George enjoying the shade in the back garden

Last night and this morning our Christmas decorations went up – hurrah Thanks to my parents coming over to take out the kids, I got time to myself to explore both the St Georges Christmas Craft Market and the Belfast Continental Christmas Market. There are so many gorgeous creations to share, but for this post…

The moment you all a few of you have been waiting for – my latest Orla Keily Reuseable Shopping Bag giveaway…. chosen at random……  and I always assumed the first entry never wins…… is……… Jo-Lynne, {Musings of a Housewife} a lovely blogger from PA, USA whose blog I discovered WAY back, when I was just…

I’ll get straight down to my lessons learned ….we have had probably our coldest but driest beginning of April ever – sun shone every day (which doesn’t usually happen!), no April showers. LOTS of blue skies! and stunning sunsets.  ….wee spring lambs are very cute ….when a new French restaurant (The French Rooms) opens in…

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

A while back I was asked by a friend to speak about my jewellery business and how I got started, having previously working in banking, to a group of ladies.  The title of my blog post was the “working title” she suggested for my talk! I was incredibly nervous setting up to speak to the…