Blackboard Walls

So I recently watched the movie (500) days of Summer, (which was really good), but the thing that struck me the most? The blackboard wall in his bedroom. Such a cool idea! Even better if you're good at drawing:



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So now I am going to Spain armed with some blackboard paint of my very own.... I can't wait to see what we can come up with!

A Room of One's Own

Or, to be more specific, a writing room of one's own. See, my writing is going better than I could have hoped at the minute, and now my mind is jumping forwards to when we will be moving into our own apartment at the end of next month. Or, more specifically, how to keep up the writing when combining it with work.

Even more specifically? How can I make a little, spare bedroom into a gorgeous little writing room for myself?

Que me Googling images and scouring weheartit for inspiration. Here are some of my favourites:

This one is quite cute and simplistic:




I am not too fond of this one, but I love how unique they've made it through their own ingenuity!




And I just adore this little, easy to make, yet bright space, although I'd change the frames and the clock;





In other news, I have become a columnist for The Progressive Playbook... I am not sure I fully believe everything the site endorses, but I am thrilled to have my own space for some more serious writing. My column went up today, here, but it has yet to receive any comments! If you feel like it, I'd love for you guys to check it out and support me, you're always so supportive on my blog and leave me the sweetest messages, which I really love and appreciate! So thanks for that :)

Also, extra brownie points if you get the meaning behind this post's title!

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Beautiful Thoughts

Sometimes I feel as if I could write more, and more importantly, write more beautiful things, if I had something gorgeous to write with, or on.


Case in point, this pink, vintage typewriter;






Or these cute little owl note cards;






I also quite like these craft embellishment kits as well. They come in a few different varieties on Etsy, but my favourite is either the pink one or the white one. I can't quite decide. But they would be amazing to use when getting creative or scrapbooking.




Pink.




And white.


Now that I've finished my degree, and will have a lot of spare time when in Spain, I need to think of some more hobbies to do. I quite like being creative in various ways, so perhaps I shall invest more time (and pretty things) into my creativity. Hmm...




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Decorating Fever

I have decorating fever. Yes, I am planning a few months ahead. But I am very excited to decorate our new place. I keep thinking of new, cute ideas.

So I have been searching for inspiration. I love this picture:



And it would fit better in a smaller place. But is it too girly? I must not forget it's Michael's bedroom too...






This was a cool craft to make your own headboard. You cut the shape you want out of cardboard, to make a template. Then choose some pretty wallpaper. Use the template to cut it. Then stick it on your wall! Hmm I wonder if our landlord would notice a new addition to our wall... Maybe if it looks really nice, he wouldn't mind?





This was also wallpaper on the wall. I love the mismatched hooks for displaying your jewellery.




I love this wall sticker.

It reminds me of this:






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Cacti and Electric Guitars

First of all, I have re-discovered my old, electric guitar. I can actually remember a few chords! (Although, to be fair, that was all I ever really learnt...)

Anyway, here it is:



(image from qualityguitars.com)




Secondly I was shopping with my mom today, and while she was looking at flowers and plants etc (I'm not really into gardening), I discovered something rather cute... Mini cacti!




(image from weheartit.com)


How adorable? Maybe I should have a couple in my new apartment...

Next stop... Spain

It's the end of an era. We've officially moved out of our apartment and London, and aside from a brief stay in Chelmsford, we'll be graduating and looking for work for the summer. But the next big thing ahead of us, is Spain. Yep, the return to Puente Genil.

Only this time, there will be no reason to leave, as we always knew we had to before. We also already have an apartment provisionally reserved over the summer for us, and my thoughts and dreams are full of ideas to make it pretty and home-like. Michael and I have been together for four and a half years, and during that time, we've lived in Aberystwyth, London, Birmingham, Puente Genil, Northampton and London again. So we are extremely happy and excited to live somewhere for more than a year together! We've wanted a more permanent base for a while now, and all the cleaning and packing and leaving our apartment yesterday only cemented this further. So, provided everything goes well with the jobs and we are wanted there, we'd ideally like to stay in Spain for a while now.

Which means that this will be our Pueblo:

With little cobbled, winding streets  

And enigmatic, old buildings peeking around corners

I've already started daydreaming about decorating ideas, and have ordered this to take with us: 

(the following images thanks to Google)

Yes, I know it's French, but I've always wanted a copy of this print! 

And I also would really really love this: 

And since we're talking about dream apartments, none would be complete without one of these:

But I might be getting a bit carried away now...