Introducing Petunia...



Is she not the most delightful thing you have ever seen?? I met her on Sunday and just could not wait any longer to show you. These are her friends Zinnia and Hyacinth!




Their {just as delightful} creator Nancy had a stall at the same market as I, last weekend.  Her children's fashion label Wolf and Willow is truly an amazing sight.

Nancy personifies the handmade revolution to a tee.

You can easily see that every item is made with so much thought,  love and care.
Wolf and Willow designs are based on genuine vintage sewing patterns from the fifties, sixties and seventies and are {almost} too good to wear.  Her collection consists of vintage inspired children's clothing, soft toys, bedding and accessories.




I especially love this Prancing Pony Pinafore 
In her description of this dress she says "I make precious things that children will treasure and remember long after they are grown".... well Nancy this is certainly one of those.
Nancy will be working on a very special tee for Miss Louise so it won't be long before I can show you a few more photo's of her work 
Why not pop into her Etsy store, Blog or Facebook page and say hello!
All images are from her blog

My Office

When I was designing the office in our new house I kept going back to the same picture everytime - one that had lots of storage, a place for my computer and somewhere that was bright.

Here is the photo I showed our cabinet maker ...


And here is the result ...


Lovely shelves that fit all my folders and boxes.


A desk in the middle of the room where you can do paperwork (or scrapbooking).


Another wall of bookshelves and cupboards for books, photo albums, scrapbook supplies, magazines (my husband gets a small section of this side for his pile of "things").


A dedicated space for my computer with doors underneath that can open and you can slide your chair under (sorry the doors are closed in these photos but you can open the doors and they slide back under the bench and it turns into my computer station)




I love my new office so much that I spend hours in here - I also have a thing for kikki-k boxes and folders and I love pink!

Bubby Makes Four...

Dear friends,

I have a not-so-secret-anymore to share with you. Something amazing, surprising, exciting, and maybe... just a wee bit frightening?

It would appear that in late August bubby will make four!

Yes folks, a miniscule mini-me is growing inside of me at a rapid rate of knots, and plans to join us in late August. I am thrilled of course, but two under two? Am I made of strong enough material?

A little over year ago, I recall all too clearly my obstetrician pressing a birth-control prescription into my (still fluid swollen) palm. I was then 7 weeks postpartum and assured him there really was no need. I would never EVER be doing this again, in fact I could not imagine why ANYONE would go back willingly and do it all again. When I got home, I tossed the prescription into the garbage. Falling pregnant with Fern had been, quite frankly, a horrific nightmare with many many many fruitless and heart wrenching months of nothingness on that tell-all-pee-stick before finally our prayers were answered. I expected it to be the same this time, when and IF we ever decided to go through it again.

But life can serve you up a whammy sometimes, and literally 5 seconds after my, you know, 'systems' returned to normal at the end of last year I fell pregnant. Just like that. And that is apparently how it goes, its just this stuff normally happens to other people. You know? I am humbled.

Anyhow, I've decided (for now) that seeing the only reason I can think of to find out the sex of the baby is for decorating purposes, I've decided that this time I will keep it a surprise. That I can come up with an inspired, gender neutral nursery an interior designer would be proud of. We'll see!

But let's play a little game. I want to know what YOU think - girl or boy? Leave your prediction in the comments section and after I have the baby, I'll randomly draw from the correct guesses. The winner will receive a handmade monkey softie. I am currently sewing two - one for a girl and one for a boy.

Here's a picture to give you a clue of the gender:

(yeah right, its my baby and even I cant tell one end from the other?!?)

Love your camera

today I had the privaledge of attending Angie Baxter's first photo workshop. It was a day of learning, photographing & many tips on how to use my camera in many different ways. I highly recommend this workshop & getting to spend a day with the amazing photographer Angie Baxter - lunch was yummi too!




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here are some of my photos from today







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