July 2009

yey a couple of my sunflowers have come out - there’s one in the front garden that’s now taller than me - - and there’s one in the back with 2 heads!

I found all these lovely pink flowers in my garden yesterday… these beautiful paper-like poppies are my all time favourite - - I also LOVE cosmos as they just flower and flower and flower all summer long…

I walk past this everyday on my way to work!

I had a weekend in Birmingham (middle England) with my uni mates and it was really GOOD fun!

This is Gillian & Ben’s Order of Service… [The front] [The inside] This is the front of Clare and Michael’s wedding invite… ‘Thank you, they are really lovely! Thank you for your work on these, I really do love them!’ Clare 03/06/09 And this is Heather and Chris’s Order of Service [The f…

We watched The curious tale of Benjamin Button last night which tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. It’s a brilliant film, filled with some truly touching stuff about impermanence, love and loss. Lizzy and I enjoyed a rainy trip to…

There are soooooooooooooooooo many cute designs available from Alice Palace - et le volia! The term cute is about something that is not only aesthetically pleasing but also something that puts a smile on your face and makes you feel good. “Adding cute into one’s day is all about adding that brigh…

A lovely pony postcard from Paperchase… A card published by Beaumonde…

and the celebrations continue!!

We went to eat at 5 North Street in Winchcombe last night and it was DELICIOUS - we went for their 7 course surprise menu. Before the 7 courses even began we had a Welsh rarebit appetiser and then some very cool mini loaves of bread arrived - one loaf was brown and one was white and they were att…

We’re going to be doing 5 fun things to celebrate the 5 years that Alice Palace has now been going: fill up on the good things in life! Lizzy’s ideas are: 1. Have a spa treatment 2. Sip some champagne 3. Go on a bike ride and have a pub lunch 4. Bake some treats 5. Have a game of tennis (person…