creativity in the house !

they started very sweet and quiet !

Then it got a little messy with the paint 

but happy 

& some very nice results from their work 

i love 

good girls deserve cup cakes for breakfast 

Skin Deep

ELENA ANAYA IS DIRECTOR PEDRO ALMODÓVAR’S NEWEST LEADING LADY.

photos by

SOFIA SANCHEZ AND MAURO MONGIELLO for papermag 

I love the styling for this shoot.

http://www.papermag.com

Fresh & Pretty Table Decor

I LOVE THESE TABLE IDEAS FROM DONNA HAY
http://www.donnahay.com/au 

photos Donna Hay

Sunshine in the house

Catching the sun in the mirror

photos: By Daisy

Loving Tim Walker for Mulberry

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Bed & breakfast

Home

Semana Santa on view from the bedroom window

photos by Daisy

Desert in a teacup

When you have guests to stay its great if they are creative in the kitchen, a box of chocolates, fresh strawberries and some yoghurt was the sweet finish to a lovely meal !

photos by Daisy

Marrakech decoration

Decoration in Morocco means a lot more than a quick coat of paint !

on our recent trip we took so many pictures, every surface is so beautiful.

tiled walls

room with a view

painted ceiling

painted woodwork

creating the plasterwork

Home sweet home

love & strength of a woman

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Isabel Allende has been one of my favourite writers for many years, her stories take you on adventures of epic life changing emotions. This weekend many of us will celebrate Valentines Day, a day for Love and passion. The strength and passion of the women in Allende's stories are incredible, but here she talks about real women, it is a very powerful speech, take time to sit and listen.http://video.ted.com/talks/podcast/IsabelAllende_2007.mp4

cakes for fashion week



images : pret a porter

 fashion and cakes dont always mix but who can resist?

Tiles, tiles & more tiles

Whilst looking for colour inspiration for some tiles for the courtyard here are a few images I came across

& as usual overwhelmed by choice, can we live with lots of colour without getting bored of it ? or is neutral too safe and boring .....

 I could live with a ceiling like this so guess the answer is go for colour

Getting creative now the workroom is clean !

So I had this frame hanging around collecting the dust, with a view to putting in some photographs in, but then a happy thought popped into my head.....







a few days later .....

the big clean up

we have a floor which was covered in a yellowing varnish, we scrubbed, polished and mopped endlessly but it still stayed yellow, the only way to bring it back to white was to use a stone grinder, this created an unbelievable amount of dust...

it was like living in a snow globe for 3 days , but not pretty !

I will post some images of the result later when its ready, but firstly got the workroom cleaned up so some creating could begin.

 our work room

picnic inspiration

I love this image I will make more effort for my next picnic !

pic from http://thelisaportercollection.blogspot.com

I love a picnic

What a way to spend an afternoon I took my book to read but the view was so fabulous we were happy with hours of watching the sun sparkle on the sea, finished with a cold beer and steak sandwich .... BLISS

Boxing day sunshine

The weather has been so wonderful after a lazy Christmas day a walk on the beach was an inspiration.

WEEKEND FOOD

sunday was a rainy day in  England, we are missing our Daughter who loves laudree macaroons.
so Ronnie made them for the first time to practice for her return from USA, she has always wanted
a stack of macaroons piled high, so we do need lots of practice!.
our first dainty little ones were rose and lemon , yummy....