Weekend Treats

Me and the boy ventured to Tynemouth Market yesterday. We haven't been for a while so I was looking forward to getting some new bits! However, a lot of the usual traders weren't there which was disappointing, so there were only a couple of stalls selling what I usually go for. We ended up getting this very small St. Peppers alarm clock and Joe got some new records including The Beatles' White Album (which had some amazing individual portraits of the Beatles inside, so we're going to frame them when we find a flat and hang them on the wall.

The rest of the weekend has been spent making soup for the week ahead and having a nice relax; have a busy week coming up at work then off to London for the Top Drawer show on Friday, where we're creating physical trend features to showcase trends for Spring/Summer 2011 and Autumn/Winter 2011/12, so I've had a very busy couple of weeks sourcing props, sorting press samples for the show and designing a trend guide for the show. Can't wait to see everything in place! Expect to see some photos next Sunday.

Mistletoe and Wine.

I have had a festive filled couple of weeks and been working very hard, so haven't had any time to update my blog!

Have had 2 lovely weekends in Corbridge with my parents stocking up on Christmas goodies from The Corbridge Larder and of course RE: (where I pretty much bought all of the shop!) including beautiful wooden heart gift tags for presents, which I also used last year, and some lovely things for myself! Well it is Christmas.

Had some very good news this week as well - my boyfriend was meant to be working away for Christmas but his company let him finish early so he's now back and I have him for Christmas, New Year and my birthday in January! Ecstatic beyond belief - really wasn't looking forward to Christmas knowing he was away on a barge in the cold Baltic sea but now he can enjoy the festive season properly.

Work has been super busy - we have a big trade show next month which we're creating 4 physical trend features for so I've been sourcing props and trying to scrounge free expensive wallpaper from big companies! Not doing too badly at the minute but will still have lots of work to do on it after Christmas. It's going to be a fantastic show and I'll reveal more in January.

Hopefully, will have some more pictures up tomorrow of Christmas Eve festivities in the Barnes/Millican household :)

Merry Christmas everyone!

xxx

Christmas is a coming...

...and I have been very lazy with blogging this week! Work has been busy this week and have been completing lots of interesting projects - we seem to get busier before Christmas?!

This weekend, I'm off to RE: to buy christmas presents and decoration, and then me and 2 of my lovely friends are getting together to make lovely Christmassy food (Guinness Gingerbread!), drink mulled cider and watch the X Factor final. Perfect weekend, non?