Spring

I love Spring...blossom...open windows...washing on the line and beautiful spring flowers everywhere. My kids have been out on the trampoline everyday and I have even been tempted to curl up in a nice quilt in the evenings and sit out on the deck with a nice cup of tea...only the British would do that!! We have even had our first barbecue of the year and we mean to carry on!!! So here's a few photos from my morning walk with Bailey...

Yesterday, I made some spring table arrangements for an 80th birthday party at The Carriage Hall in Plumtree....spring flowers are so colourful and they smell divine!! I used simple pastel coloured enamel containers and let the flowers do the rest!!

Enjoy getting outside this week and doing the things that remind you of how beautiful our world is!! xx

Carriage Hall Wedding Fayre

I had a great time last weekend at The Carriage Hall Wedding Fayre meeting lots of lovely brides who always inspire me with their dream wedding ideas! I dressed a table with 4 very different place settings to hopefully inspire more ideas!!

A summer garden wedding with lots of personal touches inspired this blue and yellow theme using jam jars to hold bunches of freshly picked flowers...lemon place cards...pin wheel napkins...and favours of lovely home made jam!

For a bright funky wedding with a bit of a twist I added sliced limes to this arrangement of hot pink and lime flowers. How about a quirky apple place card and a lovely fabric heart favour for your guests?

A more traditional, classic arrangement of white roses and stocks, vintage style favours, pearl and diamanté napkin rings and vintage frame place cards!

For a soft, romantic look I used pale pink hydrangeas in white glass cubes with a co-ordinating place card and favour box and finished with a floral chair back arrangement...

Another chair back arrangement in a fresh, country garden style..

Finally a hand tied bouquet using classic white flowers and foliage with some diamanté detail...

Thanks for stopping by!

I think my dog is talking to me!

Every morning I come home from dropping my kids off at school and he's always waiting...ready...knowing this is his turn now to go out!! But in case I didn't realise this he has recently taken to having my things ready so we can go straight out the door! Over the last few weeks, Bailey has decided that once I've left the house he is going to find my gloves in the basket on the stairs and take them to his bed, hold them in his paws and wait...so this is how I find him...

So over the past few days I have decided to test his commitment to communicate and have hidden my gloves under piles of scarves and gloves...but no...he still finds them and waits! He has made his point! So it is off to the car...how can I refuse him??!!

Whether he loves me or the walk more I have yet to find out!!! Have a great day!

Happy Sunday!

I love Sundays! Family time, mad walks through the woods, family dinner and some comfort pudding like tonights choice...Bread and Butter pudding...does it get any better than that?! So today the sun was shining and we headed out with the dog for a very wet adventure as you can see for yourself!

Jon decided to teach Ethan how to make fire in the woods...it took a while....but wait...wait...

FIRE!!! Ethan was very pleased with himself!

Josh then decided to go into full survival mode and took to the trees as a commando with his branch gun!

Still with his gun!!

And just to make sure they were properly wet, they decided to go through a culvert at the stream...fun times!!

Happy Sunday!