how to peel garlic in 10 sec and links for the weekend

I love his face when he shakes the bowl :). I'm definitely trying this soon...and if you do, let me know if it worked for you.
I have been trying to catch up this week on loads of work from two previous weeks, got some sort of flue, which wiped me out for couple of days, but I'm feeling much better now. This weekend will be slow one, no visits, no parties or excessive drinking or eating. Perhaps trip to a seaside or museum, read a book and think about life...

Couple links for your weekend:

iphone cases?

clever and pretty book invites

Landcrousers, watches, leather bags and other manly stuff....

nice kitchen splash back

address is approximate - short video

beautiful and simple wedding styling

honey hunters from Nepal

how incredibly cute....

have a good one!

ombre

Or you can even make something like this....pink or yellow ombre pom pom would be delicious as well....

promise done with paper decorations and the word pom pom for now....

how to make pom poms

I promised you last week I show you how to make pom poms. Incredibly easy and effective. I have been using them for almost three years now, birthday parties, child's rooms and every time people ask how I made them and say how much they like it. They are just really pretty...

travelling with babies on your own

I'm over at Emma's blog - The Marion House Book, talking about travelling with babies. And yes if she tells me to skip through duty free zone with her, I do it. I prefer happy baby to screaming one at the airport. Luckily she is now at that age when she prefers to smell the perfumes....

Head over here to read the full article.

if I was getting married ... 8.

This time in romantic summer countryside....
all photos from here

and Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there!

have a great weekend

I mentioned Herriott Grace few times now. This film is so worth watching. Made me think a lot about my current life and work choices. Very beautiful.

couple more things to read:

I wish I write down these

and you should never worry about past and disappointments

just for you

These pictures have been so popular lately and I love creating them. I realised actually how little I pay attention to some songs and how beautiful some lyrics are. A lot of them are first wedding dance lyrics, all sorts of love songs and there have been some very unusual choices as well. The other option for this picture is a poem or wedding vows. The other day we had the sweetest ever poem written by a husband to his future wife. I would love to be there when she received it...

The picture comes in 3 different backgrounds, two colours frame choices and 4 different fonts. Delivery 7-10 days. Head over to our shop for more info. 

homemade popsicles

Last week I made strawberry yogurt popsicles for the party. It was so busy and so much was happening I forgot to take them out the freezer. So just had two for my breakfast. I saw few receipts around blogs and on pinterest so decided to have a go myself. I usually can't be bothered with measuring things so I just mixed everything together. I mashed strawberries, added greek yogurt, sugar, freshly squeezed lime juice (only little bit), and to make it  a bit more creamier added coconut milk (tiny bit a again). For 10 of them I used whole pot of yogurt. When it comes to sugar, strawberries and milk just add bit by bit to your taste, to make either more fruity or creamy. I also made couple of them only yogurt mixed with peach jam. yummy. 

photos and styling by me

neutrals

Some photos from Design Sponge I liked lately. Beige paradise.
Photos from these home tours: this one, this one, and this one. 

orange dress

I feel like I'm slowly becoming British and talk about weather all the time. But how awful! It's middle of June and it's cold and rainy, I saw people wearing boots and winter coats today. Just so....whatever..

So in that really grey and depressing mood and weather I love to find images like this. I saw the first photo a while ago and loved it straight away. I'm not into orange that much but who wouldn't love that dress? I certainly do. And they look so happy, relaxed...and cool. But let's not ruin a nice evening with my moaning. have a good one!...The full wedding story over here. 

And have you noticed my new design? thank you so much Ana from Blog Milk.

party time

On Saturday Anya had a quite big birthday party. Initially we invited few people but in the end everyone turned up and we had at one point 21 children and 40 adults in the house. A. had amazing time with all her friends. We booked a kids entertainer, which was great with that amount of children, ate lovely food, and even the weather was perfect. We made the pompoms last week together and I think I might keep them there for a bit. So optimistic. She got a t-shirt from Bob & Blossom with number 4, which she proudly wore in the morning before changing into a party frog. She was given some fantastic presents from her friends and I bought her this really cute handmade bear. She now calls it Cliffi. 

she is 4 today

Anya was born at 3.30am 4 years ago and she's the best thing that has ever happened to me. 

hectic week

Yes it's been a very hectic week, loads of work, new projects, A. on school holidays, theatre, nice dinner, late working nights...

We are having a big party at the weekend so I leave you with these images from a wonderful photographer Kristin Perers.  Please head over to her portfolio, real gem of eclectic, "non styled" images. 

Have a lovely weekend!

and this short film is so nice from Herriot Grace....

you are the best dad

In gold. Handmade letterpress card available here or here. 

for the love of sport

Or shall I say for the love for my man I created couple months ago this poster. Unfortunately M. can't play rugby anymore due to an injury but its still his passion or shall I say obsession? So as football and cricket....I get annoyed with him so much checking scores on his phone while I try to have conversation with him. But hey I have this space, pinterest, flickr etc. and spend probably much more time reading others people blogs. 

The poster comes in five colours and you can chose rugby, football, cricket and golf.  I chose witty and famous quotes from each chosen sport. The quotes used are from famous names of sport, literature and entertainment including : Mark Twain, Dean Martin, Elizabeth Taylor, Oscar Wilde, Bobby Charlton, Richard Harris, William Wordsworth, Richard Burton, Nick Hornby and many more...

We have been selling them only here with international delivery included. Wouldn't that be good Father's Day present?

party for A.

A. is turning 4 next week and we are throwing a party for her. Last three years we had smaller family parties or bigger barbecues, but it was more for us really. As she started preschool this year she can invite more friends and have proper kids fun. I really want to make it special for her so I have been thinking about themes and decorations. And in the end there won't any  theme as she had hard time to decide between pirates or fairies, I will stick to loads of entreating bits and pieces, and have fun with decorations. 

I collected these images to be inspired by colours, which is going to be yellow, pale pink, bluey greeny colours. There is so many great ideas out there and if only I had more time, I would love make those lolly invitations, bake cloud shaped cookies, make cakes ...the list would go on. 

So far I made these invitations (the last photo) and thinking about presents. Any recommendations for 4 year old girl? she is not massively into dolls, she loves creating, painting, drawing, climbing trees, reading and swimming.

photos : bunting, children, sea, pink girl, table decoration, lolly invitations,  yellow garland, xoxo, pom poms, yellow &white balloons, invitations - by me

Marina in NY

Put a cat in a photo and I want to live there. Very simple. Plus being in NY and having those dining chairs and table would be a good addition as well. full house tour here.

if I was getting married ...7.

This time surrounded with GOLD, and gold and more gold.....
all photos from here

katie & nathan

Nikole from Herriot Grace started  a new series on her blog called for the love of pie. As you might have noticed from my posts I'm not a huge cook but its one of the things I would like to change this year. I tell myself its because of lack of time but honestly it's all about prioritising. 

First of the guest series on Nikole's blog is from Nathan & Katie Williams. They are couple behind Kinfolk Magazine and remind me very much my sister and her partner and also my friend Aud. In my eyes they are people who enjoy cooking (my sisters boyfriend is a wonderful baker:), live in smaller moments, and mainly have something very calm about them. I aspire that very much as I feel I'm constantly running somewhere, being impatient and restless. 

Head over here to find how to bake this apple pie. 

have a good day!

Kate & Nathan's personal blog.- hearblack

Kinfolk magazine