Etsy Friday

White Owl is a gorgeous shop on Etsy.  They are two sisters from Michigan who make lovely jewellery from vintage lace and beads, many of their materials are rescued from estate sales, flea markets and even their own Grandmother!  

Each piece looks really precious and the styling and photography is gorgeous too...

The necklaces are around £20, what a bargain for a one off!

You can read more about the sisters here.

Bus blinds

Love those posters that are popping up all over the place at the moment made from old bus blinds.  They show a list of all the places and streets where the bus stops.  Here is a selection of images showing authentic bus blinds and copies.  

You can buy a personalised bus blind (like below) from more than words on notonthehighstreet.com for £190

I had a little go at making a Scarborough themed one...

Pinterest Addiction!

I am seriously addicted to Pinterest.

Pinterest is a site where you can pin your favourite images from the web, so it is like a filing system where you can pin from other members pictures or from anywhere on the web.  You need to request an invite which takes about a week.

You can see my boards here or by clicking on my new pinterest button.

Here is a random snapshot of my pins...

Etsy Friday

A great shop on Etsy today is Janet Hill Studio.  Janet Hill is a very talented artist from Canada, she creates really beautiful paintings of shoes, dresses, cakes etc.  The paintings are really feminine and soft with a great use of colour...

shoe shop

Prudence

The Duchess

The Seduction

Ladies room

Little wings

Prints in this shop are a bargain from around £15.  You can see more of Janets work on her website here.

Fabien Barrel

Fabien Barrel is a graphic designer from France.  He is so talented and his work is amazing.  He designs anything from logos and letterheads to wall art and cushions. 

If you are interested in graphic design his blog Graphic Exchange showcases the best of the best and is really inspiring.

He also works under the name D and B where he has created some gorgeous pieces of work for an exclusive French hotel using vintage imagery overlayed with paint effects, textures and ephemera.

Birthday wedding

Sorry haven't posted for a while, had a fabulous weekend celebrating my birthday and my good friends Louise and Dannys wedding.  I have a habit of not taking pictures when I get a little tiddly so just grabbed this gorgeous one from facebook.  

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Maddocks! x

Vintage Tea rooms

Had a lovely loooonnng weekend (hence the lack of posts) in Scarborough spending quality time with family and friends.

One of the highlights of my weekend was lunch on Tuesday with my mum, we went to Francis tea rooms a gorgeous little place, a little off the beaten track here.

I felt like I was stepping back into the 1930s!  It was small but quaint with wood panelled private booths with chandeliers hanging above, hand embroidered tablecloths, matching old-fashioned teacups and saucers, old mirrors and pictures adorn the walls.

It is open Tuesday - Saturday during the day and is also very reasonably priced and has a great selection of cakes!

It's worth a visit if you are in the area, South street also boasts lovely vintage clothes shop Rosies boutique and South street gallery which were unfortunately closed on the day of our visit (open Thurs-Sat) but I will definitely be back!

rosies boudoir