Down by the River Lagan

I am back with another review of 2015 – this time I am collecting all the various ways I decorated our home this year – often just a few wee seasonal touches, sometimes makeovers involving chalk paint and more …. read on …. Vintage sewing machine (it still works!) and twinkly lights Decorating with candles…

Continuing with my plan to post daily until Christmas Eve about my Christmas decor, plans and memories today I am sharing…a cushion and a blanket! I love to keep a few items which just appear in the month of December, apart from the obvious Christmas Tree etc. I bought this cushion a few years ago,…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog – my 10 year old has fully entered into the Geocache spirit, and will now agree to walk anywhere if there is the possibility of locating another geocache find. This morning we found 3 caches in the Bushmills area, and included some beautiful views and a walk…

It has been a week of contrasts here at our cottage near the sea there have been warm (yes, actually warm!) sunny days and wet and very damp days there has been the crazy busy of CSSM for the kids (but they wouldn’t miss it for the world) and quiet afternoons making jewellery or walking…

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As regular readers know, I only agree to reviewing products/services which I know interest me, my family or my readers. When approached by The Handpicked Collection to check out their gift brochure and website I spent a happy hour checking out their suggested gift ideas – by age, gender, occasion, budget etc I was genuinely…