joyeux noel x

these would make a really simple but classy christmas card or a lovely extra touch to christmas wrapping.....

joyeux noel fabric covered button
from *notonthehighst*

xx

christmas fairies x

i think there must be companies in hong kong whose sole purpose is to design the wonderful christmas decorations in hong kong. how else could you explain the amazing displays in the hotels and shopping malls around the city? what a wonderful job?

outside harbour city shopping mall is a huge flight of stairs with a canopy overhead, it's the greatest space......last years theme was a christmas railway station with the canopy filled with suitcases with angel wings, clocks of all shapes and sizes, i loved it.....this year it's a shimmery sugar plum coated vision of christmas fairies in pink, cream and lilac.....so cute x

photo by me
more here

&
more tomorrow
xx

lilac reindeers x

as promised.......lilac reindeers, with chandeliers for antlers, strewn in pearls and christmas decorations..........x

photo by me
see more here

hope your week is off to a wonderful start
xx

fairy birds x

arrived in hong kong yesterday and had a lovely girly night out with lots of gorgeous tapas and cocktails......the christmas decorations here are as lovely as ever, ever so slightly over the top in a wonderful way that just stops short of tacky!......amazing lilac reindeers and cherubs in the foyer of our hotel which have to be the highlight so far!

for now will leave you with this sweet christmas fairy bird.....another of my wishlist christmas decorations......

christmas fairy bird from cottonbirddesigns
via etsy

have a lovely weekend
xx

ps
will post photos of the lilac reindeer soonish
xx

calling birds x

i'm practising the art of procrastination at the moment.....i should be packing for one last trip before xmas and instead i'm looking for christmas decorations on various lovely websites.....

i love these painted tin birds......have seen them lots of places but these are from the wonderful *cox&cox*....

i am now going to pack

well
maybe one more quick look before i go

goodnight
xx

advent x

the start of christmas.......

did you open the first door of your advent calender yesterday?
do you think that branded & character chocolate advent calenders are now so commonplace that they are now the traditional calender, or, as i'm hoping, with our return to handmade & homemade values they might slowly diminish in popularity? i'm not sure, but if i was to think about having an advent calender this year, this one is top of the list......

advent buckets by sage
via *notonthehighstreet*

buckets to be filled (and then refilled next year) with small treats

have a days holiday from work today
(hurrah)
to be filled with xmas shopping
baking cupcakes, lemon shortbread & mini mincepies
a little more cleaning
making xmas cards

a busy but fun day
xx

auntie peggy has departed x

lovely art installation of crochet doilies hung in disused telephone booths at london's aldwych tube station........

doilies are like dreamcatchers
each knot holding a thought
a memory
xx

auntie peggy has departed
*soundtrack*

found via pia jane bijkerk

my sunday
a morning of shopping for wool for a cable knit throw
&
lots of new fairy lights
sunday lunch with mum & dad
afternoon of tidying
quiet evening curled up on sofa
surrounded by tea lights
&
a few sneaky baubles have magically appeared
(i know, i know, it's not even december yet, & i'm not usually like this at all but just feel very xmassy very early this year!)

enjoy the last moments of your weekend
xx

figs & espresso x

one of my favourite parts of my job is putting together mood boards, searching for that one image that is just perfect to sum up everything you are trying to convey......i really love the colour boards on 100 layer cake; their colour combinations are gorgeous, the images really simple but just right....here's one of my favourites from earlier this year.......

*modern fall* from 100 layer cake

and
a few complimentary lovelies from anthropologie

fluffy floral beret

smoky petal necklace

head in the clouds cardigan

always a lady skirt

pizzazz tights

stacked smoke heels

hope you're having a lovely & not too chilly week
xx