Thankyou very much to GreatGreenDreams for featuring my lampshades on their blog!

One little snowflake flew round and round....

I was asked to design the Christmas backdrop for the school I work in....and here's what i came up with! It took an age to cut out all the stars and snowflakes but when the lighting was on, the shadows made it all worthwhile!!

Get your lampstands glammed up!

You can now buy my unique one off lampshades at folksy! yay!

Get them while they're hot!!!!

Get your mitts on some lovely rachael gardiner wares this Christmas!! :)

Check them out at folksy/rachaelgardiner.....

A happy new home....

Here is one of my cushions, in its new home courtesy of the lovely Jill McCamley.

Christmassy craftings at Forfey HQ

I had wee stall at Forfey HQ at the weekend which was really fun! Here's a couple of pics of my stall....and look, i have forayed into the world of cushions and bunting. They'll be on etsy soon so keep a wee eye out!

charity shop finds!!

Hit the charity shops today, so thought id share the treats i found! I love the decanters - they'll look beaut with tealights in them!! All in all a good days shopping!

My new tealights.....awwww.

i ♥ my typewriter

here is a new piece i was commissioned to do....i got to base the design around a quote the commission type people gave me, and what better way to showcase a quote than type it on the good old trusty typewriter? I was abit worried about using material in my precious machine but i love the outcome...

Work of royals...

I was recently asked by the lovely Gail of seventyseventyone to exhibit some of my ceramics at the craft shop in the Royal Exchange Theatre, in Manchester.
Here is their blog so you can have a wee nosey at my stuff and the other designs on show.

the return of mr fox

Had a wee minute so decided to get my needle out and do some stitching :)

Wedding Stationary

Thought id post a few photos of the wedding stationary in all its glory!! Im really pleased with how it came out! I designed the Wedding day invitation, the evening invitation and the order of service, which are all slightly different and unique from each other. 
If anyone would like to get invitations designed please feel free to get in touch at hello@rachaelgardiner.com

I designed my friends wedding invitations recently and here is the finished front cover. It tells the story of their relationship through tiny images. I'm really pleased with the way it has come together and i think the future mr and mrs griffith are pleased too. Evening invitation to follow....

This is a piece i was commissioned to do for a lovely couple who just got married last week. It is based upon the poem He Wishes For the Cloths of Heaven by W.B.Yeats, which is one of my favourites. This made the piece all the more fun to make, altho it did take ages cutting each individual letter, but i think it was worth it. Hope they like it!

I.F. Focus

Make some noise!!

Ok so, today i sent some of my work to the Noise Lab shop in Manchester, where it's being exhibited and hopefully sold! It's all very exciting, they're doing some amazing things over there; most of all creating a bit of a stir and interest around arty type stuff, which is great! It's really cool to be part of it!
Here's some of the work i sent... hope you like.

Bert says "byeee mel"