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I went on a little trip to Ikea last week to pick out some new furniture for my bedroom. I needed a new desk and drawers. But then when I was in the ‘bargain corner’ of Ikea where all the cheap display pieces are, I saw this gorgeous wooden chair. The chair is untreated, so …
As you have probably seen, I have been collecting lots of odd bits of crockery and china from charity shops and carboot sales lately. I had an idea that I wanted to make my own cake stand using real vintage china. So I started keeping my eyes open for things I could use. Firstly, I …
As I previously mentioned, it was my nieces 8th birthday at the weekend. So a few weeks ago I started making this for her as a little additional gift. She has started wanting her bedroom decorated in a similar style to my own, with pastel colours and floral decorations. So I thought that I would …
Just a little post on how I reused a few Cath Kidston free magazines to make these (large!) bookmarks. You can order your free Cath Kidston magazine from their website here. They release a new magazine every few months, and they’re a nice little read with some gorgeous photo’s in. Attached to the front cover …
I decorated this little floral heart hanging last summer, and I love it, so I thought I would show you how I did it. I had a little tin heart hanging, which you can buy from various little gift shops or ebay for about £3. You also need some PVA glue, pretty tissue paper, and …
After I saw a post on Pieces of Wonderful blog, where she used some gorgeous Cath Kidston tape to jazz up her belongings, I bought some for myself. I bought the masking tape on Amazon for £4.15 (free delivery), and the RRP is apparently £7. I know.. £7 for masking tape… jeeeez! I luckily had …
A lovely company called Lulabells very kindly offered to send me one of their products to try out! The company sell some gorgeous items and are fully customiseable. They have some great gifts and items that would be perfect for a childs bedroom such as wall letters, letter blocks and clocks, and they also have …
B&M have just built a big new store in my local town, so on Thursday I popped in to see what’s instore. I was plesantly surprised; they had a huge store with lots of lovely goodies and all at bargain prices! Here’s what I picked up 🙂 A gorgeous new duvet cover set. I have …
I came across this wonderful little shabby chic online store on Facebook. It’s called Ditsy Daisies, and postage in the UK is only £2.99 Regardless of size & weight with no hidden surcharges or administration costs. I just love all their cupcake items! So pretty 🙂 Check them out here. Here are some of my …