Around London Town

Oh my, I'm a terrible blogger, letting days and days go by! I've lost my blog mojo lately, which I imagine is not very nice for my friendly readers, now is it? It's not your fault I'm in a blog slump. I haven't been feeling too chatty lately, but I'm usually knee deep in pictures, or get that way once I've been out and about on the town for a few hours. So to keep you entertained until I have something more exciting to share, here's a bit of what I've been up to: strolling around town, walking along the river, and having tea. Sounds nice and looks pretty in pictures too. Oh and I did get a fun new lens, a Diana lens and adaptor to use on our regular camera. It's supposed to give off a soft focus or dreamy effect, and so far it's really fun. The first two pictures are with the Diana lens and the others are with my iPhone.

Walking along the Thames in Richmond. 

Strolling around London, crossing the Westminster Bridge, looking at the London Eye.

On the bridge, in the other direction, Houses of Parliament. 

Oh yes, and I had tea at Haymarket Hotel, which I posted about recently. Unfortunately the conservatory room was unavailable (that's the room my friend recommended, the one she said was like having tea inside an Anthropologie), but it was still great. I've become sort of an afternoon tea junkie. 

All Mixed Up

For a while now I've wanted to collect mixed plates and teacups. It's only taken me forever to get started! I'm not sure why. I see pretty plates and teacups at thrift stores and flea markets all the time. But these two above did the trick. One vendor had both of them, and they just looked so pretty together. I'd like to collect mixed plates just to use everyday but also to hang a collection on the wall. My colors are yellow, green, red, and blue, so I'm looking out for any plates that have those colors or combinations of colors. I also bought these teacup trios below.

More on teacups later, though, back to plates for now. I've seen lots of inspiring plate collections, and here are just a few. The last example from Patchwork and Harmony is my favorite, and she also has a good post on how to hang them using invisible plate hangers. 

From top to bottom, I found these here: one, two, three, four, five.