Thought For The Day

Paulo Coelho -  Enthusiastic people are never busy. Boring people never have time to spare.

I Need A Desk

As the time for extending gets closer I'm gettting more and more frustrated by my lack of space.  At the moment my office space consistes of one end of the dining table and it isn't ideal to say the least.  I'm finding that now that we are expanding CHALK as well and opening a second shop I need an office more desperately than ever.  I have to content myself with pictures of other people's desks while I wait not-so-patiently for my own.

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Black & Spiro Today

Pretty cushions fill the shop at the moment. The 2 above are some of my favourites.

I came up with the idea of covering this little pair of antique gilt chairs in black and white gingham and then Kelly wrote on the fabric in hot pink fabric paint - "I love old gold chairs covered in big floral fabrics with pretty coloured trim". We used fluoro yellow tulle frilled around the edges.

I love these hand painted Staffordshire dogs which are from a UK artist.

These glasses come in green, blue and clear. I love them!

We have lots of blue and white ginger jars in the shop but also lots of gorgeous colourful ones too!

I was going to use this one-off eastern embroidered cushion above in Max's nursery however, it ended up being too big so it's now in the shop.

I thought I'd do a "Black & Spiro Today" post. It's been a while since I have done one as the shop has been closed. Here are a few bits and pieces I am loving which are in the shop at the moment. Look away now if you don't like lots of colour!