India...

ust had to post these 2 amazing images from my folks recent whirlwind trip to India.....I have gone past the jealous stage and am now writing to Father Christmas for a one way ticket to Delhi!

my dad

appy Fathers Day to my dear dad....he is without doubt the best one in the world and if you're reading this dad I will see you and mum on wednesday with a chocolate cake! xxxx

fashion drawings

wesome fashion drawings from Francesca.....amazing to see the development over the last 9 months...and she made the jacket!

butterflies and bunnies

appy days when I realise how wonderfully talented my mum and my Fran are.....this little chap is something mum knocked up in time for Easter and the stitched butterflies is something Fran did over 3 years ago on the old sewing machine whilst chatting about her friends at college......amazing...

roses

henever its my birthday, my lovely mum always does me a handmade card and this year she excelled herself! Look at this beautiful watercolour of some yellow roses, is n't she brill?

beautiful photographs

t my parents this weekend we were looking at some of the wonderful photos that she has of when she was living in Tangiers in the 40s and 50s. The photo on the beach is of (clockwise from bottom left) Tio Manolo, Tia Maria, my mum, my uncle Pepin, my grandmother and my beautiful aunty Fita who sadly died earlier this year, the little boy that she is holding onto very tightly is a little street urchin they adopted. The other photo is of my mum and my auntie Fita with a friend.

my dad

ather's day on Sunday here in the UK and so as I always make something for my mum, I thought I should do something for my fab dad! I decided on a medal, only because he has a real one and he once made me one for learning how to swim when I was 7! Could not resist also showing you some gorgeous 1940 photos from the sweetest baby photo album that my grandma embroidered....Happy Fathers day!

Lola

y amazing and very pretty God daughter, Lola is not only the coolest 5 year old ( along with Rafael ) but is of course very arty and she very proudly showed me her sketch book the other day...arn't they great colours?

Rafael

afael is the artist responsible for this fab drawing of a stork......he also happens to be my completely gorgeous nephew who I had the pleasure of staying with last week in Brunei. I think he will be a great artist when he grows up! Aah I miss him!

wow!

ippee! my brilliant and wonderful Francesca has got into 3 of her choices of Universities including the biggie Kingston, to study fashion! I am so proud of her- bring out the champagne!

great chinese painting

xcellent chinese paintings by my very talented sister in Law, Tracy, who is putting her Brunei stay to good use!!! I reckon she is giving the south east asian painting fraternity a run for their money! I really like the rooster!

more presents

any thanks to Julie Hesse who has sent me a delightful handmade treasure all the way from USA! Julie has obviously been very productive and is churning out mini masterpieces that Julie A could only dream about!!!!

cutie pie

harp intakes of breath all weekend as friends and family are introduced to this stunning photo by the wonderful Rebecka from Vintage fairytales.
All the women love it and all the men are not too sure! I think that it is fabulous, the colours and the clarity are so vivid that it just reminds me of hot summer days dozing in the garden. A truly lovely gift on this grey january weekend...

happy birthday

appy 70th birthday dear dad! chocolate cake when you get back!
My folks are having a great time over in Brunei with my brother and his family....oh to have those blue skies and aquamarine sea.....

mums

reat news that my mother in law is getting better. Maureen made this beautiful wreath for us last year and despite being a bit crumpled is definitely the most glamorous down our road! My mum knitted me this fab Mary, but poor thing needs Joseph now......and a donkey?

great art

onderful paintings from my very talented sister in law Tracy who has recently moved out to far away Brunei with Richard my 'Top Gun' brother and the completely scrumptious Rafey! Tracy is so brilliant at meticulous beautiful work as you can see in the mermaid painting.....the loose chinese brushstrokes are rather fabulous too......

machine embroidery

Introducing my brilliant daughter who uses a sewing machine like a pencil, drawing with stitches in a freehand way, check out these figures that she did a couple of months ago for a project about eating....