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I’m feeling very Betty Draper with todays charity shop find. Gin and tonic anyone?

On a Saturday afternoon you can generally find me at the back of a charity shop looking for… well I never really know what I’m looking for to be honest but that’s half the fun. My favourite weekend hobby has been paying dividends lately. A few weeks ago I came home with armfuls of vintage tablecloths in lovely summery prints. [...]

Just lately I’ve started to feel the need for more yellow in my life. I don’t know if it’s to do with all the spring sunshine we’ve been having recently but it seems as though golden hued inspiration is everywhere at the moment. Vintage Ercol child’s chair given a new lease of life in yellow by Winter’s [...]

The girls and I had a very special guest at our sewing club this week. A real life Etsy seller joined us! Gemma is the super talented designer-maker behind Woodland Treats. Check our her Etsy shop for ridiculously adorable fabric friends cleverly masquerading as badges and iPod cosies. Oh yeh…and she also knits a rather [...]

Well this was our first Valentine’s as Mr & Mrs but no matter how much I love my husband, how can I compete with this?? If you too have a loving Labrador in your life you can get your own Labrador Love card from the very talented smashgirl cards on Etsy.

Ok so we haven’t actually built the kitchen that this will live in yet but…it was a bargain. And it’s beautiful. I had to have it.

Despite the fact that the temperature outside hasn’t budged much above zero this weekend, it is feeling decidedly Spring-like in our house. We had some family over for a bite to eat yesterday and they very kindly brought with them these beautiful colourful flowers. Add to that the little bunch of daffs I bought in [...]