Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a very happy Easter with lots of chocolate... here's a shot from earlier in the week to you in the mood for a chocolate egg.

 

Hopping Mad

Easter time is a great time to get some more bunnies in my life. I've made a few bunnies purchases recently and my Pinterest Easter Bunny board http://pinterest.com/pushygalore/easter-bunny/  is being added to every day.

Ceramic bunny dish, John Lewis £4.50

Rabbit Tin with chocolate eggs inside, £2 M&S

 

Chocolate bunny, 80p Sainsbury's

Mr Rabbit postcard, free from Hotel Chocolat

PJ top £3, bottom £5 from Primark



Wooden bunny egg cup, £17 from www.notonthehighstreet.com I've not bought this, as I think it's a little over priced, but it's still very cute.

Cute mini bunnies and teacup, image on Pinterest

Bunny garland tutorial http://create.northridgepublishing.com/wow-132-bunny-garland/?doing_wp_cron=1356887955.2306020259857177734375

Bunny biscuits

 

Bunny toy tutorial http://www.goinghometoroost.com/2013/diy-craft-projects/diy-bunny-with-a-baby/

Food & Wine

Lovely shots taken today of a food and wine shoot we are currently working on. Really please with how these came out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shot Of The Week

We had a large food shoot going on this week.  I shot everything from hot cross buns to cabbages... this was my favourite shot from the week.

Oklahoma, Manchester

We stopped for lunch in Oklahoma, which is a fabulous quirky Vegetarian & Vegan cafe serving the yummiest freshly made food. And not only is is a cafe but it is also a great kitsch gift shops. They had cabinets full of unusual and handmade jewellery, greeting cards, tin wind-up toys... too many things to list. Oh how I wish it was nearer, I'd be in there all the time!

 

Affleck's Palace

This Saturday I took a trip to Manchester to visit my good friend Amanda, who is more of a big sister to me, to celebrate her birthday. She met me at the train station and took me around some of her favourite places to shop and eat, we then finished off the day with cocktails... it was such a great weekend.

One of the places we went to was Affleck's Palace, which is a large indoor market situated in a 4 story building. They describe themselves as an emporium of eclecticism, a totem of indie commerce and a great place to shop for anything from a top hat to a tattoo. I loved it. One of the things I loved about it the most was the art on the walls on the building... great stuff.

G Dad's Collectables

Today I had the urge to go to G Dad's Collectables in Old Wolverton... it's one of my favourite places for a good rummage for vintage and retro goodies. They have everything from figurines, jewellery, cutlery, crockery, clothes, old toys and books. I love it. They also have a cute little 1940s inspired tea room for a cream tea after you've had a good look around.

I always come home with something from there and today was no different, I purchased two very cute cake stands.

 

You could spend hours rummaging

 

Cabinets full of goodies

 

How cute is this oven!

Bears

Love this little cabinet

 

Brown shoe collection

 

 





Cafe for cream tea



My new cake stand/sandwich tray, £5

And the other new cake stand, £4

Shopping

I have the week off work, with no real plans other than to be a lady of leisure, which includes, shopping, baking, cleaning, blogging and eBaying. Yesterday I visited a couple of my favourite charity shops, then cleaned out my wardrobe - I now have a 2 piles of clothes, shoes and bags, one for charity and one for ebay. And today I went shopping and treated myself to a few things that I needed... wanted.


Vintage side plates 30p each from local charity shop

Vintage silver spoon 25p from Age Concern

Love this dress... actually bought it a couple of weeks ago but have been meaning to blog it, £9 Next (Special Purchase)

Fab new PJs. Top £3, Bottoms £5 Primark

Print on PJ bottoms...super cute



Top tip... when buying a hoody to lounge around in, buy from Primark mens section, they come in XS and have long arms and body so fit perfectly and are toasty warm, £8

Woburn Coffee House

What a lovely way to spend a Saturday morning, catching up with a good friend and testing out a cute coffee shop in the village.

I walk past Woburn Coffee House every time I walk into the village and every time the selection cute vintage tea cups and cake stands in the window draw my attention. I've wanted to go in there for ages now, so when I arrange to meet up with my lovely friend Amanda for morning coffee, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to check it out.

It was beautiful inside, so many pretty things for us to look at as well as the gorgeous looking cakes. We ordered a cream tea, coffee and a croque monsieur. The food was as beautiful as the place and all freshly made and really tasted. We were made very welcome by the friendly, chatty staff... so glad we chose to go there.

The perfect Saturday morning.