Friday, March 5th, 2010
It’s Oscar weekend. I love the Oscars. I would sit up late at night as a kid and watch them and then when I was at drama school my classmates and I would discuss the winners with such passion the morning after as we waited for classes to start. I remember being so passionate about [...]
Friday, February 5th, 2010
Bright colourful corners are so welcome in my house right now and for the past week I’ve walked past this table and it’s cheered me up no end. Not only can I smell the candy and the sweets wafting up but it’s so cheery that I cant help but be cheered by it.
Creating a table [...]
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
I’ve decided to create a table full of all things things ‘Valentine’s Day’ and I’ll show you everything that it contains over the next couple of days. But today is the day of these super simple candy favor bags with a Valentine trim.
I have used clear cellophane bags to hold various bon-bon’s, chocolate covered almonds…….oh [...]
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
This February we’re starting our Valentine’s celebrations early and have had a rather sweet and tasty start by making these fondant fancies. These cakes are so nice to receive as a gift or a favor and don’t have to be made only on Valentine’s Day. They are also perfect for Baby showers, Weddings and all [...]
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
It’s the eternal question? Do we have Turkey for Thanksgiving/Christmas or something else? Some folks, my Dad for instance, would never let us hear the end of it if we served anything other than Turkey on Christmas Day.
A fictional conversation now takes place…
“Do you remember when you served that other thing on Christmas Day, Chel?”
“What [...]
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
So, in light of yesterday’s revelation I thought that it may be a good idea to put my money where my mouth is and really explore all there is to do within the lazy, hazy days of Autumn and pottering about in general, all the while maintaining my slower pace of course. The simples that [...]
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Halloween is a great time of year, especially for children. Trick or treating, dressing up, apple bobbing, carving pumpkins… it’s all so much fun for the small ones. But let’s be realistic, not all towns, cities and villages are as safe as we would like to think when it comes to allowing our children out [...]
Thursday, September 17th, 2009
This I like.
Seasonal colour.
Berries picked from around the garden and hedgerows.
Yellow, red, green and deep blue.
Plonked in a jam jar that used to contain pasta sauce or jam and tied with odd lengths of ribbon that had been sitting in the drawer.
I use this idea on my tables all the time so if you’re reading [...]
Thursday, September 10th, 2009
Fig, Pear and Walnut Salad Recipe with Lunch Under The Tree
I have filed this article in the Entertaining & Celebrations section of the site as well as the Food & Recipes section. There’s no one coming over, no event going on, it is simply lunch under a tree. The tablecloth is a piece of fabric [...]
Thursday, August 27th, 2009
I still have a glut, a glut I tell you, of sweet peas. This comes from picking them almost daily and not letting the seed pods develop for too long. They have kept my vases filled for weeks, grown very tall and created a wall of sweet peas along one side of the fence. This [...]