Lately...

24 Mar 2015





Working on a little DIY in my favourite colours // Making up sweetie bags for a local Instagram meetup // Catching up with some lovely people on the Instagram meet - capturing colourful doors and street art // Planting up little succulents - the little linking pots are my own condiment set design, turns out they work pretty well as plant pots too! // At the beach - jumping and feeding seagulls // Making cookies - the freehand, modelled ones are always my faves.  

It's Friday, I'm in love...

13 Mar 2015



Hello! I'm just popping in to say I have been featured on Painting Grace blog today. Georgie writes a series called 'It's Friday, I'm in love,' where she shares about other artists and creatives that inspire her... and this week I'm very excited to be a part of her gorgeous blog. Please do pop over and have a look here. xx

Springtime Surprise Project...

11 Mar 2015



A few weeks ago I signed up for Lucy's Springtime Surprise Project. I instantly loved the idea of joining in with this happy project . The aim was to bring a little Spring cheer to someone's day, by swapping a parcel of small gifts with a postal partner, chosen by Lucy. To celebrate the amazing connections we make with others on the Internet.

I was matched with my lovely swap partner, Laura, who blogs at We Made This Home, and also has the most beautiful Instagram feed. I so enjoyed putting my parcel together, seeking out bits and bobs I thought she might like. I completely forgot to take any pictures before I sent my parcel on it's way, though Laura has taken some beautiful photo's, which she has shared on her blog - do pop over and have a look.


I received the most wonderful package from Laura, containing lots of gorgeous goodies with some really sweet hand made touches. The pretty hand made envelopes contained seeds and treasures, like vintage buttons. I especially love the crochet garland she made, the colours are gorgeous, and the Fimo feather too. And how sweet is the little bird. It's all so very me!

Thank you soo much Laura, you certainly filled my day with Spring cheer. And thank you Lucy for organising such a great project.

Lucy will be organising a Summertime Surprise Project too - if you'd like to take part next time you can see more here! xx

scraps of us makeover

3 Mar 2015


Hello and Happy March! I do love March, its one of my favourite months I think. Though it's not officially Spring yet, there's always that feeling of making it through the Winter. The mornings are getting noticeably lighter this week, and the evenings longer. I must say though, we've not had the best start to this month. The kids have both had a horrible sickness bug - at the same time! Not fun. I'm keeping my fingers crossed I don't get it myself.

Thank you for your lovely comments on my new blog makeover, I'm really pleased with it. The new look was designed by the very lovely and very talented Claire of All the Adorables. Claire had also designed my previous header and my Etsy shop, which I loved, but was ready for something new and a bit different.

Claire and I started the process by collaborating on a Pinterest mood board, a place were I could gather Inspiration for the new design - colours, fonts or anything that would give Claire a better idea of the look and feel I wanted. I loved the idea of using a watercolour effect and some paint splatters in the design, as well as my favourite colours - turquoise, mint green and pale pink with grey and black. I also wanted a hand drawn/painted title to tie in with the watercolour elements.

Follow Caroline South's board Blog design on Pinterest.


Claire found this great hand written font, which I love, and created a brand board incorporating the watercolour graphics and colours we had decided on. This was a great way of seeing them all together before starting on the actual blog design.



We opted to keep the colour scheme pretty simple, using mainly the mint green. Though we did manage to pop in a little pink, with some paint splashes at the foot of each post. I especially love the textured watercolour backgrounds Claire made for the side bar, they keep it all nice and cohesive with the width too!

You can find more of Claire's design work here and her gorgeous blog here!