I was invited in October to take a look inside the Laura Ashley Manor Hotel in Elstree, the journey through London from Kent to Hertfordshire made more enjoyable in the bus provided for our 9 mile journey from Kings Cross- a vintage ride that had everyone stopping in the street and staring. Very much my way of travelling. … [Read more...]
Circus Pillow from The Little White Company #Giveaway CLOSED
Circus Pillow from The Little White Company #Giveaway Ends 26/11/14 The Little White Company has some lovely bed-ware for Little Ones this winter, from the dear little Safari collection in muted grey and neutral tones, to the vibrant Knights of the Round Table motif. There's sure to be something that suits the Little Ones in your home. I got to see some of the fabulous products when The Girls and I went to watch Frozen at the sumptuous … [Read more...]
Kicking at the leaves: Autumn Kids Clothes from House of Fraser
Autumn conjours up pictures of cold, bright days, kicking up leaves in every hue of Umber and Orange and snaffling blackberries still hiding under leaves and getting the juice all over your fingerless gloves. It's a time of scarves and gilets rather than coats and hats. Yet for us at DG Cottage, it's like a switch has been flicked from Indian Summer to Wet British Winter with very little Autumn between the two. The leaves fall from the trees, … [Read more...]
Spooky Spiderweb chocolate cake
There are, on average, 90,500 online searches a month for ‘chocolate cake recipes’, so Waitrose.com have compiled the ULTIMATE collection of chocolate cake recipes in one handy place on their website. To test how great their recipes are, they challenged me to make one of the online recipes with one proviso: that I used a secret ingredient, which they would supply, in my cake. Not one to turn down chocolate, and having a surfeit of eggs, I was … [Read more...]
Getting organised for the New School Year #StationeryWednesday
I have declared a break with convention in the DG home. Rather than follow the more conventional calendar that runs from January to December, I will operate a calendar that follows the Academic year, from September through to August. It is such a frustration to receive the year's events for the diary in September and then find I have to transfer all this data from one diary to another only three months or so later. Thus I am getting organised … [Read more...]
Small victories with Belvita #morningwin
I'm celebrating Small victories with Belvita #morningwin Belvita entered my life when I was house-hunting. Mornings are always such a rush, getting The Girls ready for school, feeding the dog, kissing DH goodbye. I rarely have chance for more than a cup of coffee before we head out of the door for school and whilst I was in search of our Forever Home, that meant leaving The Girls promptly, driving down the M20 and looking at houses- … [Read more...]
Spooky #GetYourCraftOn Challenge- October 2014
It's October, and it's time for a new #GetYourCraftOn challenge. Hosted every month on Instagram by Kids Chaos, Me and My Shadow, Red Ted Art, Blue Bear Wood and Domestic Goddesque (that's me of course!) the #GetYourCraft on runs on Instagram for all followers- bloggers and non-bloggers alike, who enjoy crafting and sharing on social media. There's also a blog linky- open next week- for those who do blog. All you need to do to join in the … [Read more...]
