Old Home.

We bought a proper house and we moved last week! These pictures are of our old flat that we loved muchly! Taken on different sunny days over the last year.

Strawberries.

I saved these wild strawberries from our friends yard, against all johns advice i decided to see if they would grow on our bedroom window and they grew a treat! so i made a cake and put them on top. 

Flora.

I, like most, like flowers. I get mine mostly from the man at the side of the road or from friends and more recently from a friends garden whilst playing conservationist to their excavation project.

any excuse…

I hear it's the jubilee this weekend, two of my favourite things are bunting and the royal family!

Any excuse to hang some of our vintage Union Jack bunting!

cress!

I got some good gifts recently coinciding with getting older. This one was especially special not only because the giver is real good, but because it has provided weeks of fun and nutrition! not to mention how nice it looks on the window sill. Even the instructions where incredibly thought out  starting with 'sow contents thinly on moist compost in attractive shallow dish' ending with 'add to your favorite salad. enjoy.' Enjoy i did. Thanks Jen. 

little things.

A few treasures we found whilst down under.

Vintage Camera Nightlights.

How great are these Vintage Camera Nightlights by Jason Hull?! We want one!

You can see more here.

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Meet Columbo…

This is Columbo. He caught our eye at the auctions a few weeks ago, I raised my hand a couple of times and we got to take him home!

He has clearly been well loved over his lifetime before being abandoned in a cold, damp auction house – hopefully we will be able to put a smile put back on his face soon…

Ladder

We have been really busy gathering together a whole load of new 'stuff' over the last few weeks – including this old step ladder. I spotted it abandoned at the side of the road while on my way back from work and thought it deserved better.

It is now home to some of our latest finds.

His & Hers.

John and i accidentally went out the other day in matching nautical theme outfits i wondered how long into marriage this would take. Anyway i thought it would be nice to show you some of our other matching things over the next wee while, this doesn't happen on purpose and we haven't left the house coordinating since.

These are our Anglepoise lamps they where one of the first things we ever bought with our "together money" we bought them a few weeks apart too. I like that we have matching lamps displayed in different ways. 

Blue.

Hydrangeas are everywhere at the moment. I got these on the way home from work and made a little blue installation!

p.s listen to this.

Now we are off for the weekend. Excellent.

dinner.

Last night i discovered that you can only just fit six people in our flat for dinner. We don't even have six appropriate chairs. But any excuse to use my vintage linen napkins and see some good friends. 

These handkerchiefs where my grandmothers, i held one at her funeral and one at my wedding. i cant help but love them. 

Our office chair and my sewing stool made for the head and foot of the table. 

Quilting.

I am going to make quilt! We have 200 meters of bunting we (John mostly there was nothing more sweet then watching him sew but thats another story) had made for our wedding, and i cant think of anything better  than making a quilt out of it and have something else to remind us of that day. some people have millions of photos from there special day we have lots of stuff!! perhaps i will show you later. anyway off to start what i can only think will be a massive project seeing as i don't actually know how to make a quilt.

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tables.

We are heading to Golspie this weekend to see johns parents and to pick up his dads old record player. i have been looking high and low for a pice of furniture on witch to place it i knew i would know what i was looking for when i found it. but then i stumbled across modern50 and am now coveting all of the above. Now to find some similar rusty metal closer to home and for about £5.