★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

If you are new to Etsy you may not know about the Treasury pages.

This is where members and sellers promote little collections of goods they like, linked either by colour, theme or genre.  It is a really good way to get noticed on etsy, which has over 300000 shops.  So if someone puts one of your items in their treasury make sure you thank them.

Here are some of my favourite recent treasuries... 

...and here are some of my Treasuries...

★ INSTAGRAM FAVES ★

Time for me to share some more of my favourite people to follow on Instagram.

See my past faves here and here

Passionately curious artist.  Living in the forest with manolo, we get to peek at

amazing art in progress and also her beautifully styled home.  You can visit her blog here

Selina Lake is a London based Interior Stylist & Author of interiors books, Bazaar Style,

Romantic Style & Just released Homespun Style.  You can visit her blog here

Douglas Hale creates these amazing collaged images

If you ever thought Black & white was boring in the home think again,

a piece of cake 82 lets us glimpse into their mono home and it is amazing!

Paint the nursery black? yeh, why not!

Elsie cake is the author of A beautiful mess my favourite blog of all time,

this girl is sooo pretty, stylish and talented!

Hello sandwich is an Australian artist living in Tokyo, she creates really cute, colourful

handmade displays, packaging and decorations, you can visit her blog here

Granny Chic

Have treated myself to "Granny chic" from dottie angel and Ted and Agnes.  It is full of crafty recipes and inspiration for the handmade home.  I think I must be a bit of a Granny as this has to be my favourite book EVER!








Full of gorgeous imagery from the Homes of Tif Fussel (Dottie Angel) and Rachelle Blondel (Ted & Agnes).  Both women share a mutual love of handcrafted and secondhand. There are plenty of lovely handmade tutorials in here and also lots of interiors inspirations from their homes, workspaces and caravans!

A doily table mat tutorial

A fabulous wall in Tifs house

Rachelles caravan "Maude"

Tutorial on covering an old chair

Tifs airstream trailer

You can see more from Dottie Angel here and Ted & Agnes here

You can see my instagram article on Dottie Angel here

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

I am featuring the Etsy shop What Nikki made this week on etsy friday.

Nikki McWilliams is a designer and maker, based in Dundee. Her brand of quirky homeware and accessories - Nikki McWilliams design is the product of a lifelong love of having a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

I LOVE her biscuit cushions...

You can follow nikki's BLOG here

♥ WEDDING WEDNESDAY - The Dress ♥

Wedding Diary #6 - DRESSES

Probably the most important choice to make for your big day!  

The important thing to remember is you must try on a few different styles.  A friend of mine had her perfect dress in her head for years but when she tried it on it didn't suit her figure so she ended up with a dress she wouldn't have looked twice at in a magazine but was perfect for her and she looked amazing!

Anyways I'm going to ignore my own advice and show a collection of dresses that I LOVE LOVE LOVE!...

 I just love this vintage style dress from twigs and honey

LOVE this elegant gown from shopbop

Vintage wedding dress company has a collection of real

vintage dresses from 1900 to 1970s

Gorgeous Jenny Packham dress

Love the lace capped sleeves on this dress

A pretty boho dress

 Vintage lacy number

Really pretty petal detail

and finally...wowzers!

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

There is a big trend for diamond imagery around at the moment.  Here are some lovely diamond inspired items from etsy...

...and not a real diamond in sight!

Diamond engraved notebook from Absoloot

Cute diamond brooches from Heartasaurus

Diamond print from The Curious Nickel

Sterling Silver ring from Metalicious

Bag yourself a diamond jubilee bargain with

these cute lavender bags from Corydora

Adorable hand carved rubber stamp set

from MemiTheRainbow

Lovely watercolour diamonds print from LouisestArt

♥ WEDDING WEDNESDAY - Save the Date ♥

Wedding Diary #5 - Save the dates

The Date is set, the amazing venue is booked so now you need to let people know.  It is time to send out your "save the dates!".  Usually sent out at least 6-12 months before the big event so recipients who wish to attend can keep the date free.  This is usually followed by a formal invitation nearer the time.

Here are some fab ideas for save the dates...

Save the date printables from here, just add twine.

These two cards ideas are from in the tree house

How about a photography shoot, here are some clever ideas...

Kyle Hale

diy weddingbee

photobooth

And some really cute DIY ideas which are simple but effective...

You can see how to recreate this idea here

Scratch to reveal the date, you can see how to make this here

OR how about creating your own video to send to all your friends, here are some great ones...

                  

Save the Date from Steve Haslip on Vimeo.

                  

Save the Date from Ryan Leggett on Vimeo.