Happy Mother's Day x

 

With Love on Mother's Day.

 

To My Mum, My Mother-In-Law, My Grandmothers, Godmother,

And all Mothers - of all vocations and all children big & small.

We appreciate all that you are & all that you do - not just today, but all days.

 

Happy Mother's Day to YOU x

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Happy Mother's Day x

Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing my fabulous mum & wonderful mother-in-law, my much loved grandmothers & grandmother's-in-law, all the mummy's amongst my family & friends, you are the women we look to for fun, encouragement, approval, love & kindness. 

A Happy Mother's Day especially to all the lovely '1st time Mothers Day Mummy's' from my fantastic Mother's Group! Hope you have a truly wonderful special day xxx

A Big - Big - Big Loving Thank You to my husband, Matthew

 for giving me my best gift, our sweet little Isabelle.

Isabelle, You make my Mother's Day!
You make it all worth while - You are the Big Picture.

Love you precious x

 

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Happy Mother's Day...

Happy Mother's Day! It's My Very 1st Mother's Day & I am awestruck... completely besotted with my sweet precious baby girl, Isabelle - who is the reason I am a Mother! Isabelle is also the first grandchild on both mine and my husband's family sides - so it is a HUGE Mother's Day in our families for me, the new grand mothers, and the now great grandmother, and also a great great grandmother - Caroline who is 108yrs old in September this year! Isabelle will be the 5th generation on my mother-in-law's side! Whoa!

So it's a BIG Happy Mother's Day to my lovely Mum, Margaret - a first time grandmother; my wonderful mother-in-law [also] Margaret - and a first time grandmother, my Grandmother's & my husband's Grandmother - all now Great Grandmothers; and my husbands Great Grandmother now a Great Great Grandmother!

So whether you have children or not - where ever you are give thanks to your mum, or the person that has been like-a-mum to you, be it your mother-in-law, your grandma, your auntie, your foster mum, your sister, your godmother or a family friend. It doesn't cost much to give them a hug, or make a phone call or make them a cup of tea or coffee... it all counts. Enjoy the day! xxx

Image - One of my 1st Mother's Day cards from my lovely sister-in-law.

A Special Mother's Day Brunch...

Mother's Day Brunch table decor

Meet Our Isabelle - 2 weeks old, we're all under the Isabelle spell!

Call me crazy or call me smart - but I thought that being my very 1st Mother's Day this year, and my Mum & Mother-in-Law's 1st Grandmother's Day - with our [terribly gorgeous] 2 week old little girl - Isabelle, that I would hold a Mother's Day Brunch at our place under the pergola in the garden... It made perfect sense - everyone could come to us, which included my mum, my mother-in-law and my grandmother-in-law and the boys could cook and serve it all up for us! Did it work... it sure did and was a truly lovely memorable morning shared with my baby daughter who made my [first[ mother's day possible! Here's a few pics of the decorations I put together & a pic of our little Isabelle at only 2 weeks old and not yet at 2.5kgs [5.3llbs] here!

The decor consisted of some beautiful local pink proteas as an arrangement next to the orange juice pitcher [also my fave milk jug] on one of the tea towels I picked up at the Cath Kidston store in Convent Garden, London when I was there last year - whilst pregnant with Isabelle - I thought the colours were fabulous for the brunch and fitting for when & where I bought it!

To all the mum's, mummies [mommies], mummas out there I hope your Mother's Day was special too! S xxx

Images by Verandah Home & Garden Living Solutions

Happy Mother's Day... Mum xx

Wishing my darling Mum, my two Grandmas, my Mother-in-Law, Grandmother-in-law & Great Grandmother-in-law, and all my dear friends who are [rather new] mummies and all the wonderful mums out there a very Happy Mother's Day - I hope you have a fabulous day!

To my Mum, I love you and want to thank you for being so wonderful, encouraging, supportive and loving... from madly sewing zippers into unfinished cushions for me, for being my right hand man when we were at the markets [in the cold & rain!], to promoting me to all that would listen and for just being my mum... I hope you have had a lovely day...

Love you always, your [eldest] daughter, S xxxx

Image from Flickr

Happy Mother's Day.... 11 May

This is one of my Mum's favourite blooms - Magnolia Grandi-flora 'Little Gem' that I took a photo of for cards that I make for her. This is also one of my favourite blooms as well, I think because growing up we always had different magnolias blooming in the garden so they were always beautifully present, so much so, I had the burnished leaves in my wedding bouquet and my bridesmaid's bouquets...

Wishing all the Mums, Grandmothers, Mothers-in-law,Stepmothers, Foster-Mothers, Pseudo-Mothers, and God-mothers... A wonderful day with your families.

Love you Mum, S x x x