Buttercup & Roses

I'm back...But you wont find me here!

2011-09-19T20:37:00.002+01:00

You can find my new blog here http://perfectlylovelyinteriors.blogspot.com/

Jennifer x

A quick update from Buttercup & Roses...

2009-06-08T16:39:00.011+01:00

A quick post to let all our friends and customers know that
Buttercup & Roses is now
open 7 days a week,
from 10.30am...

We have lots of lovely new collections to tempt you,
from lavender hearts, yummy scented candles &
bunches of the most beautiful faux roses and hydrangea's.

You will also find a fabulous selection of
lanterns and candle holders
to make your garden sparkle with romance this summer

I look forward to seeing you all soon, Jennifer xxx

Ebay Update...

2009-05-16T15:27:00.006+01:00

This is the latest addition to the Buttercup & Roses Ebay shop...

The most beautiful white French console table.
Dont you just love it! With its five little drawers
and display shelf at the bottom,
isnt it just perfect for a French/shabby chic inspired home...

Im trying to keep the ebay shop well stocked,
but with our new home starting to take shape I am rather
pre-occupied with that.
It'll soon be time to share some pictures of it with you...
I cant wait!

Love and Hugs, Jennifer xxx

Close your eyes, think of Paris and relax...

2009-04-07T15:25:00.005+01:00

I have spent the last couple of weeks ordering new stock for the shop ready for the Easter weekend, its the start of the holiday season here at Buttercup & Roses, things really start to pick up and we get a lot more visitors to our little fishing town here in Watchet.

One of my favourite new ranges has to be from the fabulous company 'Bath House', I had several of their things in at Christmas, beautiful scented candles and soaps, the range went down really well with my customers so I decided to re-order with them as they have just released a gorgeous new range of bath time goodies called 'Serenite', I'll quote the text on the back of the bath salts to give you an idea in words just how scrummy they are...

Find your dreams in Paris. Discover Serenite,
the spirit of freedom and escape.
A crisp light floral fragrance of refreshing cut stems,
white tea and rose resting on subtle notes of crushed thyme,
wild hyacinth, muguet and musk.
Whisk yourself away into your dreams.
To create a bath full of silky soft water,
lightly fragranced with Serenite,
sprinkle a spoonful of the salts into warm running water, immerse and relax.

oohhh I think I feel a bath coming on!...Along side the bath salts (with real rose buds!) I have pretty hand wrapped soaps, fragranced candles, rose bud cones and a Delicious scented bath soak...Oh and the 'Serenite' perfume should be with me in a couple of weeks...If I close my eyes for a moment and take in the beautiful fragrances I could almost be in Paris...

...Oh well, I always did get in trouble for day dreaming!

Love and Hugs
Jennifer x

Looking back...

2009-03-24T14:11:00.008Z

I was having a little peek through all my old photos today and came across
the file that holds all the pic's of my old house...
Its funny how looking back at old photos can trigger certain emotions,
and I felt quite sad thinking of how happy we were in the old cottage.
Of course I am so pleased to finally be on the property ladder,
but while our new house is in such a mess
(holes still in ceilings, walls missing etc)
and it doesn't seem to be getting any better in a hurry,
it is very difficult to imagine it ever actually being a real 'home'.

Anyway enough of that sillyness!
The central heating is being started this weekend
(fingers & toes crossed!)
and then Clive can start putting our little home back together...
And before long I can start choosing paint colours and wallpaper,
I cant wait for that bit!!!

I thought you might like a little reminder of my old house so
I'll share a few pictures with you...
...of course it was always this tidy and organized!lol!

I hope your having a good week so far, isn't this weather we've been having just lovely,
it wont be long and the sunny evenings will be here...Yippee!!!

Love Jennifer x

Spring in my step...

2009-03-03T16:07:00.008Z

A couple of weeks ago Clive and I went to a local flea market,
whilst driving through the stalls to park the van,
something caught my eye...
It was the most beautiful vintage french wire work plant stand.

Of course I assumed it was going to be incredibly expensive,
but wanting to put my mind at rest I sent
Clive over to ask the price,
I was more than surprised when Clive informed
me of the very fair asking price...
So, with the last of my birthday money clutched tight in my hand,
I dashed across the field to buy it
before someone else got there first,
(I must add, that 'dashing' is not an easy task whilst
wearing my 'designer' wellies!)...
luckily I got there in time and I eagerly
passed the money over to
the stall holder whilst squealing with delight, It was mine!...

This Sunday turned out to be the most beautiful day,
so I set up the potting table in my new garden
(well more of a jungle at the moment!)
and got to work potting up some primroses and
daffodils into the Victorian terracotta pots
I have 'borrowed' from my grandma's garden.

I'm very pleased with the end result, the spring flowers look so pretty, I cant wait to add to it over the next few weeks...

I hope your all having a good week so far...

Jennifer x

The painted dresser..

2009-02-17T15:59:00.006Z

This will be one of the items going on EBay
in the next couple of days,
I have been using it as a display piece in the shop for a while,
but I now feel the time has come to let it find a nice new home.

I always find it hard to part with things,
I should run a museum and not a shop,
Then I would never have to part with anything!lol!

Isn't it just gorgeous...

Its very 'country Living', don't you think? Its beautiful quality,
all solid pine, I just adore the green tongue and grove at the back,
it seems to compliment whatever I put on it...

Do I really want to part with it hmmm????

Jennifer x

2008-12-15T22:23:00.006Z

Christmas at Buttercup & Roses started sometime ago,
at the beginning of November...

We spent nearly three days pinning twinkling fairy lights to the widow frames,
hanging glittering snowflakes from the ceiling
and stocking the shelves with gorgeous goodies.

When I look at the pictures now they really don't show quite how pretty
and festive it really looks, although I'm sure you can imagine.

Well, as they say " A picture speaks a thousand words'"
I'll let you have a look for yourselves...

With little over a week to go until the big day,
I'm sure you are all busily decorating your homes and wrapping your gifts...
I'm yet to do either, so I think I'd better get busy untangling
the fairy lights and finding the gift tags!...

Love and Hugs

Jennifer xxx

I must be mad to be parting with this!

2008-12-01T21:07:00.004Z

Hey girlie's!
Just a quick post to let you all know I'm parting with my large collection of Cath Kidston china,
If your interested in any of the pieces check out my eBay shop,
which you can find via my posh new website,
you might just get a bargain!!!

But you'll have to be quick as the auctions finish tomorrow evening! (Tuesday).

These plates are so pretty...

I will be posting pictures of the shop all christmassy next week so don't
forget to pop back and have a peek...

Love and Hugs

Jennifer xxx

The Nettlecombe court christmas fair...

2008-11-18T20:58:00.010Z

For those of you who managed to make it, I hope you enjoyed the excellent array of festive goodies and gorgeous gifts, I think it was probably the best fair yet, with lots of new stallholders and more stands then ever it was a shoppers delight!

Buttercup & Roses only had a small stand this year (mainly due to my lack of organisation and leaving it to late to get a larger space) but we tried to make the most of what we had by arranging everything in the prettiest and most christmassy way we could.

The Friday evening was a great success for us, we made plenty of sales, in fact we sold out of many items within the first couple of hours, and Saturday brought a steady flow of customers all of whom were very complementary about our things, and promising to make a visit to the shop before Christmas.

Here is a piccy Clive took of the stand on the Saturday,

There were so many fabulous gifts to choose from, the selection was huge, from yummy jams and chutneys, cashmere scarves and handmade Christmas decorations you certainly couldn't leave this Christmas fair without an armful of carrier bags.

To give you a little taste of the some of the other stalls here are a few more pics...

Hand painted furniture and fabric hearts from
'The Clotted cream furniture company'

Beautiful Italian leather handbags and silk purses

Hand thrown terracotta pots being sold by the lovely Liz straw

Absolutely beautiful handmade Christmas decorations and gifts by the gorgeous and talented Lou and Karina (who also sell there goodies in my shop!)

And the prettiest hand crafted little treats by a local textile designer.

I'm sure that after looking at the photos your all going to be eager to visit the fair next year, it marks the beginning of the festive season for me so I'm really starting to feel christmassy, I'm going to visit Hestercombe gardens on Sunday where they are running there own Christmas fair, so I get my chance to be on the other side of the table!...

Love and Hugs
Jennifer x

You are all invited to...

2008-11-03T19:03:00.001Z

I hope to see you there...

Love and hugs Jennifer xxx

Where is this year going!?!...

2008-10-13T16:37:00.008+01:00

Am I the only one wondering where this year has gone? It seems like only yesterday I was folding away the winter woollies and putting them to bed for their spring/summer hibernation.

Having the shop, I have to think about the changing seasons long before they arrive, With the gorgeous weather we have been having here in Somerset for the last couple of weeks I have quite forgotten that we are fast approaching the festive season, and only realising at the weekend that we are already half way through October, my Christmas stock ordering for the shop should of been done by now!

Having lay awake most of the night on Saturday worrying about this, I thought it essential that I spent today putting together the last of my orders.

So today has been mostly spent sat here, at my desk at home, flicking through catalogues and searching through websites picking out gorgeous gifts to fill the shop...

I have recently found a new company that sell the most scrummy scented candles, soaps and bath salts all made in the UK, I thought it would be great to introduce the new range into the shop in time for Christmas, so today I placed my first order and I cant wait for it to all arrive, here is a little taster of the things I'm having...

Isn't the packaging just gorgeous, and they smell just delicious! I know I would definitely be happy to have one of the candles or soaps in my stocking on Christmas morning!

I'm really looking forward to getting the shop ready for Christmas this year, I want to turn it in to a little winter wonderland, with twinkling fairy lights and the scent of cinnamon in the air as you come through the door...

Love & Hugs, Jennifer x

The only problem with having a shop full of beautiful things???... not keeping everthing!

2008-09-02T19:35:00.005+01:00

Its a major problem, being surrounded by all these beautiful objects in the shop all day...
sometimes the temptation just gets all to much!

Every now and again it happens, I just have to bring something home with me,
and this time it was a gorgeous french inspired mirror.

I had the perfect spot for it, with a beautiful duck egg blue
Laura Ashley wallpaper back drop and a pretty original
Victorian fireplace below I knew it would look just perfect.

I hope you'll agree that it looks pretty good,
I do have another one the same for sale in the shop,
and at a mere £75 I think its quite a good buy!...
How could you resist!!!xxx

P.S Soz for disappearing for so long again, I have had a hard time over the last few weeks and have been supporting a friend through a really difficult time, it is to personal to be posting about it on line,
I hope you'll all understand.
I'm hoping I really am back for good now! I Hope you have all been well, I have missed you all!!!x

Has it really been that long????!...

2008-07-06T16:56:00.006+01:00

Hello All!

I cant belive how long its been since I last did a post! Thankyou to all who have sent emails regarding my whereabouts (its very nice to know I have been missed!!)

Well, all I can say is that the last couple of months have been a little busy to say the least, I wont go into detail but lots of things have happened, some good, some bad, but hopefully all is back to somekind of normality now so I should be back on form and begin to blog more frequently.

.......I thought, seems as its been so long you might like to see some recent pics of the shop,
I had been thinking for a while that I ought to spend some time (and money) on the look of the shop, there were several things I had meant to do when I first took the shop on, but I was so desperate to open that I put certain things on hold.
I decided that the time had come to do these things, so we closed the shop for a week so Clive and I could work like crazy to get things done and have it re-opened a week later.
We had the floor sanded so the whole place seems brighter and lighter, we have painted all the walls in a gorgeous Laura Ashley chalk pink which beautifully compliments the new ranges of french inspired furniture that Im now selling, and Clive built me a fabulous new counter which he covered in a beautiful wallpaper...Anyway, enough talking about it here are the pics so you can see for yourself!

I hope you all like it, its been hard work but Im sure it was worth it.
The next job is to re-decorate what was the store room out the back of the shop, its a tiny space but Im hoping to use it as a (small) studio for my interior design. We've just had the floor redone, its been re-plastered and we have had some beautiful french doors put on which allows the light to pour in. Im itching to get out there and give it a transformation from dingy (and a little damp) storage space to a bright, airey and inspirational work space.

.........Jennifer xxx

Better late than never...

2008-04-02T22:02:00.011+01:00

I hope you'll all forgive me as I'm running a little behind with the post that I was going to do over Easter...But I thought that you would of all liked to see the Easter window that I did in the shop, even though its probably a little over due!..Hence the 'better late than never'!!

I have had a great time in the shop since Easter, there has been a constant flow of customers, it has given me back my enthusiasm and people have been so nice, making lovely comments about the way it looks and how much they love everything, it has given me a well needed push and confidence boost to start putting in a bit more effort (I always become a little sluggish over the winter months).
I have been working non stop trying to keep the shop well stocked and looking pretty, so please do excuse my absence as I don't seem to of had a chance to get to the computer!

I'm positive this absolutely gorgeous weather we seem to be having has had a huge effect on everyone, it seemed to turn into spring over night, I hope your enjoying it as much as I am!!

I hope to get the chance to have a catch up with some of your blogs over the next few days, thank you so much for all the lovely comments you made about my new chest of drawers, I have been feeling incredibly smug!

well girls, I'm going to have to go...I'm afraid this post is going to be short and sweet, lots of things to do....I hope you are all well and happy, I'll leave you with some pics of the 'Easter' shop window.

With love and hugs...Jennifer xxxx

I love E-bay...

2008-03-13T19:59:00.007Z

The other night though I thought I'd have a nosy on eBay to see if they had a little table that I could use in my bedroom and some how I stumbled across the most gorgeous chest of drawers, of course I thought its bound to be miles away in Scotland or something as it was a 'pick up only' item but to my delight it was only a short drive away in Exeter, I decided to have a bid, and hooray! I won it!!

Well, its way to big for the bedroom so it is now standing very proudly in my sitting room. The room has needed a substantial piece of furniture for a while (other things just seemed to look a bit lost) and this chest of drawers is just perfect.

I also had another treat this week, and that was the arrival of my long awaited (since December may I add!) Laura Ashley butterfly jug. It sits perfectly on my chest of drawers and with a bunch of daffodils it certainly brightens up these miserable days were having!

So I am back to being an obsessive eBay fan, constantly looking to try and find another fabulous item at a bargain price...I'm sure I'm not the only one like this?...Am I??? xxx