I went to grand Designs Live 2008 recently and it was pretty amazing, I’m only sorry that I have not posted this soon. I have had it half written in drafts for nearly two weeks - that is shocking! I’m a bad busy blogger with no time to blog!  Enough of that. There was so much to get inspiration from at Grand Designs I was in my element.  There was three glorious halls filled with home, garden and design related things and I got to see Kevin McCloud film a  scene for the live show.    

The design hall was my favorite  destination of the day - this was the place filled with soft furnishings and all the pretty trimmings that make a home. This was the True Love Always stand they had some lovely inspired bedding. They really have taken the concept of soft, relaxing bedding and turned it around in a really fun way that works. 

 I love this pattern, the horses are really cute and the rabbits were flocked and looked really luxurious. They were designed by Anorak, a cute design company. However they were pretty frosty at the expo and this really put me off. I got a stern telling off for taking a photo, almost like I had stolen something? 

Now this stall was filled with so many lovely things the problem was that I can’t remember it’s name - urrhh, there were just too many to remember. However I do know that the plates in the bottom corner are  by a designer I saw over on Design Sponge but I just can’t seem to locate the name - if anyone knows please put me out of my misery.  All in all it was a great day out I got a few things for the flat but was very restrained - I will photograph and post them up soon.   

Apologies for my  delay in blogging , time is a premium of late. I have updated about me page to include some of the other ways you can keep up with me including my Twitter feed etc. It would be good to know if any other crafty design bloggers are on Twitter.