I created a blue hydrangea faux wreath …. hanging on to summer a bit longer!

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Today for my Show and Tell I want to share the new garden “feature” (if you can call it that!) at our holiday cottage.Now, you may be imagining beautiful country roses, heavily scented and full of gorgeous blooms…. …..you’d be wrong! I have gone for the complete opposite – modern and minimal……. hope you are…
This morning the final AQE/Transfer Test/11 plus took place (yeah!) so my daughter can celebrate and relax. This afternoon I was able to go to my monthly beading club – this month the projects were a bit more bling-y than usual. As well as the beading and the chat, one of the highlights is always…
For the first time since getting my early christmas present of my Canon EOS 400D (aka Rebel XTi) I took some picture outside! It was wet and soon dark, but here are a few of my photos. If you are not from Northern Ireland I hope you will pause and take a look at what…
For today’s daily December Christmas blog post (yes, I have already done SEVENTEEN – where have you been?) I want to share a most memorable Christmas so I am also taking part in {Sincerely From Me To You} for the first time. This is also my Show and Tell for There’s No Place Like Home…
It’s not like us to be spontaneous! With 3 kids and hectic lives, we usually plan well in advance when we are heading north, and usually only go when we are able to for the full weekend. However, on Friday evening, with a reasonable weather forecast, we decided to drive up after lunch on Saturday….
The title of this blog, I promise, was part of the instructions that came with my new iron yesterday. I understand why companies include such warnings, but it still amazes me that it should be necessary. Today the kids finished school for the summer. We will be up at the cottage for 5 weeks, and…