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Random out of the blue blog to say aren't these teacups from Habitat yum?
Went on a shopping trip the other day and had to hold myself back from buying the whole set plus matching apron.
Think I might be secretly addicted to crockery....

As usual plenty of uni work, blah blah blah.
After 20 May I will be free as a bird and will return to looking after this little blog properly.

Vintage Shoes for Modern Women

With dissertations looming I don't really have much time for crafting at the moment apart from the odd order here and there. You can't get more ecofriendly than reusing clothes though, so I decided pretty green could take a little jaunt into the world of vintage while I'm snowed under.

I am always frustrated when I walk into a vintage shop and see rows and rows of cute shoes, but nothing in my size. By today's standards my feet are a fairly average sized, but the quality made elegant shoes of the past only seem to come in 'dainty'. Whenever I do see larger sized nice vintage shoes I can't help but snap them up right away. Unfortunately I only have one pair of feet and so these two finds will be taking pride of place in my etsy shop so other taller vintage lovers can benefit...

Comfortable, but Chic Woven Leather Lace-Ups
Size 41/8
buy here

Italian-Made Real Leather Suede Courts
Size 40/7
buy here

Finally Caught up with Christmas!

HAPPY NEW YEAR one and all!
Post-Christmas exam stress means I'm only just moving from Halloween to Christmas...

I'm afraid this is turning into a very photography heavy blog at the moment (if you can call a blog with an average of one post a month 'heavy'), but playing with my Diana Mini is about all I have time for in the way of crafty pursuits this year. Roll on the end of my degree!

So here we go, some Diana Mini assisted photos of my Christmas in Strasbourg. My family have never spent Christmas abroad before or in snow so it was quite a special one. We were also with my boyfriend's family so doubly special!

Before Christmas we also had lots of snow in London, which is a bit of a rarity. Unfortunately the novelty wore off pretty quick and I think I had a bit of a snow overdose.
One year I made the mistake of telling a friend I really liked praline chocolate just before my birthday, being thoughtful and lovely she gave me a meter long bar of praline chocolate. My love of praline dissapeared at about 45cm. I have never be able to eat praline since, and I fear the same has happened with my enjoyment of snow.
I can still enjoy pretty pictures of snow however, safe in the knowledge that I can leave the house without 5 layers of waterproofing and be able travel where ever I wish!

Christmas already? I'm still on Halloween!

Happy Christmas one and all! I hope you had a wonderful day.

Unfortunately this post won't be particularly festive as I'm waiting for the bank holidays to be over so I can get my christmassy photos developed.

In the meanwhile here's my last batch of Diana Mini photos from Halloween.
I finally got a flash which has rocked my Diana world.
Being able to take photos indoors and with colour gels opened up a whole host of spooky possibilities...

Are your ears cold? I may be able to help!

stockholm street style

chictopia

hel looks

I really should be working right now (why do I get given deadlines so close to Christmas?!) but instead I am looking at winter street style inspiration...
and apparently I love headbands!

Because of all this work I am getting very lazy about my general personal appearance. This tends to involve scraping all my hair up on top of my head and with the freezing temperatures my ears get unbelieveably cold.
This was why I started making my headbands with little buttons so I can pop them round my exposed ears without messing up my coiffure!

pretty green shop

I made some extras and put them on sale in my etsy shop, but as I am feeling especially sorry for everybody's cold ears right now I have decided to give
a very special offer of free postage
to any of my lovely blog readers who buy a headband this weekend.
Just quote 'blog offer' in the comments section and I will refund your postage!

On Tuesday I will be off to France to celebrate Christmas
and my etsy shop will be on its festive holidays so get in there before Monday!

Boo!

Well hello there! It's been a while...
We finally found a beautiful new house next to a lovely park (the novelty of waking up to greenery in central London still hasn't worn off) and then spent 2 months and far far too many angry phone calls trying to sort out our Internet connection. As of last week, I am at last back in the 21st century and in touch with the rest of the world. Time to dust away my blog cobwebs and get back up to date with all your posts!
Looking at my previous inspirational interior design post I realise I've been pretty lazy decorating my new place. I blame the stresses of my final year at university. I'm definitely going to head to a carboot sale this weekend and try and get some more junk to nail to my walls though . Anyone know any good boot sales in London?

Unfortunately this isn't my new abode (I wish!)
I spotted this amazing house in East London and fell in love.

Room for Improvement

I'm in house-hunting hell at the moment. We've fallen in love with many a victorian terrace and had our hearts broken several times by estate agents, landlords and current tenants. Fingers crossed we have now found the house of our dreams and will be starting a stable relationship soon.

In the mean time I have been indulging in some serious interior design lusting. Here's some inspiration I hope to incorporate into my new London pad:

design sponge

Looks like I'm attracted to subdued tones and collections of things on walls!

Unfortunately I am very naughty and don't seem to have noted down where I got most of these from. If these are your photos (or you know whose they are) please let me know and give me a good telling off for being lazy when I save pictures to my computer.

Honey I'm Home

The time has come for my gallivanting to end. I am now firmly stuck in Great Britain and more specifically London for the foreseeable future. After a year or so of living abroad I'm not sure how I feel about this, but it does mean that I will have more time and more importantly all the materials necessary to get back to my pretty green ways with gusto.

Below you can see photos of my final trip this year to France. We stayed in a tiny chalet in a remote location up the Alps which has been in my boyfriend's family since it was used by farmers to take their sheep out for pastor in the summer.

we climbed up one of those mountains in the distance.

the mountain I climbed up against my better judgement


The chalet had no running water, electricity or heating. The rest of France was enjoying 30 degree heat, we were in bed with 3 feather duvets in a room with no glass in the windows. Freezing, but exciting to feel like I was going back in time!
To keep ourselves occupied we cooked, played cards, walked up mountains and I decorated an old wooden chest used to store firewood.

I went for an eggshell blue wash and some decoupage.

look at that old stove!

Off Again

Yes apparently I am unable to stay in one country for longer than two weeks...
I'm off to France for a couple of weeks of camping, beach and mountain fun.
When I come back I really will get on to posting all the projects I've been working on since I've been reunited with my sewing machine.
In the mean time here are some black and white prints from my Diana Mini taken during my last weeks in Italy.