Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Wednesday, 25 June 2014

Dundrum...














We spent a lovely day on Sunday down in Dundrum (County Down) visiting some friends who have just set up home there... we went for a wee dander around Dundrum Castle, and it's ruins, and then down to the beach. Such a nice time!

We are just obsessed with the incredible colours found in nature, noticing the particular palette which is instantly recognisable as 'Ireland' and which contains such a rich variety of diverse and interesting natural neutrals, always contrasted with the brightest of brights... so, so beautiful. And so much for us to look at!

I took far too many pictures... hope you enjoy them!

A&R




Saturday, 23 April 2011

A. Rubanesque...

We couldn't have been happier to stumble across the beautiful passementerie shop 'A. Rubanesque' when we were in Powerscourt Townhouse Centre in Dublin the other week...

A small, bijoux store, with enticing, exciting window displays that lured us in to find a cornucopia of ribbons, trimmings, lace, fabric, thread, sequins galore. I loved the ribbon displays all laid out in a colourful rainbow, and the selection was extremely unusual and appealing. It's so nice to not just find the same old things!

When in the store, I gushed to Ryan 'oh my goodness... this is like being in Mokuba in Paris', and, after visiting the website, I read that A. Rubanesque is the only stockist of Mokuba Ribbon on the British Isles... good spot, egh? ;)

I was incredibly strong as just came away with photos, which the management very kindly allowed me to take, but I doubt either Ryan or myself will manage to be quite so strong the next time ;)

Make sure to pay them a visit if you find yourself in Dublin-town sometime soon!

Abigail@abigail*ryan

p.s. can you spot Ryan in the photo's? ;)


Thursday, 14 April 2011

Let's catch up!

Hello everyone - I don't quite know where to start as we have SO much to catch up on... it's been a really busy few weeks and our heads are spinning a little ;) We had a nice relaxing breakfast this morning to de-compress a little! Do you like my new tea-pot?!

Here's a little bit of what we've been up to, which we will be elaborating on over the next few days and sharing photos...

We were at the Liberty Open Call in London a few weeks back, and had a fantastic time meeting the buyers and pitching our abigail*ryan wares in our 3 minute (!) slot. It went really well and we were delighted with the feedback we received. We were even caught on camera, so we'll share the horror of bad angles soon ;)

Earlier this week we went down to Dublin to see Adele in concert, which I booked earlier in the year as an anniversary present for Ryan and I! We bussed it down and had a perfect day wandering around Dublin's lovely South Side, discovering beautiful shops and eateries... Adele that evening was absolutely *incredible*, our hotel was fab, and the next day was so nice we ended up wandering around for longer than we intended and spent the day having fun! We have loads of photos of all the gorgeous shops we discovered - so we will be sharing those over the next few days...

We got lots of new a*r print goods... new stickers, new business cards galore! We're all ready for our Trade Show in June! Can't wait to show you all...

The first of our Heirloom floor cushions is completed, so I am excited to share photos of that soon, too.

And, finally, if you read our facebook page, the long awaited recipe for Ryan's dairy free, egg free (vegan) chocolate and coconut gateaux, will be up soon. It was so. damn. tasty!

Back soon to share more biz!

Abigail@abigail*ryan