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A lovely hotel discovery (eight actually) for us and the kiddos
We’re always on the lookout for amazing child-friendly hotels in the UK and Europe, so when Luxury Family Hotels asked if I’d have a look at their selection my immediate response was a very big YES please! There are eight hotels in the Luxury Family Hotels stable, all set in very grand and marvellous historic…
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Umbrella love
(1.) Kayyam by Osborne and Little (2.) Dots and Ladybirds by Lisbeth Dahl (3.) Bloomsbury walking umbrella by Fulton (4.) Cotswold Walker by Radley (5.) Orla Kieley Tulip (6.) Cath Kidston Spot Red and Navy I’ve never managed to keep an umbrella longer than a year – they’d always get lost on the tube or the bus, or left behind at…
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The Set Table – workshop at Anthropologie Kings Road
Image: © Charlotte Bland for The Set Table To celebrate the launch of her gorgeous new book The Set Table: the Art of Small Gatherings, author and journalist Hannah Shuckburgh will be running a special customer workshop at Anthropologie in Kings Road – on Thursday April 25th from 4-6pm. Hannah, features editor at Easy Living magazine,…
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Laura Ashley April blog crush (it’s A+B)
A few weeks ago just as I was going to email Laura Ashley and ask if they wanted to be friends, they emailed me first and asked if I’d like to be their first blogger of the month. Well, yes! Absolutely! I’ve been a Laura Ashley girl since I was seven. I’d make cardboard houses…
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The Easter Newsletter
It’s warmed up significantly here since my last post. I can’t quite believe I managed to post it though! We’ve had another week of doing not much at all. I feel so unfit from having sat in the house, coughing, all week. A very cold Easter We didn’t dye our Easter eggs. We didn’t make…
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It’s warm in the kitchen
This is the centre of our home at the moment. The fireplace in the kitchen. It’s utterly freezing here. The snow still hasn’t melted and the girls and I have shivery freezing cold colds that give us temperatures and make us very very cold indeed. So we have the fire on day and night to…
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The best thing I’ve ever done for my blog
Pictured above: My Blogging your Way homework from this week: Mini brand UX and strategy scamp. Hey y’all. You might have noticed a bit of Spring cleaning going on around here of late. It’s been on the cards for some time, and after a four year break from proper blogging after Edith was born and…
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How to make a raspberry nutmilkshake (or 3)
Now I’ve got the whole almond milk thing down we’ve been having raspberry nutmilkshakes quite a bit. The kids love them. And so do I. Recipe on Lovely Food.
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Homemade almond milk – a taste revelation!
This stuff is the nectar of the Gods. Blended with frozen fruit and agave it’s the nectar of the Gods of the Gods. The minute I tasted this I sprinted upstairs for my camera because I just had to share this right away. It’s incredible. It’s silky. It’s nutty. It tastes just like the best…
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Hop Hop. Time for Easter crafting supplies!
Because I get upset when good things sell out I bought our Easter crafting supplies last week. March 29th is Good Friday and Easter Monday is April the 1st. This of course means I am going to have the kids at home for two whole weeks so I needed a bit of budget for Easter…
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Ready, steady, work
Welcome to my new little attic office. It’s little alright, but now I’ve tidied and arranged it I love it. I even have my own snowy view today. The sheep are there. And there’s the valley. My view changes every day and I love watching the seasons go by. This is where I… Write my…
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Curried cauliflower salad
Written for Sister Mag Daylesford feature. Recipe at Lovely Food.