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the teapot explodes
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I'm Charlotte and this is my little slice of London. I like cake, dresses and words.
#117733 in All , #3784 in General Lifestyle

Besotted with: A lovely Swedish flat

The little flat we rented in Stockholm was a-maz-ing. We found it on City Living Apt. If you’re going on holiday somewhere soon check it out, there are loads of gorgeous places on there. Having...

10 may 12

A birthday in Stockholm

We recently spent four nights in Stockholm to celebrate the Mr’s birthday. He’d wanted to visit for ages, and I must admit, I’m a complete convert now. If it wasn’t for the fr...

07 may 12

Sneak peek: Cold and wet Stockholm

Stockholm. The apartment we stayed in was clean, stylish and gorgeous in that way the Swedish are famous for. I was in love with the decanter lamp above (one of three) and all the other pieces in the...

03 may 12

A fairytale castle, a bluebell wood and a lovely rug

Maybe it’s because I grew up surrounded by strong women with Welsh names*, or maybe it’s because Wales is the home to dragons and fairies. But the idea of spending the day roaming a Welsh...

19 apr 12

Antique hunting in Wales

For me Easter always used to be about how much chocolate I could cram into my mouth, a trip to the beach (it’s still nice in NZ generally) and, later on, how much extra partying I squeeze into ...

16 apr 12

Blossom

Spring in London is so beautiful. It always reminds me why I’m still living here when I’ve just about had enough of the seemingly endless months of depressing grey winter. Along comes Spr...

14 apr 12

Paris: troisième partie (part 3)

Since our wee break to Paris is now officially AGES ago here are a few final photos… I love the chairs in the Tuileries garden. Would quite like some for my own garden. Do you think I could smu...

12 apr 12

Paris: la deuxième partie (part 2)

I love the colours of Paris. Black smoke. Whenever I look at this photo I get Ladyhawke’s song “Paris is burning” running through my brain. This was taken from the top floor of the ...

05 apr 12

Bits & pieces: Meet to my mauve friend

Say hello my new ladies bicycle hanging out with the mister’s organ in our living room. She’s preeettty. A recent acquisition from eBay I am planning on taking her for a whirl this weeken...

23 mar 12 1 person likes this

Bits and pieces: Chanel, beetroot and a vintage slip..

Gee whiz it’s been busy lately. Some days it seems I barely have time to breathe let alone write a coherent sentence (and I write for a living). I’ve decided that a few treats are the onl...

21 mar 12

Paris: première partie (part 1)

I’ve never really considered myself much of a francophile. I can’t really speak any French beyond “Bonjour. Parlez vous anglais?” As lovely as it is, cheese makes me break out...

18 mar 12

How my garden grows

Remember that ridiculously cold Saturday a few weeks back, just before the snow came? For some unknown reason, I decided to venture into my garden to see how it was coping in the cold, to pick some k...

18 feb 12

Bits and pieces: All things red

A token Valentines Day post. I don’t really dig Valentines Day, I’m far too cynical. For too many years in my teens I watched my big brother struggle in the door laden with roses and cudd...

14 feb 12

Dreaming of Paris in the Springtime.

It’s almost three years since I visited the city of love and lights. Oh sweet Paris, this time next month I’ll be seeing you again. My big sister and I spent a few glorious days, back in ...

12 feb 12 1 person likes this

Snowflakes in my hair.

I love snow in the way only someone born in a sunny and humid climate can. I spent most of Saturday looking out the window anxiously, in the manner of a host waiting for an expected guest to arrive f...

09 feb 12 1 person likes this

Sunday bake off: When I made a vegan wedding cake…

I will never understand people who say they don’t really like cake. I mean, really? What is not to like about gooey, sticky, double-chocolate fudge cake? Or light-as-air sponge cake dripping wi...

04 feb 12 1 person likes this

Oh hello there Winter…

…I was hoping you’d passed us by. Like everyone else in the UK, I’d been lulled into a false sense of security that Spring was on its way and that I’d be lolling in the garden...

01 feb 12

Bits and pieces

A few things that are helping me chase away the January blues: 1. Eating cake and buying ribbons at the lovely Ray Stitch on Essex Road. I really need to find a permanent home for my sewing machine. ...

29 jan 12

It’s been a while…

Sometimes life just gets in the way of, well, all the good stuff. That and perhaps moving flats and starting a new job in the same week wasn’t such a bright idea. Without any time off work. Arg...

15 sep 11

Today I’m besotted with…

…this ASOS Salon prom dress in gem floral print. Oh the swishing one could do on the dance floor in that. Gorgeous. Photo: ASOS ASOS have just added a few new frocks (want them all) to their Sa...

01 jun 11

A ukulele, a mermaid, some owls and my brooch collection

This is a sneak peek of one of the walls in my bedroom. One of the mister’s ukulele’s from his ever-growing collection. A trio of owls made of milk glass from a vintage shop in Haight-Ash...

18 may 11

Venice Beach – beer and nutters.

Venice Beach is weird. Everyone wants to sell you pot. It’s more beautiful than I ever imagined and it’s full of maniacs. I loved it. We stayed one night en route to New Zealand. Next ti...

16 may 11

So much to tell you…

Hello! Long time no see. I don’t know where to start. The Mr and I have visited my home (New Zealand), his home (Wales), eaten copious amounts of cake, drunk wine in old mining towns at the bo...

14 may 11

Happy Birthday and Happy Blogs.

Despite my ever lingering cold (5 weeks) and now having developed toothache, 2011 hasn’t been completely awful so far. So no more unhappy blog posts like the last one… cold you will not d...

21 jan 11

Hibernation.

Santa kindly gave me a cold for Christmas. I’ve had it ever since and it seems to be getting worse, not better. And this morning, after two days in bed I woke up with an eye infection to top it...

11 jan 11

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

  Image: Tatty Devine I grew up in an old cottage underneath a very, very large oak tree. And I have been eyeing up this Tatty Devine necklace each time I walk past their Brick Lane store. I eve...

06 jan 11

Sparkly Starlette Charlotte

  I am completely, utterly besotted with this Starlette Crown by Giant Dwarf on Etsy. I can’t remember where I first saw it but I spied it again featured over on Design*Sponge and I’...

05 jan 11 1 person likes this

No resolutions around here.

I have very little willpower and even less when faced with a large glass of Merlot. So there’ll be no hard and fast resolutions around here. I’ve set myself what I like to think of as go...

04 jan 11

…and a Happy New Year!

Must be time for a cocktail surely? Goodbye 2010, you’ve been great. But 2011, I’ve got a good feeling about you… Image via here.  

31 dec 10

Festive feelings.

The girls in my house are feeling very festive. We have a beautiful tree from Columbia Road markets (that we managed to find some strong men to carry. Terrible, I know, that we had to resort to man-p...

14 dec 10

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