New Website and Shop!

So if you used to read this blog you'd notice that I haven't updated Pretty Porcini for some time... That's for a lot of mostly pretty boring reasons and so I apologise! The good news is, that I've started up my business again, but under a new name....

I'm still Porcini, but now I've joined up with my little sister, Button!

Here are some contact details for the new business, we still sell some golden oldies, but also a new range of products. Check out the new blog, Facebook, website, Etsy and Folksy shops to see what we're up to and receive news of special offers.

We're featured in a growing number of brick and mortar shops around Edinburgh (UK) and appear in more and more craft fairs, so maybe you could come and meet us in person!

Porcini

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Oh Edinburgh...

I've spent a lot of time indoors working at the minute...

...So to remind myself of how beautiful Edinburgh can be I checked out some of my favourite art sellers on Etsy and this is what I found...

... Ahh much better now...

... All the snow is melting now but I did get to play for a bit...

...I can't wait for next week my family are visiting, all my work will be done...

Bliss! 

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Two long months

Ok. Not the best two months. I had to close my Etsy shop for a while, and abandon the blog, and neglect my crafting to deal with some tricky situations... So here's a smattering of photos from the many things I did these past two months that I never got a chance to share...

...A rainy walk to Musselburgh along the sea front...

...The most delicious pie ever made (Thank you Rachel Allen!)...

...Is it a treecow or a treepig at Roslin? I can't decide...

...The most lovely crisp in Darlington...

...And best of all, the cutest new cousin ever!

The coolest thing about my new cousin? 

Thanks to an unusual law in France that means the mother doesn't have to be present when you register the birth, my cousins middle name really IS Danger. 

So cool!

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Fantastical Botanical Exploration!

Oh the last few weeks have been so busy... Lot's of university deadlines, my first school placement (one week down, 3 to go!) and lots of preparation for summer jobs and maybe a visit home if I'm lucky! So I decided to skive for a few hours, and meet my best friend where he's working at the minute, the Botanic Gardens!

A few more daffodils first, they are so relentlessly cheery, I wish I could be that colourful...

...and some Fritillaries to match...

...a whole mini green house of colour, too bright for my poor little camera to cope with...

...we went to the Glass houses next, to look at some slightly more exotic plants...

...and found to our surprise and delight, that due to important maintenance work...

...it is free to visit the Glass Houses at the moment!...

...I am growing some of these Begonias from a cutting, but they'll take a long time to look this nice...

...I really like this metal frog, it looks so real...

...I think I'd like some of these epiphytes in my bathroom, so I could pretend I was under a jungle waterfall and not a shower head... Though I'm not sure my flatmates would agree...

Visiting the Botanics never gets boring, everything is different each time I go there and there is so much of it to see! I'm so lucky to have this on my doorstep.

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