Mother's Day Love

Mother's Day is just around the corner and it's time we said thank you to our mummies for all they do! I love that Mother's Day falls just as spring has sprung as it gives me the perfect excuse to incorporate plenty of flowers and bright colours in to my gifts (as if I need an excuse). And in the essence of being a child again, it's only right that we hand make our cards.

I saw this little watering can flower pot in Asda for an absolute bargain price of £2.50 and instantly fell in love. Isn't it the cutest thing?! Asda have a great range of flower accessories like this at the moment so if you haven't picked something up for your Mum yet I'd recommend you go for a trip before Sunday. The watering can was plain white when I bought it but I couldn't resist adding my own personal touch with some little hand painted pink dots with some acrylic paint. Just perfect for my Mum's work desk and I can't wait to give it to her.

My boyfriend even got stuck in to the DIY for his Mum and made this adorable tea set in to a lavender scented teacup candle. You can see my tutorial for making candles here.

Home made card. Inspiration - Pinterest

I live 3 hours away from my Mum, it's not easy being so far away but hopefully it won't always be like that and it is sure going to be alot easier to see her once I can drive (fingers crossed soon!). This weekend I am lucky enough to be spending the weekend with her when she comes to visit tomorrow night. The pink wine is chilling in the fridge already and I can't wait!

What are your plans this weekend to spoil your Mum?

Fairy Project #3 The Rocking Chair

Let me start by saying - who doesn't want a rocking chair?! When we went on the search in our local and very beautiful vintage furniture shop (I 'oooo' and 'aaaah' the ENTIRE time I'm in there) for a simple little wicker chair to sit in the bare corner in the living room, I didn't expect to be spending the rest of the evening re-upholstering a vintage rocking chair!

You know when you walk in to a shop and see THOSE shoes, or in to a cake shop and see THAT cake that you know you just aren't going to leave without, well this was the case for the Rocking Chair and I. Despite it being a little over budget at £60 for what we had planned, I knew it would end up being one of those pieces of furniture which will end up staying with me and therefore be worth every penny and more! And you can't deny that it will fit perfectly in a baby's room in the future for late night feeds! :-)

The original upholstery on the seat wasn't awful...but the material was like linoleum and not what we were looking for to go in our cosy living room. A trip to Dunelm Mill for half a metre of fabric (around £5), a staple gun and an old white pillowcase to stop the old material from showing through, and a Sunday night of re-upholstering commenced!

Original shiny material - cute but too kitcheny

 With a little help! Unscrewed the seat

Stretched white pillowcase stapled as an underlayer

Stretch the fabric tightly and staple then cut to neaten up

 Screw back on and pop in little corner with some more contrasting flowery prints

I'm happy to say that the chair even made it through the flat party without turning to kindling!
What do you think of my first piece of re-upholstery? :-)