You Are My Sunshine Poster

You Are My Sunshine Poster

You Are My Sunshine Poster

You Are My Sunshine my only Sunshine, you make me happy when skies are grey. We wanted to come up with a poster that best captures this song and gives a bright lease of colour to any wall in your home or office.

We were undecided on the final poster so we have given you the option of two posters. Simply click on the image to the right to reveal both posters.

1. You Are My Sunshine Poster (Full Sun)

2. You are my Sunshine Poster (Half Sun)

On purchase please state in the notes section which poster you would prefer and we will ship it out to you and hopefully it brings your walls the desired sunshine. The poster was created due to one of our Duck Egg Facebook Fans requesting a poster with this famous tune attached. We love working with the Duck Egg community and if there is any phrase or creation you want to become a reality then please contact us on info@duckeggdesigns.com - we love to help and love the reactions and feedback.

You Are My Sunshine poster is available in an array of colours and in our famous colour match, to go with any wall colour.

If you like this poster please do hit the social share buttons below to let us know and keep letting us know what you want to see next.

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How to Cook Haddock

How to Cook Haddock

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Team Duck Egg

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How To Cook Haddock

How To Cook Haddock: Team Duck Egg Designs were very fortunate to be able to ask Paul Bentley (Chef to the stars) for some tips on how to cook haddock as beautifully as he does.

January is a great month for round white fish. West Yorkshire, where Paul lives has always preferred haddock over the national favourite cod.

Paul says:

“So what is the difference? Well for me, haddock is sweeter and cod is flaky and succulent. Cod tends to be more prone to parasites and can often be sold out of condition and tasteless.”

How To Cook Haddock:

• Get the thick end of haddock from a good fish merchant rather than the supermarket.
• Ask him/her to leave the skin on but remove the ‘pin bones’.

Team Duck Egg ask:

“How do you make your fish so nice Paul”?

“Simple- a good non-stick pan, a little oil, some good butter to start , a little fresh lemon juice and some foil.”

Then..

• Warm an oven to ‘rest the fish’.
• Season the fish well and carefully.
• Dust with a little flour and knock any excess off.
• Warm the sauté/frying pan.

Oil the pan; lay the fish in the pan to sizzle and the secret is not to move the fish for a good few minutes. If the pan is getting too hot remove the pan from the heat and adjust the heat bring the pan back onto the heat.

Add some butter and swirl the pan and the butter will go brown and ‘smell nutty’ squeeze some lemon juice in and shake the pan.

Top the fish with a little foil or grease proof paper and place in the oven without turning the fish over 4 or 5 minutes. 8 – 10 minutes in total.

Team Duck Egg ask:

“How do you suggest serving this dish Paul”?

A good fish slice and onto a warm plate with the haddock, peel of the sin and turn over to show a golden, crispy surface.

This is a great way to enjoy good fish, salmon is good this way too.

Team Duck Egg ask:

“Accompaniments?”

Melt a pot of brown shrimps into the pan and add some fresh parsley and pour over the haddock.

Sauté potatoes with a handful of chorizo and garden peas piled up alongside the fish.

Try some new potatoes with fresh chopped mint, even in winter.

“Alternatively, a pot of cauliflower cheese with leeks as a wholesome veggie dish.

Team Duck Egg:

“Yummy!!!!”

We like to thank Paul for sharing his tips and hope he will join us again soon with another wonderful  dish!

How To Cook Haddock article written by Paul Bentley and Ellie Harrington of Duck Egg Designs. For more details visit www.duckeggdesigns.com or email info@duckeggdesigns.com

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How To Make Christmas Stocking Fillers

How To Make Christmas Stocking Fillers

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Team Duck Egg

How To Make Christmas Stocking Fillers

Christmas stocking fillers can be expensive, but let these ideas inspire you to upcycle everyday objects into presents for creative and thoughtful gifts to add originality to any stocking! For presents that last beyond Christmas, Ellie Harrington of Duck Egg Designs looks at how to make Christmas stocking fillers.

 Map Coasters

Map Coasters:

The perfect gift for remembering special places, these personalised coasters feature maps of memorable sites. They are romantic, thoughtful and a great talking point. To commemorate a special round the world trip these coasters map an unforgettable voyage.

Materials:

Map - Round plain cork coasters - Glue sealant - Brush - Scissors - Card

How to make Christmas Stocking Fillers – Map Coasters.

Using plain cork coasters trace around your coasters onto card to make your template. Use the templates to trace around on to the back of your map, taking care to include the area of significance. Carefully cut around the shape making sure to keep clean edges. Paste glue sealant onto the top of the coaster and the place the map cut outs onto coaster. Once this is dry then coat seal top of the coaster with the glue sealant.

Ellie says:

“Everyone who comes round always enjoys these the coasters and goes home to make them for themselves.”

How to make Christmas Stocking Fillers – Rosebud Heart Wreath.

This easy statement piece is a gorgeous gift and also makes a lovely present to a host at a Christmas party. 

Materials:

• Dried rosebuds
• Malleable Wire (should be strong enough to hold its shape with the weight of the buds.)
• Wire cutters
• Ribbon

How to make Rosebud Heart Wreath:

Thread your rosebuds onto the wire, using a needle to make the hole if the wire is not strong enough. Start to bend the wire as you add your buds. We love a heart shape for impact or you could do an initial or even a whole word. When the wire meets allow a 2 cm overlap and wrap the end pieces together and trim wire. Wrap ribbon over the join and knot and tie the ends into a bow.

Ellie says:

 “We placed our Rosebud Heart Wreath in our kitchen, hanging of our apron hooks to give the room a warm Christmas and traditional feel. These really are simple and fun to make and you could experiment with a number of different flowers and dyes if you want to try something a little more funky.”

  

How to make Christmas Stocking Fillers - Marbled Stationery

These marbled pencils and matching notebook are an ideal Christmas present and can involve all the family for crafting fun! These bring any  vintage interiors to life.

Materials:

• Marbling inks
• Shallow tray
• Paper
• Round pencils
• Notebook
• PVA glue
• Pencil sharpener

How to make Marbled Stationery:

Decide what colour scheme you would like to have and add your chosen marbling inks to a shallow tray of water. Use a paintbrush or spatula to swirl your designs. Place your paper delicately on top and lift off with care when you can see the inks holding onto the paper, leaving to dry flat. For the pencils cut the paper into rectangles and allow a 2 mm overlap on the longest side of the rectangle. Apply PVA evenly and roll the marbled paper tightly around the pencil taking care to align the edges and once dry sharpen the pencil. For the notebook repeat the marbling steps and then allow a 1 cm overlap.  Cut diagonals at the corner to create neat edges and apply PVA taking care to smooth any air bubbles from the paper. Little ones will love helping create unique designs although aprons are a must!

How to make Christmas Stocking Fillers - Scented Fabric Heart

Older children will be absorbed for hours creating these scented sachets to use as decorations for a vintage tree or as presents.

Materials:

• Small pieces of fabric
• Ribbon
• Dried lavender
• Stuffing
• Card heart template
• Pinking shears
• Needle and thread/sewing machine

How to make a Fabric Scented Heart: 

  Cut out your shape by pinning the fabric together, we are usingvintage fabric prints from the Duck Egg range and using a template to cut out two identical pieces. Use pinking shears so fabric edges will be neat, but still have a rustic feel. (Alternatively sew inside out for a smooth finish on the outer edge). With this sewing craft you will need to put the fabric with the plain sides together.  Tuck your ribbon inside the upper seam and pin your ribbon on the top of the shape, seen here at the top centre of the heart. Sew around the heart leaving a two cm gap.

Place in some dried lavender and fill with stuffing. Sew up the hole following on from the previous sewing line.

Ellie says:

“These fabric scented hearts look beautiful hanging on a door handle or just tuck away on a shelf or dresser. They make the perfect little Christmas presents for friends and family.”

Ellie Harrington – Duck Egg Designs

How To Make Christmas Stocking Fillers article written by Ellie Harrington of Duck Egg Designs (for “Reloved Magazine” a wonderful magazine targeted at interiors and makeover professionals). For more details visit www.duckeggdesigns.com or email info@duckeggdesigns.com

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Personalised Wooden Toy Boxes the perfect Christmas Present

Team Duck Egg has been flat out with the personalised wooden toy boxes orders flooding in! We really do love making these and love the fact they are always going to a happy home. We appreciate how much of a personal experience it is to pick the colour and style of the personalised wooden toy boxes and we pride ourselves on being there for you and helping you guide your decision process.

Each of the personalised wooden toy boxes are different and we try and offer as many styles as possible. The Harry and Oliver Toy Box above is going to make a lovely Christmas present.

Harry and Oliver’s mother decided on an engraved toy box with a beautiful white cream finish. Engraved Toy Boxes are very much on trend at the moment but we also love the bold lettering as our good friend William is modelling below.

Personal colour consultation and personalised lettering create an individual box for your special person and their treasures. All toy boxes come with a soft close mechanized arm to avoid trapped fingers, we have worked hard to ensure we have the safest toy box on the market. £200 plus delivery.

Toy Box is available in baby pink, duck egg blue and white. Other colours are available on request please contact info@duckeggdesigns.com.

In the purchasing pages please write the name and style you wish to have appear on the box and colour. CLICK HERE TO ORDER

Standard Toy Boxes are 80 cm wide x 50 cm depth x 46 cm height.

Please note this item is subject to an additional courier fee. Please contact info@duckeggdesigns.com prior to purchasing.

On other news stay tuned for more wonderful Christmas Crafting Ideas in our next blog and will are delighted to say that we will be appearing in RELOVED MAGAZINE again very soon! x

Team Duck Egg

Personalised Wooden Toy Boxes the perfect Christmas Present

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside Poster

This is seaside poster was inspired by a recent holiday on the North Norfolk Coast where we spent our days in and out the sea and building sand castles. The tradition English song and saying Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside Poster was inspired after Mr Duck Egg built a huge sand castle and our little boy added a British flag to finish it off! It was a very British holiday!

Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside Poster can come with the British Flag or without and is a silhouette of the sandcastle Mr Duck Egg and our little rascal made. With all our posters and prints we hope it evokes a moment or feeling you can relate to that brings a great feeling to a room or your interiors.

The  Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside Poster is available in any colour you want (we will colour match any colour). We believe these give any wall a unique, vibrant burst of colour, style and a bespoke finish.

We have a few more Coastal Posters coming out soon so please watch this space! We will keep you updated via our news letters or blog.

A3 (Medium) Posters: £14

Below is a sample of colours we love but email us with your colour if you want a bespoke poster.

Please contact info@duckeggdesigns.com to discuss what colour you would like and size.

Also our poster range will soon be appearing as a postcard set, so do get in contact if you would like to pre-order a pack of 6 post cards.

We will be happy to change the FLAG if required so you can add a personal touch!

(If there are any personal poster designs you want for a special occasion or for a loved one then please also email us to discuss our bespoke service for a one off gift!)

To get more information on the poster go to: http://duckeggdesigns.com/Duck-Egg-Designs-Poster-Prints/seaside-poster-print

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Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside

Rubber Duck Poster - New Poster

Rubber Duck Quack! Poster

Rubber Duck Poster is our latest poster print from Duck egg designs. It pays its respects to the ultimate king of the bathroom the Rubber Duck!

Inspired by the smallest member of the Duck Egg team, our little rascal. Rubber Duck Poster reminds us of some very amusing bath times where all you would hear is Quack Quack Quack for a good 20 minutes solid and so Quack Rubber Duck Poster was born!

The print looks great in any room and adds a fresh feel to any vintage interior or modern space. Very popular for the bathroom but we have our Rubber Duck Poster Print hanging in our corridor.

The Rubber Duck Poster is available in A3 and an extensive range of colours with the Duck Egg Designs famous colour match service still available where we will adjust the colours to many choices the colours of your walls.

The Rubber Duck Poster and all are posters and prints are available in any colour you want (we will colour match any colour). We believe these give any wall a unique, vibrant burst of colour, style and a bespoke finish. We passionately want all the Duck Egg Designs Posters to blend seamlessly into your modern or vintage interiors. Anything we can do to help or personalised adjustments then please do let us know.

A3 (Medium) Posters: £14

Below is a sample of colours we love but email us with your colour if you want a bespoke poster.



Please contact info@duckeggdesigns.com to discuss what colour you would like and size.

To order the post click here:  Duck Poster

We are also taking on a number of new projects and bespoke designs for clients at the moment. If you would be interested in having a one off poster made for you in our style then please do get in contact.

Team Duck Egg Designs x


Rubber Duck Poster - New Poster

Duck Egg Vintage Interiors Update

Modern Vintage Interiors Update

Hello everyone!

It has been some time since our last blog, we have been very busy working and collaborating with a number of you within the Duck Egg creative community, coming up with more interesting ideas, projects and creating more vintage interiors. As always your feedback is a driving force behind everything we do and the direction of the Duck Egg.

Delighted to say we have been approached to write our first book on modern vintage interiors! We are very excited and can’t wait to get a moment to start, release date is set for 2015 so thankfully we have a bit of time to get it right! Modern Vintage Interiors is looking like the name of the book but any ideas on a better name would greatly be appreciated?

A big part of the last few months has been working on our new fabrics and cushions. We are going to attempt to make our first video showcasing the new designs, if you are a Facebook follower then you have already had a sneek peek. We are delighted with them and they are situated everywhere in our house.

We are on the look out for a number of bloggers and writers who want to contribute to the Site and reach out to the Duck Egg Community. We are very keen to find a gardening expert and a bakery expert to share some of their hints and tips for the garden and the kitchen. If interested then please email us at info@duckeggdesigns.com and have your article be read by more than 50,000 people a month! (no pressure!) .

One of the big requests we received via email and via twitter was for more vintage posters and a post card range. The post cards are in the pipeline but at the moment the focus has been on continuing the poster range designed by Ellie and Nick Harrington. The range continues on the theme of a fresh, modern, fun poster that looks good in any room and we are delighted to say we are still offering the colour match service so you can perfectly match your room colours to ensure the posters blend in perfectly with your interior.

Since returning from a wonderful summer holiday on the Norfolk Broads we have had lots of inspiration for a new range of coastal posters and water based themes that provoke a lot of happy memories for us and we hope have similar connections with you.

We made a little video of our Norfolk adventure for you:

Duck Egg Holiday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpWfeztUkbE

As always a huge thanks the you, the blog, twitter and Facebook supporters we hugely appreciate all the support and messages and everyday we get a little closer to launching a Duck Egg Designs shop with all our products plus tea and cake of course.

Watch this space for a series of new product launches coming soon.

Hope everyone is well, crafting, designing and inspiring themselves and others.

All the best with your modern vintage interiors!

Ellie x

Ellie Harrington Duck Egg Designs Founder

Duck Egg Vintage Interiors Update