Olive

magical photos of "olive"...

(photos by Olivia Bee)

alphabet bags

canvas totes from AlphabetBags.com

bread plates and goblets

Bread plates and goblets are finished to add to the set of twelve swirl plates commissioned by a friend. Each one stamped with a number from my set of Caslon 540 lead type. I love the way glaze pools in the numbers.

Let Them Eat Cake

Cupcake-like gorgeous! Did I just invent a new word? ;)

{All from the Net-a-porter.com sale}

(fashion photos by Toeps)

a very merry

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CREDITS
photo no. 1: giftwrap by Agnethe and Asya
photo no. 2: giftwrap leftovers by Ezra and Nora
photos no. 3-4: puff pastry breadsticks from the The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Pastry Arts by The French Culinary Institute, made by Asya with a lot of complaining due to annoying complexity of the recipe. They turned out tasty.
photos no. 5-6: table setting by Agnethe, table cloth and napkins from Layla. Soup bowl, bread plate, votive from gleena.

{Weekly Giveaway}:Fleur Fatale Jewelry

This week's giveaway is from the stunning shop fleur fatale, where you'll find a beautiful selection of sweet jewellery with a floral touch.

The winner will get a $26 voucher to spend towards any one item in the shop:

go now to check out the full range of choices.

Sorry to bore you with the conditions again, only read if you're new here!

How to Enter? Anyone who leaves a comment on any post during the next 7 days is automatically entered in the draw, starting with this post and ending Saturday the 3rd of Jan at 3pm GMT. The winner will be revealed later that day or the next day.

Rules: only leave one comment per post please, meaningless comments will also be discarded. To pick the winner, I will first use randome.org to generate a number between 1 to 5 say, (i.e. 5 posts a week) and then pick a randome comment within that post. So to maximise your chances you can reply to every post, don't want to miss a post? follow this blog via Blogger, Reader or Bloglovin & these technology will remind you!

Now to last week's giveaway... Congratulation to Post 6 Comment 11, that's you Penny Lane!! I will contact you shortly for delivery address :)

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Merry Christmas!

Hope you are all having a wonderful Christmas, I'm having my first (that I can remember anyway) white Christmas, these photos are from a couple of days ago but not all the snow has melted, so it's still a white Christmas! :)

(photos by me, of my college at Cambridge)

Nearly There

Christmas is almost there! I have been staring at those presents under the tree and soon gets to find out what they are! Actually I am more excited about the Net-a-porter.com sale that'll start on Boxing day... nearly there my friends :)

(photos by tigerlace )

Christmas is in the Air

Christmas is so close I can not wait to get my presents ;) I am not going home this year but have a tree in my college room, hopefully I can take some nice pictures of it to show you soon!

(gorgeous Chirstmas decor ideas from Sweet Paul)

cookies

I love this compilation of readers’ photographs and recipes, published in the NY Times. I can't wait to bake the Ginger-Molasses ones today. Happy Holiday!

Christmas Wishlist

The ultimate dream is to spend Christmas in Paris with the one person that is most special to me, to experience this magical time in the magical city! This year I still have some lovely things I'm hoping to get :)

from Cathkidston.co.uk; Kurt Geiger & Topshop.com

(top three image by thecherryblossomgirl)

set satisfaction: no. 5

I decided to create a place setting that will bring summer to any upcoming wintry gray day. Available on gleenashop.

snowy Pawtucket

Looking out my window.

Looking at my windows, top floor, the third and fourth ones in from the very left.

The Blackstone River and Slater Mill, downtown Pawtucket.

Downtown Pawtucket, with the Cathedral on top of the hill.

Horse feeding on snow, from my favorite sculpture, downtown Pawtucket.