Playing With Nature

 

  

 

 

Look, we're playing with nature, Savannah's planted some wild thyme for the bathroom.

Andreja's been making beautiful clouds for her boys' room, Justine's been printing with leaves, and I just love this idea of painting and framing pressed flowers!

Hope you enjoy my Playing With Nature post over at Handmade Charlotte today!

Snippets

How much of your home / family life should you share online?

I am still working on my speech for The Hive Conference next week and thinking about my public image. I think my blog genuinely reflects who I am, well, part of me at least. I also share lots of other snippets of our daily life on Facebook and pinterest to complete the picture.

I am a simple girl at heart, and the end of the day I will always be drawn to natural basics.  I guess that's why I'm pleased to share this link to This Is Paper's new shop.

Love!

Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

Going to the zoo, zoo, zoo

How about you, you, you?

Which one would you pick?

Love these brand new animal cushions by

il était une fois une étoile

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Trace Ta Route

 

 

 

 

Trace ta route.

Make your way.

Leave a mark.

Change directions.

Don't look back.

En avant...

I'm working on my speech for The Hive Bloggers' Conference in Berlin next weekend and thinking about how much blogging has changed my life. Kickcan and Conkers has also evolved over the past four years (already!). I'm not sure where it'll be heading in the future, but, oh my, what a journey it has been so far! 

Thank you for the inspiration:

Lydia Rump (Images 1,3, 4,5,6,9)

Erin Riley (Image 2)

Heather Shaw / Pi"lo  (Image 7)

May Babcock (Image 8)

A Modern Menagerie

 

 I joined etsy recently and I'm really enjoying it.

I've always used this site as an online resource, and thought I knew it pretty well... 

until I looked a little closer.

Every day I'm amazed by the sheer number of talented artists, makers and designers out there.

Thanks for the modern nursery art inspiration:

Tracer Walker Ink

Retro Doodler

Just Because

 

Just because

I'd hate you to miss all these fun DIYs that I featured on Handmade Charlotte yesterday.

I included one in my post but you can find all the others on De Rien Madame's blog.

They're in French but switch on a translation tool and you'll be fine!

Inspiration: Village Green

 

 

 

I'm still here!

I've been busy catching up with paper work and preparing shop orders (thank you!).

And, of course, the weather has been so lovely the last couple of days, it's hard not to want to enjoy our wild, and slightly overgrown garden.

  

I woke up early this morning and walked round the house, bowl of French coffee in hand. Such beautiful light and shadows first thing (the first photo here is actually of the reflection in our pool!) 

I think this is probably the best time of the year here, everything's so green and alive. Soon the sun will come and scorch this Southern land.

I'm still walking round the village twice a day, as well as walking back and fro from school with the kids. I'm on a health drive and loving how I feel.

If only I had a bit of extra money to buy this property that has just come on the market. It's just down the lane and brimming with oldworldly charm - sigh!

Voilà, some local news from the sunny south.

à bientôt !