Showing posts with label Roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roses. Show all posts

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

You're dearer to me than all the bats in all the caves in the world.




I bought a Charles Addams book from eBay over a year ago and thought it was a bit sacrilegious to pull pages out of it to frame, but I did my bad. All the frames were from £1 land and sprayed gold, they don't look to shabby besides a few marks here and there.  













The garland I'd been meaning to make ever since seeing a lovely garland on Kelly Marie's Etsy, so with a hula hoop and my ever expanding collection of dried roses I got busy with some floral tape. Such a school girl error I should have sprayed the hoop gold first aah well, you live n learn.





 Incase you don't follow me on instagram lil Inca helping me with crafting!








Friday, 8 March 2013

Making a house a home

Well how the devil are you lovelies? , I have been rather busy trying to transform our lovely new home into our own little haven. The house is a Victorian terrace, built in 1885, it's had an extension on the back so we have an indoor loo you will be most pleased to know!

Anywho, so far so good, apart from the sofa supposedly from the 1850s not fitting through the door, the delivery guy and my man insisted it would not fit and we would have to sell it on, as it had been stored in a showroom and apparently lots of people had been asking to buy it!

Now growing up I always helped my Mum with anything to do with the house - getting ball and claw baths up stairs that bug burly men say will not fit, so I told the two gents to carry it round to the back of the house and inspected the bolts, which we then proceeded to loosen with the help with some WD40! And by jove it came apart and when perfectly back together, so in short I am so stubborn I do not take no for an answer.

So until I get chance to take some proper photos here's some instagram snaps!


The sofa in question, it is positively dreamy ain't gonna lie. 


Ooh nice legs


This is our second sofa, every house needs two right? It is a gorgeous dusty pink and incredibly comfortable.


Got the man his own gentlemanly cushion from timberps, fricking love his stuff!


Adore the kraken cushion and the nautical one is from ikea - I have sinned aha


Skeleton toile de jouey cushion cover. 


These dresses are currently acting as curtains, I am saving up for some dusty pink velvet or maybe some raw silk to make curtains.


Charity shop cherub lamp only cost £5! 


This is the terrible hearth in the back room - excuse the bubble wrap, the cast iron fire place I've had for months it was £10 from eBay and will eventually be screwed into the wall, the chandelier was another chartiy shop bargain at £3.99. I'm accumulating as many chandeliers as possible, then I can get someone to fit them, do not fancy rewiring the vintage ones!


Victorian fireplace in our bedroom, not so original tiles. 


The garden comes with an ivy archway! I've already planted a climbing rose next to is as I have visions of roses all cascading over it.


You know I love a lobster, this is a plate tray from matalan of all places!

I have so much to do but will be catching up on all your gorgeous goings on.



Thursday, 14 February 2013

I love you like a crow loves pecking eyes from dying sheep

Happy Valentine's day beautiful people, I do hope your day was spent with loved ones. I have spent a wonderful evening with my lovely man, we have eaten take away and ordered housey things. And oh yeah I pratted around with our new rose garland meant for the house, but I knew I would drape it around my person pretending I am Ophelia. 

This dress is a favourite of mine I can barely fit my bosom in it mind you, not sure when it dates from, but the strappy back is dreamy. 





















I was spoilt rotten, did you spoil anyone or get spoiled?

P.S. The title is from my favourite 'love song' How Many Ways by The Rohan Theatre Band

xxx

Saturday, 7 July 2012

Swanning Around



Oh hello there, we have experienced something unknown today, sunshine, how novel in July?! My Mum got me this fantabulous swan ensemble for my birthday and this is the first time I have been able to wear it out. I wore it with my golden ponies mary janes and went to a food festival so they are now caked in mud!

I got the boater hat from Haworth last week, I have been pining for one some time, and finally found one big enough for my head harhar.  I have an exceptionally large head.

Also check out pictures of me outside for once, yeah I look like a ghost.