Home Comforts ~ The Tour {Part 1}
Before we begin I feel I should warn you. These photos aren't pretty. Taken a week or so after moving in, the images are littered with packing boxes, toys and general junk. They're real though, a true reflection of how we've been living for the past 7 weeks. Chaos...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Waking to the sound of the children creeping downstairs to find my sister Nicola and her boyfriend Andrew. Only the second guests we've received since moving, their arrival late on Friday night was the source of great excitement. Enjoying our warm, cosy bed for five...
Print of the Week ~ Work Hard, Play Hard & Be Kind at Oliver Bonas
I need today's instalment of Print of the Week more than ever. With a house full of bare walls desperately crying out for a lick of paint, let alone pretty pictures, window shopping for art and daydreaming about gallery walls is the only thing keeping me going. We're...
Bristol Beginnings ~ School Days
It was still raining when we arrived at the new house. We stomped wet footprints across the hall carpet on our way through and the cardboard boxes were damp by the time they made it inside. The afternoon passed in a blur as we unpacked what we could and pretended it...
Exeter Endings
Moving day. We woke up in one city and went to sleep in another. I tried to make myself useful while the two burly looking men loaded all our possessions on to the van, but the truth is I felt lost. The house looked emptier as the morning wore on and our footsteps...
Moving Day
Finally, after many weeks of waiting, today's the day we complete the sale of our sweet little home in the heart of Exeter. We have been blessed with 8 amazing years in this city, filled with nothing but happiness. I'm going to miss living here, but I know we'll all...
Our summer has mainly been spent…
This weekend felt sufficiently autumnal for me to finally accept that summer's last days are probably behind us for another year. On Saturday morning I optimistically slipped on a pretty sundress, but as the clear blue skies clouded over and the air grew colder, I...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Sleeping in. I had the pleasure of attending a wedding on Friday in my capacity as an associate writer for The Wedding Reporter. After 8 hours of extreme concentration, and almost 4 hours of travelling, I was exhausted. As Emma says, weddinglag is a thing. Waking up...
My {bank holiday} weekend has mainly been spent…
Waking up in the attic room at my parent's house in Bridport, Dorset. After our completion date was postponed, we decided to escape for the weekend and try to forget about the fact we should have been settling into our new home. Snuggling under the duvet with Jesse....
Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair ~ A Collette Dinnigan Dress and Bespoke Lila Headpiece
My best friends got married. I turned 30. A killer frock was needed. Obviously. Check out the hilarious accidental stupid face. Showing those uber cool fashion bloggers how it's done y'all! See also, my bruised knee. Pure class my friends, pure class. Good job the...
Print of the Week ~ The Bearded Lady and Her Little Friends by One Must Dash
'Children left unattended will be sold to the circus'. The perfect print to hang above my offspring's toys, don't you think? While The Bearded Lady and Her Little Friends is my favourite of all that One Must Dash has to offer, I'm also a little bit in love with...
Not Afternoon Tea at the OXO Tower Brasserie
I was all set to wind down the blog for a few weeks so we could move house and settle into our new city, but yesterday a call from our solicitor revealed we're now unlikely to complete on Friday as planned. I'm not going to lie, I'm feeling a little blue about the...
20 Things I Have Learnt in my 20s
Today I am 30. Thirty. THREE. ZERO. Far from filling me with despair, the prospect of entering a new decade has me brimming with excitement. My 20s contained some of the best {babies, marriage, university} and worst {cancer, death, depression} days of my life. If you...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Sleeping in. Much needed after a week of working in the wee small hours before the children emerge from their beds. Feeling a little under the weather. Sore throat, headache, temperature. Not fun. Drinking tea and devouring bacon and eggs for breakfast. Packing. With...
Print of the Week ~ Audrey Hepburn Art
A bumper edition of Print of the Week! How exciting! I've handpicked three beautiful, but very different, pieces inspired by Audrey Hepburn. I already own one of these beauties and I have no doubt the other two will be in my possession very soon... Yellow Flowers by...
Rainy Days
Source It's been a funny few days. Exhausting, but wonderful. Full of family and friends, but also a little bit lonely. For various reasons, I didn't reach for my camera once. Without the usual pictorial accompaniment, I can't really document the last two days in my...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Sleeping in. Snuggling on the sofa with the children. Sipping tea. Enjoying the scents emanating from the kitchen as Mr. LA made bacon and eggs for breakfast. Relishing a lazy morning. Life has been pretty full on of late, so it was wonderful to shower slowly, take my...
Print of the Week ~ Not Afraid of Storms by Emily McDowell
Be still my beating heart. A series of prints featuring quotes from classic children's books? I WANT THEM ALL. This incredible collection is the result of a collaboration between Emily McDowell and Design Mom. So far I have two, Not Afraid of Storms from Little Women...
Reading Lately #3
via my new favourite Tumblr It's been a while since I updated my reading list. After a month or so of racing through various titles, my thirst for literature stalled a little and I haven't felt much like opening the pages of a book at all. Truth is, the stress of...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
It's too hot for words. Do the pictures say it all? We've spent hours outside, bought food from the market to eat in the sunshine, enjoyed ice creams at every available opportunity, wandered round the craft fair on Cathedral Green, taken a stroll to the river, watched...
