Unloved into lovely....

..... don't you just love turn something unloved like these old drawers.....

into something lovely like these shelf units........?

I was given the drawers so that I could use the pretty gilt French style handles (they will no doubt turn up somewhere on the blog in due course) but I can't bear to throw anything away and these drawers were in a really good, solid state so.....

....I got out the Annie Sloan Duck Egg and some Laura Ashley paper and went to work. A bit of work,  and some imagination later and here they are - pretty as a picture and no waste!....... My favourite kind of makeover.....let me know what you think?

Seventeenth Century Sinner.....

....check out this wonderful website: www.amberbrabant.co.uk! for lovers of the romantic, historic and downright beautiful, this will be right up your alley. Amber produced a short film to show the costumes she made for her degree, the sort of beautiful outfits that make you gasp when you watch historical films and period dramas on TV. It's called Seventeenth Century Sinner and is absolutely stunning. 


On top of everything else, this very talented young lady also wrote all the gorgeous script work that you can see in the film, please watch it and then, if you're working in film or TV, please give her a job - she's soooo gifted!

Vintage Vixen....

..... recently I decided to start adding vintage clothes into the mix at my retail space and it's worked really well, so I decided to create a sign for that area. But what imagery to use? Well, of course it had to be the Graphics Fairy to the rescue again! I used three of her images to create this sign.....

.....what do you think? too much?!!! I'd love to hear your comments.......

Living the High Life....

I am a very lucky girl.....my husband headed up a big conference in London a couple of weeks ago and this was the setting for the final night's gala dinner. It's the Banqueting House, an incredibly historic building not least because Charles I was executed here - luckily they've mopped up since....

The ceiling was painted by Rubens and you can just see the large red velvet covered throne at the rear of the room...and yes, I did sit on it and have my photo taken....Queen for the night! 

I don't think I'll ever get the chance to do that again....

What you can't see very well in the picture is that the flower arrangements were all blue and white hydrangeas and cream roses with eucalyptus foliage - absolutely gorgeous! I adore hydrangeas and grow them in the garden to dry and use indoors as decoration. They always look fabulous.