A gathering of loveliness...

We had a little day trip out to Stratford-upon-Avon recently (the boy, the fluffball and me!) and, apart from having a lovely time walking along the river and sitting in the park, eating fish and chips and ice cream (in that order, yum!), wondering around the farmers market and then having multiple photographs taken of Alfie (the fluffball) by lots of tourists, (bit weird but I suppose he's just THAT cute) we also had time to look round a few shops. 

There are some of the normal high street shops you'd expect to see but also some lovely small independent shops stocking some gorgeous things so I thought I'd do a little round up of some nice bits I fell in love with. (and of course, some purchases were made, it would have been rude not to...)


First up, a lovely little 'Aladdin's cave' of a shop called Aspire Style.

Full to the brim with gorgeous jewellery, bags, decorative home bits and bobs and general loveliness.
( I bought a lovely key necklace and a ring, can'r resist a bit of jewellery)

They had lots of products themed around 'haberdashery', with tape measures, buttons, sewing patterns and instructions and all in lovely faded colours.

(How cute is this owl?!)

Thought these were just gorgeous, love the mix of the delicate bird cages with a ditsy floral print and doilies. (loving doilies at the moment...)

Next up... Vinegar Hill.

I've visited one of these shops before, in Cheltenham, which was a little bigger than the one in Stratford, but still full of gorgeous home decorations with quite a big focus on a nautical theme at the moment. You can visit their website here.

There was a collection of homeware that really caught my eye by Pip Studio, yum!

And when I visited their website after seeing this gathering of loveliness in Vinegar Hill, I was not disappointed. Right from the home page, its just b.e.autiful!

ooh, gorgeous yes?

Definetley!

I also added to my collection of rosehip notebooks. I love all of the different patterns and thought this one was really nice.

See more on the website here.

x x x

Accessorize

As promised, an entire blog post dedicated to the loveliness that is Accessorize's new collection, mmm mmm mmm, I'm loving their range at the moment and can feel quite a few purchases being made very soon!

Have a look at their lovely collection here

(want, want want!)

I've always been a fan of Accessorize but this new collection is looking even more gorgeous!
Beautiful embellishment and lovely on trend prints; ikats, oversized florals, mix and match looks and some global chic, happy days...

Anthropologie lust...

I'm just loving all the gorgeous finds in Anthropologie at the moment. I had a good little looksie in one of their stores whilst in NYC. There are sooooo many lovely things, I found I had to walk round multiple times just to make sure I hadn't missed anything!

Here's just a little selection from their website, happy days x

I love their 'Global Pattern' collection for the home...

So much of this eclectic ethnic look around at the moment, merging different looks and cultures, just gorgeous.

And then look at this fab lampshade, love the Ikat print!

And as for the fashion... well....

(beautiful print...)

and just a couple more

In love much?

Think so

Happy shopping x

Lisa Stickley...

Spring is here...and Lisa Stickleys new designs are absolutely gorgeous! Here are some of my favourites, but there's so much loveliness on her website, you'll be spoilt for choice.

There are handbags and shoppers, mugs, purses, laptop cases and much much more. I think I'll be purchasing a few items very soon, yum! x

(Images taken from www.lisastickleylondon.com)