weekend wrapup

saturday breakfast, delicious asparagus omelette

furnishing fabrics at Liberty

(hello, my name is Ashley, and I am a Liberty addict...)

laminate fabric

you can't tell, but these are miniature sachet groupings

At the Fine Art Fair- meet T-Rex and a fossilised sea flower

who doesn't need a massive plane model in their living room? I know we do...

... or some Regency furnishings?

This car was very cool, and yet very unpractical for English weather at the same time. They must be able to take it out about 3 times a year.

Amazing hidden house right off a busy main road. There was also a rainshower of fuzzy seeds at the same time which made it magical as it floated down, but also caused our sneezing retreat.

homemade pizza dinner!

this may be our last square pizza as I finally ordered a round pizza pan (without holes) from amazon.

photo of my one remnant

and sale fabric.

And finally chickens at the Camden Green Fair on Sunday, where we saw lots of interesting things, including a mobile blacksmith, played frisbee and had burritos. Yum.

bunny of the week 44

american window shopping

Since I cannot get to some of my favorite American stores over here *cough, JCrew, cough*, I spend some time virtual window shopping on their websites. And I have to say that a few items from aforementioned store have burrowed their way into my brain...

shirred racerback gown in dark pewter

I've had this in my shopping cart for ages. I do own one long knit dress I got from Gap in khaki green and I love it, and I really like the shape of this one.

linen-cotton v-neck pullover in bronzed clay

I know, I know, when it's scorching in the USA how can I possibly look at a long-sleeved sweater? But it's so purty!

lightweight cotton caprese tunic in bronzed clay

These both just look so nice and airy and cottony, and kind of remind me of something my mom would have worn when she was my age (and now!) And at $35 ....

croquet-stripe caprese tunic in dusty shale

........ and $38 they wouldn't bust the bank. Or so I like to think.

What do you think?

unexpected gifts

Amidst all the post I received Tuesday came this little beauty of a gift, which made its way all the way across the pond from my Mom, and as it turns out is made by someone local in Philadelphia!

I love the wrapping it came in. It was wrapped in a page of Sherlock Holmes' A Study in Scarlet. The miniature book itself is made from "antique leather from an olde chair, Holland 1800s. Patched in spine with newspaper from my attic (insulation) also from the 1800s!"

How cool is that? It also sits at exactly the right length and is light enough to wear while hard at work :)

blackspotbooks

smattering of weekend photos

Here's a selection of photos from our weekend...

one of the amazing carved lion finials at Liberty

new union jack inspired display

(those pillows are quilted with Liberty fabric)

Sweet Charity!

I love seeing the musicals that aren't performed very often...

The last time I saw Sweet Charity was when I was about 12 with my Dad, how things have changed!

My recent tile acquisitions.

(sorry about the sidewayness, no matter what I do I can't get it to turn around)

Lovely, no?

(The big bird one was a gift from work :) )

Our found and semi-refurbished bench!

Yes, it came from the skips down the road, but after a very good scrub it doesn't look so bad anymore, and is actually surprisingly sturdy. We have a few more alterations planned for it, but in the meantime, it's free!

Our homemade pea shoot netting structure- I have high hopes for this.

Hand-knotted and designed :)

An arty photo of our garden

Cinnamon raisin bread!

(after I begged to make this Ste pointed out that our bread book says it is an all-American bread that Americans love with butter for breakfast, hehe)

nice weekend :) :) :)