morning from ol'Blighty- where it's getting chillier as the days roll on...
i've got my ikea stash all ready to show & tell...
Christmas decor inspiration i hope...
& also a Christmas *loving-red-&-white* ribbon giveaway...
when i started raving about the BB & my visit to ikea {here} i hadn't actually opened all
my ikea bits up & snapped them for you...
all my pickies of gorgeous ribbon were not from ikea, but a shop in our village...
they were the start of my love affair for all things red & white this Christmas...
but- since you were all so in lust with the ribbons- i've got a pack to give away this week along
with some other {Miss Sew & So} Christmas bits...
{be a blog friend here & on face book {here} & of course let me know what you think of my
ribbons...}
so...here's my swedish Christmas stash....
the lead up to Christmas is always full of extra's...
extra people dropping by...& inevitably extra meals thrown between the standard one's...
these napkins are totally Christmas with no effort at all...
white tablecloth...greenery in jars up the middle of the table & these gorgeous paper napkins...
& yep the BB & i bought a few...
i'm not a massive tinsel lover...our kiddos are...
i try- but it just doesn't ever do it for me...
too bit-sy...
too shiny...
too tinsel-ey...
then we found this...
white...sweet...perfect...my kinda tinsel...
the other thing the BB & i wanted was reindeer...
they are
since we moved here from Oz, we've seen plently of wild deer & stags in our trips to the Outer
Hebrides off Scotland {here}
the kids truly fell in love with them in the wild...
& i want to take that love home with us to the beaches of australia in all shapes & forms...
these are divine... & the paper print is gorgeous...
now...as you know we are packing to head home to Oz after nearly 4 years here in the english
countryside...
this means no more unnecessary purchases- i get that...
but these Christmas glasses were soo flippin lovely & so
them to keep the kiddos feeling Christmas-ey here & then add them to the BB's stash later...!
the perfect 6-pack ;)
&...lastly these little hanging peace doves that i've bought each year we've been here in
england...
they are beautifully simple...light to take home...& one little miss.6 loves making their wings for
me...
i don't really need any other reason to throw these in my hand luggage back to sydney...
so...i'm hoping...thinking...that there may be some ikea-love from some of you here...
i'm gonna send out the ribbons below just to get you started...
leave a comment...be a FB friend...& i'll draw the Christmas Ribbon Giveaway at the end of the
week...
leave a comment each day for extra entries...every day counts...
little miss.6 & i spent an hour in front of the fire on sunday afternoon hanging & tying
& talking Christmas as only kids can...
i felt inspired- bless her...
go get yourself to ikea if you can
&
if not...get into this giveaway to start your inspiration for christmas
...ikea is my *favourite & best* at Christmas...
xox
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pop over to my gorgeous friend Maureen's {here}
she's got some more fave & best goodies she's sharing...
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