Boots now have a whole range of beauty products based on their original recipes and encased in the most adorable vintage inspired pastel packaging. I wanted to buy everything just so I could line up the boxes and bottles on my bedroom drawers, but beauty products this cute come at a slightly higher than average price, so I had to settle for some much needed cuticle oil. It smells like pure Turkish delight.
I went mad last weekend and bought a few Art Deco pieces on Ebay. I was looking for a new locket because I'm scared to death of losing the one my mother gave me and never wear it out, but somewhere along the way I ended up purchasing a couple of other pieces too.
In an attempt to avoid the never-ending weekend rain, I've spent the past two days searching Ebay for vintage trinkets. It was almost too much excitement when I came across this Art Deco mesh bow bracelet at Ellis Antiques. I would have snapped it up immediately if it hadn't been so expensive. Perhaps it's best I didn't, I have the smallest wrists in existence, far too small for a bracelet like this. It deserves to be shown off, not kept in a box and admired every few weeks.
I've been using the sunny days to take care of my garden. After several months and endless seedlings, I'm starting to see tiny veggies emerging from inside beautiful flowers. I love the tiny green veins of pea flowers and the pink shadows on broad bean petals. This year my vegetable patch has to be bigger than ever to cope with the growing competition. After all, gardening is the newest black and the whole country has gone "grow your own" mad, even my friend Nicola is getting her finger nails dirty in her small city-centre garden (butternut squash competition?). Over the next few months I'll be harvesting fruit and vegetables too numerous to mention, but I'm currently most excited about tomatos, cucumber, peas and strawberries. It's a full-time job. Even with a helper.
