Category Archives: Musings

Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes at a Styled Bridal Shoot

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As you have probably noticed, I do loads of styled bridal shoots – I love collaborating with fellow creatives in the wedding industry, and it’s loads of fun pushing my creative boundaries to create pieces to go with a particular style, theme or colour scheme. You can see some of my previous styled shoots here ,…

A Few of My Favourite Things & a Sneak Peek Seaboard Inspiration

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Over Easter, I spent a glorious week back on the Eastern seaboard of America. We had great weather, great food and a wonderful time with family and friends. While I adore London, and the life and home I have built here over the last 8 years, and at this point certainly wouldn’t consider moving back…

Wise Words: Douglas Adams

“Everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal, suggested Adams. Anything created between birth and the age of 30 is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it. But whatever is invented after you’ve turned 30 is against the natural order of things…

Thoughts on Valentine’s Day and Engagement Ring A-Z on B.Loved Weddings

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So, another Valentine’s Day behind us. To be perfectly honest with you, Mr M. and I don’t 100% buy into it all anymore. Queueing up with 30 other people to buy mediocre chocolates, spending £5 on a card because all the £2 ones are really lame or dripping in awful sexual innuendo (do they do…

Personal Post: On Making Tough Decisions

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Me at the Eastbourne Half Marathon last year   As you may have read in my New Year’s post on dieting earlier this year, I love to run. I have been running on a reasonably serious basis for about 6 years now, and have run the London Marathon every year in that period. I run…

Is It Spring Yet?

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Up until these last few days, I have felt strongly that Spring was just around the corner. The cherry blossoms were starting to come out in all their gorgeous pink glory, and the crocuses braving their heads above the ground next to the more seasonal snowdrops. However the frosty mornings we’ve had these last few…

This Weekend’s Work

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Well, another Monday morning upon us. I’ve been incredibly busy this weekend, wire-twisting my fingers just about raw finishing up some orders to go out this week. But most importantly (and excitingly), I was preparing for a styled shoot with a truly fabulous team at the amazing Fetcham Park in Surrey. We had Louise from…

On Cleaning, Organising and Inspiring

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I spent Saturday morning this weekend surrounded by Ikea chaos. Bolts, allen keys, boards, screws, those weird things that go on the other end of screws that Ikea seems to have invented to enable us to put together shelves with zero carpentry experience (hurrah Ikea!)… but at the end of the morning, I had a…

Some Thoughts on Unplugging: or learning to put down the iPhone and start single-tasking.

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All our lives as women we are told that our multi-tasking ability is what sets us apart from men – what allows us to cook dinner and carry on a conversation at once, or run with many different projects at the same time, or put on our mascara while driving to the supermarket (OK just…

Resolutions: A Vintage New Year’s Diet

So, 2012 is now well and truly upon us. The mince pies have been replaced by chocolate Easter bunnies, the mulled wine stashed away until next autumn. And with all excuses for excess and indulgence as out of date as the Christmas turkey, it’s time for some resolutions. Typically, this time of year for me…