Beautiful Soft Furnishings

Our best seller at Butterfly Lane is also the most beautiful, no surprise there!  Our glamorous and decadent throws and cushions with stunning velvet and sequin details will make your bedroom or sitting room ooze with extra indulgence. 

Each style of throw and cushion is available in gold, pewter, platinum or silver, and in a variety of sizes and shapes.

I love the idea of a smaller throw simply draped over the arm of a chair or sofa...

 

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Our Weekend Reader Offer: 50% Off at Butterfly Lane

This weekend Butterfly Lane is offering their subscribers, Facebook & Twitter friends, 50% off everything online until Sunday at midnight.  Simply enter the voucher code SUMMER50 at the checkout to redeem your discount.  Happy shopping everyone!

Here is some of our favourite bargains to snap up...

Posh Plastic Patioware!  We want it ALL!  Prices NOW from £4.00.

Frill Cake Stand, £19.95, NOW £9.98

White Jug, £24 NOW £12

Pineapple Book Ends, £45, NOW £22.50

Biscuit Tin, £24, NOW £12.00

What are your favourite Butterfly Lane sale bargains?  

Beautiful Baby Showers

When one of my oldest friends announced she was pregnant, it seemed to be the most obvious thing for 'us girls' to throw a baby shower for her, something that would have been pretty unheard of a few years ago.   This Americanism has really caught on with the twenty/thirty somethings du jour.  My friend is the first of my friendship group to have a baby so this is a new tradition for us all.  Move over hen parties which we have nailed down to a tee, personalised invitations, gifts, games and pampering, yes we can organise one of these in a heartbeat, we've had enough practice, but it's time to embrace a new party style...the baby shower!  

Bring on the baby themed cakes, sandwiches and games galore.

Of course how do you accessories this most feminine event?  An elegant and calming soiree is key with a subtle colour palette, obviously blue for a boy, pink for a girl, or a pale lemon/cream palette.  

Here are some of our favourite images to find inspiration from...

Baby Shower Must Haves:

1.  Finger sandwiches

2.  Tea from teapot and saucers

3.  Champagne (for guests of course!)

4.  Novelty cakes/biscuits

5.  Flowers for decoration

6.  Games - you an get some great ideas online

You can really infuse the 'baby theme' in your cakes and biscuits.  This cup cake tower just screams celebration!  

If you haven't got time to make biscuits, Biscuiteers make the most perfect baby biscuits around which are frankly too cute to eat!  

Party sandwiches are a must...

Coconut cupcakes...

Sweet bunny biscuits...

Embrace the afternoon tea theme with Butterfly Lane's pretty rose print cups, saucers and teapot...

Flowers are a must and add a feminine, prettiness and of course a sense of occasion.   

Welcome guests with this gorgeous wreath...

Do you have any top baby shower tips?  

Shimmer & Shine This Autumn

As September progresses I'm all about embracing the new AW trends and giving my wardrobe a new lease of life.  I have been daring and purchased a pair of skinny black leather trousers to wear with a bejewelled blouse/chunky knit combo.  However, I need the temperature to drop at least 10 degrees before I can attempt to wear my new look.  But, I promise you I'm not hurrying this glorious Indian summer away.  

Needless to say I am jumping on the Shimmer & Shine trend this season in the fashion stakes and I also think this trend dilutes brilliantly in to your home too.  I do love it when fashion transcends in to home design. 

It's grown up glamour, think silver and gold accents, sparkle and a touch of, dare I say it...glitter.  But just keep it chic and classic.  Here are my favourite rooms that subtly encapsulates the Shimmer & Shine trend for this autumn. 

This room is all over this trend!  Sparkling glass chandelier - check.  Luxurious velvet sofa - check.  Shimmering feature wall - check.  Grey and black colour scheme, with hints of gold - check.

With clean white walls and matt gold accessories this sitting room is opulent yet understated.  

(Left) A sofa full of cushions and throws really showcases this trend.  A variety of grey shades in different fabrics, shimmering textiles and sequinned details, looks just fabulous!

The Shimmer & Shine trend can carry you through the seasons, it is not just a passing phase.  With a classic colour palette and luxurious detailing, what's not to like? 

Why not jump on board and add some stunning accessories in to your home to jump-start this trend.  Here at Butterfly Lane we have the perfect investment pieces...

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'Shimmer & Shine' to cheer up these colder months.  Glamour is here to stay!  

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Back to School

We are in the last few days of August and that only means one thing to me...back to school!  Even though my school days are long behind me I still have that 'new start' feeling as September approaches.  New collections, new season, new you?  Anyway I digress...

My little nephew starts his very first school next week at the grand old age of four, *collective arghhhh*, so as all the little ones start their new school year (and new schools for that matter) with shiny new back packs and lots of funky stationary, here at Butterfly Lane we have found the coolest and most fun accessories for your mini scholars, from lunch boxes to pencil cases.  All you mummy and daddy's out there still have one week left to get organised...so we hope this helps a little bit!   

The coolest satchel of them all.  Perfect to carry books, papers and a lunch box.  We want one too! 

£45 from Graham & Green

The girliest pencil case ever.  They come in a rainbow of colours and are the perfect little accessory for your little fashionistas.  We think they are well worth shipping in from the USA.

MochiThings, $20

Bring a sense of geography to your little ones accessories with this oh so stylish 'European Sights' pencil case.  It'll be hard to decide what colour to choose!  

£10 from Blueberry Park

This bright and breezy desk tidy will make homework time so much more fun...and organised!  

£25 from John Lewis

Owls are the bird du jour so look at our grown up owls for grown up studies, here.  

Nothing makes school work more bearable than a funky pen.  This little floral beauty comes in blue and yellow too, why not collect the set.  We love!

£4.50 from John Lewis


















Hope all you little ones have a stylish and fun school year!  As my mum used to say when she dropped my brother and I off at school...''learn a lot!!!''

If all you parents need to redecorate after a crazy summer break or you are just at a loose end now that the kids are occupied in school, look at our new online boutique.  

Love: SheerLuxe

I make no secret that I'm a digital kind of girl, scouring the web for inspiration, new finds and information.  So I love it when I find a site that amalgamates everything I need in to one location, and no one does it better than SheerLuxe.com.  I have used this handy and oh so fashionable website for years.  I would be positively gleeful when I received an e-newletter from them when I worked my 9-5pm office job, giving me a little excuse to procrastinate and wander through their digital world of high fashion, fabulous interiors and beauty advice, from the very best of  what the World Wide Web has to offer.  That's right, SheerLuxe is different as it only showcases things that are available to buy online.  So these dream like products are only a few clicks away!  

SheerLuxe Homepage

I am an online shopping-oholic, I love the convenience of shopping in my pyjamas, browsing everything I need to buy from the comfort my sofa with the dog snuggled on my knee.  It's easy, reliable and adds a perk to your day when a parcel is delivered to your home or office.  It's like receiving a gift - bought and paid for by yourself but hey ho, a 3-5 day delivery time can erase that part from your memory.  

I admit it, I am bias about this online shopping malarky, I have worked in the business for years and now own my very own online boutique.  But this 'insider knowledge' has made me quickly aware of what makes a bad 'online' experience, and therefore I feel I am allowed to gloat about SheerLuxe and its usability...and above all the gorgeous products it showcases that makes my Mastercard twitch inside my purse.  

There is so much to SheerLuxe but I would recommend the following:  

• Their blogs.  I love reading new blogs and SheerLuxe have every corner covered, from beauty, fashion and recipes, pop this on your 'Must Read' list.  

• I make a point of looking through their Hot Products as they always seem to stumble upon something fabulous and new.  

• Everyone loves a bargain so check out their offers page for discounts in lots of lovely online boutiques. 

I hope I have let you in to a little online secret.  Happy browsing!

Last of the Summer Soiree

So August bank holiday weekend is fast approaching, a weekend that symbolises, dare I say it...the end of summer!  So with this in mind I think we should embrace this extended weekend and enjoy some summertime living, even if the weather isn't up to scratch.  I'm thinking Pimms, sundresses and sombreros...erm, maybe we should leave the sombrero!  

Anyway with this in mind here are some gorgeous outdoor spaces to inspire you to create a summertime oasis of your very own.  

I just love fairy lights outside, they are festive, subtle and above all oh so elegant.  I have invested in some solar powered fairy lights this year that I have simply wrapped amongst the wall climbing plants and trees, so come nightfall they sparkle.  

The Butterfly Lane al fresco collection is just so chic (even if we say it ourselves!).  It looks like your most treasured crystal but in fact it's acrylic!  This collection can also be used for inside soirees throughout the rest of the year.  I like to get cost per use out of my purchases, so I know I'll be using the stunning salad bowl time and time again.  

View the full al fresco collection here

No party would be complete without the cocktail du jour, so here is a favourite at Butterfly Lane HQ, which was first discovered at The Booking Office at the St Pancras Renaissance.  I hope you enjoy it!  

The Champagne Cobbler:

1 slice of orange

1 lemon wedge

1 fresh, skinless, pineapple wedge

3/4 oz Maraschino liqueur

4 oz Champagne 

Muddle the fruit an Maraschino at the bottom of a bar glass.  Add ice and Champagne, stir gently and strain in to a Champagne flute.  Garnish with orange peel and serve.  Et voila!  

  

Anyway, here's hoping for a beautiful September so we can extend our summertime fun a bit longer.  

Remember to look at our new online boutique!  We hope you like it.  

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