A cup of tea, a good book, and a slice of homemade cake (well, it was there before I scoffed it!), is there any sight more comforting than that? The very lovely Charis of [Charismagick] blogged about the books on her bedside table, and tagged me to do the same.
Here they are.
I tend to mainly read home decorating, crafty, or cookery books. I throw in a novel from time to time, but often struggle to find time to read them from start to finish. That's why I prefer a pile of books like this so I can just dip into them but not feel as if I have to read the entire thing. [Why do we have to live with men?] ~ Bernadette Strachan
It's taken a while to get into this, but I am enjoying the story. I do enjoy reading novels, it's nice to step inside a fictional world and take a nose around.
[The Essential Tea Companion] ~ Victoria magazine
Beautiful book packed full of gorgeous photos and lovely recipe ideas. Am so tempted to try out the 'Lily of the valley' cake, for no other reason than I love the name.
[The Vintage Tea Party Book] ~ Angel Adoree
Love everything about this book. More than just a cookbook, there are suggestions of vintage style things to make (including giving your hair a vintage style!). I've tried several recipes from it since I bought it. The book is beautiful to look at and read through. Buy it!
[Homemade gifts, Vintage Stlye] ~ Sarah Moore
Wonderful ideas in this book, and a few that I know I shall be working on (in my own way). I've linked up to where I bought this book from, but will also say that it was sold for £5.99 in the shop, not the price shown on the website. Bargain!
[Fabulous Baker Brothers] Fabulous boys, fabulous book. Gorgeous men who cook! Need I say more?!
I've got a glut of magazines hidden out of view too. I've always got a plethora of magazines kicking around, magazines are a slight obsession.
When you have several books that you are reading or browsing at the same time, you end up needing a lot of bookmarks.
I made one of these for my little girl recently (she loves books too, I am happy to say), and liked the idea so much I've made more.
Simple to do. Take a flower, either vintage, homemade, shop bought - whatever you like. Grab a piece of ribbon, and glue the flower to the top, leave to dry, then use as a bookmark.
It's a great way for me to use up the flowers I keep making then not knowing what to do with! My favourite is the one with the vintage flower.I won't tag anyone speficially, but why not blog about the books on your bedside table?