Vintage china finds from a charity shop and birthday flowers

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This has not been a great day. Yesterday, when completing my FINAL wash – yes, I could actually SEE the bottom of the laundry basket (!) our old (17 years) and faithful washing machine began to make unhealthy noises. Within 10 minutes it had to be switched off before it rattled and rolled into orbit….
Today I went with my son to Ikea, the plan being to have lunch, he would get to play in the play area while I looked for inspiration for our kitchen makeover, then we would come home. However the much anticipated play in the play area did not happen. It temporarily closed for staff training,…
There is quite a contrast between the styles of layouts I am posting here. The first is using the heritage/vintage style that first attracted me to digital scrapbooking. Here is my latest layout – Wedding Day Memories Actually, this is the same photograph I scrapped back in January, when I was just beginning in digital…
Yesterday afternoon we headed into Galway for a little retail therapy and then dinner. There were a lovely little toy shop full of amazing wooden and traditional toys and a wonderful spiral staircase Some great graffitti/wall art Winding bustling streets with the usual array of buskers for entertainment (oops – no photos of those). We went for…
Ten years ago today, I gave birth to my first child, Sarah, by caesarean section. She was 4 weeks early, and I was suffering from pre-eclampsia, but all was well, and we both got home on Christmas Eve. This photo was taken shortly after her birth, she lay beside me, eyes wide open but very…