Sneaky Peaky At Korean Stationery Items

Hello to you all!I thought I would share a sneaky peak  at the items in my ebay store - some are on auction so get over and take a look - Here.

 

Lots of love Claire xo

Dream Interiors | Caravan Love | Chic and Elegant Style

Every womaaaan every maaaan... join the caravaaaan of love.. hands uuuuup hands up haaands uup. Im sorry.. everytime I hear or see anything Caravan related that Beautiful South song plays in my head. Well just that part ^_^

This entire post was going to be on how much I love caravans.. how fabulous they were and how you could easily make them your own...and show you different styles. I found one caravan in particular that blew my socks off and my house isn't even this nice...

Is it just me or is it really depressing when someones caravan is a lot nicer than any house or hotel you've ever been in?!

 

Lots of love Claire xo

The Fashion Ration | Decisions Decisions | Which Toms Would You Buy?

Well it has to be said.. I have been very disciplined on the Fashion Ration. I still have 48 Coupons left for the year. It has been really difficult and I am very lucky my mum is incredibly stylish because I've been borrowing her clothes if i need anything new or different! 


Alas it is coming to my birthday... and I have been dying for a pair of toms for ages.. they just got their UK website up and running this year and I really want a pair! I can't decide...

If I could afford it... I would buy them all! I love shoes!! I reaaaaaaaalllllllllllyyyyyy want the silver sparkly ones but I would also wear the white ones all the time. The red stripey fellas are the only ones I could see problems arising with. But  they're so pretty.


Silver or White?
 

Lots of love Claire xo

Kitchen Inspiration | My Ever Increasing Crockery Wish List

Be prepared to empty your wallets ladies! I need shelves, I need greengate, I need paint! 

 Just look at it all.. so divine! You can find all original sources of these images through my Pinterest Board - Kitchens.

 I am definitely in need of the little tea set designed by ikea for kids in that last image in the series of 4 above. At least I know what to look for when I am buying myself a house or renting a new place. Plenty of natural light and the free reign to decorate! If anyone is feeling generous a Kitchen Aid blender and mixer would be wonderful :p

 Rice DK is responsible for the contents of that second image above and below. I adore those Raffia bread baskets.

Im trying very hard to resist the urge to start shopping online.. i could lose a lot of money very quickly!

 

Lots of love Claire xo

Party Inspiration | Festboard | Brightly Coloured Party Table

Well this inspiration comes from one of my favourite interior design blogs - Fjeldborg. One of NIB's favourites too ^_^

Ok so I need LOADS of natural light... white floors.. a white table and an array of crazy coloured ceramics, votives, plates and vases! Quickly!! I love it.. it's so dreamy and definitely my style. Plenty of sparse white so it's easy to change style but brilliantly brightly coloured. 

It's that time of year again where I make the walls be repainted... people are guna be cross with meee! Think it's their least favourite job to do! 

I am so inlove with that party table I cant even tell you! I think this is definitely the way to go but I am so fed up with my dining room - don't live in a terraced house if you like natural sunlight... only one side of the house gets any.. and the dark side of the house is pants for photographs and is always cold. My bedroom is on the darkside but I have a sky light which is lucky because I do get more light than my dining room - that is in total darkness, along with my kitchen. This is why you never get any photographs from there. 

 

Lots of love Claire xo

Sparkly Goodness | A Collection Of Sequins In A Ceramic Egg Tray

Ceramic Egg Trays - Perfect for sequin storage and prettiness. Not so good though without a lid! You run the risk of having a very sparkly floor.

 I don't know why, but recently I got enamored with the though of having more sparkly shiny things in my life. Perhaps I am turning into a magpie. I wanted to add some sparkly goodness to my scrapbook pieces and when all of them arrived they were so beautiful I just had to take some photographs! Especially in my new egg tray that cost a grand total of £2.99.

 oOoo pretty!

 I just adore the colours, especially the pearlescent version. Have you created anything with sequins? Im very tempted to add some of the pearly sequins to a beige cardgian have. Just to see how it looks ^_^ I'm afraid if I put the sequins on the cardi before stitching I will make an unholy mess and lose them forever! That is what I do best!

 

Lots of love Claire xo

Collections To Adore | Cath Kidston

So, you should all know me enough by now to know that I am quite really obsessed with all things Cath Kidston. I remember when I first saw the site thinking *wow* and then I totally forgot about it.. and now I visit often to see if there are any products I missed!

I really want the cutlery and the bowls ^_^ the slippers are really cute too but I dont like fluffy lined slippers. The craft bag also looks like it would be the perfect storage for a wool stash!

 How amazing are these tupperware boxes? I would proud to keep my sammiches in there for work! I also adore all of the stationery from Cath Kidston. Especially the A4 box files and covered pencils. I am also a bit of a collector of Tins. I don't quite know when I started this habbit but i know it has escalated! I am running out of places to put them and things to store in them. I am a sucker for a cute storage box though!

Have you seen anything recently that you HAD TO HAVE? 

 

Lots of love Claire xo

Crafty Business Book Review | The Right Brain Business Plan

Where to begin! This book - The Right Brain Business Plan is a guide book to creating your own creative business plan. Not one of those dull and boring word processed jobs you create and never go back to or refer to again. This could help you creatively figure out your goals and help you stay on track! You can buy right here on The Book Depository and get free international shipping.

You can also download free playsheets, a badge of honour and mp3's from the Right Brain Business Plan website. They are useless and I doubt they would make sense if you dont have the book so don't even bother! I would say this is my favourite crafty/creative business book out there. I'm not really interested in other peoples success stories as I dont want their success and I don't want to follow what they do. This book is perfect for figuring out what is best for YOU and you alone. I would also recommend a course such as Blogging Your Way with Holly Becker.

 

These pages are from my workbook (my chosen choice - other people use giant boards, envelope books, accordian scrapbooks etc). The first set is my Visualisation Moodboard.. the second is products and services, the third are my keywords, goals and passions! It's fun to work on I definitely recommend buying this book.

 

Lots of love Claire xo

Dream Interiors | Ice Cream Colours

For those of you who love brights, this post is right up your street!

I adore that sofa! 

I can't help but feel that what has been done to this piano is criminal but also wonderful at the same time.

How amazing is this table! 

This looks quite like the colour of my living room only slightly darker. I love the Pantone memo board.

This is a very sweet and romantic pastel themed bedroom. I don't quite know how i feel about the texture on the headboard and bed base but i love the mixture of colours in the sheets and that little bedside table.

That leather sofa is awesome! I would love something like this in white. I cant help but feel the cat would tear it to shreds though. The purple cushion on the chair is gorgeous and is making me feel I should possibly knock up some cushion covers to give the sofa a new feel this summer. With my living room though the walls are so dominating it doesnt matter what you do - unless the sofa gets swapped out totally I fear it will all look the same! 

Lots of love Claire xo

Party Food Inspiration | Hello Naomi!

Well Hello Naomi indeed!! 

Somebody feed me a cake quickly! Don't all of these looks delicious.. the spread looks far too good eat. After I took the photographs it wouldn't stop me though. Those cupcakes would be the first to go. om nom nom ^_^

 How sweet are those little cookies! I made some biscuits last night with a ridged circle edge and because I was having trouble separating the pastry they all ended up looking like sonic the hedgehog hair. So these are perfect! I love the jars too with all the candy. 

 oOo pretty wedding style spread! This is absolute perfection. I almost so engrossed in thinking about cakes I forgot to actually talk about the incredibly talented Naomi! Her site can be found here.

Ive had some of her christmas cookies in my flickr favourites for a long time but I never made the connection until I did a quick google search and then remembered *ive drooled over these things before!*

 It's so dreamy....

I love these photographs so much. I also love the idea and look of macaroons.. they look like wonderful items to shoot but unfortunately I hate almonds... eugh. The taste! And also.. how can you tell its not cyanide?! (Ive read to many crime/detective novels and watched far too much Criminal Minds.)

 ooOO This is an idea for my next party... but saying that... I dont really want the party I just want the photoshoot... does that make sense or do I sound mental? After prepping and shooting something like that I would juts want to go to sleep! Maybe take some pink lemonade and a jar of sweets with me. Can you imagine filling a child with all that sugar? No thanks! I'd fill them up with sugar and give them to someone else to deal with lol. A child care professional maybe. Or take them to a football pitch to run around until they get sleepy. 

I really like those ridged jars and bottles. Does anyone know where I can get the bottles? I know Pale and interesting do some but I was curious about other sources!

 

Lots of love Claire xo