Back in January my friend Chloe and myself went on a last min long weekend to Krakow, Poland. The freezing day temps and snow/icey conditions didn’t hold us back. If anything it added to the magic of the city. Krakow is a the second largest city in Poland situated in the south of the country. The …
Tag: Art
Embroider with meaning
Embroidery has in the past few years become a cool creative activity. As the record player and vinyl became a trendy thing to have and own – embroidery is now a trendy thing to learn and do. I also got on the bandwagon a couple of years ago. It’s a great activity for when you’ve …
12 Etsy Finds
Here we go again with a collection of Etsy items that I currently love. Etsy has a lot of random items on it but if you dig deep enough you can find lots of beautiful things too…like Beth Victoria wallpapers and tables! 1 – Bud vase 2 – Incense holder 3 – Lamp 4 – Hanging planter How cute is that incense holder! …
Etsy Favourites: Furniture
We’ve chosen some of our current favourite pieces of furniture available on Etsy. A mix of reclaimed and handmade industrial pieces and some classic Ercol furniture – just the designs we currently love. Reclaimed wood dining table and bench From 7MAGOK These tables and benches are made with wood that has been salvaged from construction …
Michelangelo & Sebastiano at The National Gallery
Last week we visited the National Gallery to see The Credit Suisse Exhibition: Michelangelo & Sebastiano. We’ve written a short review of selected works from the exhibition and what we learnt about Mike and Seb’s friendship and careers. The artists Mike and Seb first met in Rome around 1511. Mike was 36 years old, Seb some …
“A noticeable lack of feet…”
We visited Tate Britain for the extensive exhibition of David Hockney’s 60 years of work from the instantly recognisable to the unseen workings. There were so many pieces in this exhibition it was hard to choose a direction for this review. So we’ve just chosen a couple of pieces that we liked and looked into how …
Fabric – Villa Nova
We’ve found and fallen in love with fabric. I will write a few posts like this, looking at different manufacturers of fabric – picking our favourite styles and colours from the collections. The first manufacturer we’ve selected is Villa Nova. Today I got to see and feel the new fabrics books for their Norrland collection …
Spring colours
Pantone have released their spring 2017 colours and they’re a pretty bright and beautiful range. So we’ve collected some images of the colours in action to show you what you can do with them within your home. Hope you have enjoyed this spring colour inspiration! Bethvictoria.com All images found on Pinterest
Rauschenberg at the Tate Modern
One of the current exhibitions at the Tate Modern is a large retrospective of Robert Rauschenberg’s 6o year career as an artist. Through 11 gallery spaces you are shown the journey of his work from his early experimentation to his late work with all the seemingly random and continuously experimental work in-between. We went to visit …
We’re in a gang… The Papergang
We love stationary. Papergang is a monthly subscription of stationary with the online stationary store Ohh deer. This subscription of dreams is having a little bundle of useful notebooks, beautiful designs and funny cards through your letterbox (box doesn’t actually fit through letterbox) and its pretty easy and reasonably priced to get this in your life. …