Friday 19 March 2010

Make a tent

Hello lovelies! Thank you so much for entering my giveaway! And for your book suggestions. I will compile a list and post it next week sometime.

Anyway, for awhile now I've been fascinated by pretty tents. Like the beautiful one in The Holiday with Jude Law's little girl's tent.

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This was probably my favourite scene from that movie. I thought their tent was completely magical and pretty. I can see their imagination exploding in there. It made me want to build my own.

Here are a few more beautiful tents that I found.


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I know that if I ever make one it will be made of pretty sheets, soft pillows, maybe some candles , a few stars strung up and fairy lights. It would a be a place to imagine, dream and share fairy tales while drinking hot chocolate and eating cupcakes.

Have a lovely weekend! And don't forget you can still enter my giveaway until Tuesday 23rd of March.

P.S. It's Jason's 25th birthday on Saturday and I really want to name a star after him as part of my gift. He loves looking at stars and I thought then he could have fun looking for his star!


25 comments:

Jess said...

I love those pictures. They make me want to make one too

Kristen said...

I just love the tent in The Holiday. My friend Sarah and I have actually talked about building our own fort in my family room and studying in it. I think it would be delightful!!

Emma Jade said...

That tent breaks my heart! i'd let him in mine :) but not his strange alien children..
xxx

Kendra Logan said...

Those are such cool pictures!! I love them!

~Kendra

littletiara said...

ooo... I love tents! I would just spend a day there doodling, listening to music, sleeping, daydreaming, oh, and of course jude law can be there too. only him, though. lol :P

Micaela said...

"The Holiday" is SUUUUH a cute movie and that is by far my favorite scene. Jude Law in glasses? and a sensitive one at that?! my fave.

you and husband need to take pics of your tent if you make one :)

xoxoxoxo

Belen said...

oh my gosh, i looooved making tents as a kid. and often times i'd make more than one and have tunnels going from one to another. when i have kids, we're definitely making tents together. :)

Erin {pughs' news} said...

A pretty tent in which to read books by the glow of fairy lights, while drinking hot chocolate and nibbling cupcakes? Sounds heavenly to me!

_ffyona said...

I would love to spend a day in any one of these tents. Have a great weekend, celebrating your hubby's birthday!

Anonymous said...

Oooo such fancy tents!
I'd want one on a winter night, snuggling inside, with a good book and a cup of tea.

Unknown said...

omg the holiday is my my favorite movie everrrr! I freakin love it! And that scene, so beyone perfect. yaya!

Sheri, RN said...

So fun and cute! I loved making makeshift tents as a kid hehe

Anna said...

That was my favorite part of the movie too :)

Olivia: We never have grownups here that are girls.
Sophie: I know.
Olivia: I really like it.
Sophie: Me too.


Sooo cute.

Yelena said...

i just found that hookedonhouses website, and i love it! :)
love all these photos you chose.
and your gift for your hubby is so sweet! :) i hope you can do it...reminds me of a walk to remember :)

Sandra said...

The tents look so magical. sigh. :)

When I was little, my couch was in front of a window. So my idea of a tent was draping the window curtain over the couch and covering the entrances with couch pillows. lol


ps. There is an award for you waiting at my blog. :)

Cassie said...

Gracie they are all so pretty! I had completely forgotten about that scene in The Holiday - may just have to re-watch it now to have another look.

Have a super weekend
xx

BonBon Rose Girls Kristin said...

OMG, every time we watch The Holiday...I whine to my hubs that I want a bed tent like I had when I was little!

sarah-jane down the lane said...

I am right with you on the tent thing! I was obsessed by "the Holiday" tent too! I am also lusting after a Liberty print, hotchpotch wigwam I saw in RED last year,

Sarah x

OneCraftyFox said...

I know this is totally cheesy, but I can't get enough of that movie. Like seriously. lol. I adore the tent pics you posted.

Ebony Arwen said...

Just found your blog through Tegan's. So glad I did :)
These photos are so dreamy.. if I ever live alone my entire bedroom will be a big tent like cubby.

Sara said...

I want I want I want!!!

Unknown said...

Oh if only. I would love to have a pretty fairylit tent to escape in for a whilex

Sierra said...

Aww, that is so sweet that you want to name a star after him! Too adorable. Those tents are dreamy and I loved that scene in The Holiday, so sweet!

alli/hooray said...

Aw, I love tents too! Especially the one from The Holiday. What a cute, cute post!

Born to be Mrs. Beever said...

That one next to the christmas tree is super cool! I want one in my house :)