Lifestyle

  • Monday Mantra: KICK ASS

    Originally posted on My Blanc Canvas: This is the main reason why I consistently grow my shoe collection.  Today I’m going to wear a pair of python sandal heels to kick this week’s ass! Leave me a comment to let me… Continue reading

    Monday Mantra: KICK ASS
  • Today I’m loving {Beauty}

    A month or two ago I saw a photo of myself and shuddered. “When did I get so old?” my internal voice wailed. I wondered if there was any coming back from the deep lines around my eyes and dull… Continue reading

  • Taylor Swift at British Summer Time Hyde Park

    At the end of June I was lucky enough to see Taylor Swift at British Summer Time in Hyde Park. I’d seen her perform at the O2 on her Red tour last year when I was 8 months pregnant with… Continue reading

    Taylor Swift at British Summer Time Hyde Park
  • Emma Bridgewater factory visit

    Ever since our wedding in 2012 I have been building up a healthy Emma Bridgewater (EB) collection; Dots and Rose & Bee are my absolute favourites but I pretty much love all their designs. This week I visited the Emma… Continue reading

    Emma Bridgewater factory visit
  • Today I’m loving {Lifestyle}

    I have been a fan of Thornback & Peel since spotting one of their Rabbit and Cabbage tea towels in an interior design magazine. Set up by Juliet Thornback and Delia Peel and based in North East London, each intricately detailed… Continue reading

  • Holiday reads – The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins

    I have dyslexia and am an incredibly slow reader, as in ridiculously, frustratingly, tear-your-hair-out slow. As is such, when I read a book I put a lot of effort in and so I want a lot out. It has to… Continue reading

  • Lidl champagne – good or bad?

    A new Lidl has just opened up in my closest town and as I have heard such great things I thought I would give it a try. It is amazing! The bread baked on their on-site bakery is a little… Continue reading

    Lidl champagne – good or bad?
  • London by boat

    Oliver’s parents very kindly asked us to crew on an Easter flotilla along the River Thames and into the centre of London. The ten boat trip was meticulously organised by Mr and Mrs T-senior’s fantastic fellow birth holders at Windsor Marina.… Continue reading

    London by boat
  • Daddy time – Father’s day gift guide

    This is your public service announcement, Father’s day is the 21st June 2015. Holy c**p, it’s that time already! Why are men soon hard to buy for? Luckily I have put together a list of my present finds steering well… Continue reading

    Daddy time – Father’s day gift guide
  • Heatwave + Gin day = Gin lollies!

    So supposedly the UK is headed for a Summer-long heatwave starting right now *reaches for the sunglasses to shade my eyes from the glare of my lily white skin*!!!! Throw into the mix World Gin Day on the 13th June… Continue reading

    Heatwave + Gin day = Gin lollies!