So, 16 days before our wedding and I have managed to break the big toe on my right foot. I stubbed my toe yesterday – which hurt like mad – but couldn’t do anything about it as I was up in north Scotland for work. By the time I got home and looked at my…
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Orla Kiely for Heal's 2008
Orla Kiely for Heal’s 2008, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I just couldn’t resist showing you this page from the new Heal’s look book Autumn/Winter 2008. We wandered past Heal’s yesterday and were surprised to see several Orla Kiely prints hanging outside Heal’s on Tottenham Court Road. According to Heal’s “Orla Kiely has created a…
Robots galore
I received a wonderful swap package from Claire as part of the Robot swap. She made three little robots out of the softest fabric you can imagine. Here they are sitting on my vintage bureau. They remind me of weebles – you must remember them – “weebles wobble but they don’t fall down!” Thanks Claire….
Another swap finished
I’ve spent the last few evenings putting the finishing touches to my swap parcel for the robot swap. It was so wonderful to think about something other than our wedding… Here is a little taster of what will be sent on its way to my swap partner tomorrow.
new Orla Kiely handbag
new Orla Kiely handbag, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I love my new emerald giant stem shoulder bag! A lovely surprise present from my fiance this week. Well deserved too with all this wedding stress.
Orla Kiely water bottle
I saw this advertised recently, isn’t it lovely? It’s a new reusable water bottle designed by Orla Kiely for Brita. We’ve been Brita converts for a while so I can’t wait to get my hands on one! My favourite stem print too! They’re launched soon, to find out more check out the brita website
wedding invites
As I previously mentioned we designed our own wedding invites using a variety of pictures of us when we were little. We chose four designs and printed them through wonderful moo. We also made a set of RSVP postcards using our favourite photographs taken on the Isle of Wight. We made sure we addressed the…
Wedding update
We’ve been incredibly busy organising our wedding over the last few weeks. We set a date, booked a Church and reception venue, and finally ordered the invites and associated stationery. Who knew that getting married could be so exhausting? Practically every day a decision has to be made. We’ve picked a great theme to hold…
presents from Ravenhill
I was really lucky to win a giveaway that Emily at Ravenhill did recently. She makes the loveliest dolls and I have been reading her blog for a while as it is so cheerful and inspirational. She sent me one of her wonderful dolls called Anne Gry. Emily also enclosed some lovely gift tags and…