Lifestyle Blogger Meetup

At the beginning of March this landed in my inbox thanks to Emily of From China Village about a blogger meetup here in Dublin. She invited me along after spying my write up in the Jan / Feb issue of House and Home. After I calmed myself down, I of course accepted. It took place last night and we really couldn’t have asked for better weather, location, or company … 

It all took place in Avoca Malahide where we were thoroughly spoiled in both the aesthetic and stomach regions. This next bit is going to sound uber lame – this was the first time I had ever met other bloggers face to face. Before last night, I had never had a proper conversation {face to face} with anyone about the pros and cons, dos and don’ts, tips and tricks of blogging. It was surreal and so much fun and I cannot wait to do it again. I wish we could have talked all night. Emily – deffo count me in for the next time.
We didn’t escape without being further spoiled with a gift bag from Avoca – their cafe cookbook and apron look well tidy in my new kitschen corner. Well played, Avoca. 

In my inbox – deceptive DVD covers

Another treat has arrived in my inbox, yay! I do enjoy a good surprise. This week Robyn from One Simple Trick sent me a lovely e-mail regarding her deceptive DVD covers she made in order to cover up some of her favourite, and unfortunately unsightly, DVD’s after seeing my deceptive dust covers tutorial. Take it away, Robyn …

“… the random colouring of my books doesn’t bother me. The random colouring of my DVDs, however, does. So I decided to make the covers for my DVDs instead of my books. I’m currently in the middle of an extensive move and am staying with family until we finish it, so I only have a handful of DVDs with me, and those are the only things I can put on for background noise for knitting …”

Great minds, Robyn. Back in the day my first deceptive dust covers were to hide my unsightly CD’s while I lived at home with my folks. Look how crafty we are.

What I next need to point out needs its own paragraph – the faux encyclopedia-style set of Friends DVD’s – just amazing. It’s giving me lots of ideas for covering similarly heighted books. Ultimate craft sophistication. 

Thank you so much again Robyn for your lovely e-mail and for hooking me up with your deceptive picture 🙂 It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.