AROUND HERE: MAY.

The best thing about spring, #blueskyblooms.

A new favourite drink.

ReadingThe Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty.

Watching The Avengers: Age of Ultron in the most ridiculous reclining chairs. Well played Odeon, well played. I may never watch a film in a 'regular' chair again.

Listening to Blur, The Magic Whip on repeat.

And loving these diy air dry clay wall planters from Design Love Fest.

What have you been up to?

THREE THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW.

1. These spring pastel chocolates.

2. This Diy Marbleized Ribbon from Oh Happy Day.

3. This tapestry.

6 FAVOURITE DIY FLOWER TUTORIALS.

Now the clocks have gone forward it's really starting to feel like Spring around here. It's one of my favourite times of year. I love the pretty blossom, the lighter evenings and the flowers that start popping up everywhere. I've rounded up 6 of my favourite Diy Flower Tutorials to share with you. Pretty paper flowers that never need watering and last forever so we can enjoy Spring all year round.

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DIY Felt Ranunculus

These projects aren’t for the faint of DIY heart, although I break these flowers down step by step to make them as simple as possible – they will take some time and creativity. The energy spent will be well worth it in the end – trust me. Flowers that don’t die are awesome!

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DIY Giant Crepe Paper Roses

They take about an hour to make when you first start out but are so very, very worth it. Everybody has gone crazy over them! They would make the perfect Mother’s Day gift so, quick! Order that crepe paper and get started!

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DIY Paper Gerbera Daisies

I have to admit that I find a great joy in inventing my version of paper flowers every week. Gerbera daisies are such a happy flower so it seems that this week I have a double dose of cheer. Some are metallic and others are an uncoated stock.

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Mini Crepe Paper Flower Favours DIY

Here are some sweet little Valentine’s Day favours – made with wax paper, and secured with mini crepe paper flowers on a toothpick. I love glassine bags, but figured I could do a more ‘cost-effective’ version with a roll of wax paper from the grocery store.

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Easy Paper Punch Flowers

All the flowers in today’s post can be created with paper punches, which you may just own – and if you don’t, just come over to my house. I’ll be starring in the pilot episode of Paper Punch Hoarders… yeah… that’s how many paper punches I’ve got up in here.

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Crepe Paper Daffodils

My front garden is full of daffodils this time of year and for me those pretty yellow petals encircling that bright trumpet cone just scream “Spring Is Here!” I haven’t shared a daffodil tutorial before and in developing this project I wanted to share something that was easy to achieve by everyone!

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Happy flower making.

LOVELY LINKS 11.

This photo is from a few weeks ago but I'm hoping for more blue skies this weekend even though it's meant to be grey and cloudy.

Here's a few lovely links from around the web that have brightened my week and will hopefully brighten yours.

Stunning origami inspired wallpaper.

Some sweet treats. Hazelnut and vanilla crumble with peaches and blueberries // Peanut butter bacon and dark chocolate cookies // Mini german pancakes dusted with powdered sugar and filled with strawberry lavender jam.

A mesmerising video on the meditation of ceramics that I could watch again and again.

I'm in love with these watercolour and Japanese paper mixed media pieces from Lisa Krannichfeld.

Excited for this book and this one.

Fantastic desktop downloads from Leah Goren. Loving the potted plants.

A few of my favourite pins. 

This quote // 10 Pretty Diy Painted Pots // Giant Paper Flowers // This outfit // This space

Some thoughts on change from Jeanette Winterson.

'When we make a change, it's so easy to interpret our unsettledness as unhappiness, and our unhappiness as the result of having made the wrong decision. Our mental and emotional states fluctuate madly when we make big changes in our lives, and some days we could tight-rope across Manhattan, and other days we are too weary to clean our teeth. This is normal. This is natural. This is change.' Jeanette Winterson, 2002.

Have a wonderful weekend everybody.