Newly Listed: Floral Tight and Skirt

Floral Sheer Skirt, Black See Through Mesh Skirt, Hand Painted Flowers and Floral Fishnet Tights by StarsWear
Christmas Photography, Christmas Decor, Holiday Print, Pastel Photo, Christmas Tree by JessaMaePhoto
Bridal hairpin, gold orchids, bobby pins, flowers, Gold plated petite orchid bobby pin set of 3 by myrakim
The Art of Staying Aloft No.38 Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) by SmallMysteries

Newly Listed: Ombre Knitted Bag

Ombre Knitted Bag, Soft Romantic Bohemian Bag, Gray, Pink and White by StarBags
Forest Print, Winter Landscape, Landscape Photography, Foggy Forest by EyePoetryPhotography
Botanical Photograph Pink Gray Flower Dreamy Garden Nature Floral Minimalist by GalleryZooArt
Paris Photography, Montmartre Parisian Rooftops, France, French Wall Decor by rebeccaplotnick

The Ugly Ducklings

These ugly black/brown water stained chairs took many weeks of hard work and TLC.

 After peeling off old filling, upholstery and hay.

It was time to peel off the ugly layers of brown and black paint, which took ages.

I then spent several days painting them and varnishing to protect the paintwork.

The original upholstery was done in 3 parts, and we have done a chair like that in the past but this time we made the filling one piece as we had scored the perfect embroideries to cover the entire back with one piece.

Still rough at the edges but getting there!

All fabric needs to be cut close by the staples with much care.

 And then the staples are covered with a pretty band.

After all the hard work we loooooooove the results these chairs really turned in to pretty peacocks :)

They make me smile every time I look at them :)

As the embroideries are vintage and handmade they have variations.

You can buy one, but I hope someone will keep them together.

They are available at StarHomeStudio, among our other unique furniture pieces.

In the Mountains

The other day I went with some friends to another friend who recently moved to another town, a 1 hour drive from ours.

We brought some flowers for their new home and after a lovely brunch we went in to the mountains.

Because this town has no seashore and a much higher altitude the weather is cooler. But when we went in to the mountains we almost froze as it was very cold and we were totally not prepared for it!

We all did manage to take some photos between freezing, luckily our friends car had heated seats as we almost froze off our bums :D

Near the lake was chilling cold, and it has a very weird texture around it.

It seems that when the water became less it left an interesting texture behind.

We got higher and higher and it got colder and colder, and it turned out that we were not cold for nothing as we actually found ice! While our town was still 24 C (75F).

The landscape was rougher and interesting trees started to pop up the higher we went.

While it all looks lovely from the screen we were happy to go back to warmer places, next time we'll take our Winter gear with us :D

Coastal Christmas

Just listed a new seashell wreath perfect for both a coastal theme and Christmas. Christmas is quickly coming closer and as we will be away in December (last shipping date December 3) it is really time to think of Christmas gifts if you want it from our shops :)

Our sea urchin trees are back in the shop as well :)

And lots of ornaments!
All from StarHomeStudio.

Finally...

We are finally having some hints of Fall, with some rain, cooler nights and leaves changing colors.

After our extremely long and extremely hot Summers we love this time of the year.

Still warm enough to wear t shirts during the day but cold enough to go under a blanket at night, perfect!

Mum's knitting project matches in color, not sure yet what this complicated looking thing is going to be.

But those red leaves are just small patches, we just started Fall and Winter will be here in December, before we know it Summer will begin again.

Flowers are still blooming and butterflies are still buzzing around, unfortunately mosquitoes as well arrrggg.