Rockabye, Baby -- Jewellery Sale

Jewellery Sale

Ends at midnight -- one day discounts on all items of our (strange but lovely) jewellery.

Handbag Sale Ends Midnight Tonight

When it is over it's over -- handbag sale ends midnight tonight.

Film List: Ghost World

I've been escaping a lot more into books recently (especially fiction) and watching more movies than ever before. I reckon it's not unconnected to all the doom-laden news we've all been getting and I'm pretty sure that there's a higher number of people than ever before who feel the need for a bit of escapism these days.

Ghost World is a film I wanted to see a while back but somehow forgot about. I could just go a good dose of freaky outsider sisterhood just now, so this is going to be one of my first little cheer-up treats this month.

Five things to do to stay Sane

I've just come across an article in last years Times, where a panel of scientists list five activities we can do a day to promote our mental well-being. I don't usually listen to what is prescribed by 'experts' and I've no time for the five-a-day brigade when they cross the line into Health Zealot territory but this little list seems to make some good sense (especially the 'be curious' one).

Firefluff Postcards

A while back we told you how we'd fallen in love with the beautiful, dreamy artwork of the illustrator Lisa Evans. We're happy to say that we now have some of Lisa's lovely Postcard Sets in our store.






You can see a wider selection of Lisa's work at her Etsy Store and you can find out what else she is up to at her Firefluff blog.

Electric Edwardians

Electric Edwardians -- from the Michell & Kenyon Collection, via My Cozy Little Whimsy Nook

Cute Little Cuffs

I love these cute little cuffs that we've just put in the store -- they are just so full of feel-good retro fun and make great inexpensive but quirky gifts.

Boyfriend Cuff

CPR Cuff

French Speaking Cuff

Chicken Badge

Found this blog -- Fine Little Day, which I really like and thanks to a random search through the archives (which I tend to do), I found these badges by Container



I think they made these a while back and as far as I can work out (it's really late here) I think they're going to be doing some more. I want the chicken one and I'll be checking back until I get one.

Miso Very Pretty!

And now we have:




Miso Pretty Body Mist: peony scent, with hints of cut grass and tuberose -- for extremely pretty girls.

Glasvegas -- Daddy's Gone

Listening to Daddy's Gone from my fellow Glaswegians Glasvegas. I love it (and then some) but according to the band's frontman James Allen, many of the residents of our fair city do not appreciate the songs being sung in the Glaswegian accent. It the 'Proclaimers factor' someone suggests. Here's the 'Glaswegian' version of the song:

Hoosier Cabinets

We're in the middle of renovating a kitchen just now and there's a bit of a debate going on about the best way to go about it, in terms of the design. I can't stand fitted kitchens and prefer a free-standing kitchen with a slightly retro 'shabby chic' feel, but I'm outnumbered by my housemates who want a fitted kitchen -- their argument being that people expect a fitted kitchen and that if we don't have one we'll be at a disadvantage when it comes time to sell up.

I get their point but -- apart from the fact that I don't like the look of fitted kitchens -- I also think that even half-way decent ones are hideously expensive. We checked out what was on offer last week and almost fell into a dead faint at the prices. And it is most probably likely that whoever moves in here after us will just haul all the kitchen out and install one to their own liking. So I might get my way with the free-standing idea, even if it is just for economic reasons.

I'm sure we could have a pretty good kitchen for a few hundred quid, if we shopped at thrift stores and reclamation yards. I'd love an old Hooiser-style cabinet and I bet we could pick up one real cheap. The Hoosiers were popular in American kitchens in the first part of the last century (someone even wrote a book about them) but we had similar type cabinets here in the United Kingdom. We used to have a lovely old cream-coloured 1930's one in my last place but someone threw it out when they were 'modernising' the kitchen, replacing it with a horrible set of cheap units.

Above is an image of an old Hoosier from Hoosiercabinet.com -- who supply all the original canisters and jars which would have been included with the old cabinets.

Anyway, I'm going to have a look around next week and see if I can come up with anything interesting.