Sunday Sunshine

Hello everyone, how are you doing? What a nice weekend we had here! Bristol on Saturday (see previous post) and a sunny, spring-like, family day on Sunday, wandering around, blowing bubbles and playing in the sand. Perfecto. And I finally felt like taking a few pictures again too - yay!

And look at my daughter - I think she has seen so many triangles, she is wearing them too! I very much approve of course. That’s a boy’s H&M hoodie, which I was thinking of getting for myself, but then thought I should get it for Maisie, not me! And she wears it all the time. She was very tired yesterday, having been to a sleepover the night before and not going to sleep until after 4am. I have a feeling she’s going to enjoy a bit of a party when she’s older.....uh-oh!

Blue Skies Of Bristol

On Saturday, Francesca and I went on a little outing to meet our friend Lou in her hometown of Bristol. We arrived to beautiful blue skies and warm sunshine (and Lou of course!). A pleasant stroll around the town followed by lunch, where it was so nice to be able to sit and chat without having to keep chasing after toddlers! A much needed break from the norm and I look forward to next time. I hope you’ve all had lovely weekends :)

p.s. As you can see, I didn’t take many pictures...

At Home

I mentioned we’ve been making some changes at home. We are getting there, but still not quite done! Here are a few pictures of some tidier/finished areas! Elephant from Happy Home :) 

New desk lamp (Maisie has my old one for her new desk). This is an Ikea one. Something I’ve been working on there in the background too....

My beautiful Cable And Cotton lights - there will be plenty of photos of these me thinks!

Some things we’ve had a while, but have been moved around. ‘Badger' plate, ‘Badger' print, ‘House’ card.

I’m feeling much better about our home now. It’s pretty small for us, but we’re trying to embrace the fact (kind of!) as the location is so nice. We had to sacrifice space for location/area when we made the move to London. I’m glad we did it that way around though, despite my weekly rants about having no space!

Anyone else attempting some spring home refreshing? I recommend it!

Have a nice day :)

Awards

Hello. I have received a few awards of late, and as always it has taken me ages to get around to saying thank you here. Thank you to Emma and Jenny for the Sunshine awards! 

This involves answering some questions and then passing it on to five other blogs.

Favourite colour? - Tricky. At present, neon pink.

Favourite animal? - Ok, some of you know this already (please don’t hate me), I don’t really like animals......sorry!

Favourite non-alcoholic drink? - Tea please.

Facebook or Twitter? - In an ideal world, neither, but seeing as I’m not on Twitter, I will say Facebook.

Favourite number? - 8. For its symmetry.

Favourite day of the week? - Which ever day Dan has off work.

My Passions? - Taking pictures, blogging, creating, designing, drawing, music....maintaining a happy family!

Getting or giving presents? - A bit of both is nice.

Favourite pattern? - Ummm....triangles!

Favourite flower? - Grape hyacinths and blue hydrangeas. I like blue-ish flowers.

I am going to pass some sunshine onto - 

Albert And The Lion / Bare Wunderbar / Last Day Of May / Little Buckles / Mimi Mouse / 

Enjoy your sunshine and thanks again ladies!


More awards to follow, but I’ll save those for another day, as you don’t need to read too much about me in one hit!

Finding

More lovely finds for you today! I really like these new embroidery hoops, part of the ‘Onions’ series by Lana Pelana! Fun, fun, fun :)

A fantastic 1970s Italian plastic organiser! Gorgeous peachy colour and would be very useful for storing all kinds of stuff! From here. I want it!

I love this 'Girl With Flower Hair' pin badge from Hello Possum. It’s in a lovely matt finish too, which makes it extra appealing, I reckon!

Cool skirt alert (well I think so anyway!). From here. Sold you say? Ok, I bought it!! It’s unlikely I will ever model it for you - I know you’re really sad about that...

Nice pouch. From Corium. Lots of great stuff in this shop. 


Hope you like them :)


In other news....


▲ Have a look in Lou’s shop. She has some fab new postcards!


▲ I really enjoyed hearing about your 'Doctor Martin' wearing days. Thanks for sharing the memories!


▲ Oh my, I completely forgot to tell you that I illustrated a piece for issue 2 of 91 Magazine - have a look here, it’s a quality little online mag :)

Blossom And Boots

A little stroll yesterday involved sunshine, blossom and Maisie’s DM boots. Just as I wore in 1993 (these are hers, not my actual ones from 1993!). Who else wore them? Or still wears them? Nothing wrong with that of course!

I hope you've all had lovely weekends.

Colourful Friday

Hello Friday and hello you! I’m feeling pretty darn happy about my new Cable & Cotton lights today! I picked my own colours (blimey, that involved some pondering!) and am delighted with the results :) We’re having a big sort out and rearrange at home, having just signed up for another year in our too-small flat. Lots of storage solutions are the key. I'll take some pictures once we’re finished. I bought a new print too that I had been eyeing up for aaaages and I looove it! Will show you next week.

My March (March already?) links are in the sidebar too - check-1-2-check-check-them-out!

Happy weekends! ♡

p.s. Sorry for the lack of posts lately - It’s all this mum/shop/wife juggling I’m trying to do. It’s a bit tricky, but I wanted to say thanks for sticking around - I hope you can bear with me :)

Pattern

Hello. I’ve been drawn to a lot of bold patterns of late, so here are a few for you today :) I like these notebooks by Amy Minto.

My daughter Maisie and I are big fans of Lazy Oaf. This Pineapple T-shirt is coo-el! Find it here.

Sofia has been busy making these gorgeous hand-painted necklaces. Love them! Check out her shop, Hey Sosi.

These socks are from Lazy Oaf too. I can’t remember the last time I wore plain, one coloured socks. The bolder, the better I say!

And finally, a bear? Triangles? Winning combination and great colours say I! By Becky Kemp of Sketch Inc.

Enjoy your days - I hope they’re colourful (that sounds so cheesy, ha!) :)

Oooooh and it’s a leap year - Anyone celebrating a Birthday today??? 

Bits And Pieces

Howdy! How are you doing? Did you have a nice weekend? After a crazy week, the weekend turned out to be a lovely one. Sunshine, a trip to the park to see the deer, a home date night with the husband (I tore myself away from working for a change - doesn’t happen very often....poor, neglected husband!) On Sunday morning, Bertie got straight to work with his lego, or ‘wego’ as he calls it!

What I was mostly doing last week......I have been one of those people that are really annoying to stand behind in the post office! All good though of course!

Dan treated himself to some nice coffee from Monmouth. I always like packaging more than the coffee. Not the biggest coffee drinker, me,

And we had a Sunday muffin delivered by some nice people on bikes. This was our third time. If you want to know what that’s all about, go here! Maybe you could enter yourself, if you’re a Londoner! It’s nothing rude, in case you think I’m directing you to some dodgy site once you’ve clicked on the link!!


Have a nice day - I hope it’s a sunny one :) ♡

I Want To Say...

Good Morning. I am just popping in very briefly to say a massive THANK YOU to you all! I have had an overwhelming response to my new tape, and as I sit amidst many tape mountains, I am feeling very happy (and slightly stressed out at how much packing I have to do!) Your tape/orders will be with you very soon! I could do with an assistant right now (and not Bertie - to be honest, he’s not the most helpful in these situations!).

Have super, lovely great weekends and hello to new readers! Thank you for joining in!