When I got married in 2003 my colour were a dark wine red and white.  I poured over wedding magazines to find the type of flowers I wanted to compliment that theme.  I looked at vendors and then I got the quote from the florist.  My heart just sunk.  What I really wanted in the... Read More »

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Getting over this sick bug has not been fun, but I am hoping that June will be a great month for heath and for some summer weather.  We will see how this English summer plays out. Going to start blogging once a week and compiling my favourite Instagram photos in one post.  A little overwhelmed... Read More »

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I have really missed the theatre. I have had at least two clients who are active in either the professional or amateur levels of theatre companies here and so its been on my mind a lot recently. I just saw and am applying for a job with a theatre company in London as a Hair... Read More »

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Self portrait for ‘You’ #maycreative #photoadaychallange #selfportrait #fashionhttp://instagr.am/p/KTEP-eok3G/ ‘Nature’ walk and take time to smell the flowers. #photoadaymay #photoadaychallange #pink #flowers http://instagr.am/p/KTGMW-Ik4C/ The masks I’m seeing by hand, embellished with a superhero logo for my son Maddox birthday party.http://instagr.am/p/KSzuopIk97/

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Maddox’s birthday is coming up and so it is time to start getting his party planning into order.  If you remember I made Ronan’s Indiana Jones invitations back in January.  For Maddox’s party this year he wanted a Super Hero party…more specifically a DC Justice League party.  I decided to tie his theme together with... Read More »

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It may not be national swede day…if one exists…but we sure love that veggie in this household! Yum! I love Swede. ‘A Vegetable’. #photoadayapril #photoadaychallangehttp://instagr.am/p/JwYhRLIk6m/ Ribs with homemade sauce and mash from swedes and sweet potatoes. #Paleohttp://instagr.am/p/Jxd7m9Ik_8/ April showers bring May flowers. But I hope the Tulips survive through the rain and cold.http://instagr.am/p/JxGd2AIk2N/ My two... Read More »

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‘A Bottle’ of vino with our Firenze cork. #photoadayapril #photoadaychallangehttp://instagr.am/p/JsZJLmIkyc/ Spring Flowers in Bloom thanks to the abundance of rain.http://instagr.am/p/JryBACIk_L/

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