Hey Four Eyes..

I've been wearing glasses now for the past two years; not constantly, just when my eyes started to get a bit tired after starring at the computer screen for too long, or getting engrossed in a ridiculously long (but brilliant) book. I must admit, at first I was horrified; I cried, (yes I am a complete baby), and thought I looked just, well, silly really. I know you'll all be thinking "why didn't you just go for contacts?” arhhhhhhh dsfjhdsfsgtidfjk, would be my answer. I have a massive fear of anything that involves eyeballs, so touching them is something I don’t think I’ll ever be able to do. But now, after two years of wearing them, I can say I finally feel a little bit of confidence seeping out. I don’t feel embarrassed and I’m actually a teeny bit happy I have them. 

It’s a good job really, as I popped to the opticians a few weeks ago, and was told my eyesight had deteriorated slightly (I had noticed, I had just chosen not to acknowledge the fact), which meant I’d need to wear glasses pretty much all the time. And, seeing as I was now quite partial to a touch of spectacle wearing, I thought I would indulge in a new pair; and here they are:

excuse the bobbily forehead - yum

What do you think of them?  Do any of you choose glasses over contacts? When I’ve put a little bit more money aside, I think I might splurge on another pair. Well, I am going to be wearing them full time, and a girl has to accessorise right? Good :)

Happy Birthday Pudding & Pie

This is George, he is our family guinea pig & we love him dearly:

Today is his 7^th Birthday. Happy Birthday Georgie Porgie! 7 years old…that’s quite impressive for a little pig made of guinea non? Super impressive in my eyes; so I thought he deserved a little birthday post dedicated solely to him! There's a few grey hairs coming on..but that's to be expected..

He’s such a happy little fella & we’ll no doubt be spoiling him with one too many dandelion leaves this evening. Feel free to wish him a Happy Birthday below!! :)

Cookies and Cream

...seit es vor Wochen in unsrer Mensa einmal weiße Mousse au Chocolate gab, bin ich ein Fan von weißer Schokolade geworden. ^_^...aus dem letzten Urlaub verblieb noch eine kleine Tafel Cookies ´n` Creme von Hershey´s mit besagter weißer Schokolade.
...some weeks ago we had white chocolate mousse at our canteen, and since then i have become a fan of white chocolate. 
^_^...and from my last journey there was still a little bar of Hershey´s cookies and cream chocolate left.  



Die kleinen Schokokeks Stückchen erinnern etwas an Oreo cookies (die sind ja auch so schön dunkelbraun
und klein und rund).
Those little chocolate bits remind me of Oreo cookies ( these are also tiny and dark brown colored ).

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Nursery and kidsroom decoration

Hello everyone, It's weekend! Yay! Hope you have some nice things planned to do. I travelled with baby Matteo to Amsterdam, for him to meet family and friends. It was hard work to keep him occupied drinking during take off and landing, traveling with a bay is a whole new experience.

Absolutely loved these gold horses against a grey wall. The Horses were found at a flea market and DIY spraypainted. This could be easily done with any kind of funny objects, especially if you are so lucky to get a few of them, and you turn it in to an artwall. This picture comes from the blog The Gold Yelly Bean

Another favorite is this bird mobile from etsy seller Birds of a feather

Fabric covered bakets to hold diapers, toys and knick-knacks

Next monday is queensday in Holland, will make pictures and write about it on Tuesday.

Thirsty Hands..

Inecto Pure Coconut Hand and Nail Cream 75ml

I think it’s something that runs in my family, but all the girls on my mum’s side suffer quite badly with dry/chapped hands; and I am no exception. It’s just something that never seems to go away...my hands are always thirsty! It is quite frustrating, especially in the winter, because it can get quite painful; but at any other time of year I don’t mind too much, simply because I do love slapping on a good hand cream :)

Now, I do have an absolute favourite hand cream (which I’ll no doubt write about at some point, it’s delicious), with quite a hefty price tag attached; but Inecto are a new discovery for me, and definitely deserve a little mention, even if it is just on my little spot on the internet.

This product does everything you would expect a hand cream to do and more. It has quite a thick, creamy consistency; and being made with 100% coconut oil you’d assume that it may leave behind an oily residue, but no no! It sinks straight in to your hands, leaving them feeling silky smooth and instantly hydrated. I’m used to needing to re-apply hand cream every couple of hours, but this one quenches my little mitts for hours! And if I’m lucky, I can get away with only two applications a day. Plus the smell is divine (if you hate coconut, this isn’t the one for you), it’s lovely and sweet, whilst not being too overpowering.

And if you thought this little fella couldn’t get any better, you thought wrong. The price tag to go with it’s amazing nourishing properties is a jaw dropping £1.52 from Amazon!! I actually can’t quite believe such a low priced item can work such wonders; and seeing as it’s so affordable I’m thinking about purchasing a few of their other items, like the body lotion @ £2.03 *picks jaw up from floor*. And if you fancy picking one up from the high street, I believe Superdrug, Holland & Barratt and Bodycare supply them too.

I’m really impressed with this product, and I’m really looking forward to trying out a few more of their items…

Have any of you tried Inecto before? Or do you think you will now?

Matteo turns 2 months

Our baby boy Matteo is turning 2 months today. It´s amazing how time flies. Every day we get to see something new, he started to smile last week, grabs things with his hands an he also likes to say something back in his babybrabble when you talk to him. Daddy Beau came up with a few nicknames for him ´Pelo Punkie´(punkie hair) as he lost a lot of his hair on the sides and has most of it on top of his head. Mate-ito is another nick name, as he makes it sound a bit Japanese. He sleeps almost throught the night and during the day he cries only if there is something going on. I am absolutely in love with our baby boy!

New Love: Zara Messenger Bag

Bag: Zara
Dress: Ark Clothing
Belt: Vintage
Boots: H by Hudson

I saw this bag on the Zara website a few weeks ago and I just HAD to purchase it; & since then I’ve also seen it mentioned by Lily of What I Heart Today on twitter. (Amazing blog, check her out!) Isn’t it gorgeous? I absolutely love the pale grey colour and how it goes so well with the rose gold detail. I loved it so much I bought it in black too. Well, it would’ve been silly not to given the amazing price tag that goes with it..

& I thought I would share my love with you all, what do you think?

How pretty can a bed look! Especially the flowers and the pillows add a splash of color.

New coffee table for the shop.

I just finished a high gloss white faux bamboo coffee table for the shop and will be for sale at The Modern Cottage this Saturday. Unfortunately I won't be able to get on the Internet for a few days because the charger cord for my computer split. So please excuse the radio silence! For more pictures click here.

Bright Eyes

Since I can remember I have suffered with hay fever. When I was a tot, it was horrific; I literally looked like I’d been through ten rounds with Mike Tyson every, single, day. I took medication prescribed through my local GP with no luck (it probably didn’t help that I enjoyed spending a lot of time in fields frolicking around, ha). I admit, with age, my allergies seem to have settled slightly; but the one thing that still gets me every year is ‘itchy eyes’. I don’t know about anyone else, but for me, it is the most frustrating thing ever. For pretty much the entire spring period, leading on to summer, my eyes are constantly itchy, bloodshot and streaming; and because I’m itching them so much, my eyes become puffy. Not a good look. Plus, it means I really struggle to wear mascara *hides face with hands*, simply because it will just end up all over my face and sting my eyes!

I’d tried medication, eye drops and traditional methods such as rubbing Vaseline around my eyes and lashes – can I just ask what does that even do?! Apart from make you look like a plonker; but I couldn’t find anything that worked for me. I genuinely thought I would be stuck with these hideous eyes forever :(. That was until I discovered LizEarle’s EyeBright. This stuff is amazing. It doesn’t stop you getting hay fever, but I would definitely say it’s a preventative.

Every morning and night, I squirt a little of the liquid on to two cotton pads (a little goes a long way) and sweep them over the entire eye area. It instantly cools any irritation and leaves the eye area revitalised, whilst reducing any puffiness/ redness. As most of you will know, Liz Earle only uses natural ingredients; and the soothing properties included in this bottle of wonderfulness mean that you can use this to remove your eye makeup too, if you have sensitive skin like me. Plus, if I’m having a bit of a ‘pamper me evening’, I’ll slap on a facemask and lay in the bath with two pads over my eyes; the longer you leave it to work its magic the better the results, and my eyes always feel super healthy and soft afterwards.

It’s 100% a multipurpose product, and for the price tag of £10.25 for 150ml, I think I’ll use it forever, regardless of whether I continue to suffer with hay fever or not.

So what do you think? Have any of you tried EyeBright, or do you have any products you would recommend for hay fever sufferers? 

Bloggers Wish List

Hello welcome back, it´s monday! Hope you all had a lovely weekend? 

I keep on seeing the same things in Blogland, so i decided to make a new series one a week, BLOGGERS WISH LIST, lovely stuff that is on many bloggers wish lists, in a way we share the same taste in things right?

The pleplum ponte tank available in navy and cream at Anthropologie ( I bought this one in cream and its lovely, and the only purchase of this list)

pretty bangles available at design darling

hand painted lucite tray from Etsy shop Tilly maison

cocoa and hearts painting

Who said blogging and reading blogs was cheap?  It constantly makes you want to add more things on your ever growing wish list!

My weekend and shop pictures!

I've been thrifting and picked up some great stuff:

One metal faux bamboo chair

One mid century dresser

One Dorothy Draper style dresser

One faux bamboo coffee table

This fantastic large brass lobster is $25

Nail head chairs are $350

Nightstands $350

Jewelry in shadow boxes

Thought this idea was pretty great! A fun way of displaying your jewelry and keep it dust free!

Happy friday and enjoy your weekend!

Top 5 baby products -second month

A little update about our little boy Matteo, he is getting more aware of his surroundings and since a few days he started laughing loudly and tries to talk back to us in his baby way, wich is very cute to see.

He cries only when something is going on: a dirty diaper, hunger, colics, but besides that he is a good baby that wants to be held  lot, he is needy for attention. Very soon, the 26th of april, Matteo will be 2 months!

Another top 5 of products for this month

The pacifiers from Suavinex. I love the quality and design of this brand. Matteo needs to be soothed with something, so we are trying to introduce him to a pacifier, the only one he likes are the above ones.

stroller hooks - good for shopping on the go

Reently discovered, French department store Monoprix carries a baby line from 0 to 36 months with lovely baby essentials called Bout´chou. Stock up with this line when visiting france, high quality, nice designs and oh sooo affordable.

Anti colic feeding bottles from Bebe due, Matteo had a lot of colic wich thanks to these bottles is a lot less than before. I also give him 3 times a day a little bit of baby tea from Blevit, that helps the digestion and he loves it.

Bright starts ingenuity portable swing - love this swing. It´s in my office as I already went back to work that´s a good thing of being an entrepeneur, I can take the baby to work. It´s important to have a swing so matteo can enjoy it and make a small nap in it. I try to be as productive as possible in the time that he is a sleep and spend time with him when he needs my love and attention.

David Hicks Alternative Chairs Done!

I have been so excited about the out come of these chairs because the pattern is a high quality and only alternative, to David Hicks La Fiorentina pattern. I cannot wait to order more of this fabric. If you're just tuning in this is very durable high gloss paint with fabric from spoonflower.com designed by the wonderful blogger Dina from Honey + Fitz. 

... and styled with a sun burst...

They will be available at the shop this Saturday 

The Modern Cottage

311 S. 7th 

Downtown Tacoma, WA

$180 for the set

Do you dig them? ... I know I do.