Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Wishlist...

Cabbages & Roses spring/summer 2010 collection now available to check out on line! If you read this blog you'll know I'm a huge fan :)

Here are the items on my list for spring...

I really love this coat...it's available in red too...hmmm...which one!!



Like this coat too but prefer the one above...



Love this tunic for the summer with a tee underneath...



This little jacket too...buttoned at back..two shots below..so cute




And here is something I can dream of but that is out of reach...so expensive but so gorgeous...I tested it in Brown Thomas at the weekend and fell in love...it's the new "Alexa" bag from Mulberry....dream on Martina!! Available here..



Sigh...drool.......sigh again!!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Snowboarding...

Oh my!! I can hardly cope with the excitement of the snowboard racing in the Olympics...watch it if you can.

Henny Blanket...

Loving this Henny Blanket from Ikea...satisfies my current liking for blacks and greys! It's 80% wool too...a quick visit to Ikea is definitely on the cards next week (I have two days off...hurrah!)

Ahha...and here it is in situ on Nestled In's bed!! Gorgeous pictures as always on this lovely blog!


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Me and Orla...

Me and Orla go back quite a way...I bought my first Orla Kiely bag in 2002 and was delighted to support an Irish designer. It's safe to say that I have built up quite a collection of bags since then. However, up until about 2 years ago, it was rare enough to see somebody toting an Orla bag but now, well...everybody here in Dublin seems to have one and so I am not so keen on them anymore (that's the etc collection anyway, ie...the vinyl type bags) so now tend to use my "vintage" Orla's that nobody else has (if I use at all).

I also started buying pieces from the Orla clothing collection and have quite a few nice things...I always managed to get these in sales or new on e-bay and even tho some are quite a few years old I still wear them (I've never been into"latest trends") and think that I will be able to wear a lot of these clothes for years to come!!

This post has come about because I was just browsing through the spring/summer 2010 Lookbook on the Orla Kiely website and whilst I didn't much like a lot of the clothes, I definitely like a lot of the bags! It made me think about all the OK stuff I have and how I really need to sort out my wardrobe! I am going to drag all my Orla gear out and have a good old look to remind myself what I actually have...I think I might just do a post on it in fact!

Anyway, here are a few of the bags from her s/s 2010 collection that I am quite fond of...

Love this one but would like to see what other colours are available...




Love both of these babies..



Like the yellow and brown ones here...




Love all the middle row and the one on the bottom right...




And these are all pretty cute too..



I am pretty sure most of what I like is part of the Mainline collection (rather than the etc) and therefore quite a bit more expensive...I suppose that means they won't be quite so prolific tho ;)

PS..will probably do a clear out at the weekend so be prepared for another Orla post in the very near future!

Friday, February 05, 2010

Happy Friday!



Hurrah! Friday at last...am so happy! Really hectic in my new job so I was looking forward extremely muchly to this evening! Husband is going out and I scored at the newsagents...all my March magazines in store at the same time...this rarely happens!! So...me, my magazines and the newly groomed woofers along with a nice bottle of white and some penne arrabiatta - perfect!

Have a wonderful weekend whatever you're doing!

PS...scoffed my yummy dinner before I even thought of taking a picture...it was delicious (just in case you're interested, you know!).