Goodies

I was having a spring clean last week and finally sorted out all of my handmade items. The last time I sold any was at the Christmas Fayre, 5 months ago! I'll hopefully do some more stalls over the summer but in the meantime, I thought I'd give a few bits away to one lovely reader. Let's call it a belated one year blog Birthday treat!

The goody bag contains a pair of dusty pink Chrysanthemum studs and a pair of vintage 80's white button studs. They are Silver plated and Lead and Nickel free. The pegs have magnets on the back... perfect for the fridge and pegging your important papers/notes... Or your old gig tickets like mine!

To win my little goodie bag simply leave me a comment and tell me what you'll wear the earrings with and what you'll be pegging to your fridge...  

You've got a week to enter and then the winner will be chosen at random... good luck loves! 

Two hens

In the last month I've been on two hen dos. Although my bank balance suffered ever so slightly and I gained some lovely bags under my eyes, they were totally worth it!

Easter weekend my friend El and I drove up to Stratford-Upon-Avon to meet our lovely hen Sarah and the rest of the ladies. We were staying in 2 of the brand new lodges right on the river side which were great. Friday night we ordered a takeaway, drank some wine and played some naughty games...

No prizes for guessing which game this was...

After brekkie on Saturday we all changed into our nautical attire and walked into town for our boat cruise.

 After a lovely boat ride and pub lunch we then headed back for a little siesta. We then got ready for an evening meal and lots of dancing... Such a lovely weekend with the girls and lots of laughing!

I then flew to Glasgow a few days later and spent 2 nights at a friend's house. We had a great overdue catch up and I got to hang out with her little boy Max who was just an absolute cutie....

I then headed to Edinburgh for Hen do number 2. I met the other ladies in the hotel... can you believe almost 20 women managed to keep the destination of the weekend a secret from Cath up until they walked to the gate at the airport! Amazing work ladies...

We went for Mexican food and Karaoke (pathalogical fear of it) on the Friday.... and on Saturday we took a trip to the dungeons where I screamed like a moron, this was followed by cocktail making, pizza and on Saturday night we all rocked red coats for our Butlins night out. Again, so much fun and lots of laughter...

Welcome to Butlins Edinburgh!

A busy and super duper couple of weekends and I can't wait for the weddings!

Daydreaming

This UK weather's nice hmmm? Urghh, it's crappy and it is DEPRESSING. This time last year we were having a heatwave and my toes were loving the sunshine. This weekend you'll find my toes tucked into a pair of socks with my winter slippers on. Under my patchwork blanket. With a hot water bottle. Nice.

I spent most of yesterday daydreaming about sunny days, light evenings, less layers and Vitamin D induced happiness. 

Looking at photos from last summer didn't really help so I snuggled under my blanket some more and caught up on some of my favourite blogs and internet browsing.

1 - These little pocket hand warmers from Fellow Fellow would be perfect at the moment! I love Claire's blog... she has some great DIY posts, wonderful photography and her wedding and honeymoon photos just make me swoon every time.

2 - Her Library Adventures was one of the first blogs I started to follow. Sophie has lovely style, loves thrifting and lives in beautiful Australia. Her Fab Fun Goals post back in January was great and like her, I'm trying to drink more water... it's harder than I first thought.

3. Emma from The Style Box is giving away this gorgeous dress on her blog. I'm not usually a fan of Jack Wills but I love this dress... and it has pockets. Massive win in my books so I'm off to Pinterest to enter!

4. I loved Becky's recent post on Milk Bubble Tea... having a night away in a hotel to do nothing at all... Harry and I work very different hours at the moment and I'm thinking that a trip to a nice hotel sometime soon would be fab. Watch a few films on the ipad, eat some junk food and talk through our wedding plans without any distractions...

image via Pinterest

Whilst on the subject of weddings, I am obsessed with ideas on Pinterest and reading wedding blogs... Mainly Rock My Wedding. Their real wedding features are just amazing and so many ideas on each one... This one here is a personal favourite at the mo, such a beautiful bride and the video made me cry, laugh and cry again.

Last but definitely not least is a great competition from You Flaming Brute.

Julia makes some wonderful jewellery and she's giving away a couple of pieces from her new Black and White collection... Pop over to the Facebook page and see how to enter!

Hope you're having a lovely weekend... what or where are you daydreaming about?