Going round in bunting circles!

Carry on with my homemade interior makes, this small blog looks at a really easy £0 make!

For £0 you can easily make some Circle Bunting. I’ve used this to dress a curtain that separates the kitchen from the living room. With the ceiling been so high, and the curtain and wall both white, its a large white space with no details or textures. I experimented with a few items, fairy lights, hanging decorations etc. but all just didn't seem right.  So, to keep with a theme in the living room I took the idea of the original pom pom bunting, and kept the circle/ball shape as a starter.

The bunting is really easy to make, first you do need a Sewing machine (If you don’t have a machine try attaching twine or thread to the back of the circle cut outs with tape). For the circles anything can be used, old cards, wrapping paper, felt, anything that will give the finish you want. I had some odd bits of paper from Christmas card making lying around so used the gold and pearl card. Cut the circles to your desired sizes, then on the lowest simple setting on your machine push them through. You can be as neat or as un-neat as you like, it really doesn’t matter, I went for un-neat just so it wasn't such a sharp line of circles. Make sure you leave some thread at the end for you to hook around what ever you are attaching it to. Then when finished, drape it, hook it, hang it where ever you want. 

Something like this is great for events or parties, for a wedding lots of white circles, or use matching card for a party, laminate the circled before sewing for outdoor buying as well! Iv posted some images that inspired me from Pinterest below, they are all shop bought bunting, mainly Etsy, but you can see how easy there are1 to make. Hopefully these colours and textures will get your creative juices flowing!

Elle xx

Not your usual Egypt

It has taken its time but I have slowly stopped dreaming that I will wake up in Egypt after a whirlwind holiday there in the middle of September. I was surprised with a last minute booking by Dan and although I knew we had a week off together I didn’t anticipate it would mean sunbathing on a beach in 40+ degree heat! And yes, I got a nice tan, which is fading fast, and yes, I did get sun burn, and yes it was on the last day before our flight making it a very uncomfortable flight! Word to the wise; never fall asleep in the sun on your last day…

However, this didn’t ruin what was such a lovely holiday. With the current arrest in Egypt, it was advised not to go on many excursions, so we didn’t venture out of the complex at all making it a very relaxing holiday. Luckily the hotel had a lovely private beach and a private jetty for you too lump off in to the Red Sea. Having never snorkelled before it was such an experience to see a wonder of colours, shapes and different species of fish all under the water. Having not been in possession of an underwater camera sadly I could take no pictures, but I did take some pictures of the different shapes and textures around the hotel that inspired me and what I share with you on this post.

Hopefully in a few years I would love to return to the country and explore as the history really does intrigue me, the architecture, and materials used and the stories behind it. I just hope such a inspiring country can come back from such upset.

I also managed to find my self a friend for the week to replace me missing my own kitty :)

Massive holidays blues now….

E x

Prepping with Zoe Brewer.

So taking a little step back into the past to continue telling you about my work with Zoe Brewer which ended back in March. You can find my first post here, where I explain how I assisted with testing out her idea for using the natural elements of the Lower Mill Estate where her interior project took place.

Moving on from logs, I had the opportunity to assist Zoe with the prep for the project. This involved researching and purchasing various items for the apartments she was styling, such things as a Christmas tree to a tea strainer to 90+ cushion inners! Its remarkable what you forget you may need when staying in a holiday apartment.

This been the first time I had worked with interiors was a real eye opener for me. Zoe had worked with Lower Mill in the past for similar projects, so she had a great idea of what she wanted to achieve from working with this new apartment block. Zoe is an extreme pinner on Pinterest using this as a bases for her projects, she explains here, also have a look at her inspirational boards here.

I was able to see first hand how Zoe was able to make quick and professional decisions on certain aspects of the project. From chosen colours and styles of appliances to styling elements and understanding why from a price and aesthetics direction. Understanding how logistics comes into a project like this was quite an eye opener. Deliveries where made left right and centre of various items, which where then put in storage, then brought out of storage, then into a van, then onto the Lower Mill Estate, then unloaded there, Phew!! On top of all this I also got to take a trip to Ikea with Zoe, which was a great experience!

Working with Zoe on this project has really brought to my attention interiors around me and looking at the textures, colours and shapes of various elements. Heres some of my fave pictures from the past few months taken when out and about on a my phone.

Back bar at London Cocktail Club, Shaftesbury Avenue.

Retro tattoo wall art.

Hammersmith Apollo ceiling patterns.

Straight line patterns at Borough Market.

Lighting at Wahacas, Soho and Covent Garden.

Funky little seats at Wahaca Soho, Tequila Bar.

Tile Pattern.

Painted stairs and matching wallpaper patterns.

Old fire station wall at (funnily enough) Fire Station Bar, Waterloo.