Inspiring Ideas

Inspiring Ideas in Blanchardstown is open until 9pm on Wednesday and to incentivize a visit they are giving 10% off craft supplies between 6-9pm.

The Pumpkin Spice Latte is back in Starbucks for the Autumn, with the tag line "Fall in love again"

No guns in Starbucks

As reported world wide and in the Irish Times Starbucks is asking their US customers to leave their guns at home.  

Coming from Ireland where we do not have a gun culture like the States (our police force are not armed) I find this request quite alien.  But in the USA, citizens have the right to bear arms, as written in their constitution.

Wreath time!

My mother loved her new autumn wreath for her front door!  

She will hang it on her newly painted powder blue front door.

Do you have a wreath on your front door?

And here it is hanging on her front door:

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.

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".