Sanderson Rugs

Sanderson rugs are pretty special. These round ‘Etchings and Roses’ collection in the various colours is so striking. A little bit of visual home candy. They would look great paired with an ultra modern interior, or thrown  down on some  wooden floorboards. Beautiful!  

Inspiration Day

Hope everyone had a lovely Easter and feels really refreshed from the break, ready for the 4 day week ahead. The weekend before Easter I had an inspiration day, it was much needed after weeks of doing nothing creative. It all started with this little blue birdie that I received that week. It was part of a good bag from Laura Ashley I received from work. It was filled with lovely bits and pieces, all for free! This was very exciting as I’m a massive Laura Ashley  fan. So I decided that I would get a move on a create something slightly festive for Easter and given my limited I opted to make my own Easter cards.

I managed to get my hands on a copy of Martha Stewart Living, something I’ve never read before, and I was so inspired. Recipes, crafts and lovely things fill every page. Now I know I’m probably late to cotton on to this but Martha doesn’t have the same presence in the UK as she does in the US, but anyway I’m hooked…I just need to find out how frequently the magazine is published so I can keep my eyes peeled. My work also announced that we are heading off to sunny Athens for our work annual holiday, so I’m busy researching cool hang-outs and shops.  Last year we terrorized Barcelona, so it will be great to get a bit more sun this year! 

I made all my Easter cards on my day of inspiration, however I wrote them and sealed before I remembered to take a snap of them (doh). However it was a great day re-connecting with all the things I love, doing crafting, buying fresh flowers, taking photos and eating my fave lunch. Inspiring food for an inspiring day! There’s nothing better than a day alone to rattle around indulging in all things girly.   Have a great week! 

All is White

I love the fact that the Chanel Spring/Summer 2009 Haute Couture collection  is themed around white, it’s so stunning. Paper is the main theme and fabric used, as Karl Lagerfeld says,’ it’s the fabric that I prefer most… I love paper! Everything begins on paper. Without paper I would be lost.’ Very true and as a big lover of both white and paper I am slightly smitten with this collection. All the beautiful paper flowers styled around the idea of a pop up book (the best kind of book). The white theme is running here in reality, London is still covered in powdery white snow…. outside my window all is white. 

All images are from Chanel.com 

Pipe/Bike Dreams

If only….. this is such a distant dream (a real pipe dream)! I’m madly in love with the idea of getting a good looking bike: one that is pretty plus a joy to ride. The baby pink, or baby blue Brompton folder would be the dream. However they are very expensive, at around  £600 – £700 and thus not realistic. I spent today strolling around the Spitalfields area in London, followed by Brink Lane and all the cool shops/boutiques that surround. It reminded me how much I want a bike to get out and about on. The idea of  hopping on a bike to see the sights as opposed the crowded buses, or the hot tube trains sounds like heaven. 

I have been ogling London Cycle Chic Blog for months now wanting to have my own beautiful bike, hoping to live close enough to ride to work most days. London Cycle Chic has some amazing accessories on sale, plus loads of ideas. My choice, if I owned the bike of my dreams would certainly be this gorgeous cycle basket from The Design House Stockholm which doubles up as a super cool shopping basket, combined with this amazing Bern cycle helmet. Oh a girl can dream….. or she could save?  

Creative Goodness

French Dream by littledollface

Hello all, I really hope everyone had a lovely Christmas? I had a great one, lots of relaxing, eating and sleeping. Now I’m ready for new years parties, new resolutions and making 2009 (hopefully) awesome! I have been playing around with Polyvore.com (I took Holly over at Decor8’s recommendation). It’s a brilliant tool, so much fun and really addictive. I think many more will follow, this one is a bit out of the ordinary for me as I’m more about dark colours but it’s dreamy.

Lovely Fabric

Ok, I’m sorry I’ve been a terrible blogger again. It’s been a whole month since I last posted, I think this is a real occupational hazard as I write a blog all day long I get blog fatigue by the time I come home. Anyway I’ve been meaning to post this picture up for ages as it is the gorgeous fabric that my lovely sister bought me (I know your reading, thanks!). It’s is just so pretty I a little stuck what to create with it. Well, I’ve a few ideas, Miles Mum has just kindly lent me a sewing machine s fingers crossed I will be able to rustle up something half decent (I am not too good wit the sewing machine – shaky hands!).

From now on I’m back blogging. I have my Christmas tree up so stay tuned for the pictures, I spent so long collecting and finding my tree decorations I couldn’t wait to put them up ( in fact I caved and put them up on the 30th of November!).

Fete Cakes

Hope everyone has had a great week? I have been coveting the above knitted cakes all week, I am seriously in love with them all! They are by the very lovely, and inspiring Bombay Duck - a company that source very cool decorative items, homewares and generally everything lovely. I love how these cakes and the styling they use to photograph them reminds me of beautiful English fetes, he ones my mum used to take me to as a child. With tones of cakes, tea, lace and old china in various miss matched patterns. I love all the knitted cakes and want to get a huge Christmas tree and hang them all on – in all the various colours. That would be one yummy tree!  

Oh well a girl can dream but at £30 for four I think I should stop thinking about a whole tree covered in them. Have a great weekend everyone – oh, if any one does take the plunge and buys something lovely from them, there is a Bombay Duck voucher code in circulation giving 15% off – I may have to indulge!

Inspiring Spaces

I have been seeking out inspiring things lately since returning from my holiday I have been a bit overwhelmed with work and everything so the situation called for some pretty inspiration. However it seems everything has come all at once, beautiful places to eat, my new Cath Kidston book ‘Make’ arrived today and Miles left me a gorgeous single coral rose in my Greengate jug on my dressing table, as he went away today. The collage above shows some of London’s prettiest places; Lauderee Harrods, Shipps Tearoom and The Athenaeum Hotel (big image). This is just a little selection of pretty pink hues around London that amaze me. 

I am off to the Future of Web Apps tomorrow (very exciting).  Happy 15th birthday Cath Kidston for tomorrow by the way (did anyone else enter the Cath Kidston quiz?)!