Drink Shop & Do

Drink Shop & Do is somewhere I have been meaning to go for ages!  It's a design shop and cafe bar where everything is for sale, so the interior is changing all the time. The space is so inspiring, it's in an old Victorian bathhouse in King's Cross and is soooo pretty & the cake is good too! I feel like I'm the last person to visit this place, but if you haven't discovered it yet, go! I went with my mum and sister (in the pic below...)

Wonky Lolly

I made ice lollies for my Sister & her man last weekend.  I had to improvise a bit as I'd left making these till the last minute and couldn't find any ice lolly sticks,  so I used 3 wooden skewers ( cut the spikes off !)  which seemed to work ok. I used a combination of rum and coconut milk, pineapple juice,  apple juice, peach smoothie and cherry juice. I poured the first layer into the lolly mould with the sticks held in place stuck through a piece of cardboard. I put it into the freezer tilted at an angle for a couple of hours, took it out, poured in another colour and repeated tilting it the opposite way each time. So simple, but I think they look really pretty! 

Our colourful indian bedspread came in handy as a picnic blanket.  

Anna bought me peonies that opened up in about 30 seconds, so beautiful!

 

Happy One Year Boy Next Door

Nick and I celebrated our first year wedding anniversary on Monday. I can't believe it's been a year already.  It has been brilliant, but it's gone so quickly it's scary.

Nick and I lived next door to each other when we were kids, So our first dance was to  'Two doors down' by the Mystery Jets.  Brings me right back to the day whenever I hear this.

Family Holiday

We went to Majorca last week on our  family holiday.  It was lovely to have some good catch up family time. Seven of us went,  but my youngest sister Lily spent half of the trip in hospital, which put a bit of a dampener on things! Here are some photos of our week.

Last day of the holiday, in beautiful Palma.

Market day in Polenca.

Mum telling a cracker.

I loved this cover to the market, It was a wild blustery day and it looked so beautiful flapping against the stormy clouds.

Palm tree at our villa

Every evening, same time, same place......

Paul Simon In Hyde Park

The Sun came out for Paul Simon in Hyde Park yesterday. It was amaaaaazing!

This was my favourite moment

Peas and Pimms

The Sun was shining and we were all at home for the weekend. Yum food, sister catch ups and river walks. It's my favourite place.....

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Flower Power

 We went on a family outing to Columbia Road Flower Market on Sunday. We were there pretty late, so ended up with some amazing bargains!

Getting Carried Away with the Hen House

We had some new girls arriving at mum's last weekend. Here are pictures of us converting an old shed/playhouse into a Kitsch chicken hut! Mum had already given the shed a lick of paint, added a chimney and a drainpipe! I got there just in time for the fun part!

Gnome from Tiger

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