Every year I have a little search to find the perfect summer dress. I need something around knee length to cover my wrinkly horrible elephant knees and ideally nipped in at the waist because it looks better. Imagine my joy when I found this little beauty in New Look! It’s so pretty and lightweight, perfectRead More
Travel – London – Tips on Travelling with Children
A city break with a small child doesn’t have to be stressful or expensive! Here are some ways we tried to make our recent city break to London a bit less of a stress…
Getting Organised – Tips from a Work at Home Mum
Every year I say to myself this is the year I’ll be better organised. Not forgetting things, not missing people’s birthdays (sorry!) and not rushing around like a headless chicken because I need to go out to the Co-op for the fifty billionth time in a day because I need some more baking ingredients. It’sRead More
My Garden in May
May is definitely a good month for the garden! It’s really coming alive, with so much new growth and things bursting into flower. Maybe it’s that there’s a bit more sunshine? The start of the month saw the arrival of the apple blossom which is one of my favourites in the garden. You knowRead More
How We Built a Reclaimed Brick Garden Path – A Tutorial
Check out our reclaimed brick pathway! Our garden has the worst path ever. It’s some sort of pebble dash concrete monstrosity that is neither safe nor attractive. It gets so slippery in winter as the pebbles are now polished with years of use, so one sniff of cold weather and the path is like anRead More
10 Things About Me
Over on Instagram I usually try and take part in the #myhousethismonth challenge. It’s essentially a photo challenge with prompts for your daily picture. I really enjoy the challenge of having to come up with a decent looking photo for the daily theme. One of the more recent prompts was “5 Facts about Me” andRead More
My Garden in April
So I know, I’m a little late with this one but it’s been a busy old month! Wedding season has kicked off which means I’m really busy with making wedding cakes and I don’t get as much time out in the garden as I would like. The weather has also been awful! Snow one day,Read More
Day Tripping – Family Day out to Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
This Easter we decided (along with nearly every other family in West Yorkshire, it seemed) to have a family day out to Nostell Priory for the Cadburys Easter Egg Hunt they were hosting. It’s essentially a treasure hunt, following a trail and marking down the letters you get on a sheet. You hand this inRead More
Victorian Hallway Makeover – Inspiration Board
Hallways are one of the first parts of your home a visitor sees. As I have a lot of visitors (that sounds weird, but it’s not!) I needed our hallway to look clean, inviting and show off the period features. When I told Mr R that we would embark on our Victorian hallway makeover, heRead More
How to Create a Beautiful Floral Cake for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day never used to be a big deal in our house. This year however, Holly is really into it and keeps secretly making things for me that I’m not allowed to see until the day itself. So far all I know is that there’s at least 3 cards for me and some chocolates whichRead More
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