Presenting flowers in a tea towel

Now summer is finally approaching, the sunshines bringing parties and BBQ's. I always think it's a sweet gesture to take the host a token gift. Here's a simple and affordable way of presenting a bunch of flowers for your party host, all you need is a tea towel and some fresh blooms.

You can pick up a traditional tea towel like this in most home stores for pounds - it's nice to go for a classic colour and print that will compliment your flowers and be in keeping with the rustic theme. As for the lovely flowers, these were bought from Aldi, putting two bunches together bulks them out a little making them seem more expensive than they are.

To fasten up your flowers loop some twine around the middle of the tea towel and tie with a knot. You can add a large brown label with a stamped message to your gift to add a personal touch suited to the occasion.

I think this makes such a lovely gift for someone - obviously it doesn't have to be a gesture for a host, it would make a great house warming present or for a cooking fanatics birthday. Adapt as you please...

Have you got any unusual ways of presenting flowers? Let me know if you try this and definitely send me a photo, I'd love to see them...

Harri

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Mini Christmas room tour...

I'm finally back home from Uni for the holidays - 3 whole weeks off accompanied by a tonne of work to get on with. First things first, I got my bedroom looking a little more festive. As much as I love seeing OTT Christmas decorations, I personally go for subtle and simple ornaments and dressings that can be easily put up and taken down at the start of the New Year. Take a look...

The silver hearts were found in TK Maxx, I just added the twine at different lengths to give a little rustic twist. I love twinkly white lights at Christmas, they can make a room atmospheric without ruining the entire theme of the room itself, these battery powered lights are from a DIY and were really affordable. The little silver heart placed on my bedroom door is from a gifty shop, these types of shops are brilliant for finding quirky decorations. This one would look lovely tied onto a gift too. 

What sort of decorations do you guys like? I'd love to see your festive rooms too, tweet me a pic or tag me on Instagram 

Retro tea set...

More often that not I'll get a text from my mum with a charity shop update - The message will usually consist of a simple "what do you think of this?" followed by an attached snap. One of her most recent finds was this retro tea set including a tea pot, milk jug and sugar bowl, all for the grand total of £5... Now this may not be everyone's cup of tea (no pun intended!) but I certainly love it.
With a lot of gaudy or kitsch pieces that you can find in charity shops, it's only a case of taking them away from the dusty shelves and re-homing them in a modern kitchen to obtain the contemporary meets retro look.

The kind of Woodstock'esk 70's print is one of those things, that's so wrong, it makes it right - But when you pare the set back and place it against bright white, the pieces do start to look slick and very cool.

I really love mixing rustic, with kitsch but then also keeping it really clean and modern at the same time, pieces like this are really brilliant for recreating this look as they tie the individual themes together.

Have you guys found any cool second hand pieces recently? I'd love to know...

Harri xxx