May 8, 2015

This gallery wall is the first big project that I finished in my new apartment! I've been working on it for a long time. It took me a while to find frames to fit my pictures because I sourced most of them from charity shops. I'm really happy with it though, I think it makes the living room look much more homely and put-together. It's quite a weird room - I have my sofa, dining room table and office
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Posted in Decor | Tagged art, decor, decorating, frames, gallery wall |
March 17, 2014

If you follow me on Instagram you'll know that I've spent this past week in Scotland with James! Our first stop was Edinburgh, and we spent two days here. On the first day, I had a look around the University and walked around the city. In the evening we had dinner at David Bann followed by drinks and board games at BrewDog. We actually had plans to sample a couple of bars, but it was so cosy and relaxed
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Posted in Travel | Tagged art, art galleries, David Bann, deep fried mars bar, Edinburgh, Hendersons Edinburgh, Hula juice bar, old town, photography, scotland, scottish natinal galleries, travel |
November 25, 2013

Pattern eleven of Wild Olive's Autumn Stitching Club is this cute smiley leaf! Colourful leaves are probably one of my favourite things about autumn, although they are looking a little more soggy and a little less crisp at the moment. I don't think it's autumn anymore!
I only have two more of these patterns to stitch until they become a cushion cover. At the moment, I stitch these in front of Homeland
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Posted in Autumn Stitching Club, Sewing | Tagged art, autumn, autumn stitching club, craft, cute, DIY, embroidery, handmade, homemamde, leaf, sewing, smiley, stitching, wild olive |
November 20, 2013

There's nothing better than receiving a hand written letter in the post, am I right? Don't get me wrong, I love being able to contact people immediately on social media, but letters are much more intimate and they demand your attention in a way that a tweet cannot. One of my favourite parts of writing a letter is the decoration. Here are four ideas for decorating your own letter paper. Are you and
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Posted in DIY, Experimenting | Tagged art, craft, DIY, eco paper, exotic paper company, handmade, homemade, ink, letter paper, letter set, letter writing, letter writing paper, pen pal, recycled paper, stationary |
November 9, 2013

It was my Dad's birthday at the start of the month, and he is so difficult to buy for. Instead of buying him something he doesn't want or need, I decided to stitch a picture of our bunny Archie for him. It was a time-consuming project but not a difficult one. If you like the idea you could follow these steps to make an embroidered picture of anything - but pictures of pets are the best!
I looked
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Posted in DIY, Sewing | Tagged Archie, art, birthday present, bunny, craft, embroidery, handmade, homemade, pet, picture, rabbit, rabbit embroidery, stitching, textiles |