I've never been more thankful for a big garden than when we spent the first 14 weeks of lockdown at my mum and dad's house. Both of the girls just love being outside and although we do have a balcony on our flat and a little park area just outside it definitely wasn't the same as letting them run ...
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Preparing For The New Arrival
On Monday I'll be 36 weeks pregnant. That's a bit scary. Where exactly has the time gone? Every now and then I think I'm starting to nest and then I run out of energy and just want to hibernate instead. Although, really the extent of my "nesting" so far is buying an awful lot of home stuff and ...
Anna Jacobs asks women in prison to sew her cushions
New designer, Anna Jacobs, is launching a new cushion design, Murmuration. It is being sewn exclusively by women in a high security women’s prison. Sounds reminiscent of them sewing knickers in Orange Is The New Black, right? It's definitely coming from a very different place though. Anna has ...
Hello 2016
So, here it is, 2016 eh. I used to big one for resolutions and all the new year, new me bullshit. The only thing that it ever resolved to do was make the first few weeks of a new year miserable and leave me feeling like a failure when I hadn't dropped 2 stone, got a new high-flying and super ...
I’ve Been M.I.A.
Warning, this is going to be a bit of a long rambly post. Sorry, just thought I should warn you before you start reading. So, if you're ready, grab a cuppa and settle down while I catch you up on the last few months of my life. So yeah... Wow, it's been quite some time since I posted last. I can't ...
#BEDM Home Sweet Home
When I saw that the suggested Blog Every Day In May topic for today was home sweet home I got a bit excited. You see, the weekend I went a bit mad on the John Lewis website and ordered my some happy. One of the things I ordered was possibly the best lamp I've ever seen in the world ever. Bold ...