New in The Yvestown Shop - Shinzi Katoh Stationery!!

With a special Christmas offer for the 2009 calendars.

And now I'll shut up about my shop ... that's for now!

I didn't tell you yet but there's a fantastic brilliant beautiful new Paumes book out!

The book is really inspiring and as Paumes always includes great places to shop I'm really exciting when I go visit Charlotte in London next week. Maybe, if the achilles allows me, we can visit one of the shops - as we don't have enough shops to visit yet!!

As I always go a bit loopy when a new Paumes order arrives. It was so lovely today with the sun shinning over the brand new lovely smelling books - there's this great new book smell over the Paumes books and each time I open the door of the cabinet the books are stored in to get books out I smell it!! Go, have a sniff, they smell great.

Good news for the people who've e-mailed me and who I have promised that the Skruvsta Slipcover Pattern would be back in stock (soon, really soon, maybe next week ...) it's finally for sale again in the shop.

As far as my house goes I have to explain to so many of you who've asked me for photos, there's honestly nothing to show but mess. You have to understand (and I do appreciate you love the things I do) but the house holds 13 rooms, a kitchen and a conservatory. The last house update was in 1971. It was horrible when we moved in and it's even grosser now we took wallpaper off, kitchen units out and walls out. There's new electricity wires going everywhere, bare floors, dust, piles of dust, cobwebs and honestly I don't really feel like posting these images on my blog because they not make me happier. Also I do not like to photograph dust, dirt and derbies. I do post the occasional "how we're getting on" photo in my Yveshouse Flickr album but that's as far I will go! As from January 2009 I'll be able to show you pretty stuff again - and I'll make sure to smear it all over the blog because I quite had enough of all the mess. Thank you though for all your interest and compliments and lovely words, you're the best and you pull me through this dusty time. xox

Today the official press release went out for the Bemz "My Home, My Way" contest at the Bemz blog, It's a Cover-Up.

I'm one of the judges amongst these really great bloggers:

Leslie Webster from Apartment Therapy
Elka Karl from Casa Sugar
Frida Berglund from Husmusen
Jules Yap from Ikea Hacker
Helena Karjalainen from Room and Serve

I'd love to enter with the Bemz slipcover I bought a while ago but it's a great honor to have been asked to judge too.

I'm really looking forward to all the entries!!

I've decided to post an uncensored daily e-mail to Charlotte. Beware of the swearing and moaning.

Hi C,

Chat soon xox Yvonne

For those of you who wonder how my home is coming along.

And Charlotte replied.

I'm never really one who participates in competitions or who likes to gamble for money or stuff. I've never in my life been inside or near a casino, I sometimes buy a lottery ticket and fantasize who I'm going to give the money to when I win. I rather like to give than to receive and I love it when I make someone happy. Happy faces give me a trill instead of emptying a fruit machine.

But .... when I received my Cath Kidston order through Charlotte today (we cheated on postage) I went a bit loopy. I'm going to win that 500 quid if you like it!

For the first time in all my CK buying years (I think I alone made her rich) I received something free as a thank you. This beautiful bag I've been eyeing on an wanted to have but is sold out all the bloody time is packed with lovely stuff and was sent to me for free!! It made me cry, it really did. It's like adopting a stray cat you don't have a connection with but you really want to badly and than when she reaches out and licks your hand .... it's that feeling people!!!

So I opened a few boxes and found all my past CK catalogs. Got a notebook out, spread it all out on the table, answered all the questions and now I'm a bit CK drunk!

I still love her though after all these years.

I love when I get new stock in.

I also love geek things like JavaScript. They have this cool free rating script over at js-kit. I've used it for the shop and I would appreciate it if you could cast a vote so that Paumes virgins know what books to get first. I already did my voting :o)

I also love the new 'Retro Paumes' page, I just ordered a few to see if people are still interested.

There's a change in the shop's currency, it's changed to British Pounds. I also now need your telephone number as someone STOLE $95.00 from me (that's a lot for indie shop keepers). And there's only a 3 day shipping waiting time as from today. Thanks again for your business!