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29 Mar 2014





This lovely necklace is from my friend Bex's shop Ampersand Commodities. Bex has just relaunched her Etsy shop with a new range of necklaces using miniature embroidery hoops - so sweet! This one is from a collection called 'stitch & strung' and she also has a new range called 'warp & weft' with beautiful needle weaving.

To celebrate the new look of her shop Bex is also offering 15% discount using the code freshsheets1

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and a lovely mothers day tomorrow! xx

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25 Mar 2014









Hello! I'm just popping in to say I have listed some new mini wall stickers to my Etsy shop. I now have packs of coloured raindrops and also packs of black mini clouds. There will be lots of cushions and other bits coming soon too - I just need to try and get some decent photos of them first!

Hope your having a good week! xx

Isle of Wight...

16 Mar 2014























Yesterday we spent the day on the Isle of Wight. We got the Red Funnel car ferry from Southampton to East Cowes. The kids absolutely loved it on there - Archie especially! He was fascinated by the docks and all the big boats going by.

On the Island we we drove to Alum Bay. Unfortunately the chairlift down to the beach wasn't working (I think we were still a bit out of season) but the kids had fun filling their chosen bottle with layers of coloured sands taken from the cliffs there.

We spent the rest of the day on Appley Beach in Ryde. I grew up on the Island and this has always been my favourite beach. My Nan worked in the kiosk there when my mum was small and she spent much of her childhood on the beach. I too spent many days there with all the family when I was little so it has great memories for me. It was lovely to take my own kids and see them enjoy it so much. They loved building sandcastles, paddling in the rock pools and finding pretty shells.

On the way home we enjoyed the most beautiful views - the moon shining one side and the sun going down the other! A lovely end to a wonderful day, something we definitely hope to do again soon!

Bits and Bobs...

14 Mar 2014

















▲ Jumping in the sunshine!
▲ some early morning iPad watching in my bed
▲ Painting on a little moustache... and then forgetting
▲ My girl, getting oh so big!
▲ And the boy, dressed up as Fireman Sam for world book day
▲ Hello happy Springy flowers
▲ Our first daisy chain this year
▲ Windy walks along the beach
▲ Feeding the ducks... and the swans
▲ Beautiful dew drop covered webs from the fog this morning

Have a lovely weekend all! xx

Monkey nuts!

3 Mar 2014









One of our favourite things to do together - taking a bag of monkey nuts to the park to feed the squirrels.
This sweet little one was particularly hungry for them!

Hello March...

1 Mar 2014

























Hello March, I'm so glad your finally here!

I love March, I think it might even be my favourite month. The 1st always feels like the beginning of Spring to me and I'm happy to be leaving the last couple of months behind! The weather has been just beautiful here today and it certainly feels like the start of a new season!

This was my February from my Instagram, there was:


▲ Collecting beach treasures
▲ Changing around prints in the girls room
▲ A new plate from here
▲ A walk in the woods
▲ At the beach
▲ Making biscuits with my cutters from here
▲ New knobs for Archie's drawers
▲ Us - Hello!

Wishing you all a lovely weekend and a wonderful Month! xx