Washi tape Wednesday

I've decided to start a new feature, washi tape Wednesday, which will be either a round up of inspiring ideas I've found of how to decorate with washi tape, or some small project of my own. My regular features never turn out to be all that regular, so I wouldn't expect to see it every week, but I'll see how I go...

{A Creative Mint}

{The Seventy Tree}

{Oh, hello friend}

{Decor8}

Treat time

I'm free, at last! I'm looking forward to new blog projects and excursions, but first, I need a pick-me-up. I'm allowing myself one little treat - which should I buy?

1. Top Shop hoody {£26}, 2. Seventy Tree mountain postcard {£1.50}, 3. Maelle detox + tone body oil {£25}, 4. Shiny shoes! {works every time} {£69.99}, 5. Zoya polish {love these eco-friendly polishes and they last really well} {£9.98}, 6. Leon: Baking & Puddings {£12} - I'm not a baker, but a friend has this book, and I can't stop reading it. It includes recipes like pies + granola, too and has lots of great tips. 7. Pale Irretrievables by Heidi Burton {£7.50} - I love anything she does which includes rain {still love this illustration.}

Tea of the week: The Tea Leaf

Love this tea leaf sign from a house tour at The Daily Muse {a witty NY-based blog I follow.}

I wish wish wish...

I wondered if any readers would be interested in how I've been working on my accounts for weeks now, every weekend, and I'm still not finished, and not even started my tax return, and blogging is really on hold until I'm free of it.... I thought not, since I think people read blogs to escape - so I thought I'd post this dress instead. Plain and simple, this is the dress for me, and it's by one of my favourite Etsy sellers, Nadinoo. {Spotted on Carrie at Wish Wish Wish.}

{I did have one night out last night, when I went to see Swallows and Amazons - I adored it, like I knew I would. Has anyone seen it? There were lots of 10 year old boys, and the middle aged man sitting next to me who beamed the whole way through really made it for me. It finishes in London next week and then is going on tour.}

Tea of the week: Taking Tea at the V&A

A few photos from a Friday night at the V&A, within earshot of a classical music recital {students from the Royal College of Music perform every Friday in the Norfolk House Music Room}, and a marriage proposal! Nearby, some happy {and cultured} parents hovered outside with their brand new baby. A very chilled way to spend a Friday evening.

Tea of the week: making plans

Happy New Year! I'm making lots of plans for the coming year, which include many predictable resolutions which I won't keep, but also new strategies for growing my little business. Let me know if you have any brilliant ideas! Although it's manageable, I'm tired of working full-time and also running my business. It's hard to do much apart from keep on top of things.

I love my new diary from Shepherds Bookbinders, and William Morris mug from the V&A shop. What are your plans?

{PS The Papermash sale starts today - lots of items are 50% off.}

Happy Christmas

Have a lovely Christmas everyone! I had lots to share, thoughts about having a small business, Christmas decorations {or lack thereof}, but I got distracted by wrapping up orders and working full-time! I'm exhausted! How about you?

Over Christmas I'll be:

*Hosting blog school with my cousin, Hey Homewrecker {if you're based in Northern Ireland, please let us know, I'm hoping to find her a blog community there!}
*Making a washi tape town with my neice and nephew
*Planning a day trip to Dublin {let me know if you have any suggestions of quirky things to see}

A few random links, some of which I've been saving for a while:

*Christmas music {I'm obsessed with A Charlie Brown Christmas}
*Love this table
*A happy New York wedding
*Rainbow wreath!
*Guilty

{I've just had the snow globe print reprinted on white paper, and it looks great. Orders placed today, 21st December, can be sent special delivery tomorrow, at no additional postage charge.}

Let it snow...

Not yet, until I've posted all my orders and caught my flight home next week, but the weather's really not making it feel that Christmassy... Love this Let it Snow bag {£12.}

Gift guide: for nesters

1. Church's Candles {£15.50}, 2. Woollen blanket {£95}, 3. Spool candle {from £45 - and from lovely new shop, Sparrow & Co.}, 4. Lavender bag {£7.50}, 5. Bird cage plate, 6. Ceramic envelope {£15}, 7. Happy chopper {£19.95.}

Christmas washi tape + more...

I'm still sending out orders within 24 hours, and so far there's no sign of snow, or a postal strike, so there's plenty of time to order pretty Christmas washi tape/Japanese masking tape to embellish your presents. From top left; gold snowflake washi tape {£3.50}, Christmas cross stitch washi tape {£4}, Santa washi tape {£10 for 4} and Red spot washi tape {£3.50.}

Some other Christmas goodies I haven't shared yet;

Mistletoe stamps and pine cone stamps {£9.99 each}, Rifle Paper Co. Christmas tags {£5 for 10}, Boxed large Christmas tags {£8.50}.

Festive labels {£5}, Pop-up card - this has such a sweet translucent spotted envelope {£5}, Rifle Paper Co. Christmas postcards {£10} and for easy labels, just cut tiny pieces of this gingham fabric tape {£8.50} into a Christmas design. It's expensive but you can get so much out of it if you use a craft knife to make the most of any scraps.

If you haven't seen it yet, Jeska styled a stunning feature on gift wrapping ideas in the latest edition of Heart Home Magazine.