Next

Today it seemed an obvious choice to share with you Next, as part of my shops i love series. As well as seeing Next's fully fitted kitchens, starting at £4,000, you can also stock up on the prettiest of kitchen accessories at their new Shoreham store. I loved their pink glass jars, perfect to pretty up kitchen shelves with or great storage for your craft nik-naks. Candy coloured glasses to serve icy cold milk in with blooming lovely plates for your iced cookies. Scalloped clear glass cake stands for lemon drizzle cake and a variety of wire cupcake stands. They also have cute laundry room accessories like the pink Spring clean housekeeper's box set and pastel peg bags.

Have a sweet day!

Pretty Pink Garden

Last Thursday I had the pleasure of being invited to the Next press show at their fabulous brand new store in Shoreham, near Brighton in England. On arrival at the Next store we were treated to breakfast at Starbucks, where Jen from Design Trends and Suzanne Imre, the editor of Living Etc, and I discussed the joys of cake pops.

We were then given a tour of the new store which has inspiring, fully fitted stylish bathrooms, pretty bedrooms, luxe lounges, swanky kitchens and cute gardens. Including a fabulous paint feature wall with tap screen paint guide and sexily displayed samples of carpets and tiles. Today I am sharing with you my favourite garden features, a pretty pink country style one with ornate scroll off-white white bistro table, chairs and plant pot stand, floral decorated bird houses, cute watering can string lights and vintage inspired tool hooks. Tomorrow I will be sharing with you some sweet kitchen decor and on Thursday my favourite bathroom set up at Next, the Vintage Bathroom with crochet accents in sugary pink and pale blue. Also this week I will share with you the adorable desserts they served at lunch and give you a sneak peak at Next's Christmas collections. So stay tuned.....

Have a sweet day!

Rose Cross Stitch

I have been looking for cute cross stitch ideas for my hoop wall art and just loved all these pretty roses.



To see more inspirational rose cross stitch check out my Cross stitch cuteness board on Pinterest.

• Eline Pellinkhoff's Rose cross stitch mural on Bloesem
• Rose cross stitch buttons by Eline Pellinkhoff
• Cross Stitches Wall Stickers by Lauren Moriarty & Co
• Cross stitching Rose Garden by Smila's world
• Vintage cross stitch rose by Amy Honey

Have a sweet day!

Pretty faded decor

This week on Flickr Faves Sunday, I bring you some pretty faded decor with these inspiring photos. I just love dottie angel's ikea stool decorated with vintage wallpaper.



Some beautiful shots from my Flickr favourites (clockwise from top left):

• The striking black and white keys in spain by wood & wool stool
• The cute linen ribbon & french pages by air kiss / lara sheleheda
• An old favourite a 'dottie angeled' stool... by dottie angel
• The feature wall in IMG_4072-1 by irideeën

Have a sweet day!

Bohemia leather satchel giveaway

Today I'm delighted to announce a giveaway of a 12.5" leather satchel worth over £85 in your choice of colour, with free delivery, from Bohemia, and it's open to readers worldwide!



The 12.5" satchel is the perfect size for an iPad and comes in all this season's trend colours of the season!



From the website:

"Our leather satchels are all made by hand in the UK. These vintage style leather school satchels are taking the fashion world by storm and we are delighted to see the traditional British school bag reinvent itself from the playground to the catwalk! "



To enter, please visit Bohemia and then leave a comment below this post letting me know what colour you will choose if you win. The giveaway ends on Saturday, September 17th 2011 at 10pm (GMT) and I will randomly select and announce a winner on Sunday, September 18th.



To increase your chances of winning this fabulous prize, you can gain one additional entry for doing each of the following:

• tweeting about this giveaway
• blogging about it
• following/subscribing to the Torie Jayne blog

For the first two, please leave a comment below with the link to your tweet or blog post.



This giveaway is open to readers worldwide.



Catwalk Photos from Style.com



Good luck and have a sweet day!

Abigail Brown

I recently discovered the beautiful work of British artist Abigail Brown and immediately fell in love. I absolutely adore the creatures she hand makes from scraps of fabric, both new and old.



Granddaughter of an incredibly talented seamstress, Abigail was handed a small bag of wonderful colourful scraps of fabrics by her grandmother when she was a child and her love of working with fabrics was born. Her work is inspired by her fascination with animals and each piece is hand stitched exquisitely with great attention to detail.



Her work has appeared in countless magazines and has been sold in Liberty's of London, Takashimaya in New York and Bensimon in Paris.



To see more of her beautiful work, check out her portfolio.



Happy Friday, sweets!

Emma Lamb

This week on "Wonderful World of Etsy" I bring you the beautiful crochet designs from Etsy Store, Emma Lamb. Scottish designer Emma hand crochets all of her designs using vintage crochet needles and always strives to find both beautiful and fresh colour combinations. From muted vintage tones to quirky combinations. Check out her fab blog for more of her loveliness.

• Esme... crochet 'granny' cushion cover
  
  
• Flora... organic crochet pot holder
  
  
• Enid... organic crochet pot holder
  
  
• Mabel... pinwheel patchwork, crochet cushion cover

Have a sweet day!