my spring 'tree'

homemade card and gift tag

inspired by alice in wonderland

i got this image from an old book 'beast book for the pocket' and scanned it in so i could make a card for my mum's birthday. she loves horses and old ephemera so i hope she likes it.

heath park on a frosty morning

i took this photo on christmas day morning whilst on a walk with my younger sister, bella and her wire fox terrier, harry

alice's christmas house

new notebook

i found this lovely notebook in paperchase, it's by norwegian designers darling clementine. check out their website at www.darlingclementine.no

birds notecards

i am in love with these great birds notecards by jeffrey fisher, published by chronicle books

my favourite autumn picture

me under a japanese maple tree in van dusen botanical gardens, vancouver, late october 2006

shells

a beautiful book published by taschen, shells by antoine joseph dezallier d'argenville

my 'tree'

this is my wire 'tree', which is on my living room wall. i change what's on it every season, this is my autumn one. i will change it again at christmas, which is always my favourite display.

my scrap book

here's some pages from my new scrapbook, i haven't done much yet but i like it so far. there's fashion stuff at the back of the scrapbook, which i may publish on here later.

new cavallini christmas range

i love these new cavallini stickers and tags for christmas,
you can get them online at papernation.co.uk

spring summer 2010 - my favourite dresses

viktor and rolf

roberto cavalli

bottega veneta

it's my birthday...

... and i'll listen to nostalgic songs if i want to.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9lEd5bIbbQ

fashion & inspiration

great shops

the art shop, cross street, abergavenny, wales, uk

susannah, broad st, bath, england, uk

the regional assembly of text, main street, vancouver, canada

baileys home and garden, nr ross on wye, england, uk

sage femme, hay on wye, wales, uk

also...
a baker's dozen antiques, main street, vancouver, canada
granville island, vancouver, canada
la droguerie, rue de serruriers, strasbourg, france
the olde curiosity shop, hay on wye, wales, uk

favourite illustrators 2

feodor stepanovich rojankovsky

ludwig bemelmans

miroslav sasek

favourite illustrators 1

e h shepard

things that are currently making me smile

acorns
conkers
snow globes
moss
sweet peas
mountains
sandalwood
shells
scrap books
old suitcases
jigsaw puzzles