Can't Stop! Won't Stop! The Small Brands & Shops Stealing My Heart Right Now

because when is better than to shop small/treat yourself/invest in a dreamy bonnet than three weeks before Christmas?!

Report a theft! My heart hath been stolen!

Being the unorganised woman I am (who likes to moonlight as a woman who has her life together, but very much hasn’t); I am in the throes of Christmas gift buying right now. I regretfully was not organised enough to do it last week when discounts were rife, heady and VERY AVAILABLE- but one of my main downfalls when buying presents is putting in intricate levels of investigative thought, and if that hasn’t been done, it’s unlikely I’ll be shopping. It’s an operation with this girl! However! It has meant I have been able to leisurely traipse across the internet, revisiting past Instagram saves and doing everything at a pace which feels far more considered and far less rushed. It has also meant I’ve discovered some serious gems along the way- and who better to share them with than you!

(I’m going to try to reintroduce some informality to my schedule over here going forward too. I’ve gotten myself into a little ‘if it’s not an essay it isn’t worth sharing!!’ cycle, and I’m so keen to perhaps share littler and more often; mainly so as well as the big gushy heartfelt stuff, I can share the smaller cool things that have piqued my interest and gotten me giddy too (and not just right at the end of the month)! I want to do a bit more shouting from rooftops about the things I like because I've forgotten how to do that a bit. My own self imposed expectations of myself come for me again!)

Anyway! The fruits of my scrolls, the apples of my eyes and the pullers of my heartstrings for your own coveting, ladies and gentlemen…