My art: Holiday in Cambodia

Some of my artwork inspired from my trip to Cambodia in 2007. The purpose of the project was to show places/people as they were carved in my memory as opposed to how they looked on the photos. Through this project I wanted to show my feelings when being in certain places as I later recalled them.  Sometimes photos strip the emotion out of them by showing reality as it is/was as opposed to how it felt.  

New book on the block...

I am super excited as this amazing book came through the post today : Tiny homes: simple shelter (by Lloyd Kahn)
This book is full of permanent and temporary tiny homes and ideas on how to downsize. It is a recent edition and it is full of cozy areas and inspirational people. If you are into this movement this is a book for you. You will have seen some of the images in the book going viral on Pinterest. Here's a few ...

(Images taken from Tiny Homes, by Lloyd Kahn)

Wooden kitchens

A couple of years ago we decided to move our kitchen and redo the whole room up. We already had some wooden units and some favourite furniture and didn't want a clinical environment. I like bohemian interiors and items with character and I am not big on box standard items so these are some of the dream wooden kitchens I found for inspiration.

(all photos are from Pinterest)

Tiny homes ... inside

Containers used to make houses - Saved from Freecycle / Recycle Life (Pinterest)

Saved from this-little-house.tumblr.com (Pinterest)

Saved from cathousebeds.com (Pinterest)

This is my latest dream...getting a tiny home... I am no minimalist but there is something amazing in creating a house around your needs, as opposed to getting a house built a long time ago for different needs. I don't think I will ever be able to afford my own house plus we don't need a massive house. Anyway these houses can be so creative so take a look at how they might feel ...

Saved from tinyhousefor.us (Pinterest)

Red dress for all seasons

Latest sales purchase from asos. I love red and after all these years I didn't have one that I can wear all the time. I was really lucky when I found this number in the January sales! It is a simple shift with a Ziggy twist that can be work with a thermal in the winter and sans thermal in spring and summer!

ASOS Shift Dress in Colourblock with V-Detail

Winter version

What i wore - Denim

Ok so it is not a secret i like denim... think i overdid it but denim doesn't have to be scruffy.

Denim day 1

Denim day 2

Things to make with kids

This is what we made during a long winter day...

nest

a nest from sticks and bits and loads of glue!!