Today,,

While I watch Coco Before Chanel in bed.

I had planned to go shopping today after I'd rang up 

places and people to pay bills etc, but then I checked my bank balance,

budgeted and decided to stay home..

-One of THOSE days.

Any job suggestions that leave our evening and weekends free?

-that pay me super lots to only work one day a week?

while Molly keeps her bond with the childminder?

(I couldn't bear to have her away from me any more, it's hard enough during term-time)

No? I'd better start making and selling.

This afternoon I'm going to brainstorm ideas and work it all out

Also, I love how these two have co-ordinated- Pink! is the colour of May it seems :)

Lusting Over Fred

Today,,

I dropped off Molly at her childminders

(Molly cried after a week of not going, it broke my heart)

Then drove to UNI.

On my way back to the car I found Molly a dress for £1.75!

I'm going to dip-dye the skirt tomorrow,

as it's an acid wash I think that will look quite nice.

I came home and did some work whilst listening to Bon Iver, big thanks to Dave for giving me his new album, I'm addicted.

Molly cut her 11th tooth!

And for tea, Jamie made some pancakes. 

I'm now going to soothe my full tummy with a bath.

Perfect :)

It's been quite a lovely day.

Today I wore a super old Fred Perry dress I haven't worn in ages!! 

I was lusting over this the other night and rather than fork out on something new, I got this out the wardrobe and re-styled it in a bid to save some money haha!
Maybe next time I have some dollar I'll get my Fred Perry fix.
I look a bit silly on the desk but I have no clear wall background.
It must be something I think about when we buy our next house.. haa.

Dress- Fred Perry, Cardigan and Tights- Topshop, Scarf- Accessorize, Mac- Forever 21

My Sugar Plum Fairy..

Molly's room has been the bane of my life since she arrived! Well, since before she arrived because the spaces I've had to work with have always been small. This was her first Nursery that I decorated in our flat last January before she was due. It was beautiful, but then she arrived and as she was sleeping in her moses basket in our room, her lovely Nursery became the dumping ground for all her stuff. Who knew babies had so much stuff!!

Anyhow, this was her first room when we moved into our three bedroom new build in the summer. But although it was all painted and set up, I just wasn't happy. I now regret my choice of pink and I wish I'd painted (well Jamie had painted) it white and used her toys and pictures to add colour. So I think that will be one to add onto my summer project list. Her cot is now against the front wall of the house and I have added a few more little touches, like pictures on the wall, bunting, and my favourite her little shoes amongst her ever growing library. There is still much to do but here are a few snippets of her space.

I love Molly's crumpled nap face!

 

My current want for her room- vintage fawns. I love her storytelling tree behind them, each of the characters are puppets, I can tell we will have a lot of fun playing with these when she is a bit bigger.

Homemade Knits. 

 This was an old gold picture frame for £1, I painted the frame white and painted the mountboard with chalkboard paint.

These book ends were given to me by a nun when I was little. I love passing on my beautiful things to Molly, 

 Lots of nappies, a relieving sight for a mother.

Delicate feet.

There's a bit of a woodlandy toadstool theme to Mollys room that just seemed to happen after I bought her grassy rug pictured above. I'd call it her feature rug and I can imagine her playing with her toys on it when she is bigger which is why I bought it. On my to do list for Molly's room then

• Paint her new shelves white and put them up.
• Keep a look out for old crates to replace the shelves with to create a feature on her wall (I have been in search of some under £20 since the summer and just can;t find any so I'm giving up for now and putting up some flat packed shelves for the time being)
• Repaint the walls white.
• De-clutter.

A sneak peak..

A little peak of our Christmas decorations this year. We only bought a few because we can't remember what else we have in the attic, tomorrow is going to be a good day!! We even got Molly a little pink tree for her bedroom!!

I also made some Cath Kidston style baubles. This was my trial bauble, the colours are a bit gaudy for my liking though. I'll try and do a tutorial tomorrow when I plan to make some more with more pastel paints and glitter.