Retail therapy …

Saturday mornings. Quite possibly my favourite part of the week. I wake up early {force of habit}, tune into a plethora of cookery shows, and clean my apartment. Probably some peoples idea of a nightmare, but I love cleaning my apartment. 
On to the main attraction – I have some new additions to our apartment, and I couldn’t help but share them. Onto the eye candy … 

I picked up these adorable pillow cases from Arnott’s Bargain Basement in Dublin. I couldn’t help it since they’re in my favourite colour – dark cherry, and they were reduced from €20 each to €5. These will look perfect juxtaposed against our skull pillowcases. I adore strong mixes like this. 

Up next, a little faux never hurt anyone. I am a huge fan of {quality} faux flowers since I unintentionally murder any plant that enters my home. So much so, I blogged about it here ages ago. I picked up this mother at good ole IKEA. All part of the grand scheme of my living room makeover
Also from IKEA, I nearly d.i.e.d. when I saw their new Angenam collection. Just what my dining table needed. It’s quite a deep bowl, so I pop a candle in there so at night it shimmers and is all romantical and whatnot.
And finally, what has had my attention for the past week or so, my new phone. Hubby and I treated ourselves to swank new phones, and I must say, mind = blown. We’re new to smart phones, so decided to go all out. I can blog from my phone? Why the face.
I hope you have something fabulous going on this weekend! Now that the nights are getting darker and colder, I feel the gravitational pull increasing towards knitting needles and crochet hooks. But for now, I’m heading out into the great outdoors to do some painting. All will be revealed 🙂
xx A

Any excuse for skulls

One of my favourite times of the year is finally here – Halloween. Ever since I can remember, I’ve adored Halloween. Most likely because of the level of creativity and effort  that goes into decorating your house as well as yourself. And the pillowcase full of sweets at the end of the night may have had a small part to play when I was young … Happy Halloween everyone! I hope you have a safe evening 🙂

1Fiance Husband and my outfits today in work. Embrace the power of the skull. 2. Skull accessorizing. 3. Black squid ink pasta {tastes like normal pasta in case you’re curious. I would highly recommend. Would also be perfect for sophisticated dinner soirees}. 4. Preparing the coffee table for a week of movie watching. 5. Failed Halloween yarn project. Massive sad face. 6. A friendly reminder of the time of year. 7. Juniper less than impressed with Halloween. Especially when I mash her into ridiculous costumes.

Later, homies!

J’adore Donnelly

I’ve been living under a rock. For some time it seems. Now that I’m back in the realm of non-wedding related lines of thought, I killed some time in Dunnes Home department yesterday to get back to normal, and am I glad I did. I found Carolyn Donnelly’s new “eclectic” collection exclusively for Dunnes Stores, and it’s ab fab.  

Bold black and white prints, aubergine hues, leopard print on anything that will stand still {those lamp shades – kill me now}, teacup sets, velvet, chevron and miss-matched florals. Shut. Up. 

If I wasn’t so run down from my post-honeymoon dose of strep throat {mini violin solo} I would have walked out up to my pits in CDe. Gorgeous. Eclectic. Perfect contrast. Affordable. I think I have a lady-crush. 
p.s. Our honeymoon was amazing, so keep your eyes peeled for a couple of highlight pictures in the coming days 🙂 Happy Thursday everyone – we’re almost there!!!

Cut-out images via Dunnes website.