Purple tulips and carnations to brighten up a gloomy Monday

Sharing my daily iPhone photos on my blog

Here we go – 20 things you maybe didn’t know about me! (in no particular order) 1. I am a jewellery designer and I sell my handcrafted irish jewellery primarily in shops in N Ireland and USA, You can see my jewellery over at www.janmarydesigns.com 2.  I have 3 kids (but the older two are…

Daily December blogging continues, please join me up to Christmas Eve as we celebrate the birth of Jesus, our Saviour. Last night we took our 3 kids to visit Santa at a local garden centre. The “winter wonderland” is created by volunteers by a local children’s charity, and all profits go to the charity. It…

Welcome to my autumnal show and tell. While gathering leaves, and enjoying the glorious recent Autumn weather, I have also been collecting various other nature items with my kids. We have found conkers, beech nuts, acorns, berries, toadstools, leaves, twigs……. We brought home a selection (but not the toadstools) and arranged them in a bowl…

Today, having waited a whole week, I finally stopped resisting and went to the new Ikea store in Belfast. Those who don’t know me so well, may not appreciate quite what a momentous occasion this was. For nearly 20 years, since I visited my first Ikea store in England I have had a passion for…

Thanks everyone for your great response to my mini-tour of around our cottage. The photo that seemed to cause the most excitement was the abandoned cottage. So as not to disillusion any of you, that despite the roses around the door, you definitely would not wish to live in it without a huge heap of…