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. We love them and they’ll look great on my toy shelf. I was very happy to read that Cath Kidston is bringing out a new craft book called Make, found via The Lark. Luckily we’ll be back from our honeymoon by the time it’s released…
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 postcards and put a stamp on them so I hope everyone sends them back – hopefully they will be a wonderful keepsake from our wedding. Our theme has really come together over the last few weeks which I am so pleased about. We did some…
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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 the day together and we’ve roped in my mum to help us source objects. All will be revealed! I couldn’t help but play with this, found here. And finally (bit of a long post for me today!) I’ve found a new swap to make a…
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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 a handmade needle case. I felt truly spoilt opening it, like it was my birthday! Thanks so much Emily, it really cheered me up.
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Today it felt like summer had finally arrived in the UK. It’s no joke that we’ve had constant rain, overcast skies, and dismally dreary days so far this year. Luckily we woke to blue skies today, which was just as well as we had been planning on joining a guided walk to the sound mirrors at Denge, Kent. After the walk we pottered around Dungeness, looking at the miniature railway, cottages made from old railway carriages and lighthouses. I was really pleased to finally visit Derek Jarman’s cottage, Prospect Cottage. The garden really is amazing. Beautiful flowers spring up between…
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I received my toadstool from Tiffany today. She made me a lovely toadstool out of recycled fabrics. It was even stuffed with old stuffed animal filling!