Floral Decor

I do love flowers but I think they look best in the garden really.  I did pick these partially from the garden and partially from the hedgerow. They do not last long though do they?

I do however still like to have flowers in the house, so I collected these white jugs which almost match and then ordered some silk ones. This is how I did have them but the pink lisianthus were a bit brighter that I thought and jarred a bit with the raspberry tones in some of my accessories. So, after living with them for a few weeks, 

I splashed out on what I should have got in the first place, some ivory roses. So pleased I got these!  I love roses but they fade so quickly. These are quite believably realistic and I get to keep the natural ones where they belong - outside. Now contemplating one of those scents for faux flowers to really fool people.

On the subject of outside. Am I the only one to be really disappointed with the fact that it is mid July and all I have to show produce wise is this pitiful harvest?  This time last year, I had less raspberry plants and had picked oodles by now. All this rain and those pesky slugs! Euwww!

Shop of The Week, Cariad Clay

Its that time again. Craftbritannia Shop of The Week.  This week it is the lovely Chloe who has a ceramics and clay shop on etsy.   I have been in possession of Chloe's unique handmade pottery buttons and indeed there is one on the handbag you probably can see in the sidebar on the left of this post.  She also does magnets, earrings, brooches and home decor items. Being a Welsh lady, there is a selection of gorgeous Welsh hearts.  I love this shop.

Here is my selection of picks from her shop.

You can visit Chloe's shop here on etsy and there is a fabulous interview with her on the Craftbritannia blog.