tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43007545293227370012024-02-21T12:15:42.997+00:00lovelyprettycheerythingsrubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.comBlogger615125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-77560432440191789792013-12-21T10:46:00.000+00:002013-12-21T10:46:21.945+00:00merry christmas and a very happy new year!
WHAT a year! I can't believe it's Christmas time again! But here we are again, and as I've been baking all morning the house is smelling magnificent! How has your year been? Any highs, or lows?
I want to say a massive-o thank you to all of you lovely readers (and customers) - you are all swell! This year has been an adventure, at the very least! And it has been made all the more rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-57749539781626499592013-12-13T10:33:00.001+00:002013-12-13T10:33:10.092+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Meet the Makers - rubyandjoy
Good Friday morning to all of you! And how are you today? Feeling festive? I hope so!
Today is the last of our 'Meet the Makers' series for handmade Christmas Gift ideas - and I'm featuring ME! A lot of you might read this blog and not know about rubyandjoy, and as sharing is caring, we thought would share our favourite things about Christmas and get to know you a bit better. Try not to rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-31258306747604851962013-12-10T19:00:00.001+00:002013-12-10T19:00:18.532+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Pop up Shop - Sydney
And a very good evening to you my dear blog readers! How are you this fine Tuesday evening? I am currently admiring our gorgeous Christmas tree which I am completely in love with. I am also considering very important issues such as - when should I cook my Christmas cake? - and - I wonder if my squirrel decoration on our Christmas tree needs a pal?
It has been a MEGA busy few weeks rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-57829348689621826772013-12-05T10:18:00.000+00:002013-12-05T10:18:00.039+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Miri
Ahoy me hearties! What are you up to today? I'm hosting a Gingerbread-House-making-night for 70 women tonight, so there is icing and there are bags sweets absolutely everywhere! HOORAY! So very quickly, as there is holly to be hung and lights to be strung (ooh, a rhyme!), you must check out the sweetest Miri! I have a squirrel print and a grumpy cat, and my wordy, I absolutely adore them! rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-87737548833765265982013-12-04T09:54:00.000+00:002013-12-05T08:30:38.496+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Meet the Makers - The Little Paper Pantry
Good morning lovelies! It is a blustery and cold Wednesday morning here, which made getting out of bed mucho difficult! But today we have the gorgeous Madi from The Little Paper Pantry on the blog, and I'd like you to make her welcome! She is a dear friend of mine, and is incredibly clever at making beautiful paper-y delights. Read on to hear about her favourite things at Christmas time.rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-74968590979534672732013-12-02T09:41:00.000+00:002013-12-02T09:41:00.120+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - poosac
Rushing back from London for a market in Edinburgh meant I was up at 5am on Saturday morning for a flight. These are the days I seriously consider becoming a coffee drinker! It did not start well, as I lost my boarding pass in the airport between security points. By the time I'd made it back onto Scottish soil (I had to race from one end of the airport to another to get a reprint - way to rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-74815460238262981132013-12-01T18:06:00.003+00:002013-12-01T18:06:53.046+00:00sunset...
Good evening! And happy 1st of December to you!
I had a very (very!) quick trip down to London on Friday evening, and got to witness this magnificent sunset on the way down, and had to share.
I was back at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning for an Edinburgh market, but my mind kept wandering here, and to the sky, and how things slow down a bit when you're in the air. Even though rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-85740022862637258852013-11-27T09:23:00.000+00:002013-11-27T09:23:00.153+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Meet the Makers - Gillian Kyle
Good morning! And how might you be this frosty (freezing) morning? I am well, although I always feel I deserve a medal for getting out of bed when it gets wintery and cold, so you know, still waiting on that. I went to the gym last night so the sugar on my weetbix did not count. We're off to a grand start!
To make this morning even more magnificent, we have the most excellent Gillian Kyle on rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-20730571211280291972013-11-25T18:19:00.000+00:002013-11-25T18:21:58.470+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - AliBaliJewellery
Hello there my dear blog readers! How are you today? It was a cah-razy weekend at rubyandjoy HQ, with two separate markets on the go on Saturday! I managed to avoid cloning myself and got to see Edinburgh lit up for Christmas and looking gorgeous! Highlights of the weekend for me?
1. Meeting all the lovely people that came to say hello at the Assembly Rooms, as well as catching up withrubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-33550861507866820142013-11-22T11:50:00.000+00:002013-11-22T11:50:02.685+00:00market madness begins..
Good morning to you on this beautiful morning - actual blue skies and everything! Today I'm off to Edinburgh to set up for the Assembly Rooms Christmas Fair. This involves a lot of packing, sorting, cleaning, packing, organising, list writing, packing and lets be honest, cookie eating. It's extra fun (*cough*) because on Saturday husbando will be at St Andrews for rubyandjoy, as we're having a rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-46363694337177823362013-11-21T11:29:00.000+00:002013-11-22T11:31:52.667+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Lovely stores
And a very good Thursday morning to you! How are you this fine day? I am always cold from the knees down, that goes without saying, but apart from that, things are somewhat towards the frantic side of things.
Other lovely folk who are a wee bit frantic at this time of year (good segway Nicola) are lovely shop owners, particularly those who have their own wee shops stocked with loadsrubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-12914069896886517752013-11-19T09:29:00.002+00:002013-11-19T09:30:50.408+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Meet the Makers - Bread & Jam
A very good morning to you, you lovely lot! We're continuing our interview excellence today with the loveliest Jamie and Catherine from Bread & Jam - and I am excited! You are going to LOVE their products, all designed in the beautiful wilderness that is the North Pennines. Jamie and Catherine launched their brand in 2012, although have been honing their creative skills for many years.&rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-38701332865028084302013-11-18T19:01:00.001+00:002013-11-18T19:01:31.463+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Peony Cole
Hello my fellow Christmas Gift Guide friends! And how are we feeling today? Having much luck buying lovely handmade gifts? Never fear, for our list just gets better and better!
This weekend just past I was at Bruntsfield Makers Markets and met the lovely Catherine from Peony Cole. She is a textile designer from the Scottish Borders, and I absolutely fell in love with her 'Birds, Berries rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-33587453729165621062013-11-15T10:34:00.001+00:002013-11-15T10:36:53.115+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Meet the Makers - Nikki McWilliams
And a very good morning to you, my dear blog readers! How are you this fine Friday? I am in the throes of list writing and may need another sheet of paper - my wordy! Nevertheless, there are things which I have already done this morning which I shall add to my list simply to cross them straight off and feel a sense of accomplishment. Success!
But enough about my incredible exciting rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-59705609752304875152013-11-14T13:47:00.001+00:002013-11-14T13:47:03.109+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Paper Snapdragon
Good afternoon to you my dear blog readers! I hope you're having a lovely day? It's a beautiful Autumn-y day here, clear blue skies, golden leaves falling off trees and crunching beneath your boots, an absolutely arctic wind which will knock your socks off if they're not thermal, or at the very least thick and woolly. But I am inside, and I have leftover birthday cake - win!
Today we haverubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-68723008262929649372013-11-13T16:40:00.006+00:002013-11-13T16:40:51.881+00:00happy birthday!
Hello there you lovely lot! It is a brilliant day today! Why, I hear you ask? Because it is my birthday today - OH YES! Now, some of you may be thinking that I, as a grown woman, should be slightly over the excitement of birthdays and all the love and fun they bring. But alas, I am not, and LOVE to celebrate my birth with mucho enthusiasm!
Husbando has spoilt me rotten, as have all the rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-374433688101265842013-11-10T10:15:00.000+00:002013-11-10T10:15:00.930+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Meet the Makers - Mustard & Peaches
Hello there my lovely blog readers, how are you this lovely weekend? It's my birthday week, I won't lie, I am excited. But I'm also very excited to share with you a bit about the lovely Mairi from Mustard&Peaches. Based in London, Mairi launched her jewellery business in 2012 after graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee.
We had a lovely chat with her rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-53437412948170441132013-11-08T08:44:00.000+00:002013-11-08T09:40:02.159+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Oil and Wax
FRIDAY!!! It's time for a treat, eh? And I am seriously in love with these gorgeous candles - lovely for Christmas! Who doesn't love to make their house smell all lovely and Christmas-y and cinnamon-y and orange-y and spruce-y?! I most certainly do!
I am having SO much fun finding all these beautiful handmade gifts for Christmas, and I'm book-marking loads of these lovely folks rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-77605218996741152132013-11-06T08:29:00.000+00:002013-11-06T15:15:07.421+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Little Orange
Good morning my sweets! Last weekend in York we stumbled across loads of lovely little markets, and in doing so, stumbled across loads of gorgeous handmade loveliness! One of my favourite discoveries were these brilliant engraved wooden signs made by Little Orange in beautiful York.
Check out all the other lovely bits and bobs Little Orange make here - and I'll see you soon rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-2055454771825874802013-11-04T08:12:00.000+00:002013-11-04T09:37:16.892+00:00Christmas Gift Guide - Meet the Makers - Something by Someone
Hello there my lovely blog readers, and a very happy Monday morning to you all! I am currently in York and it is STUNNING! But more exciting than my Autumnal love affair is that today is our first Meet the maker interview - hooray! And we get to start with the lovely Em Renke from Something by Someone. Based in Sydney, Em Renke started up her jewellery business last year after working for a rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-7850027224851190932013-11-01T09:16:00.001+00:002013-11-01T09:17:31.544+00:00Christmas gift guide - SoffittaBluebird
A massive welcome to you, my dear gift list reader! Do come in, sit down and have a cup of tea (well...perhaps make yourself one, wherever you may be...) as we embark upon this most exciting of journeys together! Am I excited? Oui! Are you? I hope so! There is so much loveliness lined up for you I can't wait to share!
Please don't forget though, if you have a friend, sister, Mum, nephewrubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-32065623381768261722013-10-30T17:21:00.003+00:002013-10-30T17:21:36.618+00:00autumn...
Hello there my lovelies!
Well! A LOT has happened since my last post, namely that my parents came from Australia for a visit, and Autumn moved in and made herself at home.
We had a magnificent time with my Mum and Dad, driving about the countryside and eating scones every day (no lie). It was even sunny for part of their stay - a Scottish miracle! We showed off our local area andrubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-38648141963338758962013-09-26T21:12:00.004+01:002013-09-26T21:15:31.014+01:00starting early...
Hello lovelies! I do hope you're well! I have been to Paris this past weekend and it was absolutely wonderful...very romantic heading back there with husbando. FINALLY we have begun to take advantage of the fact that Europe is a mere hour long flight away - three cheers for us! Where to next though? Any suggestions?
We'll be kicking of our lovelyprettycheerythings Christmas gift guide soon, rubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-24974518349130866912013-09-17T20:54:00.000+01:002013-09-17T20:54:56.267+01:00autumn is here...
...and while I would like to automatically look like one of these lovely ladies in their skinny's and sweaters, it ain't happening. The reasons, I feel, are twofold.
One - I am not skinny, ergo, skinny's do not have quite the same erm...silhouette.
Two - I am still unaccustomed to dressing for the cold.
Not the nice 'ooh there's a chill in the air, let's bake piesrubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4300754529322737001.post-31249856169691446932013-09-08T16:21:00.000+01:002013-09-08T16:21:09.055+01:00it's not that far away...
But do not despair! I am not here to bring you tidings of great joy 3 months too early! Simply to tell you of an exciting project that is coming together and will be featured in the lead up to Christmas.
I have been challenged recently to begin buying more handmade items, and began to think why I tend not to. I think at this point, it's mainly that I'm not sure where to get handmade from! Andrubyandjoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090136332127477450noreply@blogger.com0