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pods + gift 13 Jul 2013 | 10:38 pm

Sometimes you find the most gorgeous things in the back of a friend's cupboard. This little tray and cup for example came home with me yesterday after a nice long visit and successful thrift excurs...

Victorian Wedding Sponge Cake - take one - 30 Jun 2013 | 12:05 am

I am preparing for my Father and Grandmother's birthdays which we will celebrate in August while in France. I want to make them something special and beautiful, customizable in terms of flavo...

five more weeks 18 Jun 2013 | 11:49 pm

And Our Smoke Returns Home from Sea Chant on Vimeo. Only five more weeks until we find ourselves on the coast of Brittany, if things stay as they are at the moment it will be much like this video of.....

Coiled rope baskets and bowls, a tutorial 17 Jun 2013 | 09:10 am

My new pattern/tutorial has been published for a few days at We All Sew. I have loved making those vessels for a the last few years first covered in quilting fabric and now in the rough. Their unique ...

{only a few more weeks for peonies} 6 Jun 2013 | 07:29 am

As Thomas put it on Sunday, we only have another good week of peonies and then it's over... I am not much of a blogger lately but all is well, I am just taking a break away from the social...

Birthday Alliums 24 May 2013 | 09:05 am

I turned 35 last Monday. It seemed like nothing to write home about when the week was just starting but today I realized that maybe now would be a great time to let go of some childhood insecurities a...

Untitled 17 May 2013 | 08:51 am

Two stems that were made for each other. Coral Charm Paeonia Viburnum Macrophalem

a most excellent find 2 May 2013 | 07:30 pm

{EPNS silverplated tray in the Louis XVI style, maker unknown} As far as silverplate finds go, this is the very best. It was surprising too as I procured this tray late in the day when usually all tha...

{kinfolk Flower Potluck Dinner continued} 2 May 2013 | 03:49 am

I am easily distracted lately, in the age of Pinterest, as many blogs have seen a fast and steady decline in readership it can be hard to keep that sort of ship going. Especially if like me you become...

{Kinfolk Flower Potluck Dinner} 28 Apr 2013 | 09:57 am

A few weeks ago, through Sarah Winward's journal I learned of a strange and wonderful event called a Flower Potluck Dinner organized around the world by Kinfolk magazine. Sarah was the host in her new...

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