Brilliant night with Rend Collective

The children all had saved money (with a bit of encouragement from us) to take to Disneyland Paris. Prices seemed very high, as the sterling is now so weak against the Euro, but they each came home happy with their purchases. In the midst of unpacking and mountains of laundry (which I decided NOT to…

I will start today with a digital scrapbook layout I created for my neice for her 3rd birthday. I love these boxes by Paint the Moon. All credits can be found here. I am joining in with Fun Monday today for the first time. This week’s Fun Monday is easy, Mariposa is hosting and asking…

While on holidays my daughters and husband loved visiting Abercrombie and Fitch, Hollister etc.  I made a few clothes purchases – Old Navy, Gap, Marshalls and Payless Shoes but I much prefer shopping for bits and pieces for the home, or wandering up and down the aisles of the large supermarkets, marveling at the different…

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Have you ever been met off a long and slightly turbulent flight (with 3 tired kids and some slightly stressed adults) by the loveliest warm welcome and freshly homebaked cookies, fresh fruit, cartons of juice and the keys to her holiday house? And we had never met before? Welcome to the world of house swapping…