Miss Amelia

I've a wonderful friend who is utterly unique, in all that she is and does.

I used to share a studio with her and I miss her creativity and intelligence massively. She's an incredible artist. Happily she has had a baby with a friend of mine. These are picks that I'd love to give her for Christmas.

A Very Naughty Rabbit - Beatrix Potter at Anthropologie £14.99 & Orla Kiely Pitcher at Graham & Green £28

Turquiose Sketchbook at Liberty London £40 & Felt Slippers at Cath Kidston £28

Claire-Aude Liberty Print Miniature Suitcase £65 & Fairisle Fennel Hat at Cath Kidston £30

Felicity Butter Dish by Burleigh at Liberty £35 & Set of Two Coco Flocked Storage Boxes Now £20 Was £25

anthropologie.

grahamandgreen.co.uk

liberty.co.uk

cathkidston.co.uk

lauraashley.com

Stocking Up

Stylist has another corker of a giveaway today with loveyourlarder.com.

I had a look at some of the goodies that could be gracing my 'larder' shortly.

Fingers and toes crossed.

Damask Rose Tea Buds by Choi Time £20 & Grow Your Own by Alotinabox £12.99

Aniseed Star Swiss Biscuit by Pretty Tasty £11.50 & Truffle Oil and Preserve Hamper by Truffle Hunter £ 49.95

          Fudge Roulette by Michael Goodchild £13.20 & Blossom Honey Cut Comb by The Sheffield Honey Company £6.95

stylist.co.uk

loveyourlarder.com

Well, Colour Me Happy

I know it's a big ask Santa but again I am being waylaid by pretty things (rather than cheap and functional) to furnish my cottage. Look at these completely pretty bowls and wot-not from Anthropologie. Sigh...

Inside Out Bowls Anthropologie

£8

With A Twist Tea Cup Anthropologie

£10

Jelly Bracelet Glass Anthropologie

£4

anthropologie.eu

A Case of You

I'm not crazy about James Blake's cover of Joni Mitchell's 'A Case of You' but Rebecca Hall in the music video is properly amazing. I love videos that tell a story, and her acting is spectacular.

James Blake’s cover of Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You”

Snug as a Bug in a Rug

It's properly exciting, I am renting a cottage in Wales for a few months from January to do some self imposed hibernating to focus on getting lots of painting done, ready for an Open Studio in April/May.

I am giddy with excitement but the reality is the cottage is unfurnished.

All my life I have somehow managed to squander invest in tatt. I've barely a piece of furniture to my name. My father doesn't want to share his stash understandably so I'm looking for the bare essentials.

Hence this lurvely duvet.

Goose Down Duvet from The White Company

13.5 Tog Winter Kingsize

£160 

The problem is I keep getting distracted by all of these utterly delicious looking pieces from Graham & Green.

So, Santa, would you possibly mind...?!

Felt Embroidered Gypsy Floor Cushions & Felt Embroidered Gypsy Cushions

£79 - £89 & £38

especially the ash and green floor cushions & ash and plum cushions.

Emily Saloon Chandelier
£310

thewhitecompany.com

grahamandgreen.co.uk

Santa in a Book Shop

I spent such a lovely half hour in the Taschen bookshop today. It was heaven.

So, for my Christmas Wish List today, please Santa dearest, may I have a little beauty from there?

Perhaps the rather incredible Walton Ford's Pancha Tantra.

Limed Blossoms

Self-Portrait

Or, controversially, Lucas Cranach’s incendiary illustrations for Luther's 1534 Bible: the book that changed Christianity forever.

And Philipp Keel's Simple Diary made me smile.

I wish I'd bought it now.

And I'd pick up Bodoni's Manual of Typography - Manuale tipografico (1818) for Geoff.

He'd like that.

taschen.com

Florence Whistles to Leonora

I 'stumbled' on this rather delicious Whistles jersey yesterday. It is super soft with metallic flecked cuffs and collar (hee hee) and deliciously long sleeves. It is channeling the Missoni vibe (clever Whistles) and so I'm not surprised to see it's called Florence. 

Sigh... my old home town.

Florence jersey Whistles
£110

 There's no hope in hell that I can afford to buy it sadly having completed my Christmas Shopping - woop woop! So if Santa doesn't look sharp I'm going to have to keep a beady eye on it come the sales as I am lusting big time.

whistles.co.uk