31.10.13
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27.10.13
OH SO PINTERESTING
Happy weekend everyone.
My addiction to pinterest shows no signs of slowing down any time soon! Any spare minute and I'm on there, it's food for creative thought!
Flicking through all the beautiful pins this morning I came accross these
Gorgeous bright happy interior shots from 79ideas.org and just wanted to share
Them with you.
In styling and photography I am in awe.
I just love all the different tones of pastels against the white walls. It's a look I have used in my own
Home and it just makes me so happy!
Emma x
26.10.13
25.10.13
23.10.13
1950s INSPIRATION
Do you ever find yourself looking back to an era, be it the 1920s,
40s, 50s and thinking.... I wish I'd of been around then?....
Most probably you answered yes. Me too!
However after stumbling over a 1950s woman's own mag I did
Realise it is all the best bits we choose to see... Now that is no bad
Thing. But I for one cannot ever see myself having the following
Conversation in this advert below. And I really can't imagine anyone
Else looking up from their phones to even make eye contact with,
Now that's when it does make me a little sad!
It's not hard to see why emotions are so mixed when it comes to
Looking in to the past. I envy how people actually wanted to communicate
With each other by, SHOCK.... face to face conversation! Damn technology...
But then I don't envy these women on a wash day with their mangles, spinners
And twin tubs... I'd be lost withought my 8kg all singing dancing washing machine
And tumble dryer... Hmmm Love technology.
The women were so glamorous! They really made an effort and I
Love that! Along with making a frock, having a gleaming home, being
A wonderful hostess, these were the original wonder women!
My god do they make some of us feel inadequate... Yet what we have
To remember is that, that was their career! And it is IMPOSSIBLE to
Have a full time high flying job whilst looking after your children, cleaning
Your own home all whilst looking a million dollars and not forgetting...
Knocking up that quick party frock... I mean, please....
It's simple! Take the bits you love! If you love the glamour, put on a frock
And some lippy! Make an hour for me time.. Bake a cake.
If your feeling uninspired in you home, buy some flowers to brighten it up,
This will probably give you the motivation to start making it more pretty!
Love your usefull technology.. Your rapid boil kettle, your dishwasher...
Switch off your phone and designate a couple of hours a night to turn off
Twitter, Facebook, emails...... Then you really feel like you are in an old school
Era... Enjoy!
Emma x
22.10.13
MY PRETTY THOUGHTS
Hello everyone, I had a spare 5 mins in between clients today so I
Decided to snap some eye candy shots!
Everyone has their own idea of eye candy.... What you love to
See.... For me, it's simple.. Pretty flowers still hanging on
In autumn!
Gorgeous antique china...
Close up delicate petals as thin as paper..
Some 50s chic lit...
... And beautiful vintage books.
All of these pretty little shots make me happy. Please feel
Free to use my images, if you could just credit these back to
My blog.
Thank you
Emma x
20.10.13
FORAGING IN THE FOREST.
Good evening everyone, just wanted to share some of my forest snaps from
Our family walk today. It was a lovely morning! And now we've just enjoyed roasting
These little chestnuts that we foraged, they were delicious!
My daughter loves this time of year in the woods... She calls it fairy land and you can see
Why.....
Hope you've had a lovely weekend!
Emma x
VINTAGE VANITY SALON.
Vintage Vanity pics by Emma Connolly
Hello everyone, sorry I haven't blogged in a while.... You see I've been
Rather busy! I've been making my big girls room into a vintage salon and
I've just spent my first week using it.
See, styling is in my blood and I've been a hair stylist long before I evolved
Into Vintage interior styling, although they are both my passion!
I had great fun designing this space and I had a lot of the furniture already.
I inherited one of the original Lloyd Looms and bought the other on Ebay for
A steel... Back when you could still get a bargain on Ebay....
I'm still a huge fan of painted furniture and have been painting mine over
10 years. I still prefer Farrow and Ball eggshell over any other paint....
It just works! And I love to mix up cycled junk shop finds with the odd
Antique for a laid back luxury feel.
I'm going to love making people look great in this space! A perfic little haven!
Emma x
11.10.13
Vintage floral post card wall art
Laura Ashley
So I'm a spring/summer person... I like the look of autumn, but then it just
Gets too cold and too dark, before you know it your back indoors with the
Curtains pulled tight. It's a time to get cozy! However.... I have started to
Collect floral post cards and pictures which I am going to stick on my walls
To help me through the winter months.
So nostalgic, so pretty, they look fab grouped together.
Pretty vintage floral prints.
Hidden in France
My favourite! A wall of roses... Who'd of thought you
Could have rambling roses inside your house too.....
Emma x
9.10.13
Cutching up for autumn
Autumn is finally here and I can't wait to cutch up on the sofa, next to the log burner
On a Sunday afternoon. This year I've decided to pick up my child hood craft....
Knitting.. My nan taught me how to knit when I was a little girl, I remember there being
Lots of dropped stitches and mugs of hot chocolate with oodles of cuddles.
So I've equipped my two little girls and my mother with knitting needles and we are all
Going to sit down and learn to knit... Again.... I'll let you know how we get on.
Do you have a child hood craft that you'd love to pick up again? Drop me a comment,
I'd love to hear about it.
Images from Pinterest. Please follow my boards for vintage home and lifestyle inspiration
At www.pinterest.com/chintznchina
Emma x
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