Hephzibah Pre- Xmas Sale

All items reduced up to £50 off!

visit http://www.etsy.com/people/JHBeulah?ref=si_pr

JHBeulah Goes Bilingual

To see more please go to

http://www.viewsofia.com/article/9540/B-kato-Bibliia---B-kato-Blog

..... translations welcome

Thank you once again Queen Michelle

Queen Michelle is a wonderful blogger at Kingdom of Style, who firstly blogged my women's ready- to- wear line for the Pre- Fall '11 collection and now has published a piece about my eco- couture necklace line.

To see more please go to http://www.bestfashionblogs.com/tag/jh/

First Blog Coverage for the New Necklace Line from JHBeulah

Please go to

http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jh-beulah-button-necklaces#!/photos/113902/1

to see more

Launch of the Button Adorned Necklace line

The first pieces of this new line of necklaces are now available at the online store JHBeulah on Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/people/JHBeulah?ref=si_pr

Button Adorned Necklace

A new product is being developed at the JHBeulah workroom, for May 2011.

Button Adored Necklace.

I have been collecting buttons of for a long time, picking them up from charity shops, with the idea that I would make accessories. Each time I visit my mother in the midlands I always make the rounds of the charity and thrift shops and see what I can find. The prices are so much lower then the shops around London! One such trip, I found a charity shop selling large pasta jars full of buttons and so I quickly grabbed those, and so you will understand I now have a large source of buttons to use up.

To make these button necklaces I have used left over raw silk from making bridesmaids dresses for my auntie’s wedding, and left over shoulder pads. The shape of the necklace and design concept comes from the highly decorative tribal necklaces.

How to make a Button Adored Necklace:

STEP 1: make a template for the plate/ base

STEP 2: cut the fusing to the template and the two pieces of silk with a centimetre around the edge of the template.

STEP 3: cut a piece of calico fabric to the template and break down one shoulder pad.

STEP 4: arrange the shoulder pad pieces onto the canvas, to make a domed shape, this wading build up with help the weight of the buttons and shape of the plate/ base.

STEP 5: hand- tack the shoulder pad pieces in place, then pin the canvas piece to wrong side of raw silk.

Step 6: now you can start sewing the buttons on! Turn the shape raw silk up and sew the buttons through the silk, canvassing and wadding. This will also secure all the layers. With the design on the buttons, it is up to you. I find it nice to cover the entire top of the shape in one colour/ shape or type of button, so there is unison in button application.

(TIP: use thick transparent nylon thread, or thin fish wire. This will keep it neat and show off only the buttons)

STEP 7: the back of this plate/ base now needs to be sealed up by “bagging out” the sides and bottom curve along the centimetre perimeter. Snip the corners, turn through and press the edges. The top edges need to be unsewn at this stage.

STEP 8: the ties now need to be made, preferably out of the same silk of the base. Cut a strip of 3 centimetres wide and of any length, fold in a centimetre either side of the width giving a total one- centimetre width. Sew down in a central straight line.

STEP 9: position the ties either side at the top of the shape then turn in the top centimetre allowance, pin and hand stitch up the seam.

You may want to have a few sprinkled buttons or to carry on sewing up to the edges and completely cover the shape.

These are my first few necklaces, which are available on Etsy at my online store JHBeulah.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/JHBeulah?ref=pr_shop

William Morris' Red House

The Red House.

Saturday 30^th May; what a beautiful day.

Determined to make use of our National Trust membership and in the mood to seize the day and have a good adventure, we looked through the handbook. Settling for Red House, the home for five years of designer, craftsman, writer and Socialist: William Morris, we were soon on the train with our bikes down to Bexleyheath.

A short cycle away from the station we arrived just in time for a tour, our guide Alan Hofman showed us around the exterior of the house and in the gardens. We then moved into the house and were guided into each room.

Hofman was a brilliant guide, a softly spoken gentleman with an unrushed pace. His storytelling approach was both entertaining and enjoyably educational.

I learnt not only the details of Morris’ work and its importance as the foundation to the beginnings of the arts & Crafts movement, but his personal attitude to favoring crafted, rather than store bought, furniture for his Red House; an attribute I hold dear.

It was also intriguing to find out about the love stories that entwined Morris and his friends and colleagues connected to the work and socializing within the Red House. An old schoolmate and later regular visitor to Red House, important to note was Gabriel Rossetti and his wife, whose marriage was cut short under distressing circumstances. On sale at the Red House gift shop is a book titled ‘The Model Wife’ which story tells ‘The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, Ruskin and Millias, all characters in William Morris’ life (written by Suzanne Fagence Cooper). Reading the first page it seems like the perfect book to get lost in on a summer’s picnic in the park. (Go to Amazon for a more competitive prize.) Phillip Brown a fellow blogger, dedicated to Pre Raphaelite Art, has written a review and summary of this book, please go to:

http://preraphaelitepaintings.blogspot.com/2011/02/model-wife-effie-ruskin-and-millais.html

There is also a painting portrait of Millias to see.

The Red House is an important site for its architecture which Morris commissioned Phillip Webb to design, as well the building houses centuries of art history within the walls and furniture, collaborated by the ten owners and tenants post Morris. In the library room upstairs its chimney reads ARS.LONGA.VITA BREUIS, meaning ‘Art Survives life is short’ a poignant statement having taken in the guided tour of the house, its tenants and Morris’ work.

This was the perfect way to spend a Saturday and now I have gained an insight of William Morris’ life and work, I am keen to adventure more connected sites.

To find out more properties connected to William Morris visit: http://www.morrisnetwork.net/aboutmn.html

Many textile replicas shown in the Red House were produced by ladies from the Morris Society that is another resource worth researching if you are interested in textiles and needlepoint disciplines: http://www.morrissociety.org/

Brief Business Statement

Over the years I have accumulated a lot of fabrics and other materials having studied art and fashion and also during internships, namely at Norton and Sons bespoke tailors on Savile Row. A born hoarder, I have always seen the potential of fabrics and objects that other people may see to throw away. And so starting Pip was a natural (if not essential!) project for me to develop.

Pip is an eco- friendly business; all products have been made by myself from end of role fabric, scraps of fabrics that would have been thrown away and from garments no longer worn. The aim is to divert anything heading to the landfill and reinvented into something new.

Each product is unique due to the nature of sourcing the materials. Depending on how much fabric I have and the design of the product, I could produce a limited range of a particular product or an entirely unique “One- Off” piece.

My aim for this business is to develop and grow in line with the profit turn over by starting trade on the internet at websites such as Etsy and specific online boutiques. With a healthy record of online trading and evidence of press coverage I will then approach retail boutiques.

I have already begun sampling product and have produced a sizable stock, practising running a market stall on two separate church faites. An outlet for selling Pip would be a market stall at Greenwich, Portobello and Spitalfields, which I must also aim for.