peanut butter smoothie

oh yes, and stuff the calories - it's good for you , energy boosting and filling ;)

nice thing to look at - vintage botanical print

i love this vintage botanical print from The National Archives UK the colours are amazing and i also love it because it was illustrated aboard a ship in 1846 - i love ships.

PHOTO VIA FLICKR

getting there & a lovely surprise

i am not quite sure why i didn't blog about this at the time as i was so excited!i was lucky enough, earlier this year to win a free ad space on the oh,hello friend blog - my all time favorite blog. i am sure you must have come across this amazing design blog before, but if you haven't here is a little info. it is run by the lovely Danni, a graphic designer based in California. aswell as running her blog she also has an etsy shop where she sells adorable jewellery. she is so incredibly talented and her posts are always amazingly creative and interesting.
it's so nice to actually win something especially something so unexpected. please go and take a look at here blog, you will surely be hooked :)

i am nearly there with the weddings page, i just need to list my new items to my shoppes (i am adding another eccomerce site soon but more on that later) and then i can create all of my links to purchase items. i am also going to be adding a page with lots of links to wedding d.i.y tutorials too. here is a link to the page but please be aware there is a long way to go so it doesn't look much yet!

Roseanna x

in progress

things are underway to launch my weddings page for tommorow. i thought it would be a good idea to launch it on valentines day - and this also gives me a deadline to work by which is something i am training myself to do. i decided that if i give myself deadlines i will get more things done this year.

anyway, this is a little sneek peek ....

weekend tutorial - balloon birthday card

i wanted to share some card ideas with you by way of a tutorial.
i made a similar birthday card to this one recently for a friend and it is really simple to create. it incorporates vintage papers but you can really use whatever papers or card colours you like. i hope you enjoy it!

what you will need -
1. vintage papers from old books (or whatever style papers you like) i used a 1970's floral book page
2. some card about 4 x 4 inches (10 x 10 cms)
3. a piece of stiff card about 3 x 3 inches (7.5 x 7.5 cms)
4. 3D foam dots
5. double sided tape
6. 15 x 10cms card and a matching envelope
7. happy birthday text (see instructions below for details)
8. 3 different colours of cotton thread
9. scissors * please note you will also need some pva glue too

1. cut out a balloon shape from the stiff card about 4.5 x 3 cms in size
2. using the balloon shape as a template, draw 3 balloons onto your vintage paper - being careful to only draw on the side you do not want to show (ie. reverse side)
3.cut out your shapes and then apply some pva glue to the backs (reverse side) and then glue them onto the other piece of card
4. once dry cut out your balloon shapes from the card

5. cut out one length of about 30cms from each of your thread colours
6. take one of your balloon shapes and twist the end of the thread around the bottom of the balloon three times leaving a small length at the back of the balloon
7. apply the double sided tape to the back of the balloon making sure to cover all areas of the thread
8. turn your balloon over and check that there is no tape showing on the other side - repeat with the other 2 balloons using a different colour thread for each balloon

9. on your computer or if you have a typewriter, create some 'happy birthday' text. i have a typewriter so i did mine on that but if you want a similar font from the computer you can use courier or typical writer. use around a size 9 font and print it onto some thin card. cut it out about 5 x 1.5 cms. then cut out a 6 x 2cms piece of the vintage paper and stick the happy birthday text onto it with the double sided tape so you have a matted effect (you can also just use the text alone if you like)
10. lay your matted text piece and your balloons onto the card and decide how you would like them all to be positioned
11. apply 3 sticky foam dots onto the backs of the balloons and attach them to the card. then attach the text piece over the threads making sure to pull them slightly taught. once attached snip of the ends of the thread so that they finish at the bottom of the card.
12. i used a translucent envelope as i love the effect it creates once the card is inside. i got mine from here but if you are not in Europe you could use large glassine bags from here.

i hope you enjoyed my first tutorial - if you have any questions or comments please let me know and, have a great weekend :)

vintage bags

i need a new bag for summer and have been looking on Etsy at some vintage bags. i came accross these. they are all nice and big as i always carry a lot of stuff. including, my full make up range (yes - two whole bags) usually my camera, purse, business cards, an old apple, tissues (my eyes always run when it's windy - and my nose) keys, my kindle - when i dare to take it out of the safety of the house, a few dried up tangerines, nuts - you may have noticed that i carry a lot of food , it's because i get panicky if i get hungry and there is no food at immediate use (this comes from being very well fed as a child) lots of old receipts and leaflets etc,painkillers,plasters,perfume and i think that is about it!

i love the style of these bags, they remind me of when i was a wee nipper at school and they have that 'school satchel' feel - which i like as i loved going to school. which one is your favourite?

TOP LEFT - stephanieD
TOP RIGHT - LittleBeeVintage
BOTTOM LEFT - zelda110
BOTTOM RIGHT - mellow mine

shoppe update

vintage lamp

vintage christies books , vintage monopol corkscrew & vintage penquin book sets (coming soon)

top row -antique sheet music set no. 1, no.2 & no.3

middle row - superb 1890s library of william shakespeare, 1960's christies review book set, fab morroco guide book circa 1958

bottom row - antique decorative music book cover, instant vintage bottle collection, large enamelware bowl

all availiable now in the shoppe