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Laura Ashley SS24 collection
I am a homebody, there is no denying this fact, I love my cosy home and it takes a lot to make me leave it..apart from the school run/ dog walk/ yoga sessions and occasional brave venture to the local pub to meet up with friends (they make excellent chips). Yet the call of Laura Ashley was like a siren call from the crashing waves of the big smoke. You…
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Decorating for spring summer encouragement
Ne’er cast a clout ‘til May be out It’s raining, it’s 11 degrees and I regretted my clout casting on my dog walk this morning…but the burgeoning hedgerows, the slightly flattened cow parsley and the appearance of a peony bud after 8 years of trying to grow peonies has inspired me to take fingers to keyboard. The Hawthorne is out (the ‘May be out’ is possibly an allusion to the…
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A magical happy day at Perchill Farm with Sarah Raven
Earlier this year I was contacted by the Sarah Raven team: would I like to work with them? I pulled on my wellies, added a smudge of soil to my cheek and asked what time I should arrive. They sweetly explained that they were more hoping for my expertise with regards to styling and writing rather than actual flower propagation, I slowly removed my over the elbow leather gardening gloves…
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Styling an Instagram photo – building a picture
Creating a vignette and building up a ‘story’
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The third and final instalment of Christmas Magazineing
Kate moved into this stunning building in Hertfordshire two and a half years ago. When she first viewed the property it had been empty for a long time and the previous tenants had left this beautiful old converted pub in a hideous mess. When I viewed the property It smelled so appalling that I kept having to pop outside to take in clean air! Kate – @myoldpub Kitchen doors were…
