Here is a throwback to my travels to Greece which I never got around to posting. I visited Greece in August, this is my second time to visit Greece having visited Athens and the Greek Islands of Corfu, Mykonos and Kefalonia two years ago. I was so surprised at how beautiful Greece is, the islands are amazing! The photos below are from the small town of Katakolon on the mainland. It is known as the gateway to Olympia. I really enjoyed my visit here, the people were so friendly and welcoming to their town. The shops were really quaint and overall it had a lovely small town feel.

Have I mentioned Pip Studio before, if I have please forgive me, if not go check it out. So pretty, so sweet, so cheerful, so colourful, so me!!!

While in Kilkenny we had to visit the Kilkenny Design Craft Centre which is full of jewellery, knitwear, celtic gifts, china & crystal, pottery & glass, home & fashion, accessories and stunning one off contemporary design pieces. Here are a few photographs to share with you...

Window with a selection of hand crafted goods

Another window with some textiles and knitwear

Nicholas Mosse Pottery, if you have never heard of it, you really have to check it out!

A view of one of the galleries, through to the courtyard area with lots of studios

Some studios and workshops in the courtyard

A factory shop with some fine Irish pottery

More display areas

A view from the inside..

We recently had friends from Holland staying at our place and they showed me this lovely shop online. I absolutely adore it- PiP Studio. The home page is really cute and I love all their products- it is well worth a visit I assure you! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend, I was off work yesterday for a wedding so have an extra long weekend :-)

 

Here in Ireland the largest Irish owned retailers are Dunnes Stores (some of you have already heard of them).Their stores are dotted throughout the country and they have a combination of Food, Textiles and Homewares all under one roof.

Here are some Christmas Ideas from Dunnes Stores which I particularly liked.


Decorating your home for Christmas....
Here are a few nice decorations

And some ideas for Christmas gifts...

For Her

For Him

For Them

And while your in the same store you could always get a fabulous party outfit

And one for your man too..

And the kids...

And to top it all off, the most important thing of all.....

FOOD

* Images above are all from Dunnes Stores