★ "MAKE IT" MONDAY ★

#GIFT - Vintage Teacup Candle

These Pretty Vintage Teacup candles, great for unique handmade gifts for friends and family.  Search charity shops, flea markets, car boot sales and ebay for nice teacups and saucers, they usually cost £1-£2.50.  If you are making multiple candles it might be worth buying a full tea service, also often found in charity shops.  

These Teacup candles only cost £2.05 ($3.30) to make!  Find details of prices and stockists here.  

You could also add a personalised label with message, Download some FREE Rankidoodle Teacup Candle Labels here.  I wrap mine in polka dot cellaphane and tie with pretty lace, very vintage darling. x

For this project you will need...

Teacup saucer

15 tealights (plain or scented)

cellotape

Wick (12cm)

lolly stick (optional)

Wick sustainer tab (optional)

glue (optional)

Old pan

Metal jug

You will need to fill your pan with water and bring to the boil.  

Next take all of the tealights out of their casings (remove the metal casings and wicks) and drop them into the jug (dont worry if any of the casings/wick fall in they can be fished out later).

Next place your bowl/jug in the water and wait for the wax to melt

(please make sure the water doesn't run dry)

When your wax has melted pour a tiny bit into your teacup and push the metal sustainer and wick into it to secure.  Then either cellotape the wick to a lolly stick or you can just use cellotape, across the top of the teacup.

Next make sure you protect your hands (teatowel or oven gloves) and pour your wax into your teacup. Fill to 1cm below the rim making sure the wick is central.

Leave to set for about an hour.

And Voila!  You have a lovely Teacup Candle.

TIPS:

Doing multiple Teacup candle can save time.

Sometimes the candle wax can come loose in the teacup, to prevent this put a blob of glue between the teacup and wax (when fully set) to secure.

Download these FREE Rankidoodle Teacup Candle Labels here

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

☁ Cloud Love ☁

With the miserable weather outside (in the UK anyway) I thought I would share some "Cloud Love"

Spoon rest by JDWolfePottery

Necklace by xoiasmeniNas

Cloud cushion by Hello Milky

Mobile by LeptitPapillon

Earrings by Morgan and Jane

Giclee print by Eloise Renouf

Please see my Etsy friday post about Eloise Renouf here

Baby patchwork quilt by Alphabet Monkey

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

If you are new to Etsy you may not know about the Treasury pages.

This is where members and sellers promote little collections of goods they like, linked either by colour, theme or genre.  It is a really good way to get noticed on etsy, which has over 300000 shops.  So if someone puts one of your items in their treasury make sure you thank them.

Here are some of my favourite recent treasuries... 

...and here are some of my Treasuries...

★ INSTAGRAM FAVES ★

Time for me to share some more of my favourite people to follow on Instagram.

See my past faves here and here

Passionately curious artist.  Living in the forest with manolo, we get to peek at

amazing art in progress and also her beautifully styled home.  You can visit her blog here

Selina Lake is a London based Interior Stylist & Author of interiors books, Bazaar Style,

Romantic Style & Just released Homespun Style.  You can visit her blog here

Douglas Hale creates these amazing collaged images

If you ever thought Black & white was boring in the home think again,

a piece of cake 82 lets us glimpse into their mono home and it is amazing!

Paint the nursery black? yeh, why not!

Elsie cake is the author of A beautiful mess my favourite blog of all time,

this girl is sooo pretty, stylish and talented!

Hello sandwich is an Australian artist living in Tokyo, she creates really cute, colourful

handmade displays, packaging and decorations, you can visit her blog here

Granny Chic

Have treated myself to "Granny chic" from dottie angel and Ted and Agnes.  It is full of crafty recipes and inspiration for the handmade home.  I think I must be a bit of a Granny as this has to be my favourite book EVER!








Full of gorgeous imagery from the Homes of Tif Fussel (Dottie Angel) and Rachelle Blondel (Ted & Agnes).  Both women share a mutual love of handcrafted and secondhand. There are plenty of lovely handmade tutorials in here and also lots of interiors inspirations from their homes, workspaces and caravans!

A doily table mat tutorial

A fabulous wall in Tifs house

Rachelles caravan "Maude"

Tutorial on covering an old chair

Tifs airstream trailer

You can see more from Dottie Angel here and Ted & Agnes here

You can see my instagram article on Dottie Angel here

★ ETSY FRIDAY ★

I am featuring the Etsy shop What Nikki made this week on etsy friday.

Nikki McWilliams is a designer and maker, based in Dundee. Her brand of quirky homeware and accessories - Nikki McWilliams design is the product of a lifelong love of having a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

I LOVE her biscuit cushions...

You can follow nikki's BLOG here

♥ WEDDING WEDNESDAY - The Dress ♥

Wedding Diary #6 - DRESSES

Probably the most important choice to make for your big day!  

The important thing to remember is you must try on a few different styles.  A friend of mine had her perfect dress in her head for years but when she tried it on it didn't suit her figure so she ended up with a dress she wouldn't have looked twice at in a magazine but was perfect for her and she looked amazing!

Anyways I'm going to ignore my own advice and show a collection of dresses that I LOVE LOVE LOVE!...

 I just love this vintage style dress from twigs and honey

LOVE this elegant gown from shopbop

Vintage wedding dress company has a collection of real

vintage dresses from 1900 to 1970s

Gorgeous Jenny Packham dress

Love the lace capped sleeves on this dress

A pretty boho dress

 Vintage lacy number

Really pretty petal detail

and finally...wowzers!