Little me

My Dad has a new toy. It's a lense that you attach to your digital camera making it possible to take a picture of a slide, if that makes sense.

I had an email from him this morning with loads of old photos of me when I was little that were on slides, I don't even remember seeing some of them before. This is one of the 'better' ones!

Hope you are having a good weekend, I am.

Yum, yum!

Some delicious looking interiors.

I think i'm really liking that pink and green combination at the minute.

Images via Homes and Garden and Decorology

Forever Autumn

This is just one of the gorgeous pictures from Snapshot Flash on Flickr, don't you just love the Autumn colours.

Home sweet home

My little princess is home!

I went to the RSPCA today with just a glimmer of hope that she might be there and she was.
She heard my voice when I was talking to my sister and came out of the pen meowing at me. I haven't stopped crying and smiling since.
She is absolutely fine and came home, went straight to her food bowl and after troughing for ages came for a cuddle as if nothing had happened. She's now desperate to go out and play in the woods but the RSPCA have recommended she stays in for a couple, yes a couple of weeks. She will hate that.

Thank you to everyone who has sent me messages, said kind words and supported me over this last week. I want to send the biggest thank you to my wonderful sister who has had the phone glued to her ear, phoning vets, the local radio and for coming to the RSPCA with me today and crying with me. Thank you Lou. X

Now it's time for more cuddles. Have a great weekend, I know I will.

Image via Barca

I need your help.....please

I've had the worst few days. On Sunday my cat Sasha wnet out to play and hasn't been home since.

I know cats can wander off for a few days before strolling in as if they haven't been away but not Sash, she always comes home for her tea.

If you know anyone in Leicestershire please let them know about her, I just need to know she's ok. She was last seen around the Newton Harcourt/Wistow area where a lot of people walk their dogs and may have seen her.

Here's a description. Sasha is a small tabby cat with brown and black stripes, a white bib, white tips of her front paws and white back legs. She hasn't been very well lately and so is quite thin. She is very vocal and will meow at you and roll over onto her back for a fuss.

I really hope someone can set my mind at rest as not knowing where she is is breaking my heart.

Thank you.

Courtney Pine

I've had a really busy but enjoyable (most of the time) week.
The highlight has to be going to see the incredibly talented Courtney Pine play at Demontfort Hall, wow that man must have an extra pair of lungs! He blew that sax without breathing it seemed.
I also had a couple of commissions to complete which were great fun and I was quite pleased with one of the photos albums I made, it looked stunning when finished.
And now a quiet weekend ahead, maybe a bit of making but first i'm off to enjoy a bowl of pasta....yum yum!

Have a great weekend!

Wine and Olives

I've been thinking about decorating my living room for awhile now but have been abit unsure of what to do.

I have an olive (ish) green carpet which I really can't afford to replace (i'm sure my landlord wouldn't be too impressed about that either), so whatever colour scheme I choose, it has to be based around this carpet.

At the minute the room is a beige colour witht the main wall a shade darker but i'm craving some colour and light (it's a very dark room) so I was thinking of painting the walls white or at least very light and the main wall a shade of green that works with the carpet, this way I hope it will draw your eye away from it rather than walking into the room and going "wow, big green carpet", that's what happens at the minute, or at least I do.

So, still not much colour. Well my idea was to add some hot pinks, deep purples and other sumptuous colours.

I was a bit unsure as to whether this would work but then I came across these pitures from the UK House Doctor catalogue and just fell in love. This is exactly the colour scheme I had in mind and isn't stunning?
If you haven't seen the House Doctor catalogue you must have a look here, it's beautiful.

This colour board from 100 layer cake is also perfect.

I want to start decorating now! Unfortunately I have to be patient and start organising properly rather than jumping into it with both feet and getting it very wrong.

Have a great week, i'm off to look at colour charts.


Images via House Doctor and 100 Layer cake