Travel Love: Morocco Visiting Marrakech Marrakech is a sensory riot: the tang of spices, the warm desert air against your face, music , food and dancing monkeys. One must not forget the dancing monkeys. And the blue! I have never seen blue like that. Blue in the sky and blue in the paint of the [...]
Travel Love: Paris The summer has arrived and I am dreaming of travel. As soon as I sense even a hint of sunlight I start dreaming of holidays and travel. I spent one summer travelling around Europe by train with my friends. In the middle of summer, in the midst of a heat wave, I [...]
Inspiration for March Link love. New music from Ireland, haunting photography, lolita style dresses, cartoons and a beautiful birdcage cake! New Music The Fallen by Cry Monster Cry. Folky smooth oak- like sound from Dublin Brothers Richie and Jamie Martin. Evora Haunting beautiful melody with Navan singer Shannon’s vocals adding a lyrical sweetness. The [...]
Inspirational Instagram users to follow Here a some brilliant people to follow on instagram. My feed is a wonderful hodgepodge of artists, photographers, bakers and stylists and all the different and beautiful ways people see their world. Humanitarian Instagram Heartbreaking and sometimes moving, these instagram accounts show a deep and heartfelt side to life. Sometimes [...]
Ikea Member’s Homes I am bashfully delighted to be featured on Ikea family live for January. I honestly thought they weren’t going to use my photos so I was very surprised when they emailed to tell me:) Go to featured members homes to read about crafty tea parties and waddling ducks and see shots of [...]
I have a big book of fabric samples and a musty old sofa that is crying out for patchworkification! Here are some beautiful eccentric examples I’ve discovered on the net.
Inspired by Links Ourit Ben Haim takes photographs of people reading books on the subway. She calls it The Underground New York Public Library and shows each photo on her blog. It’s lovely to see how caught up people are in their books; they’re on the train but each are in their own world. I [...]
With all this talk of recession and the failing economy, it is easy to forget those of us who are far more worse off. With over a billion people living in desperate poverty and degradation the world can seem hopeless and grim. Yet even with the economic doom and gloom people are still sacrificing their [...]
