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What a great idea for a super simple and very chic cake decoration! Gumdrop roses!


I'm desperate to give making my own perfume a go!






I am absolutely in love with so many dresses at Dorothy Perkins right now! That first pink frilly jobby is perfection!


Eat Drink Chic has a little roundup of some very pretty teacups, perfect for Summer afternoons in the garden.


I really need some pen friends so I have an excuse to but lovely letter sets from Sugar Paper.


This white sangria looks truly scrumptious - roll on next barbecue day!

I had a great weekend of bargain finding these last few days! Above is a cut glass cruet set that I got for £10 at an antique fair this morning - it was the lady's mothers and she bought it in the 1920's. It even has the original mustard spoon which is pretty rare now. Most of the sets I've seen have been missing this spoon or even a  few of the pots.


I also finally found some champagne saucers at one of my local charity shops - I got all four for just £1.29! I've been hunting for some of these for ages but only seeing Babycham glasses so I was very excited to find some nice plain ones.


I rescued tis little fur broach from another charity shop near me for just £2.50. I know a lot of people hate fur but I feel that as long as it is vintage it's all ok. I would never buy any new fur as I wouldn't want to think any animals were killed just to make me something for aesthetic purposes only. This little broach has a tag on the back saying it is from 1943 from a shop in London. 


These are one of my favourite finds ever and the photo doesn't really do them justice. It's a set of teacup and saucers made from milk glass in a pearlised peach colour. I got six cups and saucers for just £8.00 from a fairly new little charity shop down Churchgate. The lady who donated them said they were her grandmothers and were bought sometime between 1950 and 1960. Don't they just look like a mermaid's tea set? Arial would be jealous I'm sure.


And it wasn't just a weekend for thrifting! Some prints arrived from America from Justin Hartman of Urban Art Tattoo in Arizona and I picked up the frames yesterday morning. I think they look amazing - I'll post a better quality picture once I've hung them in the living room.


I got this great little kitsch-tastic dress from Primark too for £12.00. I just couldn't resist the super cute pink and pastel American cars! I got it in a few sizes too small to spur me on with my diet - I can't wait until I can fit in it.


It was a nice surprise to walk into the market place this morning to discover a little ceramics festival going on! I had gone in to meet up with my best friend Sarah for a coffee, and it just happens that her husband Jon is an incredible ceramicist and had a stall there. These are some of his lovely little bluebird milk bottle ornaments. You can see more of his fantastic work at http://www.jonwilliamsceramics.co.uk/.

Hope you've all had a great weekend too and found some bargains yourselves!

This peachy little caravan - perfect for little weekend trips in the Summer!


Sandwich recipes from some fabulous silver screen starlets! Very intrigued by June Clyde's favourite snack...


What lovely little notebooks - I definitely need to try my hand at using gold leaf.



It's interesting to know the favourite tipple of some of America's best authors!


I need one of these fab envelope stencils!



Gertie is fabulous and she has just posted a fantastic piece about re-sizing patterns for the perfect fit.

This fantabulous fifties car dress from Simply Be - I may have ordered it...!


Bacon, egg and leek risotto - music to my carb starved ears! Don't you just love the food styling on Smitten Kitchen?





I couldn't stop myself ordering prints of these incredible ladies by Justin Hartman!


Solanah of Vixen Vintage is always just gorgeous, but especially so in this dark bustled number. When will I get invited on a an adventure that requires me to wear Victorian mourning dress?



I have just finished my 8th week in to the Atkins diet and my sugar cravings had pretty much gone until I saw this decadent Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Pudding by Bakerella. Gimme!



And gorgeous Guen Douglas has a great new print for sale in her Etsy shop. I already have the chalice and ghosty bunny ones above my fireplace in amongst the antlers. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the Brighton Tattoo Convention back in January and she was a real sweety - hopefully I'll be able to get some tattoo work from her later this year!
So I have two weddings to go to this Summer and I'm trying to decide on a dress to get for them. The following three are the top runners so far, unless I can sew one up myself that I like better.


I love the ombre colour gradient on this dress, however I'm not sure that I could pull off this much yellow with my hair being so blonde and I don't know how well it will suit my bigger bust.


I'm a sucker for pale blues and turquoises and I love the squared off sweetheart neckline and slightly puffed sleeves.


This really reminds me of Betsey Johnson! I adore the cute kitschiness of the print and I'm always a sucker for hot pink.

So as you can see they're all quite different styles and prints and I just can't decide which I like more. I think it may be a case of ordering all three and seeing which I like on the best. Then it'll be on to making a hair piece and finsing shoes and a bag!