We just had a delivery at Butlers of the loveliest scented candles, hand cream and laundry bags from Izola, looking through their site I also found these beautiful soaps and soap dishes, with the husband being a real soap hound I just know he would love a set x
All images Izola.
Pastel hues and lots of things to make, bake, craft and decorate. Here are my favourite pages from the newest issue of Sweet Paul Magazine. Always inspiring and packed with so many tasty recipes and fun stuff to get you motivated on fresh sunny days.
Eating more and more vegetarian dishes than ever these days, so finding the article with new ways to spruce up eggs was a real treat and I also have some lovely paper straws from lovely Lynne at Papermash, (way too pretty to waste drinking with) 1 straw garland coming up! Go get lost in the pages x
All images Sweet Paul x
Beautiful necklace designs from, California based Love Heals. A mother, son and daughter design team that originally began Love Heals in a yurt dome on a farm in Ojai, and not just pretty designs, with every sale of a piece of their jewellery, trees are planted with Greener Ethiopia, autism treatment is provide for families in need and nutrients are sent to at-risk children. I especially love the create your own collection, choose a strand of semi precious stones or pearls and then add your chosen charms.
I really fell in love with this style of jewellery last February when we travelled all around California for three wonderful weeks, and seeing this really makes me want to go back. I miss the beaches, the mountains, the food at Lemonade, pastries at intelligentsia, eating our valentines dinner in the van and all that sunshine.
All images Love Heals.
With simple colours, natural textures and soft layers.
So excited for Spring, the sun is shining and we have been awake since 5am, but when the sun is spreading it’s smile across the sky, I am only grateful to get to see more of it. Love these new pieces from the Toast Early S/S collection. Soft colours and slouchy comfy layers, for early beach walking and other sunshine pursuits x
Working at home today, the darkening grey sky outside suddenly became too much to bear. An overwhelming desire to bake took over, so I took a break from my computer and made my way to the kitchen. Passing on my way to the cupboards a copy of the Primrose Bakery book which a friend has leant me. Some time passed and Voila!
Lovely pictures from the Noa Noa Spring collection for 2012. It is nearly always the beautiful luscious locks of the Noa Noa models that first catch my eye, then the delicate layers of the clothing collection.
All images Noa Noa.
All calm at home now. well, apart from two cats free running off all the walls and furniture. No challenges this month, I am going to rejoin fat mum slim’s Photo a day challenge in April, so I can concentrate on restocking my Etsy shop and new posts here without any self inflicted deadlines hanging over me for a while!
I thought I’d share the lighter side of our life today, the paler less frills and sequins side. Where simple things get done and the cats stay still for a while. The grey house and yellow tree, a favourite memory from around this time last year when we were in San Francisco. Have a lovely Sunday x
Todays something pink, is this beautiful illustration of Emma Cassi’s Bamboo necklace by Philadelphia based artist Danielle Kroll.
Image Danielle Kroll.
One final thank YOU and before I run off to work, I thought you might like to see the whole collection of 29 matchboxes all together, I am so happy with the success of this challenge, and only seven little boxes are left in the shop x
Day 29, the extra one, for my last box of the challenge I have chosen the theme ‘cabinet of curiosities’. The outside of the box is decorated with a collage of paper prints, labels and ink stamping. Made to look like an old specimen box, inspired by the tales of Gerald Durrell in his book-My Family and Other Animals, where he collects all manner of creatures for his research as a child. Inside the drawer is painted the colour of mahogany and a glitter headed pin secures a paper moth with it’s specimen number. Listed now x
I just want to say thanks again to everybody who has taken part, bought one of my matchboxes, tweeted or posted about the challenge. It means so much to my husband and I, and you have helped us raise this money for charity as all proceeds of these sales will be donated to Oxfam as fundraising for my Husbands entry to the London marathon this April x.
A little apology as in some of my listings I put the marathon down as being in March, but it is the 22nd of April 2012 x
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