Rua Ruth Loves…

Image via Don Clarke of Down Memory Lane via The National Library of Ireland.  Title: Four women standing at the gate to UCD, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin, Ireland. Photographer J.J Clarke.

It’s time to cosy up inside, surf the net and drink copious amounts of tea or mulled wine, here’s some fun things to enjoy along the way…

I love, love, love these velvet pom-pom slippers from Boden, they are pierrot meets elf in style.

A cool pine tree duvet print to cosy up your bedroom with from Swedish designer Elizabeth Dunker Fine Little Day . Her blog is a vision too.

A found the picture above floating about on twitter, its a picture of stylish ladies around the 1900s on Earlsfort Terrace in Dublin. Look at those sweeping skirts.

Here’s a fab mulled wine recipe to warm the cockles of your heart! Via Antropologie blog.

Looking for a Christmas fair in a romantic medieval castle with roaring log-fire, friendly faces and the most beautiful and colourful knits?  Get thee to Oranmore Castle Christmas Fair with superstar knitwear designer (and pal) Heather Finn.

Stay warm folks!