Lately...

Big waves // Blue pebbles // Beach hut colours // Pink sky // Hydrangea flowers // Pink berries, white berries, red berries // An empty beach // Flying geese.


Merry Christmas! Wishing you all a wonderful break. xx

Lately...

Morning sky // Evening beach walk //  Walk in the woods // Choosing pumpkins // Webs in the garden // After school beach jumping. x

Bits and Bobs...

Painted pebbles // Spotty leaves // All the greens // Sun prints // Felt balls // All the browns // Hydrangea flowers // Pink seed heads.

Isle of Wight

A couple of weeks ago now, we spent a few days away on the Isle of Wight. As somewhere I grew up, moving to the 'mainland' about 10 years ago, it always feels good to go back and visit. It's not really somewhere I appreciated at the time, finding the ferries to get to concerts or shopping trips a complete hassle. But taking the kids back now, I realise just how beautiful it is, and what a wonderful place it must be to bring up young children.

A visit to Blackgang Chine had been much looked forward to. There had been lots of talk about it in the upcoming weeks before our break. Archie was excited about revisiting cowboy land and choosing a cowboy gun with his pocket money. Elizabeth enjoyed panning for gold, carefully picking out the little tiny nuggets to exchange for a shiny gold coin.

The kids love playing on the sandy beaches there, building sandcastles and collecting treasures, as I did when I was little. And there where lots of treasures to be found. We picked up pocketfuls of coloured sea glass and smooth pottery pieces, along with a few fossils and hag stones. I do love searching for treasures in new places, there's always something interesting to be discovered.

Smoke Bombs and Bumble Bees...

Working on some little DIY's in shades of green // More stamps to go with the pretty ones sent to me from Janice in my Summertime Surprise Project // Drawing on pebbles... and paper // Playing around with coloured smoke bombs // Dissected Cornflower // Faffing with flowers // At the beach // Decorating some plates for my wall with stickers and Lazertran decals (you can find a previous DIY here!) // New wooden buttons in the shop // All the pinks!


Hello! Hope your all having a good week. I cant believe we're nearly half way through the holidays already. The time seems to be flying by - we've not yet managed to tick anything off our list of Summer plans.

I'm hoping that the Sunshine will return again soon... its all feeling a little too Autumny right now, and I'm not ready for it just yet! xx