WITH an impeccable pedigree in art and design, it was an easy move for Lorna McGinnigal to leave the fashion catwalks of Milan to set up her own studio.

When the Paisley-born designer, who trained at Central St Martins College in London and Glasgow School of Art, decided to leave Alberta Ferretti's fashion house, she didn't move to Paris or New York. Instead Lorna returned to Glasgow with a wealth of experience.

Her skills in textile design and years in the fashion world have seen her now turn her hand to a bespoke foil print collection that spans framed prints and wedding stationery.

It's a far cry from designing creations for Oscar-winning stars but it takes Lorna's creativity in a whole new direction.

"Working with Alberta Ferretti was amazing and challenging at the same time. I learned so much, it was a complete fashion environment, which definitely had its moments. Some of the stereotypes are definitely true but it was great," remembers Lorna, who now lives in Shawlands and has a studio in Tradeston.

"Most of the designers would work on one of her labels but because I was the only textile designer I got to work on the main collections, including all the catwalk shows and high-profile work. I also worked on the younger lines, kidswear and lingerie."

It was only when Lorna was planning her wedding to fiance Jack she struck upon the idea of creating her own stationery because she couldn't find anything that inspired.

Her grandfather had been a letterpress printer and although he was now dead, Lorna wanted to bring a touch of his trade to the big day to remember him by.

"We got hold of old machines learned how to use them. It all evolved very organically from that point," says Lorna.

"We started working on ideas we were interested in ourselves, doing wedding things for friends and realised there was a gap in the market for very well-designed stationery."

Under the name E.Y.I. Love (Everything Yours I Love), Lorna specialises in foil prints, making personalised pieces for weddings and gifts, and then an off-the-shelf range that also includes children's prints and stationery. A full range of cards are on the way next.

"They are all hand printed. We have three machines at the moment set up in our studio. It is a very traditional printing technique though now we can work the design on the computer, then have metal plates made, which are sent back to the studio," says Lorna.

"We try to do collections twice a year: in spring/summer and autumn/winter."

She adds: "We were being asked by a lot of people if we had something they could just buy. Because it has always been around weddings and the whole idea of love being the centre point, we thought we would start the collection from that place."

Finished with gold, copper or silver foil, the work has a reference to love and they can be bought direct from the studio's website or on Not on the High Street and Etsy.

Stylish, simple, yet classically chic, the designs are the perfect antidote to the mass-produced prints and stationery flooding the high street.

Jack, who has a degree in computer-aided mechanical engineering, makes up the other half of E.Y.I. Love, running the studio and production side of the business.

Making the perfect happy ending to this love story.

Visit www.eyilove.com