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Life || I Am A Homeowner

If you follow me on instagram (which you should) you’ll know that I am now a homeowner (it still feels weird and unbelievable to write those words). But I haven’t written my thoughts and feelings about the whole process…

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Champagne Cork Initials

Some people save their wine corks. I save champagne corks. Sam and I drink wine on a regular basis so saving those corks don’t necessarily denote important occasions between the two of us. However, when we drink bubbles it’s…

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Frame Love

If I had my way, our home would be decked out in shabby chic furniture, soft greys and blues and whites. Since I know Sam would fully support that decision, only to make me happy, not because it’s his…

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Tissue Paper Flowers

Whilst in Stratford Sam and I went to Anne Hathaways cottage during a festival and learned to make beautiful paper flowers. (See our original effort here.) We even liked our flower so much that we had to give it…

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Making Your Own Christmas Egg Ornaments

Last week, I mentioned in a post that Sam and I have made some of our own ornaments (baubles, to Sam) for the tree from blown eggs. I had a few requests for me to show you how to…

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Learn to be Photogenic!

I’ve read some really inspiring posts over the past few weeks on how to take brilliant photographs. I can’t really provide any tips there since my own camera is being held together by a piece of duct-tape but I can…

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DIY: Chevron Painting

Happy Memorial Day! I’m not doing a weekend recap today because the weekend isn’t really over, is it? The pinnacle of excitement in my weekend was seeing my brother play tennis in the Heineken Open.   If you’d like…

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DIY LDR Painting

So tomorrow morning (at 5:30 am!?!) is the big day.  The day I have to leave the UK to go back to America to apply for my visa so I can turn around and come back to the UK.…

Baked Goods & Sweet Treats DIY Recipes

DIY Brownie Mix Jar

I usually kickstart the weekends with a recipe post but today I’m going to kill two birds with one stone and have a recipe/DIY post.  Has anyone else lusted over the beautiful Yummy Recipe Desserts in a Jar that…

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DIY: Framed First Key Together

This is a DIY throwback from Valentine’s Day that was in Sam’s basket of goodies but I decided that I’d post about this one too!  It’s the key to our first home together.  When we moved out of that…