What a young wife ought to know.

Ok, so I may not be that young anymore but the title of this book intrigued me

I couldn't find a publication date but the last copyright listed was 1902.

Who wouldn't read further after this dedication

The chapter titles are so quaint

Did you know there were such things as the evils of dress?

I love the feel of this book and the age and I love thinking about the young ladies who would have read this book in preparation for their marriage and I imagine what they must have been feeling.

I decided to use my new book in a coffee table vignette.

I used pages from an old bible I bought from the Op shop because of its colour and the texture of the cover. The pages in the bible were falling out and perfect to use for my display. I rolled the pages up and tied them with ribbon or string to create my bowl of wisdom.

I can't remember where I saw the idea but I loved it, so if this is your idea, thank you.

I used the bible, the adorable book of knowledge for young wives and my gorgeous cloche and stand that my WH bought me for my last birthday to make a display of some of my favourite things.

Have a great weekend everyone!

xx

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Labels and tags

Happy Friday!!!

I am so glad that it is Friday, it has been a long week and I am looking forward to the weekend!

I finished these little projects a few weeks ago and I am still loving the result. Amazing how such a little thing can bring happiness whenever it catches your eye!

Firstly I put my scrap booking supplies to use and made these very simple napkin ties.

I used my round cutting tools and some scrapbook paper to cut out two different sized circles

Then I played with my new foam stamps and monogrammed each one with an M (for McCarthy, just in case you didn't pick that up, it is Friday after all)

Punched a hole through both circles and used some string to tie them both together To tie the tags around the napkins I attached some more string with the hot glue gun. I added some buttons from my stash of spare buttons over the spot where the string is attached (using the hot glue gun)

I discovered the amazing Graphics Fairy Blog

You can download all sorts of graphics and templates for free!

I thought I would play around and create some labels for my cleaning products.

I printed out a page full of the round labels onto plain paper and cut them out.

You can re size them as required.

I made my labels double sided and then laminated them to make them last longer. I punched a hole in them and using the trusty string tied them to my spray bottles.

Another little project finished! Yay!

Hopefully soon we will be starting and finishing some bigger projects that I could share with you.

Have a great weekend everyone.

xx Linking to

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Wall enhancement

I don't think that my house will ever be finished. My decorating seems to evolve over time. Take this wall for example.

This is how is was when we bought our house. Textured red paint, not so bad but if you look closely you can see that when the previous owners painted the skirting board they didn't bother moving the furniture they just painted up to it on either side!

After sanding and painting the wall and plenty of negotiation (WH thinks walls look great with nothing on them, he just likes to admire the paint on a blank wall???) the wall looked like this.

I was happy with that for over a year and then I discovered I have a fascination for lettering and numbers, so I added some.

I love how the words have added an extra element to the wall

I wonder how this wall will look in another 12 months time?

Have a great weekend

We have a public holiday on Monday and I scored today off as well so I am looking forward to 4 days at home to catch up on endless housework and study!

I am linking up to Favourite Things Friday over at Jessica's lovely blog A Few of My Favourite Things. Go and check it out.

xx