happy weekend

image from paris daily photo

hot cross stitch

just lately cross stitch has gone from twee to uber cool, with groups like urban cross stitch and designers like emily peacock making cross stitch into desirable art and cushions.

kiss and hug,love tattoo cushions from emily peacock breakdance sampler from miso funky
pac man cross stitch from urban cross stitch tart cross stitch from band of seamstresses

don't forget to enter my giveaway it closes on friday and you could win a print from accesori

loo/library

when parusha lewis of the lovely blog lewidoo fancies, found she didn't have enough time to read all the books she wanted to she came up with this genius solution the loo/library. Love the set up of this little room, the bookshelves and accesories make you forget that it's actually a bathroom.

happy weekend

if you are in the UK enjoy the bank holiday weekend (yey!) seeing as it's friday what better way to start the weekend than with a bit of disco dancing, so i thought i would put a little playlist together to start the long weekend and if your going dancing you need some killer heels (love the McQueen heart shape peep toe variety).

don't forget to enter my giveaway

xoxoxo

made in britain

how about this? everything in your home is removed and you have to replace it all with British made products only, omg no japanese telly or mac lipgloss, this is the idea for a new tv show starting on blighty featuring Dom Joly (him off trigger happy tv). He has to set about replacing his whole house and wardrobe with new british made stuff ,at least he'll still look dapper in his saville row suit.

kitchen makeover

when i came across the fab pure style home blog i just loved what interior designer lauren liess had managed to do to her new home in just two weeks! with help from her family,friends and handy husband she managed to turn her kitchen from a dark wood nightmare into a light airy space, with lots of open shelving to display fave kitchenware. Love how colour has been brought easily into the dining room with a desk and colourful artwork.
take a look.........

if anyone else has any gorgeous home makeovers they would like to share here on the accesori blog email me at accesoridesign@gmail.com

diamond lust

i can't wait to see this new book by amazing photographer bruce webber, celebrating the iconic jeweller cartier apparently it comes packaged like a piece of jewelrey. i'm making space on my coffee table right now.

asos tees

love these t-shirts from asos dress em up or dress em down either way they look gorgeous especially love the owl print.

don't forget.....................

if you follow my blog you are in with a chance of winning a print of your choice from accesori
if you don't already follow just press the follow button just there on the left, simples (omg i'm doing impressions of that stupid meerkat now) giveaway ends 31st of may winner will be chosen by random.org
you could win one of these..................

yummy cookbooks + kitchens

i don't really do that much cooking but for some reason i love cook books, jamie and nigella can't get enough. so when i saw that sophie dahl (love her) had brought a book out i was intreged so i ordered it from amazon (only cost £8 bargain!) this book is gorgeous not only are there some yummy but simple recipes with lush styling and illustrations, sophie also writes about her life and her relationship with food as an introduction to each section, split into the four seasons.

so....................... i got to thinking about what would be my dream kitchen to cook in
maybe one of these

it's all in the details.

images from marie claire maison, living etc and amazon

dress up your tea........

with these adorable tea mug cosies from knitstorm

your space community makeover

this is a great competition running on mydeco at the moment, if there is a community space in your area that's looking a bit dull and tired, the yourspace campaign is giving one uk project a chance to get their space made over by mega designers sir terrence conran and tara bernerd (love her work!) all you have to do is submit a picture of your space and tell them why it deserves a makeover entries close may 29th. I think this a great idea there is no reason why public spaces can't be beautifully designed and practical.

imagine if your local youth centre was given a funky edge like this

or your local rundown library was given a cosy hunting lodge feel like this

images from target living

sparkle + shine part 2

inspired by the disco-ness of the last post here are some inspired pieces for your home.
studio 54 cushion, jonathan adler, sequin cushion B&Q, perspex table and metal ball light fixture graham and green, link wall paper tom dixon

sparkle + shine

great pics from russian vogue love the disco-ness (is that a word?)
found on creative archive

love xoxoxo

another sneek peek at the new stuff from accesori love xoxoxo note cards hopefully the new stuff will be printed this week and be in my shop next week (it's my week off work yeay!)
you know you love them.

mayluk homeware

i came across these gorgeous plates on etsy earlier they are by the very talented mayluk, i love her illustrations featured on her plates and homeware very 60s model, i like it when mundane items such as tea towels get glammed up with lovely prints.

blog giveaway

it's giveaway time at the accesori blog to say thanks to all the lovely people who read my blog i'm going to give two lucky readers a fab prize (see below) all you have to do is follow my blog (that button just there on the left) simple as that. if you already follow you will be entered automatically, i will pick the winners on sunday the 31st of may using random.org and post them here on monday the 1st of june
good luck xxx

from my shop here

hello........i live here

i don't really but i wish this was my bed even though i'd get mascara on the pillows and toast crumbs in the bed, i keep finding myself drawn to this kind of look it's the girly side of me, everything in this room is from the gorgeous graham and green .
future blog post idea, this super luxe french look on a budget stay tuned.

image from my deco

dujour magazine

my new favourite magazine at the moment is dujour magazine, every issue has a theme this issue is vintage gorgeous photography, styling and layout its a bit like nylon meets vogue with lots of influence from design and fashion bloggers the best thing is you can download it digitally (love when magazines do this) or buy it from the dujour magazine site.
here's some of my fave bits especially love the "not a paper doll" shoot

up above the streets and houses

the weather here has been terrible all day, i've never seen the sky so grey but when i came out of work this evening i saw the biggest rainbow ever.

it makes me just want to sing the theme tune from the old kids tv show rainbow
paint the whole world with a rainboooooooooooooow.

lookbook lovelies

spotted.........

love the chair

simple but stylish

adorable stripes in the garden

cats love chanel and pink sunnies meow!

all images from the very inspiring lookbook

go lookbook now.

lune paris

for the last few days i've been flicking through the lovely "paris : made by hand" by pia jane bijkerk, this book has been all over the design blogs and it looked so good i couldn't resist buying it.
the book features all the chic and unique shops of paris where the people in the know source the goodies for their projects, one of the shops that caught my eye was lune paris they have a gorgeous range of accesories and vintage stuff a lot of their bags and belts are crafted from mens ties, very cute.........

neon chic notes

i've been neglecting my poor blog again lately, been really busy at work this week and it feels like its been raining for about two weeks solid, i need some sunshine.
anyway i've got a few days off work i'll give my blog a bit of attention, and sleep in of course, heres some of my note card collection available soon from my etsy shop inspired by some gorgeous neon nail polishes.