Friday 30 December 2011

Ta da!

Some pictures of my finished light...



I'm de-lighted with it (hee hee!).  Who'd have thought these little paper fasteners could make such a difference! I'm contemplating a wee line of these lights...stay tuned!!



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Tuesday 27 December 2011

X'mas Merriment

Our Christmas day was filled with...


...opening of many presents!


...being fa la la la la...festive!


...eating, drinking and being merry!


...celebrating my darling husband's birthday!


...catching-up with family, playing games....and falling asleep in front of the telly!

Happy Holidays!


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Sunday 18 December 2011

Me Me Me

Yesterday I had another day to do as I please (yes I know what a self-indulgent cow I am!) whilst the boys were being looked after by my dear dear in-laws...So I traipsed over to Edinburgh to hang-out with my friend Karen...we did some shopping on George Street, popped into Harvey Nichols for Jelly Bellys and a shot of Edinburgh Gin (oooh and it was only half past 12!), followed by a mammoth eating session at Wagamamas. To finish off an already fab day we popped into The Market, a design-led craft market to check-out the local talent...well we only got a third of our way around the stalls before we BOTH ran out of cash...arrrghh! I could so easily have bought something from every stall!

At the show I got chatting to the lovely Tara McIntosh of Twiggd as her delightful wooden accessories really jumped out at me...turns out she's a trained cabinet-maker and as you can see, her affinity for all things woody really stands out! The one item I was particularly coveting was the gorgeous wee box she kept her sale proceeds in...just tooooo cute! Not only are her items as sweet as pie...they are seriously well made too!




Admittedly I do go a bit crazy for crochet so I just couldn't walk past Emma Lamb's
gorgeous goodies without picking-up my jaw off the ground and buying myself something! We had a good old blether about the joys of blogging and crochet hooks...as you do! What a great girl! I bought one of Emma's patterns to make a cute wee garland....I can't wait to give it a go and maybe even share the results of my efforts (if it look's anything as good as Emma's...she did reassure me that it's pretty straight forward to do!)




How swoon-worthy are those mismatched buttons?!

There were so many other fab sellers there...gorgeous prints from Mina Braun (I want to fill the boys' rooms with her charming illustrations), funky jewellery made from recycled paper and packaging by Little Red ...oh I could just go on and on...

One thing's for sure...I'll be heading down to the next Market event with a full wallet next time!

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p.s I also got a lie in and breakfast in bed this morning...what a smug cow I am too! LOL!

Sunday 11 December 2011

Down time

Eeekk....I've not posted for more than a week!! Been busy with my various projects but I've also been balancing it out with plenty of fun times with my boys, and of course some time for me too!

...celebrating Grandpa John's birthday


...having fun at the park


...satisfying my huge craving for miso ramen (all by myself!)


Good times :)

ps. I've finished the second prototype of my light...promise to post a picture as soon as I've photographed it in better quality light (it's the middle of winter and I live in Glasgow...who am I kidding!?)

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Friday 2 December 2011

Rapa Nui

Some people have innate style and my friend Claire is just one of them. So when she told me about the business she's launching, Rapa Nui an online shop selling design-led, ethical and handmade goods...I just knew it would be filled with lovely things....how right was I! As a wee taster of things to come, Claire's opened a pop-up shop at Offshore cafe that runs for only 3 days...so I hotfooted down there this morning to bag myself some goodies!





Being an avid internet shopper, I can't wait till her online shop launches in the new year!


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Thursday 1 December 2011

Happy 1st of December!



It's the first day of December and life is sweet!

Darling Mr.P was ever so thoughtful and brought home three boxes full of numbered goodies for advent.


...I'm enjoying my first little treat with a nice cup of tea!



...hope you have a sweet one too :)


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