Have thoroughly enjoyed my Sunday today - why can't ALL Sundays be like this? First I had a lie in, then chocolate tiffin for breakfast, then we popped over to the Little Northern Contemporary Craft Fair in Cheadle Hulme, one of the @GNCCF satellite events prior to the biggie in Autumn. My passion for the immense... Continue Reading →
Ever wanted to pressure wash the banking system…..
Back before the big crash, I transferred some property mortgages to the Heritable Bank Plc, a 132 year old Scottish incorporated Bank which had "a long tradition of providing specialist finance solutions to companies and individuals in the UK" and which had been bought by Icelandic bank Landsbanki in 2000. You used to go with... Continue Reading →
Interior Design Trend: Using lace pattern in design and interiors
As in fashion, so to the home - again! This time all things lacy for 2013 and a trend which has been on stylists' radars for some time now had definitely found it's way into the gift and homeware world as I saw on Monday at Pulse London 2013: on cards, lighting, cushions, jewellery and... Continue Reading →
Sunday Style Summary: Gates, CraftISCreative & a wallpapered floor
This last week has been completely manic in so many random and unexpected ways that looking back on it I'm unsure how it's actually all been fitted in! I got myself involved with the quite ridiculous suggestion by the Government that Craft and all it encompasses, both traditional and contemporary, no longer be part of... Continue Reading →
The UK Govt think Craft isn’t Creative. Are they having a laugh?
I'd say that the images above, chosen entirely at random from craft based web-sites, show some fairly creative work, wouldn't you say? Beautiful things which have been, um, created. That makes them.... creative. Whether contemporary or traditional craft floats your boat, most people would agree that there is more than a little creativity going on.... Continue Reading →
Sunday Style Summary: Ombre, sparkles and the beastly Borgias
There aren't enough hours in my days to write dedicated blogs for all of the amazing things I see whilst working so I've decide to try something new and group images & ideas together in a new Sunday Style Summary, a collage of delights from my Moregeous week. Here are some of the things which... Continue Reading →
Metro Tile Alert! New subway tiling wallpaper #swoon
Is it possible that my love for metro tiles can grow any deeper? I fear so with the launch of this fabulous new wallpaper on the Rockett St George web-site. What are they DOING to me? Now I can paste metro tiles EVERYWHERE! 🙂