Bird Love

1. Pip studio mug
2. Grey Song Bird Bookends
3. Handpainted Metal Etagere
4. Conure Rug, Round
5. Hanging Bird
6. Hand Painted Peacock Candlebra

This week in my series of posts, "Fridays Finds", I bring you all things birdie as by now you should know how much I love birds around my home!

Don't forget you can click on any blue lettering in any of my posts to link through to the relevant store website or blog post for more info!

Have a sweet day!

Bunny Jewellery

Small bunny kisses necklace

Bunny kisses hairslide

Magical bunny necklace

Look how cute the bunny necklace is from the new "Dolly" range for mini Anna Lou ladies - a great alternative to chocolate for an Easter gift.

I thought my London-based web readers might want to know that Anna Lou is holding a Flash Sale at Anna Lou on Wednesday 31st March 2010. For 2 hours only, at the Anna Lou of London shop at 21 Fouberts Place W1F 7QE (around the corner from Liberty) everything, including new season items will be 50% off from 1-3pm.


This includes the new birdies necklace from the 'Notice me' prints collection - usually £28, so will be just £14 in the sale.

The sale is guest-list only and you can register here: www.annalouoflondon.com/flashsale.

Have a sweet day!

The Seasonal Barn

I recently featured some of the lovely Easter decorations from The Seasonal Barn in my Easter tree hanging ornaments post.

The lovely ladies at The Seasonal Barn contacted me to give you, my sweet readers, 10% off any order that you place with them by 31st March 2010.

To qualify for the 10% discount, just enter the following code at checkout: TJEAST

So, whether you are looking for more Spring or Easter Decorations, an Easter Gift or perhaps some pretty Easter wrapping, check out the lovely shop here.

Speckled hanging eggs (set of 4)

Hares & hearts egg basket

Mr McGregor's Vegetable Patch set

Coloured speckled eggs (set of 4)

Knitted Flopsy bunny

Spring cotton ribbons

Have a sweet day and happy shopping!

Camel & Yak

Cotton reel box



Etched glass domes




Wooden storage bench



Heart pins



Wooden heart picture frame



Glass cake stand



Vintage letters



Antique pumpkins



Greengate stoneware

Just the other day I came across a great store called Camel & Yak, an interior store full of gorgeous treasures like the glass domes and cotton reel boxes above. They also stock one of my favorite brands, Greengate.

Have a sweet day!

Pretty white interior accessories

Cluster light



Cotton bud wallpaper



Paisley bowl



Sequin cushion



Enchanted forest placemat



Butterflies wall clock



Butterfly letter holder


Porcelain roses



Made in England rolling pin



Matryoshka Cups


Inspired by Monday's post on pretty white interior, above are some of my pretty white finds...

I also had to include this pretty flask as it is similar to the one on the kitchen shelf in Appach Road and I adore it!



Cherry blossom flask

Have a sweet day!

Hand printed bags of handmade honeycomb

I made some honeycomb a while ago and it went down a treat with my friends, so I thought it would make a great little treat for Christmas. Originally, I was going to put it in some star-and-stripe printed candy cones like the ones I did for Halloween but I ended up running out of time! Instead, I came up with a quick way of making some pretty Christmas candy packaging for my honeycomb.

I had ordered some white paper candy bags for Halloween but ended up using the striped ones instead. So, after trying out my snowflake stamps in pink, green, pale blue and red (my holiday colour scheme) on my paper bags, I came to the conclusion that only red would look the best. I quickly got to randomly stamping 4 different styles of snowflakes all over the front of the bags then filled them with the honeycomb and used some of my striped masking tape to seal the backs of the bags. Ready to go!

I popped into Paperchase to pick up some stamps and reindeer candles and saw some boxes of mini clothing pegs with little red felt deer on the front. I thought they would be a cute addition to the bags of candy, with the added bonus that they could also be used to attach the Christmas cards to the back of the bags!

Honeycomb (makes about 10 bags)

Ingredients
600g caster sugar
2 tbsp liquid glucose
100ml water
100ml liquid honey
1 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
500g dark chocolate

Cooking instructions

1. Place the sugar, honey, water and liquid glucose in a heavy based jug. Using a candy thermometer, heat until the temperature reaches 160deg C
2. Remove from heat quickly
3. Add the bicarbonate of soda and whisk immediately
4. Pour onto a greased baking sheet and leave to cool down
5. Break into small chunks
6. Temper dark chocolate (click for details)
7. Pour chocolate over the chunks of honeycomb
8. Place on a sheet of baking paper and leave in fridge to set

Packaging
White sweet bags
Snowflake stamps
Colorbox ink pad - cranberry
Reindeer clips
Striped masking tape

Have a sweet day!

Pretty Kitchen

Pretty kitchen storage by Living etc (March 2005).



Fluted mini pie dish in pink for £5.75 from John Lewis.



Fluted rectangular baking dish in blue for £11.50 from John Lewis.



Mason Cash large pink hearts mixing bowl for £12.99 from Cargo.



Zyliss colourful ice cream scoop for £10.00 from Cargo.



Miniamo pastels 23cm silicone covered rolling pin in pink for £3.99 from Pots and Pans.



Large food storage cabinet in Norwegian blue for £439.00 from Ella's Kitchen Company.



Pastel enamelware from £15.95 at Lytton & Lily.



Tiered pastel cake stand for £25.00 from Great Little Trading Company.



Pink cake tin for £7.75 from Pod.

I adore that first image! I have had it in my interiors file for many years now and have now been able to use it as inspiration for my first gift guide. I have been looking around for gifts to buy my loved ones and I wanted to share with you some of my pretty finds!

Click on any of the blue lettering to be linked straight through to that item.

Have a sweet day!