovefr £500 for the local Refugee Women's Association based in Dalston, Hackney :)

Thank you to all who participated / helped / came / played etc

Look forward to another Bee & Tea Charity Tea next year

Bee & Tea at Made in Clerkenwell Open Studio Event

Bee & Tea at Made in Clerkenwell Open Studio Event

Just posting out a few invites for Craft Central Open Studios and designed this flyer for the Bee & Tea Charity Tea in Hackney coming up soon on Sat 7th June which I am really excited about organising

craft central: Create A New Look....

craft central: Create A New Look....: Spruce up your home this spring with a choice of beautiful handmade ottomans, unique ceramics, vintage cushions, wall art pieces or simply ...

Really looking forward to Summer Open Studios

craft central: 2 Weeks Till The Doors Open, May 15th

craft central: 2 Weeks Till The Doors Open, May 15th: ...And our resident designer-makers have been busy preparing!!     May 15th - May 18th, Made In Clerkenwell Open...

Enjoying making Bee & Tea lavender bags, handmade from Bee & Tea fabrics backed with linen and stuffed with organicically grown lavendar for the Craft Central Open studios in May

http://craftcentral.org.uk/summer2014

Also displaying new botanical prints

What's the story Morning Glory

The Invisible Life of a Puppeteer talk by my friend Susan Beattie for the Stoke WI last night at the White Rabbit

My friend Susan Beattie a puppeteer who trained in Science gave a fascinating talk at the Stoke Newington WI yesterday with demonstration puppets she had made in India, slides of puppeteering jobs in the alps, Monkey ads for PG Tips and her recent art work made as a result of her MA in Science and Art she is doing in London. She trained in science and ended up making a living in puppeteering! Not the usual way round but very inspiring and different.

Susan talked about artists like Dali finding inspiration from the state between sleep and waking, so for instance Dali would hold a key in his hand in a chair and when he fell asleep the key would drop from his hand onto the floor at that instant when he awoke he would record the images that came into his mind - fascinating might try it...

Bridget Chetwynd Founder Of Bee & Tea Talking At Birmingham Spring Fair On Standing Out On The High Street

Bridget Chetwynd Founder Of Bee & Tea Talking At Birmingham Spring Fair On Standing Out On The High Street: Bridget Chetwynd, founder and designer at www.beeandtea.co.uk is excited to be speaking at the NEC Birmingham Spring Fair on Tuesday 4th February at 3.45pm on Standing out on the High Street.