Rua Ruth loves…
It’s been an inspiring week, spring has hit Dublin and blossoms are on the wing, here’s what I am loving along with brighter days and budding flowers…
Rua Ruth Loves…
Check these amazing lobster and fish jelly moulds which I found in the Dublin Flea Market, I am dreaming of the type of jelly or cake I will make in them, how about this? Or this? Any suggestions? I am thinking they would work for a surreal dinner party.
My Vintage Eye- Art Deco
Welcome to a new series of blog posts called #MyVintageEye where I will select vintage finds from my favourite stores in Dublin and further afield. First up is The 3rd Policeman, an amazing vintage store which I will be focusing on over the next couple of months.
Rua Ruth Loves…
It’s a week of love thanks to a certain St. Valentine so my Ruaruth Loves post this week is going to be even more rose-mantic than ever!
Lost Fashion…
I am delighted to bring my Lost Fashion History of Merrion Square tour to The Friends of the National Gallery. Thanks for joining. To my readers who may have seen this before and wondered what this is all about, I will be doing this tour again very soon so stay tuned to my Facebook page.
Rua Ruth Loves…
Hurray! It’s February and whether you like to think that this is the beginning of Spring or not it’s cause for celebration. Here’s some loves to mull over this week!
Dublin’s Best Firesides
There’s a bitterly cold wind a-blowing in Dublin this weekend, so much so it’s shivering the timbers of my little loft. The only thing that can be done is to cosy up by firesides and there is nothing better than the warmth and glow of a real, open fireplace. Here are my top three places to find open fireplaces in Dublin – perfect spots to sip a Hot Toddy, read a book or warm the cockles of your heart.
Rua Ruth Loves…
A new delivery of Ruaruth Loves through the virtual letterbox for you to enjoy this week…
Finding Fouzi
My trip to Marrakesh recently was a returning trip of an adventure I went on with my two best pals ten years ago. It was here that I met and fell in love with the most beautiful pair of Berber earrings you could possibly imagine.
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Here’s some fun tidbits I gathered from around the net, new Twitter people to follow and events to put on your radar. Guaranteed to cure the January blues.
The cup that cheers
I have always loved the idea of time travelling and I got as close I as I possibly could to this notion on a recent visit to London to see 18 Stafford Terrace – a Victorian house stopped in time.
Rua Ruth loves
There’s lots to love about 2015. Here are some of my favourite things I collected from around the web this week to get you started…
Fashion on Bridge
Arthur Fields was the Man on Bridge who for 50 years took photos of people walking over O’Connell bridge in Dublin’s city centre capturing the changing times, people and style of everyone who crossed the bridge.
Berber Wedding Blanket
My most favourite blanket of the moment is one I picked up on my trip to Marrakesh- it is a white and silver Moroccan Berber wedding blanket handwoven in sheep wool, soft cotton and linen.
A Rua Ruth Year
Its quite cathartic doing a year in review and what I have found from this process is just how much I have enjoyed sharing my adventures: from fashion history discoveries, Dublin’s hidden gems, secret Sligo spots, my Lost Fashion History tours and things that inspired me from visits to Japan and Marrakesh.
The History Dress – Sarah & Doris
I am very happy to bring you this St. Stephens Day another amazing History Dress story. This time it’s a story of style and glamour passed on from one generation to another via England, Ireland and Japan and about two people who are close to my heart Sarah and Doris Hone.
Merry & Bright
Wishing one and all a very Happy Christmas from Sligo! Anyone who knows the West of Ireland will understand how the skies roll from dark to light in the blink of an eye
Arty Friends
There is a townhouse on South Leinster Street (that’s the street that flows from Nassau to Merrion Square to you and me) which I have often passed by and enviously looked in the windows of. It is an eighteenth century house which has been beautifully woven into the modern wing of The National Gallery and is accessible only to Friends of the National Gallery.
Rua Ruth Christmas loves…
I had to do a Christmassy Ruaruth loves, didn’t I? Here’s some fun things do, read and create over the Christmas season.
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Photo above of lanterns on Pontocho in Kyoto, Japan by Ruth Griffin on Canon EOS 600D May 2014.