Life on the Avenue

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Bargain Alert

Half price breakfast in Marks & Spencer's, Grafton Street all this week.

I will be partaking in breakfast this Friday after 6.30am Bikram Yoga Class! (Wish me luck - it's the first time I've done yoga this early)

A brownie day

I'm on my coffee break, it's lashing rain - it's a brownie day!

I will have to brave the rain to buy fake flowers for my wreath making, later today.

Monday, 16 September 2013

Autumn Wreath no. 2

If this wreath turns out nice I will hang it on my front door.

I Wrapped the polystyrene in brown tape so as to cover the white

Twisted jute/hession around the polystyrene

I placed felt leaves and fake flowers between the hession

Finished product on my front door

Autumnal wreath

So I turned all this:

In to this:

It's a wreath for mother's door which she has just got newly painted in a blue called "Cape Cod".

I've been inspired by my friends in Pennsylvania to decorate my front door for Autumn. They have put some pumpkins at the entranceway to their home along with some autumnal coloured plants in pots which looks very sweet and festive.

I plan on making a wreath for my front door and also for my mothers front door. I plan on making the wreath with a jute/hession material base along with autumnal coloured ribbon and flowers. I popped in to Inspiring Ideas before work to get supplies. Photos of completed wreaths to follow.

Do you decorate your home for seasons and festivals? Probably not the done thing in Ireland - but I may start a trend for door wreaths!

Sunday, 15 September 2013

What I'm reading....

"And the band played on"

An amazingly meticulously researched piece of work that outlines the spread of the AIDS virus from the late 1970's onwards.

Author Randy Shilts was a journalist who wrote a "Gay beat" for The San Francisco Chronicle in the eighties. Sadly he was diagnosed HIV positive in 1987 and died in 1994.

I love reading medical books and also social history topics - this is a great mix of both.