Nonnie

Making a come back

Hello, yes it's me, I'm still here!

Gosh this has been difficult to do. I've been feeling like getting back to my poor little neglected blog for about a week or so but I seem to have had writers block, or should it be called 'bloggers block'? I feel like a do when I've had some time off work and you come back and feel totally out of it. Like everyone else is in a secret gang and you're not a part of it.

Anyway, today I decided to take the leap and start again.

And in a sense I am starting again. I've decided that I want to take the blog in one direction only and that is to share all things pretty and creative with you all. Not that I won't occasionally tell you what's going on in my life, but I feel the blog had become far too much about my personal life and not enough about my creativity which is why I started it in the first place. So with my website coming on extremely well(nearly ready to show you all!) and a new house and garden to develop, I shouldn't be short of material.

But for those of you that are curious, just a little catch up on life in general. In the last month I've moved from my little flat in Kew to a little house in Oxfordshire. To be more precise, the house of my lovely boyfriend Simon! I couldn't be more happy and content and still have to keep pinching myself to believe that my life has changed so much since the beginning of the year! Recent weeks have seen us take a lovely(and very romantic) trip to Paris and a very lovely weekend in Ieper in Belgium which is my new favourite place in the whole World.

So back to being creative again. My work space is not really up and running yet, but I did manage to carry out a commission for a lovely reader of my blog, Sally-Ann, who wanted a cushion for a friend to include the initials of the friend, her husband, and child. I was a little nervous about this one as she really left it in my hands as to how it would look and what fabrics I would use, but I was really pleased with the result and luckily so was her friend!

So the job this weekend is to get a lot more sorting done in the house and hopefully I'll be able to set up my little sewing area and then I can finish off the website. I'm also hoping to get out into the garden and I want to share that with you. I'll be back again next week so in the mean time, hope you all have a good rest of the week and it's sooo good to be back with you all again.

xxxx

Taking a break

I'm taking a blogging break for the time being. I'm not sure exactly when I will be back. I'm still around reading all of your lovely blogs, but for now I just need a break from mine. I really want to go back to how I started my blog which was as a place to show my creativity and homemaking. I can assure you that there will definitely be a lot more of that going on again soon, especially as I have a new home in Oxfordshire, but for now I am enjoying happiness in my personal life to a level that I have never felt before. I have lots of settling in to do and a trip to Paris to take in the coming weeks so I'm going to be pretty busy. I will be back I promise, but it may be as much as a month. I'm just not sure. And when I come back perhaps I will feel ready to share a little more with you about the wonderful man who has totally changed my life.

In the mean time, please take a slice of cake, freshly baked just for you. Lemon sponge with raspberry jam and cream! See you soon my lovely blogging friends. xxxx

Happy Easter!

Yes I know I'm a few days early, but if I don't snatch this moment now to post something then I fear I will be wishing you happy May Bank Holiday instead!

Firstly I must apologise for being a really terrible blogger of late. Very few posts and hardly a comment left with any of you. I promise that I will get back to normal at some stage soon, but life has just been a bit of a whirl wind of late. A very very good whirl wind!

Secondly, apologies that the picture above isn't of the eggs actually hanging on Easter branches. They are now in fact although in a very rushed way and I haven't had chance to photograph them. The flat has been very neglected lately and will become even more so I think. I've been spending rather a lot of time in Oxfordshire just lately!

Gosh there is just so much I want to share with you all and I promise I will soon enough. I am literally catching my breath at how life has turned so completely around for me since the new year and I am bursting with the excitement of what the future holds.

Dear friends, I hope that you all have a lovely Easter weekend filled with love, family, friends and chocolate!
xxxxx

A Walk in the Cotswolds

I've been meaning to take you on this little walk in the Cotswolds for a few weeks now but as you know I've been a little distracted lately! I did this walk on a rather grey Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago with the other lovely man in my life, my Daddy! Hope you enjoy taking this walk with us despite the grey skies. It's ok, it doesn't rain so you won't need an umbrella!

Into the field and past the pond. Looking out for the sheep and horses that live there.

Over the fields to the woods.

Over the bridge and into the woods. If it wasn't so cold we'd stop and play poohsticks.

Up through the woods to more fields at the top and a lovely view towards the hazy distant hills.

A lovely view back towards the village and the pretty church.

Down the field towards the lane.

Up the lane back towards the village. Those of you who have watched 'The Holiday' will recognise this lane as the one Cameron Diaz drives along as she arrives at the village where the cottage is. Funnily enough the shots of the village and cottage in the film are not the same village. In the film the camera is on the taxi then it pans out to show this lane, house and eventually the whole of Mum and Dads village!

Back along the lane into the village.

One last look back over the fields before returning home to the fireside and a welcome cup of tea!

Progress

Just to proof my new state of love isn't totally distracting me from my creative work, I thought I would show you just one of the new products that will be in the new website. These vintage linen lavender filled hearts will be living in the 'laundry' section of the shop and available to order. I've loved making them as they're all hand sewn so can be done while I'm watching TV at night.

The shop is pretty much done now but it is rather empty so I just need to complete all the items I have designed. It will be done in the end!

Hope those of you in the UK and especially the South West and South coast are all safe and well and not getting too blown away by this terrible storm. Here in London it is very wet and windy but not as bad as other parts I think. Wherever you are have a great week. x

PS, incase you're wondering, the dinner was delicious, as was the whole weekend!!!