2012- What a Year it has been! We moved into our New Home on 1st January 2012 and I also got  a new job that month too, but to add to all of that, we were also arranging our wedding for February. We had our wedding on 25th February and thank goodness it didn't rain. I am blessed to have found such a wonderful husband. We did a lot of decorating in our new home and I enjoyed my afternoons on the farm- helping with the calves and getting lots of fresh air. We booked our honeymoon for September and had a great time. We even got a tan (I call it a tan,  but to most others it is probably just a lot of freckles). I wrote a review for the Irish Country Living Magazine which appeared in their Autumn edition. IKEA also asked me to take some photos of my new home to feature in their House Call Feature (they haven't used them yet which I'm thinking means that the photos aren't good enough quality). My blog got shortlisted for the Irish Blog Award which was really exciting too. I got lots of inspiration online this year and am really enjoying using pinterest! To all of my friends, followers and those who visit my blog, twitter or pinterest, thank you all so much, I really hope that my blog sprinkles some happiness into your life. . .

From top left: 1. We moved into our new home- our cottage in the country. 2. We got married, pictured above in the hotel. 3. Some daffodils I picked and put in our home, 4. Our kitchen is fully completed. 5. A trip to the seaside to my parents holiday home. 6. We booked our honeymoon to Madeira. 7. Some lovely hydrangeas my mother picked for me, 8. Long walks along the lake shore. 9. Honeymoon in Madeira. 10. Some more wedding memories. 11. A trip to the Market. 12. A view of Funchal from our hotel suite. 13. Some more flowers in my sunroom. 14. Another trip to the west coast of Ireland. 15. My spare bedroom, 16. Our Wedding Day

To each and every one of you, hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and I wish you all peace and happiness.   

 

Wonderful Christmas Chalkboard Art from Lily and Val

 

If you haven't already picked up Mollie Makes Magazine- you will have to put it on your shopping list for over the Christmas! It is full of so much inspiration but on top of all that you get this beautiful 12 months of Inspiration from Selina Lake in the form of a 2013 Calendar- the images are so beautiful and cheerful, it would look wonderful anywhere in the home.... Feast your eyes on the lovely images below...

Selina Lake Inspiration from Mollie Makes

I got my Christmas holidays Friday, so it's now time to really get into the Christmas spirit. I met with friends yesterday for a nice meal.It was good to catch up. I hope to finish decorating my home tomorrow.  I waited this long as I want fresh Holly, Ivy and festive shrubby which I will get on the farm.  I took some inspiration from pinterest today and wrote on my chalkboard, I decided to put it on an old vintage ladder I was using to decorate my tree. What do you think? I need to add real Holly and Ivy to it in the morning. I will give you an update photo then.

Spotty cushion covers €8.00 each from Heatons. They are really cute with white lace edging on them.

Fluffy hearts and Christmas tree decorations from IKEA.

 

Our Christmas tree is massive this year, it doesn't look that big in this picture, but it over 10 foot tall. My husband got it in the forest near by. I still have some decorations and red bows to add to it. I have added the red and white spotty cushions I bought in Heatons at the weekend. Sorry the quality of the images are bad.

 This weekend I will finish off all my decorating. This is our first year in our new home so I am still buying new deocorations.

 

 Do you enjoy Kirstie's Homemade Home, Homemade Christmas and Vintage Home, they are full of homemade crafty inspiration which I love.

For those of you who haven't heard of her, you should visit her website. She also has a few books too. She loves all things vintage, craft and homemade :)  

 

 

I went to IKEA last week and bought these pretty Rosali bed clothes for our bedrrom, the looks like CK but for half the price :) I thought they might be a bit hard but they are so warm and cosy- I love them :)