A spoonful of glue

Today’s blog is being posted out of sheer and utter guilt. This is the story of my hydrangea spoon rest … Many years ago I spotted this spoon rest when we were travelling through Athens, and I had to have it {I know – it doesn’t scream ‘Athens’ in any way}. I carefully packed it in my luggage for the rest of our journey and when we got home, I proudly displayed it in our kitchen. Until about three days later when I dropped it with my stupid hands, and it snapped in half {you can just about see the crack across the butterfly}. I was actually heartbroken. So before I smashed it into further oblivion, I stashed it away in my cupboard for safekeeping. So safely I packed it away that I forgot about it. I know. For-shame. 
I found said hydrangea spoon rest just this week and so I lovingly glued it back together, and it now sits next to my cooker, all pretty and hydrangea-y. Waiting to be used. I will admit haven’t actually used it as a spoon rest though. Hell no. It’s too pretty to use.

I won’t want to toss it

Anyone want to take a wild guess at what flowers I’d love my bouquet to consist of? I’m warning you now to prepare yourself for some serious hydrangea porn. This stuff is hardcore.
We have a colour scheme, but no theme per se {yet?}. Fiance is a typical Irish teaholic, and I heart tea cups, so there might be something there. We also love deep, dark colours – antiqued burgundies, deep plums and strong wines against black and white for a strong contrast.

At the moment I am completely fixated on having a bouquet with black and white striped ribbon detailing. I love the contrast, and I also think it brings a more snappy and up-to-date/current/modern feel to it.

I really like the idea of myself being in  white with a dark bouquet, and have my bridesmaids wearing lovely deep hues while holding contrasting white hydrangeas. Opposites attract!

Lastly, I’m entertaining the idea of mixing hydrangeas with other flowers. I’m still a bit unsure, but combining with pussy willow in that pic – amaze-balls. If only I could have all my hydrangeas -ever- to be that deep plum colour = heaven.
Those are my only notes I’ve made about bouquets. I’m trying to keep things simple, that way there’s less to worry about if something goes wrong. I’m into the idea of reusing bridesmaids and my bouquet as center pieces {save a bit of €?}, and that way I’ll have the perfect excuse to not throw my bouquet recklessly into a crowd of drunk single women. Back off, bitches.

Image cred 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Mini makeover – attacked with tape

I’ve been attacking things around my apartment this week, and my alternative weapon of choice was electrical tape. As crazy as it sounds,  it transforms any basic shaped storage easily into a punch of stripes. And please believe me when I say the electrical tape is no way obvious. Fiance was well impressed when I showed him this mini project and couldn’t believe it was thanks to tape. 
Easy as one, two, three: all you need for this project is two contrasting shades of electrical tape, and a pair of scissors. It takes under five minutes, a steady hand, and a good eye for straight lines. It’s so simple and can update any piece you have in stead of buying a new one.

Other items I’ve covered recently were empty Pringles tins {to house my knitting needles}, empty hot chocolate containers {now home to my pens and pencils}, and this large chunky ceramic red vase, whose colour did hurt my eye balls, but it was such a handy size for storage around our apartment, so I simply took a trip to our local hardware store and attacked it with tape. Reduce, reuse, recycle!