Christmas Loveliness

One of the cats hiding behind the Christmas tree. Aw.

I lost my favourite scarf after a family Boxing Day Meal at Mat's Grandma's resulted in me, him, his brother and cousin ending the evening in a club. Very sad! I saw this as the perfect excuse to buy myself a new one. Love this and it's super warm!

 

You may remember my blog post not so long ago about the clothbound series by Coralie Bickford-Smith I was dying to get my hands on. Well, I received six for Christmas from various family members. I cannot wait to get reading. They look amazing on my shelves along with the other books I got for Christmas. Happy! I'd seen the Penguin Classic books below in a local charity shop when I was home a few months ago. I bought one but couldn't afford these two. My mum went back and bought the other two. Love the illustrated covers!

 

I also got The Vintage Tea Party Book. The book, by Angel Adoree, is beautiful. It is filled with recipes, decorations, clothing and everything else vintage tea party-esque. The illustrations, by Adele Mildred are really stunning too. 

Book Case

I love our book case. The colours, the diversity, the amount of books and the inspiration. (We have no room for more, a problem that quickly needs addressing since I have my eyes on at least 3 books!) I've been looking at some of the books I got in Japan today, they're so beautiful. I feel very inspired! Just wanted to show you some photos!

Mat's books! I love how tidy they look, and the mix of black and colour. Ahh lovely.

You may already realise, but this shelf is also full of Mat's books. I love the variety we have!

One of my favourite and most inspirational books is Wall Paper. It has some beautiful designs, including the ones below.

The first is by Rachel Kelly. I love the use of colour - the subtle against the vibrant. It works so well and really drew me in.

This one is by Florence Manlik. I love the different tones and the extremely fine lines. So intricate and detailed.

I was drawn to this piece by Destroy Rockcity because of the colours (I love the limited palette) and the boldness.

 And here are a few books I am lusting after at the moment. As soon as I have more pennies, these will be mine, I promise.

Below are some of the pages from Print & Pattern 2. They look stunning, I can't wait to see the rest! Hurry up pay day!!

And I NEED this series of Penguin Cassics, illustrated by Coralie Bickford-Smith. I've had my eyes on them since I first saw them the year before last. My needs are getting greater. They are just stunning. Not only are the books themselves wonderful, but I think I'd feel so happy having these on my shelves and holding them in my hands. WISH LIST!