Sunday 24 April 2011

Being in love with stuff

I am currently bidding on Ebay items for the wedding. I stupidly bid on multiples of the same items hoping it would ensure I was successful on one, FIVE silver candelabras, TWO rose bowls and TWO tall vases later I am sickenly looking at the other five candelabras and four rose bowls that I also appear to be fated to own. This is a warning to the wise, do not make this mistake.

So whilst I am in online shopping mode I thought I would share with you a few gems that I am in love with at the moment both to buy and just to admire. The first being this beautiful dick egg blue case on Etsy from GRSG

(I love most of the things in this shop)

I can think of so many uses for this case: I don't own a lot of makeup but if I did it would live here; if I had a wonderful collection of cotton gloves and hankerchiefs they would live here; if I owned beautiful ballet shoes they would live here and if I had lovely vintage snaps they would live here.

And this lovely, delicate, lace necklace from White Owl, again on Etsy, would look amazing with the right outfit; I'm thinking a lovely tea dress on a summers evening whilst sipping Pimms with a handsome gentleman



and in a modern contrast I am in love with the colours and shapes of the work of Rie Tsuruta such as these little beauties


Don't they just look so clean and fresh? Spring and summer all wrapped up in lovely ceramic.

Finally, as I am in desperate need of a life overhaul (I have put on many many pounds and am getting very very little sleep) I have been thinking of getting a bike and in the midst of my searching I fell in love with this Batavus Old Dutch bike oh how I wish I had money and didn't live somewhere with seven LARGE hills



What are you loving at the moment?

Now to see if I am the lucky owner of a gazillion silver plated candelabras, wish me luck...