*squinting is so 2011*

*squinting is so 2011* by jojomccarthy featuring heart shaped sunglasses

{Dear readers, I am not known for my sunglasses collection but I am known for my perma-furrow in my brow. Not this year folks! Although I lived for almost 4 years in the tropics and went without any kind of eye protection, 2012 is my year for frames that mean business. Seen any you like?}

*summer loving*

*i actually hate the daily mail but they did take a good photo

{Check out the Pimms chair in lovely Bournemouth....as I type this, I am sat sipping a Pimms by the river in lovely Barnes, with my beau, feeling very alright ta! Have a wonderful weekend dearest friends and enjoy the sunshine in your part of the world and if it isn't sunny come to Barnes and play with us!}

*kitchen?*

{Isn't it great when your friends take fun pictures like this and you can swipe them from their blogs?! Thanks Becks!}

*delightful!*

{Dear readers, please right this second go to the wonderfully pretty blog griottes, where food meets colour in the most beautiful way!}

*i wanna dance with somebody...*

{I made these for the lovely ladies who went to the Swing doo a few weeks ago! Instagram by the delicious Liv}

*one for the girls*

*the most glorious wall you've ever seen, non? Yeah...seriously, its a handmade wooden wall!

*she makes



*she bakes


{I am suffering from serious life-lust. I discovered brooklyn to west quite a while ago....get me....but this amazing lady's work has been showing up all over blog world lately and I felt I had to comment. This woman is my inspiration. I heart cakes and I heart carpentry and I heart making stuff. So this gal is definitely up there in my estimations with actual real-life friends of mine who can drive JCBs and cranes, who can grow delicious vegetables and who teach people to be happier, who can cut their own hair decently and make their own furniture, who can dance and swim underwater and give sound advice and make jewelry and dresses and knock em dead cocktails. It seems I am blessed with many outrageously talented women in my life and this post is for ya'll. I heart you}