I had the good fortune to attend the launch of this years Open House at the new Olympic site in Stratford this evening. For as long as I’ve lived in London this has been my favourite weekend of the year. I’ve lost count of the amazing buildings I’ve had the opportunity to visit. My absolutely favourite so far has been the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station. For the past couple of years the weekend has ended up with a bottle of red wine at Gordon’s Wine Bar by Embankment Station followed by fireworks over the Thames as part…
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Whilst I was on holiday last week I picked up a great selection on vintage books for a swap I am participating in. I really love the old Ladybird classics and wasn’t too surprised to find a group on flickr. Ladybird are also releasing a new book to capitalise on the love for all things vintage. I can’t resist this advert and have added the book to my Amazon wishlist. I’m off to scan some pages from my latest Ladybird purchase ‘Going to School’ to add to the group!
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I have spent the day washing and ironing a small selection of vintage fabrics I picked up on holiday. I have been lucky lately, especially with this crazy Superman fabric. Some of it is destined for swaps but there’s plenty for me!
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spelt with help from flickr and here
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We’re back from a lovely week away. The cottage was perfect and if anyone is looking for a lovely cottage in a sleepy seaside town I would recommend Brook Cottage in Dawlish. The town was great, although I spent too much at Harrison’s Amusement arcade. We even found a good curry house called the Paradise Palace tucked away in a back street on our last night. Yesterday we made good use of our National Trust membership and visited Greenway, the former home of Agatha Christie, and Coleton Fishacre. The we took the ferry into Dartmouth and hired a boat and…
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We are currently on holiday in sunny Devon, staying in a lovely little cottage in Dawlish. We have been pottering around the coast and yesterday took the train from Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway to Kingswear. The weather is unbelievably gorgeous and it feels great to be out of London 🙂
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Look what my lovely boyfriend bought me! Something good to read on the long journey to our holiday cottage in Devon tomorrow.
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I’ve had a great Bank Holiday weekend, just the right amount of seeing friends, DIY and doing cool new stuff. We went to Walthamstow Stadium on Saturday night to watch the Greyhound racing. It was so much fun and I even broke even! We also finally had the time to do the Parkland Walk from Finsbury Park to Ally Pally. It was such a hot day we had to make some emergency refreshment breaks along the way at the Boogaloo in Highgate and the Village in Muswell Hill. And today I made my first item in my lovely new sewing…
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Today we made a day trip to France to pick up some booze for us and fags for my sister. We spent a couple of hours driving round Calais, completely bewildered by the local tradition of wedding parties driving around the city centre tooting their horns! Saturday must be wedding day over there. Then we drove further up the coast to Dunkirk where we had something to eat in a cafe in the main square and people watched. It was so lovely being out of London, even if it was just for a couple of hours. And now we have…