Film Friday - Casse- Croute - A short nature animation

This week's film is a fun but also beautiful animation by directing duo Burcu Sankur and Geoffrey Godet called Casse-croûte which they describe as A little journey through a forest full of creatures looking for a snack.


Casse-croûte from Burcu & Geoffrey on Vimeo.

Hope you enjoy this film and thanks for reading my blog!

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The first Monday of the year = songs about blue dinosaurs!

Hello everyone,

Hope that you all had the most wonderful Christmas and New Year! As lots of you are heading back to work today after being off after Christmas I wanted today's blog post to be fun and uplifting so have been thinking for a few days about what I could post.  I thought about posting an inspirational quote to start the year or something about positivity but neither felt quite right.

After much thought I found just the thing.... a song about a blue dinosaur who is feeling cold in January but all is okay because a blue alpaca falls in love with him! Beats an uplifting quote any day ;)!!

Enjoy and hope this made you smile!

Have a great day :)


Blue Dinosaur (2014) from Luiz Stockler on Vimeo.

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Quote of the Week - Steve Jobs

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The Dorothy Days - Where to find me on the internet!

Hello everyone,

I have so much to update you all on that I don’t really know where to start!! Tricky getting back into blog writing but I hope it will get easier once I get back into the swing of it again.

I thought today I would update you all on where you can find me on the internet as I am now using a range of social media sites.

Pinterest: http://gb.pinterest.com/thedorothydays/

Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/thedorothydays

Wanelo: http://wanelo.com/store/thedorothydays

Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheDorothyDays

Instagram: http://instagram.com/thedorothydays

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedorothydays

Please come and take a look at my different social media sites.

My pinterest page has lots of my own items and I also have a board for local Etsy sellers which is well worth taking a look at, so many inspiring local crafters and artists (I am hoping to feature some of them soon on my blog!)

On Tumblr I post lots of sneak previews of items which are about to go up in my shop and I also reblog beautiful items that I find around the internet so if you like beautiful things please come and have a look!

On Wanelo I have some of my own items and also pretty items that I love

Etsy - This is where my shop is based and where you can find all my vintage and handmade pretties! 

Instagram - If you want to see what I have been up to and behind the scenes photos you can find them here. At the moment I see to be posting lots of photographs of yummy food and tea!! This is the best place to find out what I am up to, new items I am about to list and everyday things that make me smile.

Twitter- I am most active on Twitter and use this a lot :) come and say hello! 

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Dorset Cereals little blog awards

Hello everyone :)
As some of you will know I have been fortunate enough to be nominated for the Dorset Cereal blog awards which is so so exciting :) ! I am currently 2nd place with 136 votes and voting ends this Sunday at midnight GMT time.

If you enjoy reading my blog, looking in my shop or reading my tweets I would really appreciate if you would vote for me.

All you have to do is click the link below, press vote for me and then click to confirm your vote (you don't have to enter any details unless you want to). It will take less than a minute to do.

The link to vote for my blog is here : http://www.dorsetcereals.co.uk/fun-stuff/little-blog-awards/nomination/7523

VOTING ENDS SUNDAY 31st MARCH (this Sunday)

Thanks so so much to everyone who has voted so far, you have all been amazing and to everyone who has passed my voting link onto others or retweeted my link on Twitter so others can vote for me. I really really appreciate it.

Best wishes to you all
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Shabby Chic Saturday!

I am rather in love with the shabby chic / cottage chic style so was thrilled when my little meakin tea cup trio was featured in this most beautiful treasury which shows you how to get the romantic shabby chic look for your home. The colours in this treasury are really beautiful blues, pinks and yellows and would be great for inspiration if you were redecorating your home.

Here are some of my favourite items which were included

A beautiful photograph of pink peonies (one of my favourite flowers...they smell amazing) by Judy Stalus

How luxurious is this bed by painted cottage ?! You would deffinatly feel like a princess sleeping in this bed!

 My 1950's shabby chic English rose tea set for sophisticated tea drinking!  The Dorothy Days

A handmade pillow by classic by nature

How could we have shabby chic without some handmade bunting?! I love the delicate floral fabric used in this bunting by Berry a la Mode

 

A huge thank you to The Fairy Tree for featuring me in this beautiful treasury :) Hope you all have a wonderful weekend

The Dorothy Days

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P.S If anyone is unhappy with me using the photographs on my blog please let me know and I shall remove them immediatly.

Feature Thursday- Vivid

Hi everyone,
Wow this week has gone quickly!! Have had a great week but also a very hectic one. One of my tea cups was featured by Etsy on their newsletter which gets sent around called Etsy Find. The newsletter has a huge following as it is the official Etsy newsletter and so my views for one little tea cup shot up to over 1000 in just one day!!! Spent the afternoon dancing around my flat with a huge grin on my face and I still can't quite believe it is real and it has made my week. Thank you to everyone who bought something this week and to everyone who took a look in my shop and favourited things :). Please click here to take a look at the newsletter that my little cup was featured in. 

Today is feature Thursday and I have such a beautiful shop to feature. I am really excited to share with you this week Vivid, an Etsy shop run by a creative duo from Scotland. Here is the interview I had with them....

Please tell me a little bit about Vivid and how you got started?

Vivid are a design couple who live in Edinburgh, Scotland. We met while we were working in an advertising agency but we found we just didn't fit the mold there as we were a little bit 'too different'. We started making stuff together a couple of years ago to fill the gaps for things we needed in our lives but could never quite get our hands on. It's only been in the past year or so that we've started taking it more seriously with our blog and shop because it turns out we're not the only people who like the things that we do!


Vivid have a very unique look, please can you tell me about what your create and your style?
We class what we do as creating curiosities as our products are all about showing off your hipster geek and kicking it old school. We would rather spend our spare time writing letters than updating our status on Facebook so making pencils and stationery with a nerdy twist came naturally. We love being different and standing out from the crowd and think that it is really important to sprinkle your uniqueness throughout your daily life. It's the little things that make us smile and getting the chance to work on that daily has got to be the best job in the word!


What is your inspiration for your shop and products?
We are big fans of anything kitsch and vintage so use that for inspiration. A lot of our work is based on double entendres which comes from getting the banter with our friends so we would have to include them too!

Why should people take a look at your shop?
Unlike many Etsy shops we sell a wide variety of treasures. We sell our own illustrations and photographs, engraved pencils and note pads, cards and badges, lunch bags and tote bags and our range is still growing. Many of our works have stories behind them which we like share in our listings to give people a glimpse into our little world.

Tell us something unique and quirky about yourselves?
No one knows who we are yet but it is something we are planning to share in the near future. Being represented by a double headed piggy bank seems to distress some people :S hee hee!

Where can people find you?
Visit our blog at www.vividplease.me
Find us on twitter twitter.com/#!/VividPlease
And visit our shop at www.etsy.com/shop/Vividplease?ref=si_shop

I hope that everyone has enjoyed the feature Thursday this week.
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Carry your sandwiches in style with this cool cupcake lunch bag!

This totes bag with its classic design is beautiful!

I love the old typewriter design on this stationary set. 

Oh how lovely living in the country....

I am lucky enough to live in a place surrounded by the beautiful English countryside and today was the perfect day for a walk! It is absolutely beautiful today with blue skies and sunshine. This is one of my favourite places to take Boo, my dog, and her tail wouldn't stop wagging!!!
Here are some photos I took from my walk to share with you all....Enjoy!

 

The rolling hills of the English countryside and heading towards a little farm.

Some cows got very curious and what was going on!

What a beautiful view!

Thanks for taking a look. Tomorrow is Feature Thursday so please be sure to take a look as I have a fantastic shop to feature this week.

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(Please note all photographs are copyrighted to The Dorothy Days)

The first blush of Spring

The weather is getting warmer and it is feeling more and more like summer here in England. Skies are blue, daffodils have bloomed, the grass is lush and there is little sign of the weather that the English so love to moan about and that we are so famous for!!! Out with the winter wardrobe and in with summer dresses... (I shall pretend to ignore the fact I still have to wear a cardigan with every outfit as there still is a breeze!). Clocks are changing at the end of this week signalling that summer is nearly here and people, mainly me ,are pretending summer has already arrived and it is much warmer than it actually is!Here is a lovely treasury by Helen which features my spring flower earrings and reminds me of today

English Roses

One of my favourite things about the summer time are the beautiful roses. I live in the countryside so I am fortunate to have a garden which has lots of different roses. When they come into bloom the garden smells beautiful and also looks so lovely. There is also a rose garden in a near by manor house which is open to the public in the summer months. It is absolutely beautiful and I could spend all day there reading and relaxing among the roses. Summer is a little while off so here are a selection of English roses from my shop.

 

Newly listed tea cup and saucer set

Vintage 1950's tea cup and saucer set

Soft Pink English Rose Earrings

Very elegant white rose tea cup trio with cake plate and saucer.

 Red and Yellow English Rose Tea Set

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Rose Gold

Hi everyone!

I have been included in this lovely treasury today called 'Rose Gold' which was chosen by a lady living in Los Angeles. The pieces complement each other beautifully and I love the theme so I thought I would share. It includes my newly listed english rose tea cup and saucer.

Hope all of you in England are enjoying the weather, it feels like an early summer here. Its beautiful!
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A sunny saturday

This week has been a really busy week in a good way but I am also really glad that it's the weekend and I can relax! The sun is shining over England today and it is set to stay this way for a good few days.

The link up party was really fun yesterday, thank you to all who joined in. There were some beautiful creations :). You have all been so busy this week!!! The link party is still open so feel free to still add your link if you haven't already done so :) . What do you all think of the link party ?! Great as a one off ? or would you like to see it as a more regular feature of my blog ?! Please let me know in the comment section.

Thanks to all my new followers :), really makes me smile when someone new follows the blog. As I write this 97 of you are following :). Hopefully will hit the 100 mark soon :).

This week I have also been updating my shop and adding some new items. I now stock Vintage Glassware as well as china :).

These are probably new favourite new listing. They are a set of 5 vintage cake plates, made in England. I love the English roses and flower design. It reminds me of English gardens in the summer time. They would be fabulous for a tea party! Please click here to take a look

I have also listed these lovely cordial/ wine glasses. They are both elegant and sturdy and the detailing on the top is rather lovely. Please click here to take a look


Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and thanks for reading

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Feature Yourself Friday- Linky Party

Hi everyone :),
Very excited to announce that today will be my first ever 'Feature Yourself Friday'!! Horray!!

This is a chance for you to show off what you have been creating this week. Please post any crafting projects, home baking and recipies, photographs you have taken, art projects and decorating you have taken part in this week.

One link up per person and please link something you have created rather than your shop. Please spread the word and lets get as many people as possible to share what they have been doing this week :). Hope you all enjoy this, I am so excited to see what you have all been creating.

The Dorothy Days (who is enjoying the beautiful sunshine!!)

Feature Thursday- Jennifer from LadyshipDesigns

Another week...another Etsy shop to be featured for my Feature Thursday!

This week I am featuring Jennifer from Ladyship Designs 

Jennifer is originally from the U.K but now lives in Austin, Texas and has been knitting and sewing from a young age. She was taught to knit by her mother and this is where her passion for making beautiful hand knitted items began. Jennifer creates a whole range of knitted goods including cotton dishcloths (what a good idea!), handmade pillows and scarves. She recently has released a range in very fresh spring colours. Here are some of my favourite items from her new range....

I love the Spring colours of this chunky knit neckwarmer

This handmade pillow case is wonderful :). I love the detailing of the leaves.

Here are her handmade dishcloths in fresh spring colours. They are such a good idea and are much more ecofriendly.

Please take the time to have a look through Jennifer's shop :).

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Spring is nearly here...

I can't wait for Spring, its such a lovely time of year here in the English countryside. The snowdrops and crocuses have already bloomed and I am waiting until all the daffodils spring up as well :). It makes everything look so bright and cheerful when the ground is covered in yellow! In the spring time in the country we also have lots of lambs in the fields surrounding my house. I can't wait!!

This morning my earrings were included in this Springtime treasury by Apryl who also lives in a small English village. I really love the pastel theme to this treasury so thought I would share it with you all. What are your favourite thingss about spring?



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Beautiful Sundays...

Well I know I always talk about the weather (how very English of me!!) but today was such a beautiful day. There were perfectly blue skies and the sun was beaming down but still with an ice cold chill. Sitting inside you could have been fooled that it was the middle of summer! Had such a lovely lazy Sunday afternoon.

Here are a few things which made my Sunday afternoon so perfect....

Playing with Boo out in the garden and watching her enjoy the sunshine!

Having one of these to warm up.....YUM!!

Delicious homemade cakes

How did you all enjoy your Sundays? Hope that you had a good one.

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Feature Thursday- Susana from Lemon Dear

Thanks to everyone who followed my blog this week and also to those of you who have left me such lovely comments :). They really make me smile!! 

For my Feature Thursday this week I am featuring Susana and her shop Lemon Dear. I have fallen rather in love with her shop, she creates the most beautiful handmade items including paintings, illustrations and embroidery. 

Childhood and developing a passion
As a child Susana and her parents moved from Canada to Ecuador for a couple of years. School in Ecuador was very different to what she experienced back in Canada and one of the main requirements was to do a project for the arts and craft class, something that she was not used to. Her mother contacted the nuns at her school and asked if the project could be embroidery related, since that was the only craft her mother had ever learnt. They agreed and her mother patiently taught her. Susana says that this is where he love for embroidery began.

Growing up and work as a filmmaker
Growing up Susana wanted to become a film maker more than anything else in the world so studied theatre and also took painting lessons as she feels that painting and film are two very closely linked artistic mediums. At college Susana studied film and made documentaries and short films on a wide range of genres. However, in her own words "the threads and canvases and needles and papers always lured me" so for the past few years she has concentrated on her embroidery and painting and opened her Etsy shop. 

Now and future plans
Susana's art has been exhibited in galleries across Canada (where she lives) and you can see why….her art work is absolutely beautiful. This year she has embarked on a project to create a new watercolour every day and so far she has managed to stick to it. She has recently updated her Etsy shop with more beautiful and unique items. In the future she hopes to expand her Etsy shop and also to embark on a project to make wearable art. Please take a look at her shop, it is well worth a visit :). I particularly love her embroideries made from up cycled vintage handkerchiefs. 

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More snow and my favourite item this week

Just as the last bits of snow started to melt away a new downpour of snow came this morning :). I love waking up early when all the snow is untouched and perfect and there are no footprints. Snow makes everything look so beautiful and fresh.

My favourite item in my shop for this week are these vintage style bird earrings. They remind me of my little sister. When my little sister she was about 5 years old asked my mother for a pet blue tit! My mother had set up bird nesting boxes in the part of the garden which backed onto the woods so we had lots of blue tits visiting the garden and nesting in our boxes. My little sister's bedroom looks over the garden so she had been watching the birds and was fascinated by them. I remember my mother trying to explain to her why she could have a pet blue tit and how they prefered to be outside. Instead we bought her a small photograph of a blue tit and also a blue tit ornament which when she was younger was her most treasured possesion!
 They have recently been included in this beautiful bird themed treasury list :) I really love the cherry blossom wedding shoes that have been featured.





For these earrings and other bird and vintage style earring please take a look at my shop.

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Valentine Love Notes

Today I have been busy making love notes in preparation for Valentine's day. They come in packs of ten and the idea is that you hide them around the house with little love messages on so whoever they are intended for will stumble across them throughout the day :). They come strung so will be easy to attach to objects around the house. Another idea is to attach them to trees and either go walking that way or leave them on a route that you know your Valentine is going to go on. Will make a lovely romantic surprise!
I have used a small heart punch so there is plenty of room for a love note, poem or quote.

 Here is one with the love note written on :)

A Valentine's note left in a book to be found :)!

Please take a look at them here in my shop :)

Is anyone doing anything special for Valentine's day ?

Rachel Xxx

A busy few days...

Hi everyone :),
I have been very busy the last few days making new items for my shop and am rather pleased and excited with the results so thought I would share some photographs of the work in progress! I had great fun choosing new stamps, cutters and inks for the gift tags and after running a poll on my facebook page it has been decided to use cream as the gift tag colour as it was the most popular by far. I have bought some new heart stamps and cutters for Valentines gift tags as it is fast approaching! Please let me know what you think of the results :).

Here are some of my new tools that I have been using to make my new gift tags designs.

 My gift tags lined up waiting to dry!

You can probably tell by now that tea cups have become a bit of an obsession of mine so I couldn't resist this little tea cup design stamp...its so cute!!!

 These have been really popular when I have been selling them at craft fairs so much so that I had run out of stock! I have been making lots more this week and each pack (10 in each) comes ribbon tied.

 A finished pack of purple hearts. These will be lovely for Valentines days and I plan to wrap my boyfriend's presents with these tags.

Please let me know what you think of the results and if there are any patterns/ designs that you would like to see made.

Rachel from The Dorothy Days (Vintage and Handmade)