Blogger Friends Are Amazing....

Today started out to be a day I would rather forget...until our Post Man arrived! He handed me 2 packages (the other you will see in a moment). This one hear smelt wonderful and little Mason our 4 year old even commented that it 'smelt pretty'.

I couldn't wait to get inside.

This package was from one of my wonderful Friends, Maria Carr from DREAMY WHITES. Who is one of the most giving people I have ever met and am so glad to call her my Friend.

The scent from this bag was amazing! The stripe ribbon was the first thing I spied!

isn't it gorgeous?
Maria included this card with a lovely heartfelt message inside which left a huge smile across my face. The card is stunning in itself and is now on my bedside table.
Once I unwrapped the gift, this is what was inside.
Now, I took these images as I opened it...I could hardly wait!
This gorgeous sack is where the gorgeous Lavender scent was coming from, and it is chock full of it. When I came back after picking the boys up from School and Pre School, the house was enveloped in Lavender and it was beautiful!

even the ribbon was lovely and I love the number 6 and the lion image on this chunky linen.

The back of the sack is just as perfect!

...and look there is more!!
Another lovely smelling package, wrapped in linen, twine and a cute button.
Gorgeous Poppy seed soaps! =0)
...and oh, I am in love with this...
A vintage linen runner with beautiful embroidery. It is a 'M' for Marley. Mason thought it was for him...um, NO ;0)And finally this. It is a sweet little pillow cover made with vintage ticking.

A soft white linen is on the back and I will be making a little insert for this. It is so sweet.
Now you see why it made my day better?
What a beautiful gift to send to someone.
Maria, these gifts are gorgeous and you are a gorgeous Woman. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Stop by Maria's blog DREAMY WHITES if you haven't already and look at her other beautiful vintage linen finds.

Now onto the next package...
This one I had to sign for and was wondering what it could be...

...it was presented beautifully...


...and all the way from France!...

As soon as I opened it, I knew who it was from

...Vicki Archer!

You all know this amazingly talented Woman who has graced us with the beautiful books "My French Life" and "French Essence" and the blog of the same name.

IT'S A VINTAGE FRENCH POSTCARD!
Now, I did know this was coming as a while ago the gorgeous Vicki sent me an email letting me know she was sending me this card in the mail, but I had forgot it was coming with all that I have in my head right now with Christmas orders to get through and the like. So it really was a surprise...a beautiful surprise!

Isn't it stunning?

And, it came with a sweet card from Vicki too.

Thank you SO SO much Vicki. I am smitten with it and now have to figure out how to display it so I can see both sides!

You are another Woman who has made my blogging life so wonderful and I thank you for that.

For a peek at Vicki's amazing French Life visit her blog FRENCH ESSENCE

...you will love it.

Now, another package arrived earlier in the week which I had planned on blogging about today
It is from the sweet Tine, who has the gorgeous blog URUGUAY LIFE.

I had commented on one of her posts a little while back about some lovely wooden pegs she had and how they would look great with my embroidered peg bag I recently made

...so Tine sent me some! She is so sweet.

Again, inside was a lovely handwritten note, some gorgeous white embroidered ribbon and this little block type postcard...
...on the other side is this vintage image of a Woman.
Here is a close up of the springs on the pegs. I love them. The ones we have here are drab!

Thank you so much Tine for your sweet gift. It just goes to show that blogging friends are the most thoughtful and caring Women around and I am continually amazed by the power, camaraderie and friendship we all share even though we are miles away.

...I did have a little happy cry surrounded by the thoughts of these lovely Women and I thank each and every one of you out there for making this journey such an enjoyable experience...and for making this get a whole lot better =0)

Have a wonderful weekend, Ness xx

For your next photo shoot

This majestic home is a photo shoot rent space! I know...WHY!! People should be filling these wonderful plaster walls with warmth and promise. Oh well! you can rent it for the day, week or however long for your next catalogue shoot or feature film. I would be happy with a peek in side and that sofa thanks ;) The whole home is filled with period features and gorgeous windows that fill it with loads of natural light.It is situated in London somewhere, and has a mix of French and English pieces, or you can bring your own. I could imagine a million photo shoots in this house.

I wonder if the owners would miss some of the pieces after I left? I love the tall skirting boards, old mantels lime washed floor boards...and that big frame.

The kitchen is sweet. I could imagine a Winter shoot here. Loads of creamy cable knit and food props like baguettes, knobs of butter in little china dishes, big white ironstone casseroles ready for the oven, and a couple of children near the heater with their brown paper covered crayons drawing on butchers paper and Mum hanging them on a twine line with wooden dolly pegs. Little white washed pots filled with Lavender lined up along the window and loads of fresh produce sticking out of the wicker baskets....

...or a small stack of fluffy white towels on this divine chair, some waffle weave slippers and a glass of Champagne and some bubbles beside it that have spilled over. Little glass crystal glasses that are being make shift hurricane lamps and a big chunk of L'Occitane soap resting on some white pebbles.
Can't you just see that in here?
This unexpected sink I am not sure if it is in the bathroom, kitchen or laundry. I would like to think it is in the laundry with a little line of natural coloured knitted socks hanging from it and some shelves near by with big glass canisters on them filled with washing powder, chunks of soap, wooden pegs and the like...and big zinc scoops inside.

Well, back to reality. It is an amazing home and I love it.

Ness xx

shootfactory

Apologie in white...

I would like to apologise for my absence from everyones comment pages of late. It is not me to visit and not leave a comment, but as I have to finish off painting our doors and make up curtains etc I have been a little time poor...so I am making up to you all with these white lovelies.

Please be warned that the following pictures may make you want to head to your nearest paint shop for the biggest tin of white paint you can find for a full white out!

Just letting you know before we start looking at these wonderful, beautiful interiors I have dug out. I think you will find there is something for everyone.

Pic - BH&G

Mmmmm! Bliss! Fave chair, Armoire, creamy white walls and loads of style. This room is by the talented Vincent Wolf.

Pic - Skona Hem
Modern with a hint of vintage glamour. I like it.

Pic - Skona Hem
What a lovely kids room. I always dreamed of a built in bed like this as a child. My own little space to escape to and a cocoon like feeling to keep me safe from the boogie man.
Pic - Atlanta Homes
A very sophisticated space with a very restrained palette, which is what you want to unwind in...clear your mind after a rough week.

Pic -Atlant Bartlett
Gorgeous personified! The amazing Atlanta is a modern master when it comes to whipping a white interior into life.

Pic - Baileys

and who could forget the washroom. I know it is just for Laundry to be done in, but I think it should have a sense of you and your palette and a hint of luxury, like this Belfast sink. Let's face it, if you are anything like me, you spend ALOT of time in this space...and ours needs re doing.
Something else to add on to 'The List'!

I posted about this beautiful little seaside shack when I first started to blog. It is just lovely, all white, French inspired and uber luxe...for a shack!

I would love to take this little white palace and plonk it into our back yard, where I would while away my time (!) and create and just be with all this lovely-ness.

maybe this can be the blueprint for the office/studio space that I have always yearned for in our little nook out the back we call the 'Woodshed'. It's not any more, now it is our outdoor dining space. I sit in there and wonder 'how hard would it be to line this to turn into my sewing space and get our spare room back as the guest room'? Not hard I would think....add it to 'The List'!

I hope you enjoyed these beautiful white spaces, and hope you all can forgive my absence.

Ness xx

Beautiful Things

image - Better Homes and Gardens

I love this chair, with its beautiful patina. Even though it so rusted, it fits so well with these fluffy white towels. A image of texture and form.

image - jeanne darc living

These lanterns would look glorious lined along a long jetty to a still bay, leading you to a pair of white Adirondack Chairs, a bucket of bubbly and view of the stars.

image - ville-kulla

I still have a thing for zinc letters, and love this one as it stands for Love, Luck...and Lockyer!

image - Provincial Home Living

This photo is divine! The stone walls, beautiful windows, French cane baskets, metal tubs and loads of natural linen, and sumptuous towels. It has the feel of a old French wash house...here in Australia.

image - Provincial Home Living

Finally...warm woolly blankets for this cold freeze we are having...in glorious colours.
Keep warm everyone. xx

The Most Wonderful Laundry Room

OK! I am so wanting a Laundry Room like this. I would spend all my time here I would think. It even has a place for all your Gardening bits and bobs. It is exactly the type of decor that would be in my dream Laundry...even down to the lighting. I love this. I actually found these pics at the house that a-m built. See the glass jars on the counter. I think I am going to get some of those when I go to the Gift Fair for the shop (and possibly some for the house). My Mum will love this room also...maybe we can do something like this in your next house Mum, what do you think?

Ness xx