Treasure hunting

We thought we'd take advantage of the lovely mild weather this afternoon (only 2 weeks until the clocks go back and I can't tell you how much I hate that) and headed off down to Seaton to blow away the cobwebs and do a bit of beachcombing.

Whilst the boys were happily rockpooling, look what caught my eye..

A tiny piece of seaweed stuck onto a pebble - so simple, yet really beautiful, it reminds me of Ferm Living's floral silhouette prints.

Alas, the beach was sadly lacking in driftwood and I'm starting to panic a bit because I have alot of Christmas cards to make and my supply in the shed (sorry, Steve's shed!) is dwindling.

But I did pick up some tiny driftwood twigs and made a card for my best friend (she doesn't read my blog as she's stuck somewhere in the 20th century) - a kind of shaker style Christmas tree with little shell fragment decorations. Not exactly a masterpiece, but she loves the beach as much as I do and I know she will appreciate it!

I noticed these steps for the first time today - and I am deeply envious of whoever lives at the top!

For all I know it may be a run-down shack, but how fantastic to be able to descend them every morning and see what the tide's washed up! Imagine that!

Amendment: Of course anyone who is remotely organised/intelligent would know that the clocks go back this weekend and not the one after - sorry!

Window shopping

After painting over the huge blackboard in the boys' bedroom (fine when it was bare floorboards in there, but carpet and chalkdust aren't a good combination), the chimney breast looked somewhat bare, so we chose this rather smashing wall sticker by Ferm Living. Even better, I found it on Amazon at a third of the normal price!






Of course, I'm never satisfied, so have been compiling a little list of things I'm coveting to jazz up their room further. (I'm just daydreaming but indulge me!)


Firstly is this fabulous beanbag by Quba Sails..




I am loving the Ron Arad Bookworm bookcase available from Heals..





And these colourful (spotty and stripey of course) throws from Feather and Black would just finish off the bunkbeds nicely.. Of course , it's never going to happen - I have designer taste, but alas, only an Ikea budget!

Better get back to work - I'm going to have to sell alot of cards to pay for all this lot!