Around Easter time, our youngest son was home from London for a couple of days and it so happened that it was warm and sunny weather. He was lying on the grass in the middle of the garden while the rest of us were sitting on the terrace with our mid morning tea. All of a sudden he jumped up and declared ‘we should have a pond!’ and within 5 mins, he, along with my husband, had got the spades out of the garage and started digging.
Read MoreI mean, seriously....isn't he just darling?!?!?! In fact, this statement would apply to just about anything in the book that he came from - the latest book from Tilda's Tone Finnanger, 'Sewing by Heart'. I think the only way to describe it is 'divine'. Glorious photographs of beautiful hand made things with a Scandinavian flavour - it is an all year around book, with projects for every season.
Read MoreSo, I am hastily writing this post from a Boston Hotel Room! A trip came up at quite short notice and I am here with my 'better' half for the 4th of July - amazing! Anyway, no doubt more about that after the big day. For now, I wanted to tell you about the 'Painting Flowers' bag. From the moment I first saw a picture of this, it shot straight to the top of my 'to do' list!
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