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Today is the kind of winter's day that I love: blue skies, sunshine and a light layer of silvery frost. I know frost isn't the gardener's friend but my word it's good at making the world look beautiful! The silvery hue it lends nature and the incredible patterns it can create is quite marvellous.
I didn't get a chance to take any snaps on this morning's dog walk so instead I've found a selection online to show you. Enjoy…
I've got a bit of a thing about vintage phones and this replica of a1950s American diner telephone is a beauty. It's fully functioning too so all I need to do is find space in my kitchen (and a phone socket) and a-chatting I will go!
PS This phone is from a marvellous shop called Pedlars, they have a branch in London but you can browse their online store without budging from your sofa. I recommend you take a look as their range includes lots of fabulous retro and replica items.
I've written a few times about fab website daisygreenmagazine.co.uk but this time I can tell you they've produced the magazine in print!
The website has been growing from strength to strength for three years so the team decided to take things a step further and produce a 32 page, A5 size magazine to showcase all the website has to offer. And, yep, little ol me has a feature in there too.
The magazine is being given out at lots of events but you can get your hands on a free copy if you ask the lovely Daisy ladies nicely, find out how here.
There's a Spring edition already in the making…!
What a fabulous idea. When I should ever have a bathroom big enough to fit a bike in it I'm absolutely going to install this. One day.
I heart Howies.
The thing with Howies is that I want it all. The clothes, the lifestyle, the rugged outdoor, the cosy indoors, the hairstyles… it's so aspirational while also feeling totally achievable. But it's not just about how good it all looks, the clothes are made with as little impact on the environment as possible and they're made to last. Organic cotton is used for jeans, shirts, t-shirts, dresses, tops and skirts, the jacket above is made from 100% recycled polyester (the stuffing is down so it really would feel like you're wrapped up in a duvet!), and that beautiful cardi is 100% lambswool.
When you have clothes as beautful, as eco-friendly, as well made and as long-lasting as these, why buy cheap, sweatshop-made clothes that will last one wash before falling apart?
I've been a bit slow about putting this post together but I've finally got on with it! I'm really pleased to have a couple of my products featured in two magazines that are new to me. First up is Prima Christmas Makes…
If you love your Christmas mags this is a feast for your eyes! And secondly is The Green Parent…
Now, I'm not a parent, green or otherwise, but I really enjoyed this mag, so much interesting info and several great articles that apply to life with or without children, so I'm really pleased to be included in it.
Given the chance I'd buy the December issues of all my favourite mags, and a few more, I just love poring over the festive shoots. Good thing I don't raid my local newsagent as I don't know where I'd get the time to read them!
And to help you with your Christmas lists, don't forget you can get £5 of when you spend £20 at the green gables with code NX5 until the end of November.
How fabulous is this? I had no idea that once upon a time you could buy a book that would help you write a letter for every occasion. (That's a proper letter written with pen on paper, not tapping out an email at high speed hoping that spell check will correct you.) And not just formal letters that might be a bit tricky, oh no. Beeton's Complete Letter Writer for Ladies and Gentlemen will assist you in the sensitive art of writing love letters! Marvellous. Now I just have to find myself a copy…
I don't know about where you live but round about these parts it's been so grey and gloomy and drizzly and miserable-looking this week. So I was delighted when Kirsty challenged me with a very cheerful, pretty image for this week's palette pingpong. To see the piccie which this post is based on pootle on over to Kirsty's blog, ginger and george.
So, here is the delightful palette I took from the photo…
And what has this inspired me to create, I hear you ponder? Well, sticking with the theme of dull days and feeling the need for a few rays of sunshine, I created this poster for you to download and print…
It's a great quote that my mum brought to my attention and it's so true. Some days it feels like the sun is never going to shine and the drizzle will never let up. But then you see a rainbow and somehow the rain doesn't feel so damp and drenching any more. As you can tell by a lot of the products I design I'm a fan of rainbows, they're a little weather miracle and never fail to cheer me up. So next time you're having a blue day, just remember that it won't be long before it changes to the full colour spectrum.
You can download this A4 size poster, print it out and put it up to give you a lift whenever you need it. Just click on this link:
Download teardrops & rainbows print pdf
As always with my free printables, if you want to tell other people about them please link to the post, not just the download, and all my free downloads are for personal, not commercial, use.
Happy rainbow-spotting!
This winter I am taking the green gables to four, yikes, four Christmas fairs! Kicking off the fair season, for me at least, is the Oaks Christmas Fair in Carshalton on this Saturday 12 November.
If you'd like to come along and say hi that would be just marvellous. I'll have all my lovely goodies with me including Christmas gifts, decorations, stocking fillers and everything you need to wrap it all up. Plus there are a whole host of other talented folk with their offerings so you're bound to make a serious dent in your Christmas shopping.
See you on Saturday!
So, remember I said in this blog post I'd tell you when my new finishing touches products would be available on my website? Well they are! You can now find the marvellous twig colouring pencils, mini wooden pegs and colured twine at the green gables.
But that's not all! I am very excited to reveal a brand new product I have designed – decorative bunting sticky tape!
Available in red heart or blue star bunting designs this tape will perk up any present, package or envelope.
The tape is 25mm wide and comes in 30m rolls so you can glam up a lot of gifts. (And a lot of order packages if you're me!)
As well as the pretty tape I've also added a few more things to my web shop, including sets of doily-edged brown paper gift tags…
twig pencils (similar to the colouring pencils but a bit more grown-up)…
and sets of occasion postcards with envelopes…
So, I hope you like my new additions, I'd love to know what you think. And don't forget you can still get £5 off when you spend £20 at thegreengables.co.uk before the end of November with code NX5!
