When only hot chocolate will do...

Good morning world, we're half way through the week (almost), and I'm about 100% certain that if this great British summer continues I will probably drink my bodyweight in hot chocolate (I'm all about creature comforts!) Trying to battle through the rain snapping pics on the beach battling the elements I think I earned it anyway!

In Sundays post I mentioned I'd share with you a few design layouts I've been dabbling with for my own practice (were thinking about working towards Christmas fairs). They are super simple, as I prefer to work with placement prints and play around with colour. I have mainly been working on cushion layouts but this design could be manipulated to suit other products such as lampshades, throws, tea towels and mugs.

Please let me know what you think as I'd love to get an idea of how well received this kind of look is. The backgrounds are work in progress too, I haven't gotten around to this yet but I'd like to work some hand rendered grounds in but for now I have simply selected one flat colour...

XOXO

All designs belong to LillianDaph and are subject to copy-write. 

Sunday morning bloggin' ; a blogger worth bloggin about...SARAH AKWISOMBE

Good morning you lovely lot, I've woken up nicely fuelled after half a bottle of wine and a good old sofa slouch last night - just what the Doctor ordered!

This morning I want to share with you a blogger who I'm pretty new to, but honestly she is one fiesty lady!

Sarah Akwisombe is an award winning blogger and freelance stylist based in London. It sounds like she has a gutsy 'no messing' approach to life and is hitting me up with loads of big time inspiration at the minute! 

Not just the fact that she had the balls to quit her day job and pursue her dreams in making it big in the interior styling/ design industry, but just simply for the FACT THAT SHE CUTS THE BULL SHIT.

This lady really says it how it is, which is highly admirable to see in the field as I'm quickly learning it can all be a bit pretentious.

My fave post of hers at the minute are

this one - mainly cos it links pretty strongly with where my heads at right now

and

this one - this is exactly the no nonsense approach to interiors that I'm talking about, she really ditches right and wrongs and makes it clear that a home should reflect its owners - which I totally agree with.

CHECK her out, I reckon she's the type of lady we all need to take a leaf from!

Oh and 

Get all over this list she's curated 

You'll thank me for sharing this with you I can guarantee!

Happy Sunday

XOXO.

P.s how cool is her home??!!

ALL IMAGES FROM http://www.sarahakwisombe.com