June 2015

AN INCREDIBLE ORCHID (& TIPS ON HOW TO KEEP ONE)

CURRENTLY, in my home live six orchids. In different varieties and different colours. Yes folks, I am rather obsessed with them. I love orchids, they’re elegant, long lasting and just incredibly pretty without being too showy. They live happily anywhere in my home – I have them in my living room, hallway and kitchen currently – and are incredibly easy to look after. (Which is another reason why I probably

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GIFT IDEAS FOR DEVOTED DADS

SOMETIMES when I see my husband with my little girl Elsie, I want to cry. Because as Dads go, let me tell you, he is something else. Kind, patient, loving, funny and totally and utterly devoted, I could not have wished or hoped for a better Dad for my daughter. His love for her is so evident and a total and utter joy to behold. In fact, as corny as

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BECOMING CHOOSY AS A BLOGGER (& WHY IT’S IMPORTANT)

ONCE you’ve been blogging for a while, the emails start appearing. And boy doesn’t it feel good?! Your inbox which was once pretty quiet starts to become a hive of activity and the fabulous happens – brands start to approach you! They want to send you stuff and pay you for stuff and you do a great big leap of joy because you’ve made it! This blogging malarky is paying

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GYPSY CARAVAN HOLIDAY: A MAGICAL TIME IN ‘THE LAKES’

I’VE been on many holidays in my lifetime. And I’ve seen some truly wonderful places. But I don’t think a holiday has ever touched me quite so deeply as this one – a short two day stay in a beautiful painted gypsy caravan in The Lakes. We stayed in the spectacular caravan at The Blue House Bed & Breakfast in Ayside, a beautiful location just ten minutes or so from

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SPONSORED POST: THE FUTURE OF OUR KITCHENS WITH IKEA

  THE other night I was cooking tea with Elsie, teaching her to make lasagne. It was an ordinary moment in our ordinary lives, but yet for a moment or two, I could have almost closed my eyes and gone back in time. To one of the moments when I was cooking with my mum, as a little girl, back in our (then) state of the art eighties kitchen. Some

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