Ferm Living...

The Spring/ Summer 2012 Ferm Living collection is amazing!!! 

I'm totally in love with everything about it...

Colours, prints, illustrations, textiles, just gorgeous. You wont be dissapointed if you sneek over for a peek at their new 'the bright issue' catalogue, promise....

Below are a few images taken from the catalogue, but you can view the publication on issuu here

Hus and Hem...

I am just loving some of the new products over on the Hus and Hem online shop...

These are just a few of my favourites...

Totally adorable 'Mibo festive friends paper animals kit'.

I've blogged about some of Mibo's other paper kits before and this new festive addition is just as lovely as the others.

(Gotta love Timothy Turkey!)

'Ingela Arrhenius character puzzle'

'Shine reversible paper lanterns by Jurianne Matter'

(These are definitely going straight on the christmas list, beautiful...)

'Romantic resort decorative birdhouse'

'Hej Queen', 'Hej Fisherman' and 'Hej Drummer boy' greeting cards

'Charley Harper Wings of the World 300 piece jigsaw'

So many lovely things, fab ideas for pressies...mmmm...

x x x

love mae...

I absolutely adore 'love mae'...

Sooooo beautiful and whimsical!

Looking at their website recently, they have some lovely new products so I thought I'd do a little post feature...

 

How gorgeous are these colours.

Lovely soft sugary pastels and the patchwork look birds, vintage floral, bunting, ooh yum!

( i feel a purchase coming on, I need those bowls in my life!)

Loving their melamine dinnerware

Stunning wrapping paper

'Sweet Nothings' home decals

Mini Up and Away fabric decals

Pantry labels!

(definitely need these, how cute!)

Be sure to have a look at their website here.

They also have a fab blog.

(all images from the love mae website, link above)

Happy shopping!

Baileys Home and Garden

I had a lovely little trip out to Baileys Home and Garden store recently which my lovely friend introduced me to. (she knows me so well... I loved it!) 

They sell a gorgeous mix of vintage and new products all based around the concept of recycling, re-using and repair (a topic I'm sure we're all aware of lately!?).

The shop itself, made up from magically restored and repaired run down buildings is situated at Whitecross Farm near Ross-on-Wye.

If you're ever passing nearby it's definetley worth a visit.

Some of the gorgeousness you can expect to find are 'kitchenalia', stationery, an array of scented candles, textiles and much more...

Ooh and you'll just love the packaging they use, beautiful!

Here are a few sneaky pics and some images from their own website for a taster...

(images above taken from baileys website)

(photographs inside Baileys Home and Garden store)

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...