This weekend we headed off to Woking to visit Auntie Adrienne & uncle Alan. Although we didn’t get chance to see my cousin Hannah (cause she was at work) auntie Adrienne suggested we go and see some of Hannah’s coursework which is currently on display at the Lightbox gallery (just a stones throw from the Read more about Hannah’s exhibition at the lightbox[…]
This weekend we headed to London to catch up with Alex and Victoria. First up we toured the many wonders of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The above (and pic at the top of this post) were two beautiful but very unusual chandeliers positioned in the entryway to the museum itself. We had some fun in Read more about Journey to the V&A[…]
So this Friday instead of going into the office I got up a little later & headed into central London with Fi to attend the knit & stitch show. IT WAS FANTASTIC! There were loads of different stalls there, we started with the colleges, who had a really unusual selection of gowns/materials on show. We then Read more about Knit & stitch[…]
Last night I headed to Ma Maison hotel (the old Oxford Jail) to see the closing show of Oxford Fashion week, couture & beautiful dresses! There was a drinks reception before the main event began where I met lovely lady Jess who was also blogging about the event We drank our share of the fizz and Read more about J’adore couture[…]
This Friday we headed off to the Ashmolean for a late night organised by Oxford Fashion week. There were models showing off designer dresses, with the chance to photograph or sketch if that was your thing (these are a couple of my favourites, there was a theme of clothing from different countries and different decades). Read more about A passion for fashion at the Ashmolean[…]
I could not name this post so without including a pic of the man himself, ladies reach for your smelling salts the danger of swooning is about to increase. (ding dong, Colin Firth will remain the ultimate Darcy for me, most dashing Austin male by a mile!). Now onto to some sewing. So about 4 Read more about Darcy, always Darcy[…]
We decided to try somewhere new for the Christmas work party this year and this beautiful house is just down the road from us. There was a warm welcome. and we got dinner and dancing inside the marque. These are my beautiful friends I was wearing a beautiful dress that I found in a charity Read more about Christmas party at Kingston Bagpuize House[…]
Jam’s best friend is called Ben. They’ve been best friends for some years having gone travelling together when they were footlose and fancy free. This year however Ben gets married to his girlfriend Gywan who is Korean. So guess where they are getting married? Yup Korea, and the best bit is that we are going! Read more about What to wear to the wedding?[…]
I got interviewed by in house magazine Parklife for their interesting hobbies feature. Unfortunately since we redesigned Parklife to look prettier we have less room for photos so although I’ve reproduced the text here, I’ve also added quite a few more piccys (as well as the one of Lisa and myself on the morning of Read more about a seamstressing interview[…]
Okay there were going to be photos of this weekend’s activities there really were till I woke up horrified I had forgotten to alter my alarm clock and ended up flying round the house in a panic, trying to get out the door as fast as I could, and forgot the cable, so these are Read more about Lost in Austin[…]