it's the simple things in life that make me happy ...

new week ... new beginnings ... new friends ... new joys ... new confidence ... new ideas ... 

i so want this top ... 

a wonderful book ... 

a perfect market bag ... 

contemplating a weekend away & some quality time with the hubby (hehehe)!

Pantopolium

So i am an avid reader of Decor8 ... apart from the fact it's filled with all kinds of gorgeousness, the founder Holly lives in Germany & always provides information about wonderful shops & company's in & around Germany. Unfortunately she lives way north of me so a quick trip to some of her suggestions is the questions but one day i will make it up to Hannover.

So anyways one company she mentioned was Bloomingville so i emailed them to find out where the closest retailer to me was ... & Pantopolium it was. I love pretty shiny stuff for my house but having issues finding things over here so last Thursday (same day as my Metz visit) I headed off down to Saarlouis, about an hour from my house near Kaiserslauter to check out this shop.

First of all i should mention that Nicole, the owner is wonderful. So friendly & helpful ... not to mention letting me take photos of her fabulous little shop. I am seriously in love with it. I could spend way more than i did (& i spent a little). Her english is much better than she claims for any of you military people over here in Germany who may be reading this ... she takes VAT forms (I was her first).

So back to her shop ... here you can find items for literally every room in the house ... including the garden (it really kind of is room when you think about it) ... & they are all what i call "pretty & shiny". I found some wonderful table ware that i plan on heading back to buy more ... by a company called rice.

So whilst i could talk all day about my wonderful find ... i hope the photos will tell you everything you need to know. & for further information you can visit Nicole's website or simple check out the store for yourself.

new etsy find ...

So i just wanted to share this shop i've just discovered (& thanks to my wonderful husband) make a couple of purchases from ... her items are stunning & i'm excited to have them in my living room.

Her name is Joom ... her shop is gorgeous ... & with such items in your home (she also makes totes amongst other products) how could you not smile every day!

& you can visit her here on etsy ... Joom

notecards

So it's been suggested i try printing up some notecards, so here are a few suggestions. Comment on what you like so i can figure out 2 or 3 to start with. They're going to be plain inside &  5.5 x4". I'm also going to print them on recycled card. I tend to buy cards that are universal, funny photos that can cover all occasions so with the one exception i hope these fit the bill.