Post fashion week flu

I’m sure a lot of you will agree, nobody has time to get sick! If like me, you prefer not to take pills until you’re burning a million degree fever then hopefully the following will help. This is how I cope with a cold naturally and it seems to work for me (I should mention that when I have flu I’m the first to dose up and I would recommend you do the same!). But, with the common bitch of a cold I do the following and can normally get through the day, somewhat groggily whilst looking forward to an evening of this chill out routine.

To quickly mention that jersey bedding is a revelation! super soft and cosy I’m hoping it will catch on a bit more and become available in more colours. Also, this Twinings tea is deliciously sweet and comforting, I must get through about 3 cups a day!

Home Sweet Home

I’m having a break from interning and uni work to re-fuel and re-charge at home before fashion week. Having been away for so long I am excited to be surrounded by our things, our friends and being lulled to sleep by the snuffles and snores of our dog. It’s funny how being surrounded by someone elses’s taste in our rented London flat can make you want to get your hands on your own things and really make the most of what you have. So, spurred on by Pinterest and a home-sick nesting instinct, I’ve been both intensively organizing and making hand finished touches to our gorgeous Norwich home. My Midas touch has been given groping rights, seeing the legs of my dressing table dipped in gold, as well as gilding mugs with a sharpie and creating a dog toy trunk (now to train her to put her stuff back in there). As well as a general de-clutter and HUGE donation to the British Heart Foundation ( who can do home pick up) I have turned the awkward spare bedroom-office-storage room into a clean studio ready for final year featuring a £6.50 clothes rail from Ikea – what a barg! For now, here is a super quick and potentially free way to update your mugs, plates, jars, lanterns etc, even adding a metallic rim to a mug or highlighting an existing pattern can take blah to blah-dy beautiful. I think these would make a great gift. The pic below is my mis-matching set. 

Step 1. Draw design. This will wipe off if you make a mistake
Step 2. Bake in the oven at 170 degrees C for 35 mins to make permanent.

And to share with you the sound track to my life, here is my beautiful sleepy dog, Muffin doing what she does best….

Pinning

Pinterest has swiftly become my Sunday therapy. I’ve been slow on the uptake with this but it’s great for moodboarding and full of lovely ideas and inspirations. Swing by to see my boards, I’d love to see yours so leave a link and I’ll check it out.

Why I Love Anthropologie….

3 reasons for under £20!

1. White poppy vase £16.00

2. London expanding illustrated book £5.00

3. Baltra dessert plate £10.00

Succulents

A particularly non-fashion related post about one of my latest obsessions. I’ve written many times of my love for Martha Stewart and she has proved my fan girldom worthy by introducing me to the beauty that is succulent terrariums. These gorgeous, affordable and resilient house plants are stylishly rustic and exotically charming. I will be popping to the garden centre to make my own later in the week but for now here are a few gems from other places to inspire you.

1.Succulents galore
2. How to grow succulents in a jar
3. Via Molly Alone blog