Tag: table arrangements
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A spring tablescape
Spring is here. The sun is shining, it has been a glorious week in the UK, weather wise. I have been busy painting rooms, washing ceilings, spring cleaning is in full swing and I am happy to do it. There is something therapeutic about spring cleaning, every morning I sneak into my garden, give it…
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An early family Christmas
In my household we have always had multiple Christmas meals due to my father being in the Army. That’s just the life you live when a member of your family is part of the armed forces. Christmas to me isn’t the 25th. It’s when my family can be together. This year I get two Christmas’s…
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Easy tablescape / table setting ideas
I love a good tablescape. One of the best places to see them is at weddings and then drinking or food events. People are starting to make a lot more effort at home and setting the table. Birthday meals and celebrations are exploding with more and more outrageous ideas. You don’t need to spend a…
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Our wedding day set up!
We got up at 7.30 and we were both mentally exhausted from the week. Planning a wedding where you have to bring in absolutely everything is so hard. Our wedding day set up was a labour of love, blood sweat and tears. Except on the Tuesday when we legally tied the knot we didn’t really…
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I have this thing with Le Creuset
Oh yes I do. It started with a sugar bowl and it will never end! 8 years ago I moved into an upside down house in Archway. The house was awesome and completely unfurnished. I had to buy everything from scratch. This meant I slept on a gym mat for a few months before my…
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DIY wedding, dying my own napkins
Our venue is beautiful and magical and it one of the those set ups where you do everything yourself. Hire everything, including the linen. It means a lot of work but then I guess it’s a bit more special. We also have the venue from the Friday till the Saturday which is amazing. We have…
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Wedding Planning; It’s all in the details
I know that my guests don’t really care that much about the details. They wont care that I have made all the table clothes and hand dyed all the napkins. They may think me brilliantly talented or absolutely stir crazy! But I love details at a wedding. Love them. To me, wedding planning, its all…