New Birds

We had to postpone valentines day this year as I was too ill to even buy a card for my poor husband but now I'm pretty much back on my feet we decided on a way to celebrate.

Last Saturday we went down to Upper Street and chose a print to go with this one.  We have had a second frame ready and waiting for ages so it is finally filled.  Both prints are by unknown artists but are very similar in style.  They look pretty good together!

Birds

I am posting early today as I am going out this afternoon to meet my mum and choose a sewing machine!  I am so excited!  I can't wait to sew some stuff.

I thought I would post some photos of this beautiful print that we bought a few weeks ago as a wedding present from my grandparents.  It is a 1930's Japanese hand printed picture of a bird on snowy plum blossom and we are both in love with it.  We want to get another to go with it but unfortunately the artist is unknown so we will just have to look around and find another similar that we like.  It looks lovely in this big frame with lots of white space around it.

Here is a close up:

What's your style?

So today I am formatting lots of images which is VERY boring so to have a break from it I did this quiz, found through How About Orange.  Turns out my style is International Chic.  I'm only partially convinced.

I do like some of the stuff they picked out for me though.

In other news, I have nearly finished my biggest knitting project yet, a little wrap cardigan for the new niece.  I will post photos just as soon as its finished!

Home sweet home

Hello,  its monday again after another busy weekend.

The husband and I did a bit of shopping for home things which is one of our favourite pass-times.

We have decided our living room needs an accent colour to go with all the cream and mushroomy brown and decided on a dusky pink.  We got this lovely soft spotty throw by Ditton Hill :

but unfortunately it is too pale to go with our other colours so it has to go back to the shop. Boo!  Its a shame because i really love it but the husband is right - it looks a bit insipid against so much cream.  The hunt will continue.

We also paid a visit to Laura Ashley one of our most favourite shops, as we hadn't been in for a while and needed a fix of lovely things!  We got a sample of beautiful wallpaper which we would love to cover a whole wall in but as we rent we are not able to.  Instead we have framed it to go on our bedroom wall above our new bed which will be delivered in 17 days!