about
meet AMY
(founder of the joy eclectic)
THINGS I COULDN’T LIVE WITHOUT
6Music - soundtracks quite a lot of my day and event set ups!
Cheese & Jam sandwiches - apparently not as common as I thought but highly recommend this combo passed on from my Mum and the North East.
A good book - life feels better when I’m in the middle of a good one. I have to read every night to get to sleep, even if it’s just 2 pages…
Yoga - I can’t do any fancy moves (headstands and the like) but love incorporating a bit of stretching and breathing into every week no matter what I’ve got on to feel grounded and calm.
A dancefloor with pals - OK these occasions are fewer and farer between especially since I’ve had a sprog but there is no better place to be.
SONG GUARANTEED TO GET ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR
Pony by Ginuwine
SONG GUARANTEED TO MAKE ME CRY
Freefallin’ by Tom Petty or First Days of Spring by Noah and The Whale
CHILDHOOD FILM I’VE WATCHED THE MOST
The Burbs, Wayne’s World
FAVE CURRENT FILM DIRECTOR
Ruben Östlund (Triangle of Sadness, Force Majeure)
“I’m a big old magpie, I love collecting images and ideas wherever I find them and squirrelling them away for my own projects and collaborations with others.
Having been immersed in art and design from an early age and then events from my twenties, The Joy Eclectic is the business I was always going to start.”
5 FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW…
SOME OF THE EVENTS I’VE WORKED ON HAVE BEEN FEATURED IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS INCLUDING: VOGUE, TIME OUT, THE TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, STYLIST MAG AND MORE
I ONCE WORKED WITH A BUILDING COMPANY TO DESIGN AN ENTIRE VICTORIAN HOUSE IN LEWISHAM
I AM PART OF THE FREELANCE ARTIST TEAM AT BALTIC CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN NEWCASTLE
I MOVED TO LONDON WHEN I WAS 21 BUT GREW UP IN NORTHUMBERLAND AND REGULARLY GO BACK TO GET SOME FRESH-NESS AND FAMILY TIME
ONE OF MY LONG TERM DREAMS IS TO START MY OWN WEDDING AND EVENTS VENUE…NOT SURE WHERE BUT I’VE ALREADY GOT IDEAS …
