my week...

My week has looked a bit like this...lovely new floral fabrics to make lavender bags, I always feel quite sleepy making these, perfect to tuck under your pillow for a peaceful nights sleep.

I found these little blue daisies hidden away in a box of bits, they will look lovely on my handmade cards.

I love eating outside, listening to the birds tweeting away. We felt quite pleased with ourselves, as we ate the little chard leaves we grew.

My mum treated me to a pink Geranium, which I've put in the bedroom as it's a nice and sunny spot.

friday

 It's Friday already, this week has just flown by. The weather has been great, so I've been picking, eating and giving away courgettes and beans from the allotment, making handmade cards using bits of vintage wallpaper, creating a mess in the process, making the most of the light evenings playing tennis after work, or at least trying to. 

Tomorrow I'm at work, but I'm looking forward to a barbecue with friends in the evening, I'm planning to make a potato salad with dill and cucumber. It's so simple, but tastes delicious.

herbs & sweet peas

Today was a lovely sunny day as I cycled over Port Meadow to the allotment. The cows were cooling off in the water!

Too hot to do much work ....I picked some herbs for dinner and sweet peas.


Parsley, Dill, Mint and Sweet peas for colour. They all smell amazing and look great on the table.

The perfect day to sort through my collection of magazine cuttings and other bits and pieces I seem to gather. Great for colour and pattern ideas. I often keep flower and plant pictures, which help inspire colour combinations and tones.

dinner ...

After work I cycled down to our allotment to pick some veg for dinner.

This is the first time I've grown dill. The flowers are so pretty, that I picked a bunch for the kitchen. Just got back before it started to rain.


I'm sure it taste better when you've grown it yourself.