Lately...

We've been on a bit of an Asian food kick. Dim sum, sushi, miso, steamed buns... It's all delicious and so quick and easy to cook at home!

What are you loving lately? :)

Pulse, details...

We are now home from London following another successful year at Pulse, in spite of the hideous rain, which threatened to keep everyone inside ;) Here are a few more peeks from the show...

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our stand and spoke to us this week, it was so great to connect with everyone who we either knew through twitter or by reputation! Always lovely to make new friends at show.

We were also delighted with how our new print, Elderflower & agapanthus, and Heirloom was received! :)


More soon x

Live from Pulse! ;)

Hello from London! We're just finished setting up our stand at Pulse London and we are very pleased with it... Looking forward to the doors of the show opening tomorrow and showing off our two new launches: elderflower and agapanthus (wallpaper and cushions!) as well as our long awaited Heirloom! Hope you like seeing the sneak peek and more from the show soon...

Rainbow Diamond Jubilee...

Absolutely loving this Rainbow chart from Vogue, showing her Majesty the Queen in all her beautiful colourful outfits over the years... we love how much she embraces colour in her head to toe looks, and want to take this opportunity to wish her our very heartfelt congratulations on her Diamond Jubilee!

It's so wonderful to see everyone celebrating, out on the streets in the UK, having parties, drinking tea & eating buns, making connections (being neighbours!) and looking to all that is good and cheerful in this not especially cheerful economic time, even just the country dressed up in colour is happy-making... makes you proud to be British, and able to embrace the very British 'chin up' spirit!

Looking forward to be in London in a few days time to catch the tail end of the festivities.

A*R

Lazing in the glorious sunshine...

New fabric, sneak peek...

Elderflower & Agapanthus! We've been working away today turning these three new colour ways in to cushions to take to Pulse, but it's too hot to work all day long do we've caught some sunshine too ;) happy summer!

Details, details...

After booking our ceremony date a few months ago, we happened to cut through Marks and Spencer straight afterwards, and while their spring sale was on. There we found a beautiful hand woven tweed blazer that we both fell in love with, and it fitted Ryan like a dream, the last one left in his size! It seemed a little like fate, so we bought it and knew this would be what he wore for our Wedding day. When we got home, we found beautiful bridesmaids dresses in a perfectly toning pale blue-grey on Asos, and spotted some gorgeous hand-made navy leather brogues with red soles (the tweed has a hint of rusty red through it) on TK Maxx (our shoe bargain heaven of choice!) - before we knew it we had our colour-scheme, all centered around this jacket, and a big chunk of our to-do list ticked off... everything came together so quickly, it all felt just right, and, well, awesome!

Since then, we have been keeping our eyes out for the right shirt/tie/trousers to complete Ryan's look and yesterday we hit the jackpot. Anyone who has been following my wedding Pinterest board might realise I am a little obsessed with blue hydrangea (thank goodness we are getting married in season!) so when we found this shirt with BLUE HYDRANGEA on it we knew fate had dealt us another good hand...

Really enjoying having the details for our Wedding come together so naturally, and serendipitously. We are intent on keeping to a very strict budget for our big day (and are big bargain hunters at the best of times, anyway) so it's really nice to know that you don't have to spend a fortune, or go the utterly traditional route, to get something extra special and a little different.

Having a really strong idea of your theme, colour palette and aesthetic means you can take the time to shop the sales, take advantage of discount days online and take your time piecing your looks together... we're so happy we're doing this, and know it will lead to a beautiful day that won't leave us in a huge amount of debt when starting our married life! Yet another thing to look forward to!

A@a*r