Indy Fever

Ah well, no takers for the Jimmy Choo Hunters, but there's still time!. Plus it's been the hottest day of the year today so no wellies needed! Hurrah for the sun!

We've been whizzing around on our new chair that was delivered with the sofa this week. It's like a Waltzer at the fairground so P has been spinning round until she's nearly sick. Lovely!


I've been making some fascinators for Malta and the UK this week. One Laura design in chocolate with chocolate feathers and a Claire in whispering blue with bonsai and saffron feathers which both looked great.


We've also being playing Lego Indiana Jones on the Wii and I thought it was time that I introduced P to the gorgeousness that was Harrison Ford in the films, so we've sat and watched Raiders of the Lost Ark today! I forgot just how fabulous he was! Good old Harrison.


This week is decorating the hall stairs and landing week, so I'm off to get paint in Wedgewood Lilac for the feature wall going up the stairs:

with the same Ivory Lace off white colour that I've had in the lounge for the rest of the walls. It's all coming together!


N x

Summer's here...?

This week I've been working on some great fascinators. You can tell it's nearly summer as I'm getting orders in bright daffodil yellow and cool green! I've absolutely loved making these. There's something about someone being really bold with colour choices and designs that makes me really happy :)

This is a Claire design that's gone to the UK:


This one is an April design that's in Daffodil and Ambrosia and is going to New York tomorrow:


The decorating is now finished in the lounge. All painted and papered, although we did have a DIY SOS when half of the paper had to come back off because of a bubble issue, but it's all on now and looks fantastic! Sorting out the fireplace is the next job.


The carpet's being cleaned tomorrow, the sofas delivered on Tuesday and then everything will be nearly straight again!

Kris and I have finished cleaning the hall floor and it's ready to be waxed after the sofa delivery,


and I've narrowed my hall colour down to 2 colours. An olive green or a raspberry pink... decisions, decisions!! Oh, and I changed my mind about the rug... I went for a stripy green one in the end :)


And to top off this week, P's starring role in the new Halfords Child Seat brochure which is country-wide as from now! She has a half page shot and a little one on the next page! I'm SO proud of her! My little star :)


N x

All Change!

Ok, ok. It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind!! I got the duck egg blue paper (my Mom swears it's green) but after having a really good think about it, I'm not sure that I can live with a big wall of blue, and my room doesn't get much sun so it might be a bit cold, so I've opted for an amazing mocha brown design instead. The flowers have a slight sheen on them, and I've chosen Ivory Lace paint for the other 3 walls and they tie in perfectly! I promise, no more changes! Definitely... maybe...



Kris and I have been sanding the floor in the hallway and it looks amazing! We have stained wax to brush on in a medium oak colour when my sofas have been delivered so they don't damage the wood in the process of hauling them about, and I am going to order a green runner to go with the green in the material of the curtains which I am going to cut up and make into blinds for the front door and the landing window... I think... although I might get the mink colour... who knows!

Anyway, amidst the chaos, I have actually been working too! I've got a few orders in for all over, and I just did a fab Jenny fascinator with a birdcage veil for a client in Canada, some rose organza hair pins for a bride in Berkshire in the UK, and a Tamara fascinator in Poppy red with black feathers for the UK too. I've also finished a Jessica in black with white feathers for the UK and they are all on their way to their new owners.

Jenny

Tamara

Jessica


My camera is broken and I have to get a new one, so I'm open to suggestions from anyone who has a good small, easy to use compact.

N x

Paper and Paint

Well today I'm waiting on an order for sinamay and feathers to make 2 fascinators, so I've been very productive. I've got paint and wallpaper samples after finding a theme I like in a magazine for my lounge. I LOVE this paper, and the colour is Cooking Apple Green from Farrow and Ball. Yummy! My new sofas are going to be a light chocolate brown and my carpet is a biscuit cream colour so I think it will all go well. I might, of course, change my mind before committing to the green walls, but I can't wait to make a feature of my fireplace wall with a patterned paper.



P came home and cooked fruit cakes (I measured out the ingredients, she mixed it all together and spooned it into the cases), and she's already eaten a big one! Topped with chocolate icing and Smarties! Yummy!


It's rained all day here, so my friend Richard came over to put my new garage desk together and I sorted out all my feathers and sinamay into boxes, so now everything is completely organised and it feels great! I can't wait to get everything else in and start working in there but there's still a lot to do! I'll post my 'before' and 'after' photos soon!

N x