Dionne is one of the most talented bloggers I know!  Her blog, City of Dionne, is filled with gorgeous layouts, pretty illustrations…and so much eye candy, you would think you’ve fallen into a fairy tale.  She was so sweet in sharing so much about her life and home and beautiful treasures with her “bookshelf” today…

Technically, this isn’t a bookshelf.  But it once sat in a library, and is familiar with books, so my library card catalog pretty much acts as a shelf of some sort in our home.  My husband Brian got it for me, and it’s my favorite piece of furniture – I love all the little drawers and how they go back really deep – I keep all sorts of little collections in this.

First of all, my husband got me this lovely piece to house all my tea cups.  I LOVE tea cups.  I collect them, and am always on the lookout for unusual pretty little treasures to add to my collection.  So about two rows of these drawers house my growing collection.  A lot of these drawers also hold little ramekins.  I am constantly baking, so these are the perfect size to stow away my little creme brulee cups and tea cake molds when not in use.

Another thing I like to collect are children’s books.  Anything with gorgeous pictures, or a quirky story – I find great joy in finding a good children’s book, even though we don’t have any kidlets of our own just yet.  My two favorites are the ones in this image.  One is called “The Incredible Book-Eating Boy” which is about a boy who eats books to learn information, but gets stomach aches from it.  The other is called “Memorial” and is a war memorial in my home country of Australia, with amazing illustrations.

While it’s not a children’s book – I have an old, old copy of Shakespeare’s works, filled with old lithographs and sonnets and plays.  I love the ornate gilded cover, but most of all I love it because the word Shakespeare on the front is spelled incorrectly, hahahaha!  Something so beautiful with such a huge flaw, hahahaha – I love it!

I love to cook, and my husband does not – so whenever he does cook, it’s cause for celebration in our home.  One time he made handmade spring rolls, and I couldn’t resist taking a photo of such a rare event.  I have this photo displayed beside a picture of my Mum and my Aunt – two ladies that I really love and admire, and who have helped shape my life.

Something that I always have with me is a camera.  I love photography, and always have.  Back in high school I was always snapping pictures of all my friends, and in the moment, they complained about it – but today they all look back wishing they had taken photos like I had.  I can’t really display my digital camera, so I have two little vintage brownie cameras to remind me to capture every possible moment.

Thanks for taking a peek at my library card catalog and it’s little friends!

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Thank you, Dionne, for sharing all your treasures and stories with us!