I've followed Nora of Nora Finds for a couple of years now, I found her on Instagram and was immediately fascinated with her life as lab researcher and bonafide vintage blogger. I was thrilled when she reached out and asked me to design a logo for her. Since then we have been IG friends, with me admiring from afar her gift for styling vintage with a lab coat. I was so excited when I heard Nora was moving to London (where I too am based) and we met up for the first time a month ago. We had so much fun discussing fashion, vintage, science, Asian culture, family, food and life... sometimes I just sit back and marvel at how the Internet can connect you with friends who might never have crossed your path 'in real life'. I gave Nora a Book of Deer Aga Dress as a welcome to London present and she shot a lovely outfit post with it. 

Rebecca from A Clothes Horse creates some of the most cinematic outfit posts I have ever come across in the blogosphere. Her pics featuring our Peg Doll Dress look like stills from a romantic movie set on a rural farm. I love how she has used the wooden peg embroidery as a motif in her own outfit story.

"The sheets were already hung on the line, so I couldn't resist taking a few pictures with my lovely Book of Deer clothes peg dress! It's a sweet classicly shaped dress and the clothes pin embroidery adds such a nice detail. This dress will also hold a special place in my heart since I wore it on the day I was fingerprinted and photographed for my UK visa! A stressful day of long lines and equally long waits, but since it all ended a short time later with my visa in my hands I don't have any complaints. Anyway, it's one of those great workhorse dresses in your closet. It's quite lovely, but the cut and length make it so practical for everyday life I always find myself wearing it on days when I have a lot to do. I throw this dress on, feel comfortable and confident, and then it's on to the day's to-do list!" ~ Rebecca 

I'm not sure where to start with Mona.. she is more than just a customer of Book of Deer, since Mona first came across my brand she has been so wonderfully kind and supportive that I need only look at one of her outfit posts to feel inspired to keep working.

I can relate to Mona on so many levels, like me she is a massive Harry Potter fan (it's nice to know I'm not the only one who got emotional at Harry Potter studios!) and she too likes pretty dresses and cake, which in my opinion are the only two things worth getting out of bed for!

Mona has posted all her Book of Deer pieces on her wonderfully eclectic blog Curls & Cakes. Her blog not only documents her own personal outfits but also her thoughtful observations and personal experiences. I should also mention that Mona makes her own amazing range of macaron jewellery!

Sometimes when I'm feeling a little uninspired, all I have to do is have a quick scroll through my Instagram feed and I'm immediately reenergised by all the girls who share my penchant for cute, quirky, retro inspired fashion.

One of my favourite IG accounts for style inspiration is Randi Butler's. I love the way she takes modern clothing with a retro twist and styles them into outfits that have a certain 'nostalgic kawaii' appeal. I knew Book of Deer's Country Kitchen collection would suit her perfectly, and doesn't she look amazing in our Peg Doll Dress? Get to know Randi on her blog Milk & Twee, she shares beauty tips and life insights with her readers along with her adorable outfit posts.

Rebecca of the Clothes Horse stole our hearts with her Book of Deer Jam Dress post. Rebecca not only looks sweet enough to eat but her reminiscing about making strawberry jam makes us long for a lovely big jam sandwich. Read her full post here We couldn't think of anyone more delightful to model this print!

"When I was younger my family would often go strawberry picking in the summer. We'd bring home so many strawberries that sometimes it felt like berries became your main diet; strawberries for breakfast, strawberries with your lunch, strawberries with ice cream as your dessert after dinner. I'm not complaining, I still like to overindulge in fresh fruit in the summer. Even with the amount we were consuming we couldn't get through the strawberries a family of five could pick before some started to rot so my mother would take a large portion and make homemade jam. Later she'd add little cloth circles to the lids and tie with ribbons and they'd often be our back-to-school presents for teachers and bus drivers when summer was over. The point of this walk down memory lane is, Book of Deer's jam dress is a lovely, nostalgic piece for me. Our jars looked very similar to those in Eilidh's illustration print (although hers are technically raspberry jams!) and wearing this dress takes me to sticky, summer days with my family enjoying the fruits of our labor." ~ Rebecca