Decorating ideas....

Some of my favourites. The rest are on Pinterest.

This is from The Inspired Room

These two are from the Dulux website

I especially love the colour scheme of the last picture. It would be good in a small room.

Being inspired....

Two posts in one day! I'm on a roll tonight!

I am still looking for homemaking/DIY/crafty-type blogs and I can't help thinking that there appear to be a severe lack of UK-based bloggers out there. All the best ones are based in the USA. Not that this is a bad thing! I know from experience that the Americans love their homey crafts and I remember my Mum loved visiting the craft shops out there and made some lovely things. That being said, the UK needs to start representing!

I don't want to start getting too ahead of myself but I think I may have finally found a focus for my blog. I say this with some hesitation because I don't quite have the time to focus on my crafts and home stuff right now. This will all change when I move of course but I don't want to start making any definite decisions right now in case I can't stick to them. Nothing wrong with having a goal though!

In related news, I have found another lovely website:

The Inspired Room

This site has some lovely DIY and decorating ideas as well as home-making bits and pieces.

Jessica the housewife???

I am starting to make plans for the future.

In June, the plan is to move in with the boyfriend so I will be leaving my lovely flat and moving to his house in the village of Durrington around 10 miles away. I am really excited but nervous at the same time to be effectively starting a new life. I have to say, I am getting to the stage where I don't look forward to being in the flat on my own any more.  I used to love coming home, having dinner and chilling out in my flat, just me and my little space. Now, I get home and miss being around Em and I am starting to think about all the things I can do more of when I move. I'll have more room to bake and more reason to cook lovely things; more time to concentrate on my coursework.

I have been starting to look at more home-making blogs and design stuff (Em wants me to have some input into decorating the place...yay!). To be honest, I always do when I move house, hence the various home-making books dotted about my bookshelf, but this time it feels different.

I've found a few websites today:

Homemaking Cottage Blog

Hip Girl's Guide to Homemaking

I would have found more but all I seem to be able to find on the net are blogs by and for Christian housewives in the USA, of which I am neither! Maybe I have found a gap in the blogging 'market'! xxx

Of bad knees and catch-up TV.....

I have been off work for the last few days because of my knee. I could hardly get out of bed yesterday morning and just about made it home from Em's house today. Off to the doctors today again to see if I can get something sorted out.

I hate being stuck inside with nothing to do. Catch up TV has become my friend! Missed episodes of the Walking Dead, True Blood and Hawaii 5-0 have all been watched!

New hair....

I am getting some highlights put in my hair on Friday night. Very excited!!

I am inspired by Jennifer Aniston's honey colours do hopefully it will look fabulous! Xx

Happy Valentines....

I love Valentines Day. With the exception of the fact that it is blatantly an excuse for mass marketing and spending money, any excuse to spread some love is fine by me!

 I got a lovely card from Em. Please excuse the quality of the photo!

He, however, was having carpets fitted this evening. The plan is to have our own valentines next Friday. We are going to have a lovely dinner and a lovely romantic evening together.

I might make some seasonal biscuits this weekend too as a treat. xx

A little bit of snow....

It's started to snow in the last few minutes. Apparently we are due around 5 cm tonight.

I love the snow! It's a shame I have to walk in it to work tomorrow morning at 6.30. I wish I had stayed at the boyfriends house tonight. He lives in a village 10 miles outside the city and if the weather goes the way it's supposed to, he won't be able to get out to work tomorrow! Jammy sod!!

Oh well, here's hoping the snow stays around long enough for me to play this weekend!! :) xx

How time flies....

I cannot believe it has been nearly two weeks since I posted last!

Actually, I can. I have been so busy I just haven't been able to sit a type up anything other than an essay for my course. As much as I enjoy my studies, writing an essay is just not as fun as writing a blog post or taking pictures to share. It doesn't help that E doesn't have broadband at his house either! I just don't understand how someone can live without the internet!!

Ho hum....c'est la vie! I should have my latest essay finished by tomorrow night so more posts will follow later this week, I promise. xx