I don't think you can really see a huge difference in photos, but the new desk is super smooth and, more importantly, waterproof after two coats of matte varnish. I love it!

Here's the sideboard primered and undercoated and ready for it's new look.

So, still no hats to show you but imagine how inspired I'll be when everything's done and it's all come together! :)

In the meantime, head over to Handmade Monday for your crafty fix...

See you soon my dears! x

After muchos chilli and bubbles and a solid 7 hours (no joke) of catch up chats on Friday night (it had been a while!), my belated birthday surprise from the girls on Saturday morning was a blissful knicker party at Flo-jo Boutique!

Lovely crafty ladies Dee and Erika, goregous tea and cake, and of course some fabulous hand-made-by-us pants (ooh and more bubbles to celebrate the Donning of The Knickers!) Oh and never have a used the word 'gusset' so liberally! consider yourself warned! ;)

I urge you to book a party if you're in Bristol, it's fab. And if you can't make it to Bristol, they sell a wicked knicker making kit to try at home instead - perfect Sunday afternoon crafting :)

The desk is a fab shape (the legs are shelves!! why haven't I thought of this before?!) but in pretty bad nick on the right side, whilst the wrong side obviously isn't waterproof, so I'm overhauling it with some super geometric wallpaper from Ikea, which I'll varnish a la decoupage later this week.

It's not perfect but I love it, and for a first attempt at wallpapering it's not bad!