These Foolish Things....

Good Lord! is that the time already?

Yes it is....its almost Christmas, and despite my best efforts, as usual I am left trailing behind in the quest to be organised, I had planned on having everything bought, wrapped,and put away by the end of November.Aint gonna happen is it? by now I should be idly flicking through magazines picking out recipes for tasty little nibbles,making gorgeous little handmade gifts and decorations for my close friends,Instead I am furiously making lists and trying to tick off as many tasks as I can, I have been so busy work wise(not complaining!) I have been doing some vintage fairs, so the house has been very sadly neglected, not sure where to start there! and my website has been very busy,which is lovely! believe me, but here I am again, only weeks to go and I am floundering!

Next year ( I know I think I said this last year ) I am going to start the preparations in August!

Twinkle, Twinkle.......

Well after Yesterdays grumpy mood,( its the raging hormones I swear) I feel obliged to follow up with something a tad more cheerful! inspired by a post on lovely Lucy locket I decided to take some pics of some of the vast number of vintage sparklies that adorn my home.Lovely Gill is collecting vintage glassware to decorate her fireplace with at Christmas, I have done this before and it is very effective, old pieces of pressed glass can be picked up very cheaply, and look lovely especially if placed somewhere where the sunlight catches them, at the moment I have a small collection of glass bottles on my kitchen windowsill.

Another favourite is to use old victorian glass salts to hold tea lights, I pick these up very cheaply and they are so pretty....

But my thing for bling doesnt stop here! I love anything with crystals on, such as these lovely cherub wall lights in the sitting room....

 

And I drape old paste necklaces and bracelets here and there....

I think vintage glass is vastly under rated, the next time you are thrifting,look at the pressed glass, what else could you use it for? Pile a lovely glass cake stand with satsumas, or soap in the bathroom,replace your practical but not that pretty pets bowls with little glass ones,look for smaller bowls to house pot pourri, or do as Gill is doing and form an eclectic collection of candlesticks and make your life...well just a little bit more sparkly!

Disenchanted

It is a dark and gloomy Saturday morning, and the weekend stretches before me offering me nothing more than the usual tedium, I am it must be said, usually a positive person, but this morning I awoke to be greeted by the blues, dont know why, do I need a reason? its November, its raining, the house is a mess, I simply cannot get motivated to do everything that awaits me,Lucy is bored,nothing I suggest is received with joy, I want something amazing to happen, anything, I want to look forward to Christmas but I cant, I feel miserable and disenchanted.

SNAP OUT OF IT!!!!!

There, I have given myself a good old talking to! wheres the duster?

Darker nights and chilly days...

 

Well Halloween came and went, as it does, my sitting room draped in all fashion of spooky tack, and here we are....November, already! is it me or has this year just flown by? Today began as rather dark and dreary, but by lunchtime, the sun was shining, the pavements leading up to School were like a richly coloured carpet of Autumn leaves, and evrything looked as though it was bathed in a sort of mellow golden glow...Lovely! and a great opportunity to spend some time in the garden, before it does get really Chilly!