Easy Peasy Easter Bunting
You may remember that last year, I popped round to my friend Jodie of A Handmade Cottage, to learn how to make a cushion cover. Jodie’s blog is packed to the hilt of all kinds of crafty projects and...
View ArticleI made me a Terrarium!
I am rather enjoying getting into this growing lark. I’ve got tomatoes sprouting on my balcony, mint flourishing in my kitchen, mould in my bathroom and a few days ago I was lucky enough to take part...
View ArticleTooling up for entrepreneurs
I used to work in an office with walls and people and things. There were computers attached to the desks, files in the cupboards, phones plugged into the floor and work happened there because that’s...
View ArticleLibratone Zipp Speakers Wifi, Bluetooth, Portable, Amaze
I am not a techy-whizz, make no mistake. I am often bamboozled by all things internetty, cabley, wifi-y… so when I first heard about Libratone wireless speakers, I have to admit, I was a little...
View ArticleEtsy Everyday Emporium
You may recall how much I love Etsy and their ethos from my previous post, where I also beeped loudly about how excited I was about their forthcoming pop up and how you wouldn’t have to buy anything...
View ArticleRestoring old wooden floors in a Victorian house
Floors: MINE!!! Hurrah!! Slippers: Jigsaw Ah my dear readers. Finally, we made it – the floors are done and I no longer have to breathe dust like a crazy dust-breathing dragon any more. It’s very...
View ArticleKodak has stolen my heart. All over again.
It feels sometimes, that there’s a new gadget appearing in the shops, every ten seconds. New TVs, new phones, new music systems, new cameras… and with every new launch comes more buttons, more...
View ArticleThe Crafty Fox Sample Sale at Effra Social, Brixton
Beep beep Sample Sale Lovers… Crafty Fox Market, a wonderful London craft fair, is excited to announce the first ever Crafty Fox Sample Sale. Hurrah. For one day only on Saturday 8th July the Fox has...
View ArticleJoined + Jointed
My name is Poppy and I am a furnitureholic. I really and truly am. And I’m not a cheaply made furniture lover, no siree. I’m the ‘I can’t afford that chair but maybe I can if I don’t eat for three...
View ArticleLiberty for Anthropologie
When two of your favourite brands have a love-in, it’s only right that you visit the store and dribble over everything they have created together. Liberty prints are my weakness and Anthropologie...
View ArticleDoing a side return extension on a Victorian terraced house ~ Part 2 ~
I love ply. LM loves ply. And luckily for us, our architects and builder also love ply. So creating a bespoke and beautiful ply criss cross structure under our skylights, was something we leapt at the...
View ArticleCLASS EXHIBITION An Education – Masindi, Uganda
Get your diary out NOW and put this exhibition in it NOW. Oh you want the dates? It’s April 23rd – 28th. Yes, that’s next Monday until the following Saturday. I’ve been long awaiting this exhibition...
View ArticleDoing a side return extension on a Victorian terraced house ~ Part 3 ~
You’ll have seen on my insta stories, that our renovations are now complete! But I really want to keep showing you the stages it took to get there… so this will be part 3 of 5 in total. In the final...
View ArticleMarry me, Miele (and a 20% Miele discount code!)
There are ovens. And then there are ovens. I’ve always had an oven. But I’ve never had this oven. And this Miele oven became my bestie overnight. The sort of bestie you’d give your last Rolo to. Give...
View ArticleDoing a side return extension on a Victorian terraced house ~ Part 4 ~
Sorry gang, for the delay in writing this final instalment of our side return extension building project. A little thing called Isabelle rather scuppered my writing schedule and all of a sudden 4...
View ArticleCapturing my Curlylocks with the Olympus E-M10 MKIII
Photography has become such an integral part of, not only my personal, but also my professional life. I always had a suspicion that it might. I can’t remember the last time I went anywhere without a...
View ArticleMy London Garden Transformation -Part 1 –
Having completed our extensive side return renovations, we realised that we’d been bitten by the home improvement bug HARD. However, with our previous renovations came a fast decreasing bank account,...
View ArticleMy London Garden Transformation – Part 2 –
(Following on from Part 1…) Homebase had absolutely everything I needed to complete my garden transformation and take it from Muddy Mucky Mess to Summer Haven – I was in my element strolling the...
View ArticleLiberty for Anthropologie
When two of your favourite brands have a love-in, it’s only right that you visit the store and dribble over everything they have created together. Liberty prints are my weakness and Anthropologie...
View ArticleDoing a side return extension on a Victorian terraced house ~ Part 2 ~
I love ply. LM loves ply. And luckily for us, our architects and builder also love ply. So creating a bespoke and beautiful ply criss cross structure under our skylights, was something we leapt at the...
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