My husband bought me a beautiful picnic basket from Wheel and Barrow for our anniversary- wicker with ceramic plates, real cutlery, real glasses, green gingham cloth napkins and an inbuilt cooler bag. So decadent for a family with two small children! It got me thinking of how the tradition of picnic baskets seems to have faded a little with the introduction of cooler bags and eskies (or ice boxes if you're out of Australia). Of course they are more practical but nowhere near as romantic. I wondered if you could still buy the traditional baskets anymore - and you can! Look to etsy for genuine vintage baskets that you can fill up yourself with beautiful crockery and linen, or there are some lovely new ones in the old style - that usually come with a hefty price tag I might add!
And if you want the vintage look but without the stress of potential broken plates and cups - go paper.
Sunshine moment....
The next thing you are going to see absolutely took my breath away when I saw them in the latest
Inside Out magazine. So a breathless sunshine moment. They are by a Czech designer called Boris Klimek, and in Australia you can get them from
Hub Furniture from $205 each. And yes, they are real working lights. Have you seen anything more beautiful for a child's bedroom? I want one. Or lots.
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