Juniorette and I have made a tea garden.
This is what we started with on each side of our front door!
Here, we put camomile, lemon balm (for tea) and basil (for cooking) as well as some annuals. Here is where I learned about some herbs for making tea.
On this side we put lavender (for tea) , basil and some pansies. Juniorette chose the pinwheel (and the pink watering can, of course.)
Adorable guinea pig hello card at FoxyandWinston. I love framing little lovely things like this!
Sometimes I think living in the UK might be worth the crappy weather. Look at this limited edition Micra convertible, only 275 made. Sigh. Drool. $15,000 WELL spent.
I find it incredibly generous and bipartisan for Hello Kitty to lend her likeness to a doghouse even if it is $30,000. I guess diamonds are a girls best friend, be it canine or feline girls.
This is my sister-in-law, Niamh's, new stove. Niamh and Aidan live in Dublin and their old cooker finally pooped out. The story is very cute: They wanted an Aga-like range that was made in Ireland, not England, so they were looking at cookers by Sorn which is Irish for cooker. After placing their order Niamh started wishing she could have it in pink and she mentioned this to Aidan. He thought she was crazy because it didn't come in pink (and truly, what man wants a pink stove?) but she phoned the company anyway, who phoned the glazers who said, "No problem!" She just told them "Baby pink" and this is what she got! Lucky, lucky girl!
I've long admired Posie's baby cardigan and a few weeks ago she announced that in this new book was a pattern for the adult version so I'm giving it a go.
She has laced vintage fabric through the yolk of the cardie which is such a sweet touch. This is the best crochet book I've ever seen - most of them are very dowdy and boring. Great if you want to crochet a green frog toilet paper holder, but not for much else. Plus, the book is a bargain at $13.57. Lots of cute stuff to wear and for the home.
Every mom gets frustrated from time to time but i was making dinner the other night and Junior would NOT keep his diaper on. Back and forth, back and forth to rediaper him (let him run naked, you say? Ok, you come clean the pee off the cat and wall.)
The last straw was when he started carrying the diaper around...
And dumping it over his gate. I was pissed off at this point because the pasta had boiled over, Juniorette had unloaded every paint tube onto one single piece of paper (Making a birthday cake for you, mommy!) I stomped around looking for a solution so I could get the damned dinner made without further chasing of small naked children.
YES!!! MOMMY WINS!!! I grabbed some packing tape from our move and you can bet your ass Junior kept that diaper on until after dinner. NOBODY messes with mommy.
Alas, I didn't find the prom dress I was after but I walked away from the formal affair with TWELVE Blythe dolls and lots of little Blythes - to my astonishment. Check Casapinka for the full story.
Husband just LOVES formal dances etc. and they were a part of life when we lived in Dublin. Well, his boss also loves them and gets tickets 4 times a year, so he tells me (it's a new job.) I'm a bit dubious because I don't like pretentious people and haven't got a thing to wear. I told husband that I'd love to wear a fifties prom dress (definitely NOT what anyone else will be wearing in this crowd) and he smiled and said "Absolutely, just be yourself."
So, Junior doesn't know it but he's coming shopping with mommy tomorrow to try and find a dress like one of these.
When we lived in Nashville I never felt like myself for some reason (probably because of my job situation.) Here, I feel like "Heck YEAH I'm going to wear me a birthday cake dress! And even BETTER if I can find one with Hello Kitty on it!
I am, however, glad that he and his friend opted out of the Dumb and Dumber tux duo of baby blue and bright orange. It might clash with my dress.
I'll let you know what I find (hopefully something fabulously gaudy. I'm giddy with anticipation!)
