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I have always been a fan of Todd Selby aka 'The Selby' I think mainly because he has one of the best jobs ever travelling the world photographing the very interesting interiors of extremely artistic people - I sometimes feel like I shouldn't be looking at his website as it is a world of people that I am not at all familiar with as they are so scarily 'cool' but it's interesting to see their sometimes unusual and varied take on interior decor.
I love this Brooklyn house with all the neutral colours and wood. This minimalistic yet cozy pad is the home of Lyndsay Caleo - goldsmith and interior designer and Fitzhugh Karol - woodworker and interior designer.
The interior is lovely and I really love the exterior - I have always loved townhouses and I actually dream about them quite a lot - random fact. They are my favourite type of house with their high ceilings, spacious rooms, many floors and all that history to go with it.
Rx
As promised I have some free library card printable's for you today.
Simply print them off - from the PDF download links below - onto A4 card-stock (ideally thick) and use them as you wish.
Feel free to use them for personal and commercial use.
Four cards per template.
1. Pink Library Card Template Click Here
2. Blue Library Card Template Click Here
3. Black Vintage Library Card Template Click Here
4. Black Library Card Template Click Here
5. Sepia Vintage Library Card Template(not shown)Click Here
There are all kinds of unique uses for library cards, use them for -
- Place / escort cards
- Table number cards
- Gift tags / labels
- Make them into cute notebooks
- Use them for lending your own books or for messages and inserting into books that you give as gifts
- Save the dates
- Scrap-booking
Enjoy!
Rx
Check out this gorgeous setting for a baby shower. I am looking for inspiration for a certain someones surprise baby shower later this month - it's OK said person doesn't really read my blog unless I post it to my facebook page so she won't find out till on the day. She has been dropping hints for a baby shower for a while now and I keep changing the subject or ignoring it - which make me feel so bad ;) and I think she has given up all hope of me arranging anything so it will be a really nice surprise for her. I can't wait to give her her pressie - it's so cute and I know she will love it. If you are reading this and are thinking 'what on Earth is a baby shower?!' this Wikipedia article will explain all.
Talking of babies. I recently became a Godmother to my friend Hannah's gorgeous baby girl Enzi. Here is a picture from the Christening, it was a lovely day and I even got a special certificate.
Rx
Hello :)
I have a bit of a thing for grey again. Some people think it's a depressing colour but I love it.
I'm feeling somewhat replenished after taking a week off but it wasn't exactly the most relaxing of times but still good to do things that do not involve 'work' not that I see my job as work but you always need a break from even what you love every now and then.
So to give you all an update on my exceptionally exciting life, the past week consisted of the following..
Along with much required mental de-cluttering I took several trips to the dump AKA 'recycling centre' for some long overdue house de-cluttering. Something I found strangely satisfying.
Got lots and lots of lovely sleep.
The garden is no longer a jungle. I got rid of the evil chestnut tree in the middle of my lawn - the ugliest tree you have ever seen - I think it was diseased. Now I can see all the way to the end of the garden and I didn't realize it was so long! I had a great time with the chainsaw and now have a huge mountain of garden 'debris' - not sure what else to call it.
I familiarized myself with WD40 I have never used it before and it's amazing stuff. I sprayed my front gate with it and it now no longer squeaks - I also took it upon myself to spray my neighbours gate with it too - their 'gate squeak' was even more annoying than mine.
Replaced nearly all of the light bulbs in my house - it was getting silly I would have been working by candlelight if I hadn't done something about it pronto. That was a boring job trying to find all the matching light-bulbs. I must have spent about an hour in the shop trying to pick the correct ones. I got it a little bit wrong to be honest. I have two chandelier style light fittings that are now blasting out the most intense light - it's almost blinding, I reckon I must have chosen the wrong wattage or something but at least I can see what I am doing now - looking on the bright side ;)
I also got to spend some time with my friends and family and did some babysitting. I had a lovely time with my besties son Harry, he is such a sweet little kid and so wise, he told me that my house is far too big for me and that I need a nice small cozy house instead - he only turned four in April! He was apparently very exited to come to 'Auntie Rosey's' house but I think it was due to my niece coming to play too.
Went to the MK vintage fair after having to rush back to my best friends house en-route as her husband was panic stricken due to their dogs being 'stuck together' luckily the situation rectified itself naturally and no vet assistance was required! I wonder if there will be any puppies coming along soon.
I bought myself an awesome 18th century Naval chest with my initial on it. I have always loved anything to do with old ships and the sea etc..so I just had to have it.
I will definitely have some new wedding invitations in the shop (lots of ideas brewing) by the end of June so I will keep you updated on those as and when I add them to the shop.
Rx
It's at last Friday my favourite day of the whole week and the sun is finally shining - Hallelujah!
This week has ended on a high note for me, along with the sunshine I picked up the July/August edition of You and Your Wedding Magazine and found my Hudson save the date has been featured in their 'Something New' wedding stationery feature. It was such a nice surprise and it's the first time I have had anything published in a national magazine.
They did request me to send them some samples a while back but i didn't really think anything of it as there are so many amazing invitation designers out there and so much competition.
Thank you Kate Hornby for your beautiful styling and for including my save the date among all of those other stunning creations!
I will be finishing off all current orders this weekend and then I will be taking a week off from the blog and order processing.
Some much needed R & R is required!
/ / Please Note / /
The shop will still be open for orders and I will still be able to answer any inquiries however, please bear in mind I will not begin working on any new orders until my Monday 10th June.
Hopefully on my return I shall be fully rejuvenated and brimming with creative energy again!
Rx
a little bit of scandanavian style goes a long way in creating a bit of peace and tranquility. which is much needed right now.
i need to get the white paint out again, there is still a lot of work to do in my house and it's not going to do itself. i decided to 'allow' myself an actual day off today and found a lovely new shop near where i live and it is full of amazing interior stuff. i should have taken some pictures as it's so lovely in there. they had the most amazing ginormous deer (at least i think it was meant to be a deer?) statue in there that was made of wicker or something like that - it definitely wouldn't fit in my house it was literally well over 10ft high (maybe it's meant for in the garden?) i will take a picture next time i am in there which no doubt wont be long, i have never seen anything like it before!
i bought a few nick nacks there for my bedroom re-do which is happening this weekend - about time. i really can't be bothered with the whole wallpaper stripping malarkey that will have to take place before the fun begins. the lovely people that lived here before (or probably before them for that matter) decided to wallpaper every single square inch of the whole house - including the ceilings. let's hope the whole ceiling doesn't come down on my head in the process.
i assure you the next house i will eventually live in will be new, no maintenance and there will be absolutely no work to do - ever. oh yes and it will have a tiny ideally non-grass garden. i had a wonderful time tackling my jungle yesterday - it took four hours to strim, rake, hoover, and then mow about ten times over to get it looking normal again. i have much better things to be spending my time on!!
which reminds me - i will be uploading a new library card template for you to download as i have had quite a few of you requesting a new one as the download link from the past post is no longer working - so i will be posting that soon.
i will also be posting my photo taking and editing tutorial very soon as i have had a few requests for that from you - my lovely readers and now i have downloaded some screen capture software i can take some snapshots of the screen as i edit the photos so it will make it much easier to follow.
after all that, i think a little holiday is required!
Rx
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