Christmas is all about giving, so in the festive spirit of giving to others for six days during December, Regent Street gave shoppers the gift of time.

Heaps + Stacks designed The Regent Street Winter Retreat to offer guests a cosy bolthole to escape from the chilly city outside and to help prepare them for the festive season ahead.

Shoppers were invited in to drop off gifts to be wrapped by the retreat’s resident wrappers and whilst their gifts were wrapped they had the time to enjoy a rolling programme of wellbeing classes and workshops.

Heaps + Stacks produced as full programme of activities with likes of mindful yoga sessions, gong baths and grooming treatments, all designed to give back some you time and foster a slower, more mindful Christmas.

There was also a Christmas Card Station where guests could create, write and post their cards and a ‘donate and decorate’ station where guests could decorate a bauble in return for donating to a homeless charity.

To celebrate the launch of Alice Liveing’s workout collection with Primark, Heaps + Stacks produced and programmed a ‘Liveing Well X Primark’ fit-spo, where guests were invited to take part in various ‘New Year’ classes, such as; Mantra writing, BuJo, Breathwork skills and Gut Health 101. Guests were also treated to a fitness class with Alice.

The event finished with a ‘Project Positive’ panel talk hosted by Alice and her two speakers, Tally Rye and Jody Shields.

The Painting Rooms

Mortimer House, Fitzrovia

For the launch of their new children’s wallpaper range, Heaps + Stacks produced and styled a press breakfast and influencer brunch for Newbie, which then led to a mobile making workshop to further engage guests with the new product.

Heaps + Stacks created bespoke tablecloths, napkins and menus in the same design as one of the wallpaper styles, with paper flowers folded from the wallpaper interspersed throughout beautiful floral arrangements.

The wooden shapes for the mobile making workshop were also inspired by the range, with pastel-coloured foxes and squirrels available for guests to tie onto and assemble a natural-looking mobile to take-away as a memento from the event.

Additionally, each guest received a bespoke Newbie colouring in book and branded colouring pencils with the motif’s from each wallpaper design lifted and simplified for the younger guests to have fun with.

Heaps + Stacks were asked to design and produce the launch of M&S’s vegan range, Plant Kitchen.

The event took the format of a Food Festival at The Vinyl Factory in Soho with various ranges being shown off as food vendors with stands and vans serving the Plant Kitchen collection.

The event was styled as an urban, festival inspired night market. For the first time suppliers became ‘food vendors’ and served directly from the stands and vans so it had a street-food feel - which worked incredibly well. We dressed the venue with festoon lights, neon slogan signs, rustic furniture and chalkboards to mimic popular night markets like Street Feast and Dinerama.

Highlights included a woodfired oven within a Land Rover and a VW camper van serving the new vegan burgers and sausoyages. We also created a Tiki Bar which featured a new Vegan Pina Colada, a cocktail with cashew milk and the new power smoothies and juice shots.

The event had over 200 attendees, including key target national and consumer press, along with a brilliant number of new high-level influencers and prominent figures in the health and vegan Instagram communities.

Heaps + Stacks worked with Alter to create bespoke desktop Zen Garden kits for Murad to celebrate the launch of their Revatilixir Recovery Serum.

Heaps + Stacks developed the creative from concept to finish, sourcing the necessary items to create a mindful send-out to x100 influencers.

Each box included a wooden frame and rake, white sand and stones, miniature succulents and a happy Buddha.

Heaps + Stacks worked with Arcadia to programme the Arcadia SS19 press day.

The day kicked off with a “Morning Mantra” session where guests learnt how to create a personal mantra to transform their mindset by setting daily intentions to support their busy schedule and goals. 

Once the mantra had been created they then used calligraphy and collage materials to artwork their mantra into an attractive desk sized frame.

In the afternoon the space was then taken over by an Astrology Mixology session. Guests had their horoscope read by an astrologist, whilst a team of mixologists created a hyper personalised cocktail based on that guests star sign and astrological reading.

Amsterdam // Zurich // Geneva // Stockholm

In the lead up to Christmas Heaps + Stacks worked with COS to create a number of in-store customisation stations.

Heaps + Stacks worked with local suppliers to create a set to perfectly suit the clean and minimal COS Aesthetic

Bespoke embossing letters were hand made in the COS house font so that guests could have cloth journals and leather good blind debossed or foil embossed live in store.

Soho Farmhouse

In the cosy setting of The Farmhouse at Soho Farmhouse, Heaps + Stacks helped launch Mint Velvet's 2018 'Hygge’ Collection.

Set in a stunning dining room amongst sumptuous cashmere loungeware the bespoke self-care session helped guests to explore their night time rituals around and a table filled with pink Himalayan salt lamps.

Influences were invited to create their own bath salts, oils and clay masks, personalising them with their chosen essential oils for the ultimate slumber party.

Cafe Miami, London

#Glitztheseason

In the dreamy setting of Café Miami, Heaps + Stacks produced the ultimate, OTT Christmas jumper customisation workshop for Soap & Glory.  

Influencers were invited to create their own unique pink Christmas jumpers, adorning them with an impressive array of festive decorations, sparkles and personalising them to their own taste.

Estee Lauder Companies, Fitzrovia.

As part of La Mer’s strategy day Heaps + Stacks were asked to produce a creative workshop around seaweed, particularly sea kelp due to it being a key ingredient in their latest product.

We sourced a seaweed expert who pre pressed three types of seaweed, and led the workshop, teaching the team about the various benefits of each seaweed.

Following this, guests were invited to press their own seaweed, transferring it onto premium coloured paper, framing their creation using various mounts, and beautifully finished with calligraphy by our on-site calligrapher!

Spring, London

#Glitztheseason

A conversation about the resurgence of plants in contemporary interior design with the author of 'How To Grow Stuff' and Creator of @noughticulture, Alice Vincent speaking with the Co-Founder of WORM London, Terri Chandler and Founder of London Terrariums, Emma Sibley.

The conversation was accompanied by an asparagus fern potting workshop and hosted by Aesop in their wonderful Richmond townhouse.

Photos @fullalove

Zakynthos, Greece

The Peligoni Club teamed up with the Co-founder of Bestival and revered DJ, Rob da Bank, to fill the club with three days of sun-fuelled revelry.

The programmed included a sublime medley of music, food, drink, experiences and adventures for an island gathering like no other.

Heaps + Stacks bought a number of workshops to the party, with a shell jewellery class set alongside a pool party and leather craft sessions where people could craft their holiday luggage tags whilst listening to the sounds of acoustic music.

70 Mortimer Street, Fitzrovia. 

Promising to bring the Spirit of Christmas to W1, the ‘Customise your Christmas’ Studio was a Scandinavian Narnia style escape for all. Offering beautifully bespoke Christmas experiences, personalised touches were provided on a complimentary basis, refreshments were served by handsome waiters, and a wrap library was on offer for guests to help themselves to as many wrapping materials as their heart desired! 

The elegant retreat featured one-off experiences including:

- Personalised, hand-painted monogramming to make thoseChristmas gifts extra special 

- Gingerbread 'Snack for Santa' biscuit decorating 

- Leather embossing on any Regent Street purchase

- In-house calligrapher for those snow-white gift tags 

- A 'Letters to Santa' station, where children can use Regent Street branded pencils and quills to pen and post their Christmas wishlist

Heaps + Stacks pulled together the concept, shot the promotional content, produced the event and managed the interactive family workshops over the Christmas period.

As part of Regent Street’s Fashion & Design Month, we joined TV presenter and style muse Laura Jackson for a lesson in accessorising. Following an intimate talk where Laura discussed the latest accessory trends, we helped Laura host an accessory workshop alongside Lily Kamper, giving guests the chance to create their own statement pair of earrings, or a necklace. 

Ace Hotel, Shoreditch

Unilever’s Lux hosted 32 ambassadors from 13 countries including Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand for a co-creation bootcamp in London.

Guests took part in a series of Instagram-ready activites, including a botanical jewellery workshop produced by us. Working with JamJar flowers the influencers were taught about the history of pressed flowers, and were then shown how to create dainty and intricate botanical pendants; from bracelets through to necklaces.

The set up gave the influencers ample opportunity to play around with various flat lay options; from cement, marble, terrazzo and mirrored backgrounds, to create beautiful content for their followers.

Secret location, London.

As an official partner of Secret Cinema’s Romeo and Juliet production, Heaps + Stacks produced a ‘Garden of Peace’, an Italian herb potting workshop and performance, where over a thousand Capulet and Montague guests gathered together to pot a ‘peace’ plant and write a truce message to their opposing house.

Alex Head, the founder of go-to London catering company Social Pantry recently announced the launch of a new restaurant and café, Soane’s Kitchen, at Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery in Ealing

Located inside a gorgeous and original walled kitchen garden at Pitzhanger Manor, we were able to compliment the launch of the restaurant and beautiful gardens with our Pop-up Petal Parlour.

Jovial guests were treated to petal powered treatments, with pressed flower facials and floral manicures, before the heading to the dance floor.

Brown Hart Gardens, Mayfair.

Heaps + Stacks were invited by Bumble to host a workshop that touched upon creativity and entrepreneurial spirit for the launch of BumbleBizz - their new business app that puts women in the hot seat.

Bumble launched The Hive: London; a two-day networking and brand experience to celebrate their new venture. Bumble took over Brown Hart Gardens to curate a series of live panels, wellness classes and workshops with some impressive women in business. 

Together with the expertise of Sarah Hyndman from Type Tasting, guests were invited to sign up for our workshop titled 'Increasing Your Creativity: A Lesson in Typography'. Guests learned why fonts matter, how they reflect one's personality (and CV), and how fonts can also be paired with smells and tastes to impact preconceptions; how Prosecco can taste sweet or sour when paired with different music. 

Focusing on bee and 'hive' inspired set dressing, we used hexagonal risers and tiling, and honeypots matched to the Bumble Pantone to create a direct reflection of the brand. 

Palm Vaults, Hackney.

To celebrate the launch of the Nike React Matcha, Nike partnered with East London coffee shop, Palm Vaults, London’s most ‘instagrammable’ cafe, where the food tastes as good as it looks and it's healthy too!

Influencers and top customers were invited to stop by for food and inspirational panel talks about health and wellness and then finally were invited for a short run around East London were they could try out their new Nike React Matcha shoes.

The Rosewood, London.

Heaps + Stacks produced a ‘Colour Experts’ dinner for Marks & Spencer and their international press at The Rosewood hotel.

Showcasing the launch of their AW 18 collection and teaching their guests about their extensive colour library (which outweighs Pantones), we produced a miniature museum which highlighted fun facts around the theme of colour, we curated colour block food courses with The Rosewood kitchen, dressed tables in colour wheel napkins and flowers in the four key colours, and programmed a colour personality quiz and speech with colour psychologist Karen Haller!

Mortimer House, Fitzrovia.

Mindfulness? Check. Self care? Check. Meditation? Check. This day-long event for Marguerite, a members club for women working in the arts was designed to bring females together for a day of physical and mental wellness. 

Post Beyoncé barre class at Frame Fitzrovia, we invited members to block print their own gym bag with feminist shapes and bold colours. 

Not put off by the sweltering heatwave of July, Heaps + Stacks launched their Christmas 2018 programme amongst clients and friends at Norn.

The evening acted as a taster of whats to come during the festive period with 3D printed decorations, cheese cracker rolling, bauble filling, live gingerbread installations and mini Christmas-cactus potting.

As well as this Heaps + Stacks also held two life drawing sessions, the first with life models directly from the nativity (the donkey), and a more adult version later that evening, which included the smashing of a glitter filled martini glass and a carefully placed Christmas pudding.

Six Storeys, Soho.

As part of Facebook's 'Grow' initiative, Heaps + Stacks were asked to program a series of creative workshops for guests to take part in. With the guests being international, our leather luggage tag making workshop seemed most fitting, and guests walked away having hammered away at organic leather pieces for their luggage.

We also commissioned a bespoke illustration around the theme of 'growth' for guests to use in a screen printing workshop, where they could learn to screen print onto a tote bag or T-shirt, in Facebook blue. 

Making the most of the panoramic views on the rooftop of The Ned, Heaps + Stacks were able to host an architectural drawing tour. Lead by artist Robin Mackney (@REWM), guests learnt how to freehand line draw, and how to add detailing to buildings with clever tips.

Kimpton De Witt Hotel, Amsterdam

Heaps + Stacks were invited to help Launch boutique hotel Kimpton De Witt in Amsterdam. The launch party was built around the idea of creating your own unique stay, with build your own canapés, floral garlands led by the hotels florist, and a glitter station by Shine Shack.

Our take on the 'create your own stay' theme was for guests to hand cut and stamp their own organic leather luggage tag. With cocktails in one hand and mallets in the other, guests valiantly beat away at their leather pieces and crafted something quite gorgeous.  

Curtain Hotel, Shoreditch

Maybelline inaugurated 12 new bloggers from across the world for their annual Maybelline Gang: #MaybellineItGirls, and shipped them over to London for a fun filled few days.

The girls explored landmarks centred around the Instagrammable Curtain Hotel, in the stylish hub of Shoreditch, and made sure to leave their mark.

Throughout their stay, Heaps + Stacks produced workshops focused on Maybelline’s new product launches.

Workshops included were: stencilling and personalising their own custom raincoat; monogramming and graffitiing wellies, bespoke tattoo designs that could either be temporary tattoos, or, for those less squeamish: Jordan Baxter, from Frith Street Tattoo shop, known for its cult following and celebrity clientele. was on sight to tattoo the girls chosen design for life!

Opening its doors in Old Street station, Ted’s latest pop-up showcases pieces from Ted Baker's ‘Colour By Numbers’ collection against opalescent panels inspired by a contemporary art gallery.

Alongside presenting the pieces, Heaps + Stacks were brought in to help schedule a colourful array of activities. A multi-sensory restorative yoga class was on offer every Wednesday, where light and colour therapy techniques were combined.

During the pop-up we also provided Ted with an aura photography booth. Here, the camera will pick up people’s individual energies, take a photo and apply a colourful halo around them.  

Hus Gallery, Mayfair.

As part of Lindex's Better Denim press day Heaps + Stacks implemented a 'Denim Bar' featuring various customisation services. Press were invited to choose their complimentary pair of jeans, pick from denim painting, studding or fraying, and watch their unique creation come to life.

Coya, Mayfair.

Heaps + Stacks teamed up with Neon Naked to create this stunning class that took place at COYA Mayfair.

The session saw guests sketch models using UV reactive materials for a glow in the dark art class.

The J'ADORE LA VIE girls, Janet Mayer and Ami Benton modelled with Peruvian inspired body paint by Mimmi Harding, to reference the clubs Peruvian roots.

L'Escargot, Soho.

This Galentines we produced a creative soiree within the top rooms of L'Escargot restaurant.

Guests were treated to lipstick life drawing with Miss Vanity - our Drag Queen-turned-model, as well as lip casting... where they were shown how to cast their pout in moulding gel and plaster to create an everlasting kiss!

Amongst these two main workshops, we also had Zelda reading tarot cards, and predicting the future of one's love life!

Bespoke girl power plates, rose petals and the feminine clash of red and pink took over the room, and treats were provided by the ladies at Creme De La Crumb.

The Ned Hotel, Poultry.

Our latest workshop for members of The Ned was miniature Zen Garden making, where guests were invited to create their own desktop version of a Japanese Zen Garden.

Guests were introduced to Mark from Zenways, who started the session off with a short meditation, before proceeding to explain the meanings behind each material; smooth pebbles, the importance of moss, incense, sand and miniature plants. Members were then invited to get creative... choosing from various coloured stones, gravel and sand, which they created mindful patterns in with their own bamboo rake.

Table dressing included miniature bonsai trees, bamboo place mats and a mini incense burner to create a true moment of Zen.

Only YOU Hotel, Madrid.

Heaps + Stacks were invited to help programme creative content for the YouTube Creators Summit in Madrid.

Vloggers were treated to a patch bar with over 300 patches which they could have attached onto logo embroidered denim jackets.

On the final day of the event Heaps + Stacks ran a denim DIY workshop showing Vloggers how to distress, paint, embroider and patch some more their jackets.

Port Eliot, Cornwall.

Heaps + Stacks were appointed to design the event for fashion and lifestyle brand hush and its laidback sense of style at Port Eliot Festival 2017.

As the ultimate chill-out venue, the tent was a celebration of all things hush; with fashion talks from leading bloggers and stylists, craft workshops, film screenings and the ultimate stylish festival lounging.

Guests sipped on refreshing mint and elderflower coolers as they took part in the macrame workshop, flower pressed phonecase workshop and leather tassel keyring making session. 

Ted Baker & Moore.

In collaboration with Ted Baker, we produced a pot painting workshop with renowned artist Camille Walala as part of Ted's 'Colour By Numbers' collection.

Whilst sipping on bubbles and exploring the collection, guests created their own plant pots to brighten up their homes, with colours directly lifted from the collection

The Hospital Club, Covent Garden

Heaps + Stacks were asked to help programmeCenturion Lounge for American Express this Christmas. 

For two weekends Platinum Card and Centurion Members were invited to stop by to relax, warm-up, and enjoy fun and festive surprises; those of which included complimentary wrapping and calligraphy gift tags, a home fragrance workshop, snowglobe making and complimentary beauty treatments. 

We devised the concept, produced and planned each part the activations and then set dressed them for maximum social coverage. 

Portobello Road, Notting Hill

As part of our many monthly workshops with Soho House we produced an intimate stationary marbling workshop for members, where they were taught how to mix paints in a mindful manner, and create beautiful patterns to pen their notes on. 

Also featured is our leather luggage tag making workshops. Members were invited to cut their own luggage tag out of organic leather, and with leather embossing stamps they were able to create their own holiday message or stamp their contact details to create a totally bespoke travel accessory!

Soho Farmhouse, Oxfordshire.

A cosy event to celebrate their forthcoming 'hygge' collection, Mint Velvet invited some of their fashion friends and bloggers to join them at the gorgeous Soho Farmhouse in the countryside for the weekend.

Hot drinks are an essential element to many a 'hygge' moment, and therefore we prepared an insightful Tea Tasting workshop for the guests to expand their knowledge on. From the classic Green Tea through to a revitalising Hibiscus Brew, the guests sampled a spectrum of different herbal teas to find their new firm favourite. 

Each place setting was styled with a marble tray and bespoke tasting cards, whilst vintage books and rustic foliage provided the ultimate Instagram photo moment. 

19 Greek Street, Soho.

Heaps + Stacks were asked to create an interactive drop-in workshop for guests to partake in at White Stuff's SS18 Press Day. 

Bespoke wooden stampers were created in the shapes of the Surrealist theme of the event. Press were invited to be their own artist... with a branded paint palette and brush in hand they were let loose on white t-shirts and paints that colour-matched the collection.

The Ned Hotel, Poultry.

In the gorgeous setting of The Drawing Room at the luxurious Ned hotel, International Press were invited by Marks & Spencer to take part in a leather handbag customisation lunch, as part of their SS18 showcase. 

Silver trays were brought out by waiters, those of which were adorned with vintage trinket pots filled with embroidered patches, cut crystal shot glasses holding leather paint, and sable brushes balanced on wooden chopstick rests.

Guests chose out of two M&S leather handbags, and with the expertise of our leather painter, were shown how to draw out their initials using chalk pencils and alphabet stencils... and some went freestyle!

A selection of Shinolas instore workshops by Heaps and Stacks.

Bumpkin, Chelsea.

For the launch of Newbie UK, the Swedish sustainable babywear brand, Heaps + Stacks produced a block printing workshop that took part at their breakfast preview for some of London's finest Mummy bloggers and their babies.

After a Swedish breakfast and introduction, both mother and child were invited to choose from a variety of custom-made stampers with patterns from the latest collection, and once dabbed in paint mixed to match the seasons colour scheme, were shown how to press their stamp into branded tote bags.

Soy wax candle pouring workshop at The Ivy. 

What you’ll need: Cookie cutters in your chosen shape, acrylic paints, brown parcel paper, three large potatoes, kitchen roll, a sharp vegetable knife.

Step 1: Cut parcel paper into 60cm lengths.

Step 2: Weigh the paper down at each end.

Step 3: If you want multicoloured paper, create a background for your design by spray painting it first. Leave to dry. For a rustic design just print directly onto brown paper.

Step 4: Cut a potato in half and then press a cookie cutter into it. Cut around the shape removing chunks of the potato until the edges of the cookie cutter are exposed.

Step 5: Blot the potato with kitchen roll to remove as much moisture as possible

Step 6: Remove the cookie cutter, paint the face of the design, blot away excess and stamp onto the paper. Repaint the stamper after every three stamps.