Summer Holidays...

Happy New Year to You!

I'm back from our family summer holidays.... but easing into it to say the least! Like most I had a tonne of washing to get through after our wonderful travels , and had to de-decorate the very dead Christmas tree and lovingly tissue wrap the baubles and trinkets away for another year! Wow that Christmas / New Year went by fast...

So I am still lamenting in my summer daze, and wanted to share with you some gorgeous images I came across and others from from a lovely blog I follow from time to time, Brabourne Farm, and Decor8 [you may already know of]. These images just spell summer to me....

Happy Days, I'll check back soon! Enjoy & Happy 2011,

images via kate headley phtogrpahy, tumblr, pretty stuff

Oh Christmas Tree...

A number of friends have been asking me to post some photos up of our tree and some of the presents I have already wrapped and there are many more toys for little girls, including for our Isabelle, to wrap yet!

Each year we have a 'live' tree - I can't go past the smell of the pine... despite some of the initial mishaps each year in getting it to stand up! We each have special ornaments with our names - a new addition is for Miss Isabelle, and each year since we have been married I have ensured to collect a 'year ornament' [i.e. 2010]. My mother-in-law loves Christmas and collects special ornaments from each city & country she has visited - there are a lot of pretty ones! 

This year I have coordinated some of my gift tags with my wooden heart ornaments to add a folkloric feel. None the less I'm very pleased with our little tree...Hope you like it too.

 

Images by Sarah Verity - Verandah Home & Garden Living Solutions

It's Christmas Eve....

With Christmas Eve upon us I wanted to wish you all a very Happy Christmas with your family & friends - be it that you are madly wrapping presents to the last minute, eating the cookies in lieu of Santa coming tonight,

or just having a wonderful time with your loved ones...

Many blessings & I hope that you have a truly wonderful evening under the

twinkle of the Christmas lights. Enjoy x

Image courtesy of Living Etc Magazine