Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Living Room Reveal...

Hello Ladies!

Firstly I want to thank you all for wonderful support after my last post revealing my new venture. It is such a confidence boost to have such great friends who are happy to bestow on me wonderful words of encouragement.

Now, I was thinking, it's been a while since I showed you around the place in
this post. When my Living room looked like this....



The wallpaper was pink with (not visible in pictures) flowers all over it. Not really my taste. The curtains drove me nuts, they remind me of someone wearing trousers that are too short, swinging around the ankles!
So, I wanted this house to be dressed in a style more befitting its era. Here it is...


The curtains are from Ikea and quite a steal at 35 pounds. And the mirror; which I LOVE was 50 pounds from a 'junk shop'. I have coveted the same or similar mirror for years which I originally found here for 571 pounds!!!



I'm not sure if you can tell, but the walls are grey. The colour is "Chiltern Grey" and I love it, it manages to be grey and warm at the same time - perfect. The 2 seater in the window is a new purchase from Laura Ashley in the UK but all the other furniture is from Canada. So, there we have it my new living room. next I'll show you what I've done with the sun room so far.

Today I have a meeting with the planning department to discuss plans to renovate our barn...




...how exciting!

Have a wonderful week,

B x

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Ok, here we go...


Some of you may remember me talking about new plans...to do something new...get creative...

Well the time has come...I'm a little scared...actually I'm slightly petrified...but I really feel like, if I don't do this now, I'll never do it. I don't want to be one of those people with all the talk and nothing to back it up...the person full of "what ifs"...

...so, I am starting my clothing business...

...{Little Bee}...


it'll be small...very small to begin with...but, who knows right?


Making gorgeous skirts for gorgeous little girls...I've never had any sewing training ...but after spending last year making clothes for Eva and friends asking where I got them,
I thought...maybe this could be *my thing*?
So, this small but expensive (US fabrics are shockingly expensive and hard to get hold of over here) pile of fabric is where it all begins...


...wish me luck!
B x
Don't know what's wrong with blogger, it's messin' up my layout :o(

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Wildlife from my window...

Today was declared a 'snow day' due to the "adverse weather conditions" so, while I sat in the warm with a cup of coffee I managed to get some fabulous shots of the 'Lesser Spotted School Hopper' at play...



Unaware of me watching from the house, they were busy building a snow man...




It was lovely to see them in their natural habitat as they frolicked and played happily together...





Erm, I think they may have spotted me...







B x

Monday, January 4, 2010

The end of an era...?

Only 2 days left until school starts... we are saying goodbye to all-day bed-heads, long dog walks and chocolate for breakfast...







(that last one only applies to me; I have a secret stash I've been working my way through)...and we'll be back to early mornings, rushed breakfasts and forgotten gym bags. This has been such a lovely break, I'll be sorry to get back to the hum-drum of everyday life...



oh, but a nice cup of coffee with my feet up and a tidy, quiet house...now that sounds appealling...roll on Wednesday...!



Until then...we'll carry on with the bed heads, chocolate and dog walks...


life is good,


B x
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