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home cooked hug

Hello! Me again, bringing you this month’s over due recipe for Aspiring Kennedy. I promise I’ll stop linking you all over the place soon, but it’s quite fun really! This is one of my favourite home cooked dinners so I felt like I had to share it over on the lovely Lauren’s blog. The flavours…

front + main feature: summer party

Happy half way point in the week! I’m very excited to link you to the first in a series of posts I worked on for West Elm‘s global blog Front + Main (let’s out a little squeal). Firstly if you’ve never visited this blog then put wrongs to right now and head over. I’m sure it…

All that gleams

DIY raw semi precious stone pendant // gem & mineral calendar // amethyst crystal necklace // assorted gem mineral soaps // rose quartz pyramid ring

enter to win

Happy weekend to you friends! You might remember this DIY from a few weeks ago. Well much as I love my fruity bags, I would love even more to give them a good home! Simply enter below to win a set of two with the pineapple and watermelon print designs. Unlike my last giveaway, anyone…

keep cool

We’ve had a real Summer over here in the UK! Who would have thought?! I’ve actually forgotten what it’s like to wear a cardigan and have become accustomed to sleeping with our bedroom doors wide open every night. All I can say is I’m very thankful for no longer having to commute each day. As…

DIY little madam cushion

I was so excited when Clemence from Oh The Lovely Things asked me to guest post over on her beautiful blog while she’s away on her hols! I’ve enjoyed her blog for a long time now so if you haven’t been paying her regular visits you’ll just have to start now. I decided to make…

blog hop

Good morning! You may be wondering what on earth a blog hop is. Basically it’s 5 questions that get passed along to 2 new bloggers each time. Thanks to Katy from Folly and Bloom who passed the blog hop baton over to me. We met at Blogtacular and did some styling together at Ellie Tennant’s…

let’s DIY a summer party

colour block food domes // watercolour table numbers // fruit kebab place cards  pistachio dipped strawberry cream pops // strawberry lemonade with printable labels // crepe paper painted garland 

something for your screen

Yes it’s that time of the month again!…Time for a new desktop wallpaper to liven up your screens and this batch certainly will. If you fancy downloading for free (not even one of your precious pennies) then just click here. Hope the rest of your day is as bright as your new background.

Yay! I’m over on the Etsy UK blog

Hi lovely people! Well this is exciting! I was asked to do a guest curation post for the Etsy Uk blog which basically means picking some lovely things from talented makers around various themes. Of course I said yes and got to work trawling through all manner of gorgeous products (it’s a tough life) to…

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