another lovely magazine

Another sweet little magazine came through my front door this morning :) advertising a lovely company named plumo. They have some lovely lovely home items, as well as fashion etc. Unfortunately though they are rather expensive! None the less, here are some of my favourite items available on their site :)

fairytale swap!

Ok everyone :D I have decided to host my very first swap! The theme is fairy tales, and i have decided the easiest way to do this, is for each person who signs up to chose a fairytale, that their partner can base a package on. You will have a choice to create a package to the value of either £5 or £10, so that each person may recieve a package to the same value as the one they sent. If anybody is unwilling to send packages abroad then please let me know!
For everyone wishing to take part, please leave a comment containing your name, email address, your chosen fairy tale and your package value :) the deadline for everyone to sign up to this swap will be Sunday the 9th of May. After this I will assign partners to everyone, so you know what package you'll be making :D Also, people are welcome to chose the same fairytale as somebody else :) i'm aware that certain stories will be favourites to lots of you :D
As this is my first swap, i need all the help i can get to encourage people to sign up! If all of my lovely blog friends would be so kind as to spread the word, and pop the button up for me :D xxx
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Just a note to all of you crafters taking part :) it'd be lovely to include hand made items in your package, especially as you can make it as relevant to the story as possible! However, not everybody is a crafter, and so please don't fill your package with £10 or £5 worth of your own items, as this won't be fair on people who have to buy everything for their packages :)
For anybody who needs them, here are some examples of things you could include in your packages :)
-keyrings
-jewellery
-candy (check with your partner if they are able to recieve food items if they live abroad! this has happened to me in the past when posting a package to mexico)
-hand made items, such as toys or art work
-candles
-soaps and smellies
-vintage items, ornaments etc
-paper goods
Anything you can find really that relates to your given story :) As this is the first swap that I have hosted, I'm aware that I may not have included all information required! If anybody has any questions etc then please let me know in your comments :) Once I assign partners to everyone, I will put up a new post with all of the rules again, so that everyone knows what is happening :)

a pretty place

This morning a lovely little catalogue flopped through my letter box (yes, some mail does arrive!) which was just so pretty (and affordable!) that I had to share with you all :) The company is called Cox and Cox, and they sell all manner of items, from craft to decor :) The above image is of their lovely robin's egg soaps, and here are some more of their pretty items!

a lovely french style shelf

An oh-so-cute musical toadstool

Gorgeous storage bags

Pretty gift tags and ribbon

A week day, chalk board, shelf and hook thingy!

A sun canopy!

And the nicest bird table i've seen :)

i hate royal mail!

Ok everyone, brace your selves for a rant! For the past 3 years my relationship with royal mail has been a thin one. It all began when we lived in our first flat, and whenever I had a parcel delivered, the post man would never ever knock on the door, and would just leave a "sorry you were out" card, regardless of whether I was home or not. This meant I would usually have to walk to the sorting office twice a week! In our home now, our postman never shows his face before 2pm, parcels or no! Because of this, I am never home to recieve parcels, and there for have to AGAIN try to get to the sorting office twice a week, which is about 3 miles away. Fortunately this is no longer such a problem since getting my vespa! But today took the biscuit! Today I drove down to the sorting office, armed with my "sorry you were out" card, which stated that the item needed to be signed for. Imagine my suprise when the gentleman behind the counter told me that even though I had the card that proved the parcel wasn't delivered, that their system said I had already recieved the parcel, and it was nowhere to be found. Better still is this is the second week in a row this has happened, meaning I have two parcels missing somewhere out there, and the manager of the sorting office has made no effort what so ever to fix anything! For such a major company that used to be known for its reliability, I can safely say that Royal Mail is a joke, that needs fixing ASAP!!!

final hair

Hello all! Today I am still a happy bunny :) My hair dye came through the post this morning, and I couldn't wait to give it a try! I love the colour so much, the orange yesterday was nice but I am a sucker for lovely red hair :) here's how it turned out!

And just to show you how bright it really is, i took a photo on my actual camera too!

I love this colour so much, and as my insurance documents came in the post today, I will be picking up my new vespa tomorrow! Then we can see how my hair goes with the bike :D huzzah!!

new hair progress!

Ok, so this week is absolute torture right now! Last thursday I passed my CBT test, meaning my brand new vespa was officially mine to ride :D However! Because of the silly easter holidays, I still haven't received my insurance documents, meaning I still can't tax my bike! So until my post decides to arrive, I can't ride my lovely vespa at all! But I have decided to pay it a tribute, and over the past few days have been dying my hair, so that I can come up with a red that is just like my bike :D Here is what it looks like so far!!

Yesterday I bleached, and today I dyed it Infra red by Manic Panic. It's a little too bright and orange for me though, so I've ordered a Jar of Vampire red to try and take it a little darker :)

awards!

A big thanks to the lovely Sophie from Chez Sophie, and the wonderful Nina from Nina Seven, who gave me these pretty awards the other day ^_^ and now it's time to pass them around! It's too hard to choose who to pass these out to ^_^ everyone who visits my blog is so appreciated, so you all deserve these for brightening my day with your comments!! And now it is time for my '7 things about me' :D
1. I am one of the most indecisive people you will ever meet! I have 2 favourite colours because I could never chose just one!

2. I hate flying! Although I love to go on holiday, being on a plane scares me so much, and usually ends up in a mild panic attack when we land :P

3. I love home made food, when I was about 13 I decided to stop eating any ready meals or tinned foods (other than veg) altogether. I would chose a big bowl of home made soup over a cheese burger any day :)

4. I have a secret love for potatoes. They are the best things in the world! Especially mashed up with cheese!!

5. I hate mushrooms! Everything about them!! The smell, the taste, and most of all the texture!

6. I love to go shopping, but I don’t like to spend money! Which usually ends up with me finding stuff that I WANT to buy in town, and then buying something the same or similar on ebay for much less!

and finally...

7. I really love going to the gym, I’ve only been a member for a couple of months, but being able to get all of my tension etc out, and working towards a slimmer figure all make me feel so positive when I leave :)