Loving Lulie.

Ooooh, have just discovered Lulie Wallace (via the wonder of pintrest, i am addicted!) Think her paintings are beautiful, love the colours sooooo much.

wedding anniversary

Yesterday was our 4th wedding anniversary, we didnt do anything elaborate (to much going on at the mo) but being as the traditional gifts for 4 years are either flowers or fruit it made it quite easy (i got a lovely bunch of flowers and hubs got a bottle of local cider a bottle of local perry and an apple strudel, its all fruit right?) and we collapsed on the sofa and watched some columbo (hubs loves columbo?). Anyway i saw this yesterday on pintrest and it tugged at my heart strings a bit.

Hello lovely june.

Hello june! (the end of may whizzed by in a blur, more on that !) I love june, its got my birthday in it for starters! the garden really starts filling up with blooms and it might just be warm enough to sit out in the evening till late with candles and the chimnea blazing gentley and a glass of something cold and fizzy oh and a big bowl of olives, bliss. The kids can spend all day bimbling around outside (and alf sleeps a whole lot better when he's been doing that), pic nics, icecream, i could go on but im guessing you get the gist?.

Back to the end of may, i was all set for sorting and decorating (joining in with project simpilfy, putting up my dream wallpaper, and a heap of other tasks in the garden) but all has been put on hold because firstly the boiler packed up (booo) and then a few days later hubs put his foot through the bath (it is a really rubbish cheap and nasty 80's job that we acquired when we moved in) so anyway we have been spending every spare minute looking for baths/showers tiles etc, its the first big decorating task we have undertaken (we've painted walls and sanded floorboards but never chosen new permannt fixtures) and its really quite daunting very exciting too tho! i have spent a million hours on pintrest pinning lovely bathrooms and that really helped me make decissions. Well the builders are in and at the mo we have a toilet and some lovely fresh plastered walls no hot water and thats it (a bit like glamping) its a bit chaotic and i cant wait for a bath. So i will leave you with the colour we are thinking of painting the old victorian floorboards, any words of wisdom about bathrooms welcome, will keep you posted on progress.

ANTIMONY, fired earth paint.

A is for.......

I have another new nephew! his name is ARLO so thats four nephews now. (only one neice, someone needs to address the balance ??) Havn't met him yet but he looks very nice indeed in his photos, cant wait for a cwtch (tis what we say in welsh for cuddle just in case you think ive made a spelling mistake, and he is a welsh baby so its only right) ahhhh, i do love a baby.
          

Colour combo.

Pale and washed out, weathered and bleached, calming and soothing, pastel pink, pale aqua and grey, nice.

1,Soft suculents from terrain

2,Boardwalk by Amada Fiske via flickr

3,Pastel mini bowls by BABASouk

4,Fabric by couleur chanvre

5,Eucalyptus leaves by Karina Manarin

Think pink

Oooh, it must be all the lovely sunshine (yay) but im felling unusually girlie, i keep being drawn to pink things?! (i think its the promise of flowers in the garden and the thought of summer weddings). Here are a few of the pink things that have caught my little eye.

1,Emily Pickle.

2,unknown source.

4,methane studios.

wallpaper pondering

I have been pondering which wallpaper would be best in our living/dining room for a while now(about 2 years?!). My absolute fave wallpaper is this one by orla keily but it didnt match what we had in our living space. I did some searching but nothing was right or i just didnt love it as much as my fave. So with a small kick in the right direction from project simplify i've made up my mind to get my fave wallpaper and change everythig else to match it!, simple really should have thought of it ages ago!

Only one problem, does anyone know how to caculate how much wallpaper to buy ???? (ive got a door, window and a radiater on the wall i want to put it on and im not great with maths, is there a foolproof way?) x.

Going green

Some random green finds from pintrest today, to celebrate the new spring green leaves on the trees opposite my bedroon window. Finally its a lovely veiw again, getting better every day.
        

Lovely cushions.

Oooooh, i want theese soooo much. Spotted theese on the john lewis website while looking for decorating inspiration. Love Donna Wilsons creations.I have looked at her wool cushions in the past and thought lovely but too many pennies for me to spend but theese are a bit cheaper. Which one to choose tho? Badger, no squirrel?? I want them all!.

project simplify

I spotted project simplify whilst looking at oyster and pearl and thought what a good idea: a giant spring clean and de-clutter is exactly what our house is crying out for. There are so many half started decorating projects and furniture that could work so much better in a different room and a year's worth of baby tat and toys that need sorting. I thought i should totaly do this!! So i did - in the most un-simple manner possible! I started in almost every room chucking stuff out, moving that furniture, painting walls, i created havoc everywhere!! I dont think this was what lottie had in mind!! Oh well hopefully after all the chaos, peace and harmony will rein. Or at least our house will look better (eventually).

So with all this in mind and the decorating fire in my belly i have been spotting decorating inspiration everywhere so i think there may be quite a few posts of house stuff i like (i dont think getting more stuff will help project simplify but hey ho). 

Just loved the colours and lightness in theese rooms. Yum. 
Here's to a good old fashioned sping clean! x.

Hello march!!

Well march has been pretty good so far!(vast improvement on feb thats for sure). We've had some sunshine and warmer weather, yey! and alot less illnes (phew). I did get a new spring jacket (blue,from topshop) but the duffle coat is still lurking, just in case (maybe it can go in the wardrobe this month?). There are the newest buds of lush green on trees and tulips, daffs and forget-me-nots in the garden, colour will be everywhere soon.

Easter was great, visiting family, walks in the welsh countryside and my mother in laws trifle, mmmm. And then a trip to Brighton to meet the newest member of our family Max. Weather was rubbish and rainy but the shopping was great. Got to visit one of my fave shops castor and pollux and fell in love with theese lovely prints.

Top, by Lo Cole.
Bottom, by Lisa Jones Studio.

new experimntal collage.

My usual collage pics are pastel kitch/vintage, but this week ive gone for something a bit different - a bit of retro inspiration for a change. I quite like the pink flowers it was fun doing that one, very 1960's curtains or teaset i think.

Lovely new nephew!

A big hello and welcome to the world to max! a new nephew and another playmate for alf.

Here is a doodle (collage) inspired by your arrival cos you look like a chunky cute bundle.

Easter bunnies

Aah, bunnies melt my heart a wee bit. i had a few whilst i was a little girl.  my fave was chester, a dwarf rabbit the colour of choc who loved a cuddle, but oh the heart break when they hop off to the great hutch in the sky - its why i cant bear to get the kids one now. so with easter nearly upon us (yey, choc and some family time, just what i like!). here are a few of my fave finds on notonthehighstreet.com

Busses!

The boy has had a slight obsession with busses lately, so i'm finding lovely things he would like. Here are a few.

Gorge cushion by jane foster

 Print by rooty toot

Tea cosy by samantha stas

thank you cards

Being as it's just been christmas and the boy's birthday i've LOTS of 'thank yous' to get sent. So i spent a very relaxing evening cutting up (recycling/upcycling?) the latest boden catalogue. very lovely colours and some gorge prints, lovely frocks for little girls and some stripey dungarees i really want to get Alf.

inspired!

so with this, the last peice of christmas cake, comes the inspiration for a new doodle.

love cake, but vow to eat no more!(well for a while anyway, at least until my belly has subsided!)

birthday boy!

had a lovely day yesterday - alf was 1!

love the lion on the card we gave to the boy, it's by Annabel Tempest. the picture is for alf's room. it's a card by Caitlin Miller that i framed - soppy i know but the big 1 is a real milestone. its gone sooo quickly!