Me & Mine is a project I have seen many times before Lucy at Dear Beautiful and I always thought “I’m going to do that . . .” and then promptly forgotten about it. It’s such a lovely idea, we take a photograph of the whole of our family each month and write a little … Read more
You may, or may not have seen my post from yesterday but it really put a downer on my week. I have not been feeling well this week, migraines are plaguing me at the moment and since stopping breastfeeding that ‘time of the month’ has been a killer for me. Add to that an autumnal … Read more
Slice of Life Photography is the brainchild and baby of my friend Marie. Marie is an inspirational woman who has turned her dream into a reality. She has always loved photography and so when her youngest daughter started school (with Little Bean) she seized the opportunity to turn her time at home into a business … Read more
Despite numerous walks recently in search of these beautiful blue flowers we finally found what we were looking for on the path between Whitwell and Barnsdale at Rutland Water thanks to my friend Karin. The Beans were amazed when they saw the blue/purple hue stretched out before them beneath the trees. As you can see … Read more
You may have noticed that I have quite a thing for photographs, I take HUNDREDS of pictures every week. Even Jelly Bean has started saying ‘cheese’ before saying Mummy, I guess I only have myself to blame. Photography has come on such a long way these days in that displaying photographs in a simple frame … Read more
Any child of mine needs to get used to having a camera in their face 24/7 because I LOVE photographs, I love looking back to see all the beautiful (and not so beautiful) stages that they have gone through. Even now with Little Bean at the age of nearly 5 years old, it’s hard to … Read more
You have probably seen a few blog posts flying around at the moment with some really gorgeous canvasses of family photographs, treasured children and memories. Well I too was offered the opportunity to receive a special canvas of my choice from Photo-canvas.com but it takes me AGES to make up my mind. Some people love … Read more
After the success of our last trip to BeWILDerwood we decided to go there again so that Curly could experience it. He enjoyed it so much he actually said that he wanted to live there permanently and guess what, I am now the coolest StepMum in the world for suggesting today’s trip!! I think I … Read more
It was a busy week for Little Bean with World Book Week at preschool and a catch up at Burghley House with our best friends. It didn’t quite go to plan though.