Hipstamatic Day

Phew... stop the world, just for a minute.. things have been BUSY! - which is fabulously wonderful, of course but I needed a little time to blow off the cobwebs today. Ella and I decided a long bike ride was the thing to do. It was a beautiful, blustery, sunny, cloudy sort of day today so a camera was a must, just not my usual monster of a camera as it was too bulky for a picnic bike ride... here's some images taken on my phone using hipstamatic... we had a giggle, a whinge at the gale force wind, saw what we think were about a million ladybirds and those cobwebs have well and truly been blown away :)

Major House Refurb.

No. Not the new house, not yet. This is a house belonging to a certain Ms B. Doll. Ella and I have been talking about this refurb for some time. Ella got a lovely dolls house for Christmas three years ago but it's starting to look tired and well, it's just not cool for a 7 year old to have a house like this... apparently. So... inspired by my new copy of Mollie Makes full of beautiful ideas and photography we decided last weekend was just right for the renovation. Now, Barbie is a pretty stylish girl but what's with all the fuchsia and glitter!? not cool. So we set to work, here's the before...


We went to HobbyCraft and bought some supplies but most of the things are made from bits and pieces we had lying around. Ella made some artwork and then she got a bit bored so I carried on. The thing is I can't do things by halves, I just can't and inside I'm just a big kid wanting to make a mess and have fun. Here is our summer holiday project and Barbie's beautiful new pad...