inspired - tablescaping

I will confess that until fairly recently

I was unfamiliar with the term 'tablescaping'.

It's something I came across on one of the interiors blogs that I read,

and basically it's all about laying the dining table to look all pretty.

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inspired - displaying photographs

I absolutely love photographs.

I love that you can capture a moment

and keep it forever.

However I am very bad at actually making hard copies of my many photographs.

I have had grand plans to make a book of the little guy's first year

but am yet to do it and his birthday was nearly two months ago.

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inspired - alphabet art work

We decorated the little guys bedroom before he was born.

We made it deliberately neutral,

partly because we didn't know if Dollop would be a boy or a girl,

and partly because I wanted the bedroom to be something that Dollop could grow into.

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inspired - beautiful bedrooms

I possibly should have called this post

"inspired - beautiful WHITE bedroom".

I know, I know I am obsessed with that colour,

but if there is one room in my house which I think simply HAS to be white

then it is my bedroom.

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inspired - pretty nails

Before the little guy came along

I used to have my nails done.

They were always perfect

with beautiful nail varnish

and I loved it.

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inspired - beach huts

I know for a fact that this weeks inspired

is inspired by the fact that we had such nice sunny weather over the weekend.

We went for a lovely walk by the water at the weekend

and it reminded me how much a water baby and a beach baby I am.

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inspired - balloons

We have a house full of balloons

that are left over from the beautiful boy's birthday party.

He loves to play with them.

So do the cats.

And I love to look at them.

For reasons I'm not entirely sure of

balloons make me happy.

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inspired - hair

One of my secret, guilty, Internet pleasures

is seeking out hair tutorials.

Sad I know.

But I like doing different things with my hair from time to time

and the Internet is full of helpful people

who post up videos or photos to show you exactly how it's done.

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inspired - hearts

In my poorly state over the last few days

I've barely had the energy to raise my head

let alone look around me for inspiration.

I know,

too poorly for Pinterest.

It was bad.

So this week I've fallen back on something which has always inspired me.

Hearts.

There's is just something about the heart shape that I like.

Most likely it's because I'm a romantic little creature,

but I just like how they look.

And I'm pretty sure you could go into any room in my home

and find a heart somewhere.

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inspired - smash cake

In case you're new to 'inspired'

it's a linky which runs every Monday

and is all about sharing some things you have seen

which have inspired you.

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inspired - words

It shouldn't really come as a surprise

that someone who spends a large amount of their free time writing a blog

would quite like words.

When you enjoy writing words are beautiful things.

Words can be powerful.

They can bring you to tears

and make you laugh

or do both at the same time.

And I for one, find words really inspirational.

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inspired - a dreamy living room

Last week's first ever inspired was a feast of colour.

Very unlike me I'm sure you'll agree

because I am the lady who loves white.

So this week I'm going back to what I know and love,

the bestest, the beautifulest 

and quite frankly 

the only colour to really rock my world;

white.

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inspired - a first birthday party

Lots of things inspire me.

People inspire me.

Blogs inspire me.

Poetry inspires me.

Music inspires me.

But most of all, pictures inspire me.

Pictures give me ideas and make me 'feel' different things.

And I'm not just talking about photographs,

art or drawings have been known to bring a tear to my eye.

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