Looking Glass at Elys

Hello Girls,

                          Hope you are well? Since I last spoke to you, I have been following the Looking Glass girls on there many social outings around the globe.  Last Thursday, Elys held a Christmas extravaganza  for all there customers at their store in Wimbledon and the Looking Glass designers Emilie and Claire, were there to promote their latest collection. Fashion and Beauty editor of Instyle,  Sophie Hedley hosted the fantastic fashion show with a champagne reception to start the evening.  The Lovely Laura was there modelling our lovely collection and a good time was had by all!!!

                

 Showing above: Laura is wearing the dress Amelia

   

 Emilie (far left) is wearing the lovely Samantha dress and Claire (right) is wearing the Angela top with the skirt,  Estelle.

If you like what you see, go to http://lookingglassstore.com/new.php 

I would like to send a special mention to the lovely Meera Amin for taking the photos. You can see more of her work at www.aminphotography.blogspot.com or contact her at amin_photography@hotmail.co.uk.

Best Wishes!

 Amilie x

Looking Glass at Elys

Hello Girls,

                          Hope you are well? Since I last spoke to you, I have been following the Looking Glass girls on there many social outings around the globe.  Last Thursday, Elys held a Christmas extravaganza  for all there customers at their store in Wimbledon and the Looking Glass designers Emilie and Claire, were there to promote their latest collection. Fashion and Beauty editor of Instyle,  Sophie Hedley hosted the fantastic fashion show with a champagne reception to start the evening.  The Lovely Laura was there modelling our lovely collection and a good time was had by all!!!

                

 Showing above: Laura is wearing the dress Amelia

   

 Emilie (far left) is wearing the lovely Samantha dress and Claire (right) is wearing the Angela top with the skirt,  Estelle.

If you like what you see, go to http://lookingglassstore.com/new.php 

I would like to send a special mention to the lovely Meera Amin for taking the photos. You can see more of her work at www.aminphotography.blogspot.com or contact her at amin_photography@hotmail.co.uk.Best Wishes!

 

Amilie x

Looking Glass ‘Christmas Wish List’

 

Christmas is just around the corner and Looking Glass is giving you the opportunity to let your loved one’s know exactly what would be at the top of your list this year!

All you have to do is choose from the beautiful Looking Glass products, jot the names and sizes of your favourite items along with the person’s e-mail* that you wish us to send it to:

 info@lookingglassstore.com

We will send them an e-mail with pictures of your favourite items and links direct to the products to make it as easy as possible for them to shop for you!

Alternatively call: 0845 643 0937

Remember new styles are added weekly so you can update your wish list at any time!

Happy Shopping ….

Live at Bijouled

Hello!

           Last Saturday, Looking Glass went to there lovely stockist, Bijouled in Harrogate to do a special ’live window’ to celebrate them winning ’favourite new business in Harrogate.’ Owners Georgina and Neville thought a great way to celebrate, would be to invite all there customers along to share the celebrations by having a glass of champagne and a cup cake.

    Georgina said “were delighted to have been chosen to have won ‘ favourite new business in Harrogate’ and we are looking forward to building on our success in the future.”  Georgina was happy that Looking Glass wanted to do something special to match the occassion and plus we had time to look at Georgina’s amazing shop and purchase ‘a few of my favourite things’!!!

Here are a few pictures if you missed the event………..

      

Pictured Above the lovely Amy is wearing the dress Annabella and Chloe is wearing the dress Lola and Zenia.

               

                                                            Bijouled owner Georgina is wearing Elfin

If you like what you see, stay online and carry on looking:  http://lookingglassstore.com/new.php

For all Bijouled goodies, which there are many visit www.bijouled.co.uk

Looking Glass and Bijouled would like to send a special ‘Thank You’ to Annette from www.annettefishburnphotography.co.uk for taking some wonderful pictures.

Best Wishes!

Amilie xxx

Get your Secret Promotional code now!!!

Hello you lucky people,

                                     I am here to tell you the best kept secret this month, no it isnt the recipe for Edith’s toffee sticky pudding, or the preview for Looking Glass’s Spring/Summer 09, (not yet anyway). It is a special 15% discount code that you can use on full price items for your first purchase at www.lookingglassstore.com  If you put in HB119 just as you are about to pay for your items you will get 15% OFF YOUR FIRST PURCHASE. So what are you waiting for………………………..Get shopping!!! Yipee! (offer ends December 31st 2008)

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Get the look at www.lookingglassstore.com

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Go to www.lookingglassstore to buy the lovely Samantha dress.

Happy Shopping!!!

GNCC

     

Part One

WoW! What can I say……………..It was amazing!!! We met a lot of wonderful people. The standard was high and I was proud to be apart of such a well organised event. I made a few purchases, my favourite has to be my little good luck monster from the lovely Mandy Tolley www.mandomanderin.co.uk  Then I bought a wonderful ‘I love Cake’ badge from the talented Helania Sharpley www.helainasharpley.co.uk  who I first saw at the Harrogate Craft show in 2007.

Mandy Tolley

Hannah Nunn had a wonderful show, previewing her new products that were getting a really good responce from customers. See Hannah’s blog http://hannahnunn.blogspot.com/ to find out more, and visit her wonderful website www.hannahnunn.co.uk

Hannah Nunn

           

 Award winner Rebecca Joselyn, explores the function of the objects she is creating. She is interested in how people interact and handle different objects. Her work is inspirational and creative. Go to www.designsinsilver.co.uk  to find out more. Ceramics, Jill Ford www.jillford.com   who was once a teacher, soon decided that motherhood and pottery was her chosen destination. And it certainly is working, Jill’s ceramics are simple, elegant and have wide appeal.

Jill Ford

More to follow…..

Amilie x

Tips on how to Declutter your Wardrobe

Hello Ladies,

                            Hope you are all well? Welcome to my very first blog. I am so happy to have joined the Looking Glass team and I am going to bring you interesting and exciting news from Looking Glass and around the globe.

First up:  Tips on how to declutter your wardrobe, now with the revoution that is ‘fashion recycling’,  don’t be afraid to get out your ’singer’ machine. You can make wonderful things from your old clothes, just recently I took an old top and made it into a skirt. I was quite pleased with myself, until I realised I hadn’t sewn it quite right and it ended up fitting my neice better, who is ten. Hee! Hee! Oh well!

Below is my tips to a perfect wardrobe transformation………..

1, Go through your wardrobe and put it in to sections – spring/summer and  autumn/winter. Be honest with yourself, if you wont wear it and it can’t be recycled then pass it on…… (friend, charity shop, fashion designers)

2, Sentimental? – Share the love – it will be become someone else’s good luck charm. (Friends/family/charity shop)

3, Hold a ‘fashion exchange’ party, where you swap shop your clothes, I went to one last summer and picked up some fantastic little items that I would not have necessarily found in the shops. Please check out this fantastic website www.fashionexchange.co.uk  it is run by a very good friend of mine, and you may well pick up a bargin or two!!! 

4, Make it a fun experience, this is about ‘you’ be inventive and create a new you, from the old you. Fashion is meant to be fun and experimental! Enjoy the experience and tell your friends to do the same. You will feel like a new woman afterwards. Then go and treat yourself to a new little number from www.lookingglassstore.com

5, ‘One person’s rubbish is another person’s treasure’

Have fun and let us know how you get on…….If you want to share please email info@lookingglassstore.com 

Best Wishes!

Amilie x

Make your own cup cakes

FAST VANILLA CUPCAKES

Makes 12

A simple recipe to top with icing and decorations. Vary the flavour at your fancy…..

4oz/115g butter, at room temperature

4oz/115g caster sugar

2 large eggs, at room temperature

half tsp vanilla extract

4oz/115g self-raising flour

Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/gas mark 3. Line a 12-hole cupcake tin with paper cases.

In the food processor or a tabletop mixer, beat the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla until smooth.

Turn off the motor and add the flour. With the pulse button, or brief bursts of the beater, mix the flour in, stopping as soon as it is blended.

Divide the mixture between the paper cases.

Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden and springy to the touch.

Happy Cooking!!!

xxx

Razzle Dazzle Em’

 

The magic of the season is apon us and as you prepare for the winter nights ahead, I will be be providing you with some yumtastic treats for every occassion.  

Remember, remember the fifth of November. I certainly have!!! I love Bonfire night with the glory of the fire and the amazing firework display, that always makes me jump every time it begins. Well, if you found the cupcakes easy to make,  then these bonfire treats will be doddle!!!

Enjoy!

BONFIRE TOFFEE:

A sticky treat – eat fresh from the baking tray.

INGREDIENTS 1 lb sugar, preferably Demerara 1/3 pint water 1 ¼ ozs butter 2 level tablespoons golden syrup 1 teaspoon vinegar

Preparation • Put all the ingredients into a strong saucepan, adding the sugar and syrup gradually to avoid burning, and stir over a steady heat until the sugar has dissolved. • Bring to the boil and cook slowly. • To test for consistency stage drop about half a teaspoon of the mixture into a cup of cold water, if it sets hard then it is done, if still soft and chewy cook for a little longer and test again. • Pour into oiled or buttered tin and either allow to set as a slab or mark in squared as toffee becomes partially set. • Break when completely set.

For variety use black treacle instead of golden syrup or add peanuts or chopped mixed nuts.

 

 

 

COINTREAU HOT CHOCOLATE.

Why should children have all the fun?

INGREDIENTS Chocolate powder Cointreau Milk and sugar

Preparation • Make up a mug of instant hot chocolate. Use a good quality chocolate powder such as Galaxy. • Then pour in a shot of Cointreau orange liqueur. Use approx half a pub measure, or 1 tablespoon full. Make it with just a hint of alcohol, or stronger! • Then stir. The warming chocolate orange flavour is delicious, and it is also easy to make in a jug or in a thermos to make pouring faster.

“The flavour is so much more rewarding than any of the hot chocolates you can buy which are merely flavoured

PARKIN:

an oatmeal and ginger cake from the North of England.

INGREDIENTS 1½ lb oatmeal 1 teaspoon ground ginger 8 oz brown sugar 8 oz butter 1 lb treacle 1 teaspoonful allspice	Preparation • Mix the dry ingredients . • Heat treacle and butter; add to the dry mixture and leave to stand overnight. Place in a well-greased shallow baking tin and bake in a moderate oven for about 2 hours. • It is done when the parkin springs back when touched.
There are many regional variations on this recipe, and occasionally different names as well. In Derbyshire and thereabouts expect to find Tharf cake.

 

Happy Bonfire Day!

Edith xxx