A little update from me!

My stay in England has been prolonged due to some illness in my family and as a result I haven't been able to blog about anything interesting I have been up to! Most days I'm visiting my relative in hospital & looking after my little dog Daisy who was spayed last week! Thank goodness for the Internet & I can still keep doing my work...!

I'm itching to start on some projects waiting for me back in Northern Ireland (3 projects to be precise!)

One thing I am enjoying while I'm still at my parents, is shopping :)

When I was in town yesterday, I found this cute little bird place card holder & fell in love... I think I'm going to use it to hold a photograph & sit it on my hall table! Isn't it adorable?! ;) The top picture is of me & my dad when I was about 6! I thought it looked cute in the holder :)

Anyway, I hope to be back to N. Ireland (& to all my projects) at the weekend.... oh, that's depending on the ash cloud obviously.... ;)

Can't wait!

Hope you are all having a good week!

XO

A walk around my village...

This weekend I'm back home in England :)

In the month I've been away, all the plants seemed to have burst into life and suddenly everywhere is so beautiful

Its so pretty after the bleakness of Winter

Our village is an old market town in the country & there are lots of old houses & cottages which are so full of character. I pass them every time I am walking the dog & drool over them :)

They are immaculately kept by their owners which makes them so beautiful and unique...I just had to take some pictures to capture their beauty this time of year!

Most of them are hidden behind a blanket of greenery & I think that adds to their charm!

I hope you enjoy looking at a few of them as much as I do walking by them :)

This house (same as first photo) has to be my favourite!

This always takes my eye!

A quaint little cottage with one awesome garden!

This is all you can see from the road ... but looks so inviting!

This is actually a house... I've not worked out how it works but still, it looks cute!

Hope you enjoyed your walk around my village!

xo

I'm in love ...

... with Portobello Road!

There are sooo many little antique shops overflowing with amazing finds, but I particularly love Alice's antiques and could spend hours there! It is jam packed with goodies, from china, to vintage sports equipment, furniture and household accessories. Soo worth a visit!

I was gutted I had left it too late to go & visit the Rachel Ashwell shop, but I did pay a visit to the famous Laduree & purchased a box of macaroons.... oh baby! :)

The Fabulous window display:

The yummy macaroons and cute bag & box they come in, did help ease the pain of not going to Rachel Ashwells shop & for my next trip it will be top of the list of places to go!!

Home Sweet Home

Since my last post I have returned to England to my parents home for Easter & in my spare time I have been rummaging through some of my Mums antique/thrifty pieces (trying to see what I can steal...)

She's always had an eye for pretty antique pieces & has created a good setting for them ~ our styles do vary ~ I'm a lover of a modern setting with the odd splash of vintage to add interest & mum is more traditional ~ in my opinion, both work :)

I have enjoyed playing around with my finds for photographing ~ I hope you enjoy them :)

I love love love old books, so was ecstatic to find a stack here!!

My dad made the book shelf/stand so it makes it extra special to me!

I adore this little date stand/ink well ~ and a vintage family album ...

I came across a pile of old plates which are oh so pretty...

And finally, my Grandad was a jeweller & these are his weighing scales ~ lots of the weights are missing from the box...

Messing around with Picasa!

Hope you are all having a great Easter!

x