Music ribbon bows

 I did some invitations for a music themed wedding a while ago and now I am working on the decorations.The bows are for the end of the pews in the church. All you need is some ribbon (preferably with wire along the edges),thin wire, wire cutters and scissors.

 Most importantly....the instructions....which I found here

Happy Easter!

Homemade hot cross buns to light up a dull and rainy day!

Another Party!

Another party.... this time at home. My son, who is studying to be a chef at Silwood School of Cookery, had to make a 3 course meal for 8 as part of his holiday project. This is the result!

A starter of caramalized onion tartlets (delicious!) with rocket, melon and parma ham salad.

Main course of lamb noisettes, roasted veg and duchess potatoes with mushy pea puree and bordelaise sauce.This isn't the best representation of this course because in all the rush of getting the meal served he forgot to take a picture, so this is a re-creation the next day.

Dessert of poached pears with custard sauce.
We also had homemade bread rolls, cheese straws and spiced almonds.Having only been at chef school for 8 weeks, all in all a pretty good effort!

Party time!

A 50th Birthday and a 21st!
Time for reflection on friends and how fast the time goes by! We met when we moved into our first houses 25 years ago. We discovered that we had both been married on the same day in1984 and bought our first houses in the same road. Our first children, mine a boy hers a girl, were born 4 months apart ....those children are now 21!

This is her daughter's 21st celebration.

The story doesn't end there...... our second children, both boys, were born on the same day!

Cause for celebration I think.

Musical Magic

Invitations for a wedding! With both the bride and groom being involved with music we thought this would be a fitting theme for the wedding!
The cover is made from vintage sheet music, bought at the local Hospice shop, and the inside printed on recycled paper.

After working with the sheet music, I couldn't resist a cutout birdcage (birds being the subject of choice at the moment)!

Peacock feathers

Peacock feathers...surely the most beautiful of them all!

Blue Collage

A blue feather led to a....

blue canary which led to a ....

blue stone.
I came across this quote(not sure by who) while cleaning up my workspace and it really inspired me to do more illustrations, even if they aren't 'the best!'

"Use the talents you posses.

The wood would be silent

If no birds sang there, except

Those that sang the best!"