Christmas Crafternoon

Ah, Christmas, Christmas, Christmas.  You seem to be whooping my butt this year.  I am astounded that in two weeks it will be Xmas Eve.  eek!  All the gifts for the nieces and nephews are sorted as are the gifts …

Christmas Cheer

I wanted to get in early to wish everyone a wonderful and happy Holiday season before everything gets a little crazy! 

You will notice the pic above has one of the deer antlers I did a while ago – seemed very suitable to a Christmas-themed picture!  I also took this chance to add some Kate-Spade-esque gold dots to a plain white square ceramic vase I had.  I loved how these looked on the lamp I did so I decided to gussy up this free vase that came with a flower arrangement I got when my youngest, Alex, was born.  It was pretty uninspiring to begin with:

But now it is pretty!

Back to the point of this post though!  I hope that everyone has a fantastic time over the Holiday period and gets to spend some time with loved ones.  For me, Christmas is all about friends and family and I love this time of year.  I also love Christmas carols – drives my husband batty that I put them on ALL the time.  I do limit myself to just Dec 1st – 25th though. Not like I listen to them all year!  Who doesn’t love a bit of Bing Crosby at Christmas though??!

Result, results, results!

A little while ago I did a post asking for some audience participation (read it here). Breaking News: The child’s peacock chair is done!  There was no real consensus on comments but everyone’s colour suggestions were really great.  It would …

Take a seat…

Or better yet, decorate one! I think this may be my first IKEA hack.  Although I’m not sure it counts as a hack if you still use it for the purpose it was designed for. I’m not using a bed …

Time for some audience participation!

So I think it’s time for some audience participation on the blog!  I really love vintage peacock chairs like these:           Images: http://www.californiahomedesign.com, http://www.kozykingdom.com, http://www.storiesbystella.com Don’t they look fantastic?  Unfortunately, they are also quite expensive. Beautiful things …

Oh, deer.

For a while I have wanted some antlers.  There is a fine line to walk when you are talking taxidermy and animal parts in your house.  If you get it wrong, it looks very, very wrong.  But a well placed …

Mirror, Mirror on the wall

If you’ve taken a look at my “About” page on this blog, you will know that one of the things I love is a sunburst mirror.  I think they are gorgeous and also work well in a number of different …

The Midas Touch

I love a bit of gold. Actually, I love more than a bit.  I really love it. Not the brassy 80’s gold finish but a slightly deeper gold or a matt gold.  Recently on Instagram I entered a competition run …