Marrakech - Part 2

As promised here is the second part of the pictures from my Marrakech trip. My favorites are the pictures from the pottery souk!!

Winchester Art and Design Market

After months of work our big day finally come around!! It was a lot of hard work and we had some very sore feet at the end of the day but it was all worth it! We met some lovely people, received lots of great compliments and even sold some products so a big thumbs up all round! 

Keep your eye out because we will be putting any left over stock up for sale over the next few days!

Winchester Art and Design Market

Here are a few sneaky peaks at the market stalls stock!!! Not much to do now; Finish my big mirror, finish cushions and make care cards.... hhmmm maybe there is more that I think!!!

Marrakech

I know I have been home for a while now but the market stall prep has been taking up most of my time, so please forgive the delay in showing theses... Ta Dahhh!! Here are some of the picture I took on my holiday, I  will share another set with you later on in the week, for now I have some worrying to do... only 4 days until the market stall!!!

Market Stall Stock!!

I have been an awful blogger over the last 2 weeks and for that I am truly sorry!! I have been preparing for our holiday to Marrakech.. only 2 days to go!! And I have also been sorting out my stock for the market stall, obviously I know this isn't an excuse but hopefully you will forgive me!

So here we have a selection of my market stall stock, I am planning on displaying everything in my apple crates.. what does every one think?

Below: We have my new addition, Vintage chalkboards, all hand painted and distressed. These began life as plain old photo frames and will be excellent addition to any home, very useful for leaving notes and what not!

Below: A selection on the mini paper bunting I have been making, all packaged and ready!

Below: A new product I've been working on, tea party confetti, all handmade with vintage and new papers.  Our confetti mainly consists of origami stars.

And there we have it, some of my many products all ready to go!! Let me know what you all think. This will probably be my last post before I go on holiday, so wish me luck and ill come back with many a picture for you!

How to cut and display flowers

You don't need to be a florist to be able to put together a loverly bunch of flowers. 4 bunches will normally be enough to do a few vases so that you can brighten up your whole home, and you can find some good deals if you go to a flower market or even the supermarket. Just Pick colours and textures that you think work well together, don't worry too much about types of flowers.

There are just a few simple points to follow:

Number 1- Remove all leaves that will fall bellow the waterline, if you don't they will rot and poison the water and then you'll have some dead flowers!!

Number 2 - Cut your stems longer than you think you'll need them, you can always shorten them if needs be, you don't want to end up with flowers that are too short for your vase.

Number 3 - Cut your stems at a diagonal angle.. I am not sure why this is good... but that what I have always been told!

You don't have to own fancy vases either, I use anything that I have to hand; empty kilner jars, painted glass jars or anything! When displaying flowers make sure that you use odd numbers, there's something that just looks better about odd numbers!! Don't be afraid to pull stems out and rearrange them either and it doesn't matter if your flowers don't follow exact florists guide lines.. just as long as they make your house look lovely!