Jon Schmidt...

Saw this on one of my favourite blogs the rockstar diaries, when it was posted a few weeks ago. Isn't it oh so beautiful? I can't stop playing it!

A present to myself...

I came across this washbag in a boutique shop in Bath at the weekend. Isn't it sweet? I claimed it as a little Birthday present to myself! Does anyone else do that? Any excuse i say!

also available from here

Charlotte Mann

I'm back from a glorious birthday weekend in Bath with my husband full of sunshine, shopping, sightseeing and much more! Pictures to come asap!

In the meantime...

Have you seen the work of Charlotte Mann shown below in India Knight's Hallway! She is so talented and her work is so different and interesting! I love it! The majority is black marker pen on white walls...

Vintage Heaven

Just got the new Cath Kidston Catalogue and I am loving the summer range, all about outdoors and entertaining...perfect!
Particularly love the straw hat and swimsuit in the top picture, and the tepee in the bottom! Definately on my wish list!

I love summer

Gorgeous summer images from Cabbages and Roses made me smile this evening...

Particularly the image above, blissful days spent with favourite girlfriends, perfection!

In my dreams...

In my dreams I would...

have a view like this...

have a kitchen like this...

have a conservatory like this...

have an ensuite like this...

have a bedroom like this...

have flowers like these on my table...

have a pool like this...

I could have gone on forever! All images found from Shootspaces, a company that hires out locations for photoshoots, so we really could make believe that these places are ours, at least for a few hours!

Lovely lace

Back from a bit of a blogging break after a crazy busy week, involving night shifts, birthday party, shopping, Jason Mraz, girly time, Lionel Ritchie and a study day! Phew! Thought I would post about these beautiful wallets from Makr, which is an American store selling gorgeous leather goods.

Aren't they gorgeous...fingers crossed they ship to England!

Cori Kindred

Came across this lovely website. Consists of a blog, and a collection of beautiful art and images for sale.

Lots of very lovely and inspirational things!

Tempting...

The Cox and Cox website is so tempting, I may have just ordered a couple of little somethings. Look at these gorgeous things...

Ooh and the two items below must have been made for me...

I really am domestically challenged Amy, hence the name of my blog, i am playing house! It's the taking part that counts though isn't it?!

Just one...

One picture, one poem, one song, one quote, one item of clothing, one place and one Disney princess. Saw this on Peonies and Polaroids and decided to give it a go...

One picture...

image via me (taken on honeymoon August 07)

One poem...

i carry your heart with me
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in

my heart)i am never without it(anywhere

i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done

by only me is your doing,my darling)

i fear

no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want

no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)

and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant

and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows

(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud

and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows

higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)

and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

ee cummings

One song...

One quote...

"I have loved you with an everlasting love..."

Jeremiah 31:3

One item of clothing...

via here

One place...

images found via flickr

One Disney Princess...

image via here

Phew, that was hard, particularly the item of clothing... impossible for someone as indecisive as me! Sure my answers would be entirely different tomorrow or any other time, but for right now, in this moment, these are the ones!