A late Merry Christmas!

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, mine rotated around the sales (how I love and hate them!),

aren't these cards from Quill & Fox Design the cutest?

Pink + Gold

Pink + Gold, a colour combination that I find very hard to resist!

{ by Freshly Picked via Design*Sponge }

Rifle Paper Co.

I am a huge fan of Rifle Paper Co. They have the cutest stationery range ever!

Stripe & Field

Lovely things from Stripe & Field

Strawberry Coloured

These notebooks by Bold Ideas are most "delicious" notebooks I have seen for a while! The presentation itself is just stunning...

PS: this little blog has been nominated for a Top ART & Craft blog list, if you have a spare minute please vote HERE - it's on the right sidebar, thanks so much dears! :)

xxx

{Weekly Giveaway}: The Paper Apartment

This week's giveaway is from the talented The Paper Apartment, I have always loved well designed stationery and these cards and notepads are so gorgeous! Also check out their beautiful range of prints!

The lucky winner will have the choice of any Note Sets, Notepads & Single Cards, go now to check out the full range of choices.

Sorry to bore you with the conditions again, only read if you're new here!

How to Enter? Anyone who leaves a comment on any post during the next 7 days is automatically entered in the draw, starting with this post and ending Saturday the 2nd of May at 10am GMT. The winner will be revealed later that day.

Rules: only leave one comment per post please, meaningless comments will also be discarded. To pick the winner, I will first use randome.org to generate a number between 1 to 7 (7 posts a week) and then pick a randome comment within that post. So to maximise your chances you can reply to every post, don't want to miss a post? follow this blog via Blogger, Reader or Bloglovin & these technology will remind you!

Now to last week's winner...

Congratulation captivateme !! I will contact you shortly for delivery address :)
xx

Self Portrait & {Beauty Tuesday}

Hello my dears :) Sorry for the later than usual post, I've just been back from the Post Office & somehow ended up with a new pair of Bertie heels! Will show you soon ;)

Wondering what the picture above is all about? It is my Self Portrait interview, displaying my favorite and most special things, check out what each one is at Julia's lovely blog The Red Otter Shop!

The inspiration behind this layout was these lovely postcards at a view to, although my things are not quite colour coordinated!

Also, a big thank you to the lovely Dionne for sending me these sweet cards, check out her cute Etsy shop here!

and the lovely Maki for painting this gorgeous picture for our spring swap, I still look at it everyday and think WOW!

Now onto the {Beauty Tuesday} Review, a short one this week, otherwise the post will be even longer!

I have been using the Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish cleaner for almost a month now and I have to say it is AMAZING! After the first wash with the muslin cloth, my skin felted smoother & I actually look forward to using this everday -evenings only for me.

The Skin Repair Moisturiser - Normal is also lovely, the cream is rich yet not oily (I have combination skin), and my skin feels plump in the morning. The toner & the Brightening Treatment Mask is great too, I can't wait to try more of their products!! Oh, did I mention the prices are affordable too? It's like Bodyshop price but the quality is better than most designer brands!!

Off now to walk in my new shoes *yippeee! xx

The Art of Letter Writing

I don't know if it is just me but I have always found letter writing much more personal and so romantic? Especially if I was writing on these beautiful papers.

My little blog has received two blog awards from these amazing bloggers Ana from on dressing up & Belle from It's all make believe, isn't it? Thanks so much :D, I would like to pass the awards to these lovely blogs (please check out the two links for details):

Design Dig, Doublecloth, Dream and fantasy, Lovely Little Things, That Unreliable Girl, The Magic Risotto Diaries., captivateme, dwellings and décor, D!RTY LAUNDRY, Femme Rationale

Enjoy the rest of your weekend lovely readers, xx

(images from Lulu Paper)

How can I resist you?

Since I plan on making some cupcakes on Saturday, I though I'd better do some research into receipes etc. then as usually I got distracted and found these gorgeous cards & prints on Etsy instead! Is it weird that I want to eat the paper? :)

{1. InvitaPaperStudio 2. rkdsign88 3. paperholiday 4. RedRedOrange }

Not tempted yet? How about these, can you resist them?

{ creativeapples }

I'd be happy if mine turned out half as good! Do you have a sweet tooth? xx

{Dear Diary}: Eco Stationery & Blog Love!

How is everyone's weekend so far? I have been doing some homework from the weekly Women into Enterprise business course I've been attending since last week, the people there are so great & the course is very useful as well as fun! Here is a little bit of fun which I bring to the class everyweek, the super cute notebooks by Ecojot, not only are they the prettiest notebooks I've seen, they're also made from 100% recycled post-consumer waste!

Have been working on my little business all weekend, building my website which is quite fun and reading lots of legal informations, not so fun. Think I just need to get some insurance then I can start selling! Will keep you updated :)

This week has been a fantastic week for my little blog, I received 4 blog awards from these amazing blogs Fashion Moment, FRENCH ESSENCE , the good life for less and a different shade of grey , thank you all so much, it really made my week!

Here comes the hard part, I have to pass these on to 10 fabulous blogs, free feel to choose which award you'd like to accept :)

Dear: BB , Bliss , breathing in the dreaming world , Coco's Tea Party , Dilly Dallas , Heart of Light , MadeByGirl , Tea For Joy , Vain and Vapid , Velvet & Linen , Congratulations! x

Shop Spotlight: Egg Press

The Egg Press studio is based in Oregon, US, where they make lovely letterpress products. The most famous being their hand-made letterpress and offset cards.

1.Blue Bird Hi! 2. Many Thanks Bicycle

3. Postmark ThankYou Very Much
4. Connect 4 Thank You 5. Sakura Thank You

Check out their complete product range here.

Artist Spotlight: Jamie Atherton

Jamie Atherton is an illustrator and designer based in London. He is also one-half of the stationery design group Atherton Lin. I discovered his work while looking for calendars on Etsy! (see post below) you can find more of his illustrations here on Atherton Lin's website.

this beautifully illustrated card is avaible from Little Otsu & for more info on Atherton Lin see their Etsy shop.

Bombus

I have recently discovered Etsy and I am hooked! I have since spend at least a couple of hours everyday browsing through its various shops. This morning I came across this great little shop - Bombus. The designer behind it, Amelia uses old stamps, magazines, maps etc. to create some fantastic stationery and other homeware, what a great way of 'recycling'! Here are some of my favorite pieces:



For more products, check out their online shop or their website.