LITTLE BLACK DRESS HQ

It is party dress season and I am looking for the perfect little black dress.  

I came across this fabulous website that makes life a lot easier, dedicated to selling black dresses only.

I hope it makes your life as easy it made mine.

Enjoy and explore!

www.blackdresshq.com

STRIP AND STRIPE YOUR WALLS

Below are a few of my favourite striped rooms.

I love the affect that stripe walls can have on space.
The rooms that I have selected below have inspired me to be brave and bold with my walls.

FIONA PAXTON

F I O N A    P A X T O N  

I absolutely love these African and Indian influenced jewels. 

Below are a few of my favourites.  

'Fiona trained as a textiles designer launched her eponymous label in 2008, creating striking hand-beaded necklaces and bracelets in geometric patterns'.

For further information go to http://www.fionapaxton.com/

J A C E Y

£180

D O L L Y

£280

R U T H I E

£202

S H I R L E Y

£185

T R I X Y

£135

Z E T T E R

£150



TEMPERLEY TEA PARTY

I look forward to seeing you on Saturday.

Love Sx

QUOTES FOR LIFE

Every day I live my life I realise how precious my surroundings are, my friends, family, job etc. 

Below I have listed a few quotes that inspire me to grow.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

“Don`t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin”

Grace Hansen

 “Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.” George E. Woodberry

“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail”

Muriel Strode

“You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.”

Mike Murdock

 “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless” 

Mother Teresa

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase ” Martin Luther King

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjust the sails”

William Arthur Ward

“Winners responds to life; losers react to life. The choice is yours” 

 Zig Zagler

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got”

Betty Ford

“There are no problems – only challenges and situations”

Eckhart Tolle

“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes”

Hugh Downs

“Success is a journey, not a destination”

Ben Sweetland

GALLERY WALLS

I store my memories the analogue way in hard copy form.

I especially love pictures from 1920's of my great grandparents and from the 1950's of my grandparents and the development of the quality evolving through the years.

In the 90's I use to play around with Polaroid and disposable cameras which have produced some of my best photographic creations still to this day. And sadly now everything is digital, and instantly disposable at the touch of a button.

For the last 5 years I have neglected framing as all my images now go straight on to my laptop and then I never get around to framing my favourites.  

I have a huge collection of photo's, art and autographs that I use to collect as a child, it is my mini wall of fame.

Now is the time for me to dig down in my cellar, gather my memories and attack my walls.
The gallery walls below have inspired me... take a look. 

WINTER WONDERLAND

It is that time of year when I love to curl up by the fireplace, put on my cashmere socks and snuggle to my nearest and dearest (including my dogs Toffee, Jess and Zoe)

To me a fireplace is the central hub and heart of any Christmas, it is where you hang your stockings, toast your crumpets and spend blissful days warming up by the wood burning fire after long country walks.

Below are some Interiors that have inspired me and got me into the festive mood.