bunting

A couple of weekends ago I made bunting out of paper and string. I then drew smiley faces on it. It's funny how much a bit of paper and string can cheer you up. 

Other things that have been making me smile recently are:

Breaking Bad final series.

Miso's home-made tattoos.

Furze Chan's dolls.

Happy bank holiday weekend everyone x 

workspaces

Happy Friday guys and gals

I have to come clean with you all, recently I haven't been gardening. Other than a spot of dead-heading and watering, no hardcore gardening has taken place on my land. I know I know, I feel thoroughly ashamed. The problem is that recently I have been obsessing over ideas for the house. The house is looking rather tired and me and Allsy are desperate to have a proper sort and clear out and to finally get around to decorating the living room and kitchen to more how we'd like it. I am someone who once I get an idea in my head it's all I can think of, that is precisely what's happening now. 

I have been doing lots of browsing of the internet and quite a bit of pinning of images, looking for inspiration and ideas for the house. One of the main areas that I've been wanting to sort out is Allsy's desk area. Our living room is teeny tiny but is used for a multitude of purposes, it's Allsy's recording studio (he has a lot of music equipment), it's where we both draw, paint, do collages, write, read, watch films and programmes and everything in between. Every bit of space in this room is vital and in its current state just isn't right. Here's what it looks like at the moment.

You can't tell here but the table takes up a huge amount of space, it has lots of space behind due to the fact it's round, it also is a gate legged table with eight legs in total so you can't fit any storage underneath it (hence the printer to the side) and the style isn't quite right for us for this room. Don't worry though, the table will hopefully be put to good use in our spare bedroom as a crafting table when we finally get round to sorting it out, would you believe we still have unpacked boxes after living here for almost two years?!

Anyhoo, I'm starting to get an idea of how I'd like that area to look, here are some of the images that have been inspiring me...

Image from Poketo - link

Image from Door Sixteen - link

Image from Hunajaista - link

Image from String's website - link

Feel free to have a nosey on my Workspaces Pinterest board here if you fancy it. Other than that I hope you all have a lovely weekend, whatever you end up doing.

around my home

My home is a ramshackle sort of space. A comfy, cosy, colourful place to be. A place filled with hand me down furniture, pretty flowers, prints and paintings and a fair amount of tack. I've often felt almost apologetic for the state of my home, it's tatty, mismatched and paint samples are everywhere and if I'm honest it probably will remain that way for some time but me and Allsy love it here and hopefully the happiness we feel for this place shows... 

reasons to be cheerful

Sorry for the maudlin post the other day. Am feeling much chirpier now I'm glad to say. 

There's so many things at the moment that have combined to make me feel positively cheery. What a difference a few days make. Here's just some of the things that are currently making me smile...

The pretty pink Apple blossom forming on the trees outside our bedroom window.

The Chelsea Flower Show is here! Which means this week I shall be seeing far too much of Alan Titchmarsh in my front room. 

I'll also be getting to see lots of lovely gardens. My favourite so far has been Jo Thompson's 'Stop the Spread' garden. The planting is so beautiful and inspiring.

Image of Jo Thompson's 'Stop the Spread' garden - link

Our home is full of pretty flowers.

The garden is starting to change quite quickly now, Summer almost feels like it's on its way.

Seedlings are growing.

And plants are starting to flower.

Verbascum

Allium 'Purple Sensation'

Lilac

The later tulips are in flower.

I think that 'Angélique' could be my most favouritest tulip. 

Although 'Spring green' is also a strong contender.

Bootsy Cat looks as adorable as ever, is it wrong that whenever I see him I get a strong desire to squidge him. Possibly. 

Queens of the Stone age have a new album due out, I have been playing My God is the Sun on loop!

And last but most certainly not least my lovely boyfriend Allsy has been practising the guitar and bass lots of late, he is such a talented soul and it makes me very happy to listen to him play. He's also putting up most admirably with the Chelsea Flower Show coverage, god bless him. 

So all in all I am a very happy bunny.

rain

After a few lovely days of sunshine the rain has returned.

With the great downpours, the cold has also made a reappearance and so here I am, in my home, swaddled in blankets. 

The garden has been ravaged.

The flowers dismantled. The petals lay scattered and crushed. 

And I'm right there with them.

My body's tired and heavy. My heart aches. My eyes on the verge of tears. 

I've been round the garden trying my hardest to repair the damage. Tying in sweetpeas, clematis and honeysuckle to encourage them to climb back up, to head towards the sun. I'm not sure how to pick myself back up again though. 

At the moment blankets, hot ribena and loud music seems like the best option. Sometimes it's best just to stay still. 

This week I almost didn't join in with Littlegreenshed's Nature in the Home series, but what Lou said about pink being a happy colour stuck with me and so I thought I'd give it a go. I've never been a big fan of pink and due to my current mood those bright candy shades of pink, rather than making me smile, are turning my stomach. But a slight blush of pink that's a different story.

I've used my favourite vase, well for exactly that reason. It may not go at all but boy am I glad to see it.

I've gathered all the fragile flowers, petals clinging on, they only have a day of two left but it felt good to rescue them to live out their last moments inside.

And supporting them, I've picked great clouds of cow parsley and towering stalks of aquilegia, showing that first blush of pink before they explode into flower. 

Graceful and fragile, they couldn't be more perfect.