News — tablemats

Jenny Duff mats for Jo Oakley

  These delightful mats have been produced for talented artist  - she will be selling them through her website and at Lee Green Open Studios next month - why not make time to pay her a visit and follow the studio trail

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Country Fair Animals by John Hanna

       Another lovely write up on the Country Fair Animal designs, this time by Delicious Industries - we've even managed to find some they hadn't seen before...

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Spirit of Christmas Fair

  Designer Dawn Cole popped in to do the draw for the Spirit of Christmas complimentary tickets - you'll hear from me today if you have won some.  If not, and you'd like to visit the Fair you can enjoy a very special offer of 15% off the ticket price, including a copy of The Fair Book, available on arrival. You can book online at www.spiritofchristmasfair.co.uk or call 0871 230 1089* and quote SD8L to receive this offer. The Fair is open daily at Olympia from Tuesday 30th October to Sunday 4th November 2012 from 10 to 6pm, with a...

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Jenny Duff in The Wall Street Journal

  The customary practice of nicking part of the table décor at fancy functions as a memento led one designer to take the idea one step further. Hostesses can send British designer Jenny Duff (www.jennyduff.co.uk) pictures and she will make a pack of coasters or place mats specifically for that dinner (£65 for six, plus postage), helping to steer conversation or mark an occasion. Music impresario and frequent party host Andrew Lloyd Webber is said to have had his Pre-Raphaelite art collection photographed and turned into place mats. To read the full article please visit the Wall Street Journal

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Country Fair Animals by John Hanna

      The Country Fair Animal mats are already causing a bit of a stir - orders are coming in and they have been blogged about "They make for a lovely collection." To read the full post see Asbury&Asbury John Hanna was part of the Country Fair team from it's early days and was integral in creating the cover images for the magazine.  You can see a photo of him in the National Portrait Gallery archive, where he appears to be illustrating a Country Fair cover.

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