…and you can always bring a little reminder into your home:

♥ Print by Phamie MacDonald, £12.00, Not on the High Street
(210mm x 297mm) heavy card. £24.00 for the framed version

♥ Cushion, £27.50, an Angel at my Table
(40 x 40cm)

♥ Address Book, £7.99, Wysteria Lane

♥ Megan Quinton cushion, £35.00, Not Mass Produced
(45cm x 45cm)

♥ Candle Matches, £6.00 from Dibor

♥ Skyline cushion, £55.00 from Lily and Lime
(45cm x 35cm)

♥ City Break Travel Journal, £9.95 from Lily and Lime

♥ Unframed Print, £35.00 from Famille Summerbelle
Coral Pink or Cerulean Blue, A2 format (42cm x 59.4cm)

We do. We really do. How not to love these gorgeous teacups! Look:

Birds mugs, £50 for four

Lace, cup and saucer £22.00

Black Rose, £ 35.00 the set

Floret, £35 for the cup and saucer

Magazines are not gossips, they are research. I am researching A LOT and if you are like me, things could become a little bit crowded! Fear not, all you need to keep this precious research material is a couple of storage boxes:

Cream iron trellis design magazine rack with handle, £34.99 from Bliss and Bloom.
(H 33cm x L 42cm x W 25cm)

French Style Wooden Storage Box with heart shaped handles, £14.70 from This is Pretty
(H 10cm, D 20cm, W 32cm)

Wall mounted metal storage rack with two storage pockets, £18.99, from Divine Interiors .

Magasine tidy, slightly distressed light cream painted boxes, reduced to £10.50, from Patchwork Harmony.
(26cm x 26cm, Happrox. 11cm)

Cream sweetheart wire foldable magazine rack, £29.00 from Dibor
(Width : 27 cm Length : 36 cm Height : 35 cm)

Country Magazine Rack, £44.00, from Scumble Goosie
(46cm W x 30cm D x 37cm H)

Powder coated steel Block Magazine Rack, currently £12.50, from Colloco
W 15 x H 15 x D 15 cm

What about this Cat Magazine Rack? £36.00, from Rockett St George
(30cm height, 20cm width and 25cm depth)

Leather Magazine Holder, £49.99, from Zara Home
24.00×22.00×40.00cm

metal magazine/newspaper holder by Worcester Ware, £7.00 from Vintage Lifestyle.

Magazine holder is available painted ivory, white, stone or french grey with optional antique finish! Price from £45.00 to £85.00, The Dormy House
27cm deep x 40cm wide x 37cm high

There a many treasures to be found in Etsy, my current favourites:

Vintage cottage style magazine rack, vintage wallpaper, wreath applique
$34.00 USD
£45.00

Vintage rack, with floral decoupage work
(12″ high, 14.5″ long and 7″ deep)
$20

Another vintage Wooden Newspaper Holder, dating from the 1960′s
Made of wood, it measures 15.5″ long by 8.5″ wide at the widest points. It is 9.5″ deep at the deepest point.
$50

Vintage wood magazine/book rack with original green paint and hand painted florals.
(12 wide, 10 deep, 20 high)
$42.99

This upcycled magazine rack has 12 rungs for hanging your magazines
(t measures 21 by 12 by 12″)
$75

Vintage magazine rack
(15.75″ wide, 16.25″ height, 13.5″ deep)
$28

Du of vintage magazine racks
(Each measures about 18 inches high, 12 1/2 inches wide, and 5 1/2 inches deep)
$25

I am in the mood for cupcakes… I think someone mentionned Pina Colada Cupcakes, so how could I resist? My talent is more in tasting than in baking, but practice allegedly makes perfect. There will be a lot of Manon cupcakes in the next few weeks!

Well, there will be as soon as I complete my kitchen!
Measuring Spoons anyone?

♥ Russian Dolls Set, £5.50 from Rocket St George
1 TBS (table spoon), 1/2 TBS, 1 TSP (tea spoon), 1/2 TSP, 1/4 TSP

♥  Small Heart Measuring spoons, £2.50 from the Heart Store
Four plastic spoons measuring 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 and 1 tbsp.

♥ White Set, £3.95 from Summerill & Bishop
White ceramic, the sizes are 1.25ml/1/4tsp; 2.5ml/1/2tsp; 5ml/1tsp; 15ml/1tbsp measures

♥ Blossom measuring spoons, £35.00 from Lucas Bond
(one tablespoon, one teaspoon, 1/2 teaspoon, and 1/4 teaspoon. The largest spoon is 12cm (4.75″) long

♥ Heart Measuring Spoons, £35.00 from Lucas Bond
one tablespoon, one teaspoon, 1/2 teaspoon, and 1/4 teaspoon.Largest spoon is 12cm (4.75″) long.

♥ Set of 4 Handcrafter Pewter Measuring Spoons £30.00 from Berry Red
Engraved with ‘A Heap of Happiness’, ‘A Spoonful of Fun’, ‘A Pinch of Kindness’, ‘A Dash of Humour’. 12cm(l) and measures are tablespoon, teaspoon ,1/2 teaspoon and 1/4 teaspoon

♥ Pewter Bird measuring spoons with copper Mount, £68.00 from Berry Red
Measures 21.5cm(w)

I do like internet, online shopping and the thousands of digital photos stored on my computer… the ones that I really should get around to tidy, back-up and do something with! I am not totally stuck in a virtual reality however, and I like to be surrounded by a  few selected memories. There are so many gorgeous frames, I might even get round to print a few more photos:

♥ Antique Bird Frame, £8.00 from Urban Outfitters
(H:14.5cm x W:17cm)

Also in Antique Rose Frame, £9.00
(W:14cm x H:17cm)

♥ Oval Pearl Photo Frame, £13.00 from Laura Ashley
Holds photo 6 x 4 (15cm x 10cm).

♥ Cream Enamel Butterfly Photo Frame, £16.00 from Laura Ashley
Holds photo 6 x 4 (Approx 15cm x 10cm).

♥ Vintage Cream Floral Frame, £10.00 from Monsoon

♥ Vintage wall hanging photo frame, £19.50 from The Orchard

♥ Small Vintage-Style Photo Frame, £6.50 from Lavender Room

♥ Photo Frame with rose details, £15.00 from the Rose Shack
(Suitable for pictures measuring 10 x 15 cm)

♥ Vintage Inspired Floral Frame, £16.95 from Rustic Angels
(25.5cm W x 26.5cm H and will accommodate a 9cm x 14cmphoto

♥ Gorgeous shabby chic picture frame, £12.95 from Rustic Angels
(The frame is 22cm W x 25.5cm T for photo measuring 3.5″ x 5″).

♥ Handcrafed wooden photobox, £180 from Box Brownie Trading.
(51 x 51cm)