The Designer
A brief timeline of the designers life
Orla Morrissey was born in Dublin in October 1979. She grew up in the beautiful Wicklow countryside until she was 18, when she moved to Glasgow for University. In October of 1998 she started studying to be a technology teacher. In 2001 she took a gap year.
In December 2002, she lost her father and she moved back to Dublin for a short time where she was working.
In March 2003, Orla developed an Ovarian tumour and had it removed by a wonderful team of Dr's and Nurse's in the National Maternity Hospital Dublin. Later that year she moved to Northern Ireland, to a town called Ballymena, in County Antrim.
On the 7th of July 2005, Orla graduated with a BTechStud from Glasgow University, having decided she no longer wished to be a technology teacher.
In August of that year she met her future husband on the start a business program where she aspired to be a photographer. They both moved back to Glasgow in July 2007. On July 7th 2008, they got engaged in a Dublin hotel over looking the city lights, Orla was so overcome with emotion that she couldn't even utter a yes but all she could do was nod hysterically with tears streaming down her face. In May of 2010, Design by Orla was born.
Orla got married on the 4th of July 2011 on the banks of Loch Lommond, Scotland wearing her own designs and is now known as Orla Allen.
Design by Orla has done a tour of different locations in Glasgow from one off craft Fayre's to the infamous Barra's Market and most recently at Stardust Boulevard in Johnstone. As the various venues have changed, so too have the designs, with Orla moving towards a more spiritual aspect to the designs since she qualified as a Reiki Master/Teacher, was awarded a diploma in meditation and became a practicing Medium, Psychic Artist and Angel Card reader.
Orla Morrissey was born in Dublin in October 1979. She grew up in the beautiful Wicklow countryside until she was 18, when she moved to Glasgow for University. In October of 1998 she started studying to be a technology teacher. In 2001 she took a gap year.
In December 2002, she lost her father and she moved back to Dublin for a short time where she was working.
In March 2003, Orla developed an Ovarian tumour and had it removed by a wonderful team of Dr's and Nurse's in the National Maternity Hospital Dublin. Later that year she moved to Northern Ireland, to a town called Ballymena, in County Antrim.
On the 7th of July 2005, Orla graduated with a BTechStud from Glasgow University, having decided she no longer wished to be a technology teacher.
In August of that year she met her future husband on the start a business program where she aspired to be a photographer. They both moved back to Glasgow in July 2007. On July 7th 2008, they got engaged in a Dublin hotel over looking the city lights, Orla was so overcome with emotion that she couldn't even utter a yes but all she could do was nod hysterically with tears streaming down her face. In May of 2010, Design by Orla was born.
Orla got married on the 4th of July 2011 on the banks of Loch Lommond, Scotland wearing her own designs and is now known as Orla Allen.
Design by Orla has done a tour of different locations in Glasgow from one off craft Fayre's to the infamous Barra's Market and most recently at Stardust Boulevard in Johnstone. As the various venues have changed, so too have the designs, with Orla moving towards a more spiritual aspect to the designs since she qualified as a Reiki Master/Teacher, was awarded a diploma in meditation and became a practicing Medium, Psychic Artist and Angel Card reader.
