Hello everyone. We are all now settled into the New Year. I still haven't got use to writing 2016 though. This is the 8th year I will be blogging which is difficult to believe.... (almost a decade!!) When I first started All things nice... I wasn't sure what I was doing or what blogging even was. But here I am 8 years on and still blogging away. I never liked facebook so didn't bother with it but I have a twitter account, pinterest account and instagram account. I have connected with people from all over the world, from all walks of life and with all sorts of interests. I am grateful for this connection with so many others as it can be a bit lonely living in rural Ireland particularly during the long winter nights. For 2016 I hope to continue my blog, become more organised, keep on top of house work and keep positive. The photos below are all bright and colourful and reflect my mood as we embark on the New Year. What are your hopes for 2016?

Photos from top left; View of Central Park on Allure of the Seas (the world's largest cruise ship), a colourful handmade wooden carousel, my new floral Joules wellies and modern stained glass window in Saint Mel's Cathedral, Longford, Ireland.

Are you a dedicated follower of fashion?? Do you like to keep up to date with the latest style and wear 'what's in'? Maybe you love to keep on top of what is in trend but me, nope, I have my own style. I love casual country style clothing and you can check out some of the country style outfits I like over on my Pinterest Board. 

However, I also love bright pastel colours as they impact my mood. Spring may be over, but I am definitely not over pastel colours. I love them, give me baby blue, power pink or mint green any day! Savida at Dunnes Stores have some lovely pastel clothing, accessories and shoes at the moment. Here are a few items I love. I gave in and purchased the laser cut shoes and the cute scalloped edged handbag which was in the sale- Bonus! What type of clothing do you like the most? Are you a dedicated follower of fashion? Or like me, do you go it alone and pick your own style. 

This year I will visit IKEA at some stage, it about 2 hours from my house by car but I always love to see all their showrooms and all the household accessories. Most of the furniture won't suit my new home as most of it is designed for smaller spaces but I will get lots of ideas and inspiration. These duvet sets look lovely and bright, just how I like them. I also like the Billy Bookcases. Have you any IKEA items in your home?

 {IKEA}

With some Amy Butler Design... How pretty are these colours and patterns- they would cheer me up anyday :)

{Images from Amy Butler}

Pip Studio Amsterdam

{All images from Pip Studio Amsterdam}

Here are some bright interiors, apologies as I have no credit for the images, but if you know where I got them, let me know. I love bright interiors, so cheerful and lively. Hope you like them too.

Crochet!
Below are two photographs of a lovely crochet bag my dear grandmother knit before she passed away, isn't it pretty. I have also included a photograph of the crochet blanket I bought at a car boot sale, love the colours of it. I found a few images online too to share with you, sorry I haven't the link. I'm learning to crochet these days so if any of you have any good tutorials I can follow please share with me. I'm starting off with granny squares. Hope you all have a nice Sunday!

This is the blanket I bought at the car boot sale

And below are more pretty crochet images I found online

 Colourful Home

How pretty is this living room, so full of vibrancy...

I love bookshelves for my collection of books and knick knacks too..

How pretty is this little work station... Love the blue colours on the wall, very calming...

More nice shelves beside a door, what a good use of space.... I might have some in my new snug

And for a funky kitchen- check out these cool aqua blues, love that blue Smeg fridge-it's way over my budget though :(

Can you smell the lovely flowers in my garden??? I sure can :-)

I had to go shopping a few weekends ago to buy some birthday gifts and I decided to get myself a new pair of sports shoes for casual wear, the current pair I have are over two years old now, I bought them in Paris when on holidays. They are light ones and very comfy. As I ain't really sporty I don't need veery expensive ones but as I get a lot of wear out of them I like to buy a very comfy pair
Here is a photograph of my new ones, I like the colour :)

And here are a pair of shoes I've spotted and will have to put on my wish list, they are really unique and quirky

{Irregular Choice}

{Image from HomeShoppingSpy of new Cath Kidston Range}

{Image from HomeShoppingSpy of new Cath Kidston Range}

{Jane Mount Ideal Bookshelves}

{Jane Mount Birds}

{Room Envy- Country style}

{Quilt Cushions from Berry Red}

{Sausage Dog- Cox & Cox}

{Chic Shack}

{Chic Shack}

I hope you enjoyed all these pretty items that I have come across, I love them all and thought I'd share them with you :o) I'm sure most of you have already saw some of them or even own them. Hope your all having a lovely week and we're over half way to the weekend now :o)