Thanks very much to all of those of you who commented on my beautiful daughter’s post…I loved having her be part of it here, her love of having a camera in her hand is yet another thing we didn’t expect to get from blogging… It was a great way to spend the morning just us three, (the boys stayed at home), even though it was chilly down there on the rocks.
I love that the BC Crew are part of my hobby and it’s amazing what happens when kids go with it….she certainly was not just a helper…this was much trickier than I would have thought trying to get spray, rocks, texture from the chair and the sea all working together…and Miss BC taking photos herself helped with all of that…
So, this shoot turned out differently than I thought and the white table wasn’t quite right so a good job we took the chair, even tho I didn’t want really to do another chair shot..
As you know it all started last week when I came to the realisation that going out with a few props in the boot of the car, armed with a coffee and a charged up camera is a way for me to spend enjoyable time at the weekend, blog or not.
And so Sunday morning, the boys left at home we three discussed where we’d like to go and tossed up between up here on the rocks and a little secret harbour beach…we decided up here with the elements might be nice though certainly the other beach woulda been a tad warmer lol!
….I wanted these muted and soft so the day leant itself to it…
What do you think of the colours??
I’ve got some more to show you from this shoot to but for now I am wondering whether or not any of these are good enough to go onto the header up there, do you think so? If of course I can work out how to do that..
Anyhoo, I gotta run out of here sweeties, I have so much to do I certainly shouldn’t be messing around with photos and the school hols have started here so umm mummy duties are calling.
Tomorrow I am going on a thrifting extravaganza all alone…it involves treasure hunting galore and a wing-backed chair I’ve spied and am seriously seriously having dreams about and hoping will be in the back of my Beach Mobile tomorrow arvo…only wish my friend lg was coming with me.
And as they say in certain areas of the Old Country…
Layta…
(& actually talking of words such as ‘layta’ may I use this blog to point out that no I am certainly not a Cockney tho’ I find it hilarious that those who don’t know Bow from Bath think I am…too funny )
wow thanks for your input Patricia, how very interesting and that of course is why I love the internet and the interaction cos I was thinking if it makes it to the header it will be #3
i love number 3 as it reminds me of your *other* chair shoot on the beach….but i’m pretty partial to the closeup with cook book camera and gorgeously ratty pink chair…
thanks for popping by my dear aussie connection!
melissa x
The appeal of these shots, for me anyway, is the pink chair against the blue sea backdrop. Nice and simple contrast.
No’s 3 & 5 are my favs.
Browsing through a big antique store on the weekend Sarah and found two whitewashed oars, good condition, $130. No I didn’t buy!
xx
I love colours of these shots, but I agree that the colours in #3 and the composition is nice. I really like the last shot, but the colours are a bit washed out.
On another note, how fun that Miss BC is so interested in photography! What a lovely way to spend a morning.
Sometimes even complete STRANGERS mock an English accent Sarah – usually I just stand there with a face like a flounder…
You seem to be having some trouble with depth of field, in #1 all the picture has a soft, vintage look except for the intermediate dark slab of rock, which is crisp. I like the last one best, the feet in the water, and the clear but not bright sunshine looks poignant, and I like the framing too – more room for the imagination of the viewer~
Good luck with the wing back chair! Of all the things we inherited when we moved in here the ol wind back chair is one of the definate keepers! Love the soft colour of the chair..x
I love the composition, light, and clarity of photo #3. The story there seems to be about the objects.
However, in photo #5 the camera and chair invoke images of a blank canvas and easel awaiting the artist to arrive and capture the beauty and peace of living by the sea. This one to me depicts life by the sea because not only have you done a great job of photographing the props from your vintage beach cottage, but also the beauty of the ocean in all of it’s varying colors from the tide pool, to the aqua blue of the surf and the deep blue of the sea beyond.
Also…another thought. You’ve done such a wonderful job of creating montages in your home. I’d love to see photos of a montage created on the beach.
Lovely photos Sarah.
I love #2 but it does not really give an indication of the fact you are on the rocks by the ocean.
In #3 I was wondering if you cropped the photo? If you did would ove to see it with a little more ocean to the left side rather than have it right n the center (rule of thirds thing)
the cpmposition of the last photo is really lovely but I would like a little more pink on the chair so would saturate it just a teensy bit.
But then what do I know LOL!!! JMHO
I still prefer the image of the white chair in the ocean the you have on the header. That was classic !!
I’m a big Eastenders fan~I knew you weren’t a cockney
I love photos 2 and 3. The close up with the camera and book is great. And I like the pink of the chair against the grey/blue of the rocks and water and sky.
If you don’t open a coffee shop maybe you could become a magazine stylist.
Hi Sarah! I love the soft pink chair and craggy grey rocks! I have the same chair in peeling grey w/ green underneath. It’s nice but I can’t imagine dragging it all the way down to my beach here. Very creative. Also loved your daughter’s post and pix of you & Mr BC! Hope she visits again!
From the last few posts it looks like you are making the best of winter on the beach. A wing back chair just says warm and cozy home – perfect for a bit of book reading on a winter’s afternoon. Good luck on your thrifting treasure hunts this week.
I signed up for a little bead treasure swap and am off to search for pretty dangling things in all shades of pink – not my colour choice but will make for an interesting adventure.
Oh, I love them all and would have a hard time choosing a favorite. Can you imagine on a cool day sitting up there with a coffee reading that cookbook, just trying to decide what to make for supper. Kinda would make a girls day, course you probably know that. I’m tellin ya, that is where little Miss BC gets it…her mama.
I love all of them but especially 3. I dont know why but the colours are just right for me. Like Deanne says a calendar would be brilliant! I’ll take 10! xx
Last photo my favourite for sure. Pinks and greys always a favourite combo of mine. Just love that your young miss was out there in the thick of it. Might give one of my three young misses a go doing a blog post, a great idea! Mind you they are so busy off doing young teenager stuff I doubt they will fit me in lol!
alicia
ps. hope you are enjoying the school hols, its nice to see a bit more of the little terrors isnt it as they are normally so BUSY ;0)
Sarah all your photos are gorgeous but I particularly love #5…the backdrop of the sea behind your vintage treasures has my imagination running in all directions and is not unlike the cliff top DH and I got married on. I would love to have a coffee table book of your photos, they evoke such a feeling of serenity and just ‘being’ in the moment….I really do think they are fabulous!!!
I think you have some healthy competition where Miss BC is concerned…she definitely has her mum’s talent for both writing and photography.
I am off thrifting today too, wish I had a friend to drag along with me….good luck with the wingback, it’s been on my list for ages now.
I loved all the pcitures Sarah!! I cold just pcture myself sitting in that sweet pink chair and finding delight at the beautiful beach before me. Did one of the comments mention a calendar? I want one!!!!! Go for it girlfriend!!!!
Sarah, Your photos are precious. yes i think any of them could be incorporated into your header and they would be perfect. I know what you mean about the weekend and finding things to photograph for your own enjoyment. That is what I have been up to lately! It’s such fun.
By the way, Your daughter did a great job photographing the shoot!
Always a fun read!
Well, I love, love, love the pink chair. I love that your daughter has taken up your interest and you can share with her your craft. My oldest daughter shares the vintage passion with me as does one of my sons. They are so good at what they do. And it just blesses me.
I like the last one best… I think #3 is a bit obviously staged and I’m not keen on where the waterline falls in relation to the camera & book, whereas the last one has a nice, soft feel which, I think will translate well to your header. It also seems more natural – not staged; the overall composition is nice too… I find my eye moves around the picture better. I think #2 is my second favorite, but it seems a bit too crisp and dark to complement the other photos in your header. Overall though, they are all beautiful photos you can be proud of!
Wing-back chair, wing-back chair. Oh, how I want you to get that wing-back chair. In other news, I am veering towards Candy Apple Red. Kitchenaid wise of course.
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G'day ladies, let's have a Too Easy Beach Cottage recipe yeah? The original place for Too Easy Recipes on the web ;-)
So, after my last salad went down a storm in my inbox, that's here if you missed it, I had to do this one seeing as I make it most weeks.
There is a problem with this salad and kiddos though...it looks, well, it looks, kinda yucky...but once they try it, they'll ask if and when they are next having it....at least that's what happens in this ratty old cottage...but I must interject here that my kiddos are 'good eaters'? ...they didn't get a choice in that ;-)
Now, stop, don't start running and hitting that next on your blog reading list, pulses are your best friend in the Too Easy Dump & Go kitchen for the busy mum, or busy anyone for that matter...that reminds me I must blog the garlic canneloni Go To for when you forgot to do dinner, feel like a bath but have three ravenous young Beach Cottage Kiddos on your hands...another day.
I am almost embarrassed to tell you how easy this is, we have it so much that I always have a couple, make that six, cans of lentils around and a jar of goat's cheese in the fridge...the great thing about this is that it's all too easy to get ready in just a few minutes, but it looks, tastes and seems like you did oh so very much more than that.
You can obviously too change it up a bit depending on what you have to hand in your kitchen, and I must say that is how I settled on this version...because one day when I made it I didn't have enough Parsley in the garden and so I chucked in some basil too, and liked the Summer feel it added.
I think of this as being a rather posh salad, not sure why, because it couldn't really be further from the truth...the great thing is that it works so well for an average run of the mill day, (when I did this for this blog post, it was a hot Sydney Sunday and I did it just simply to go with Rosemary & Garlic stuffed pork, you can see that pork here),
...but just as easily it works on a regular old Wednesday night when you have lost all enthusiasm for rustling up yet another meal, or indeed on Saturday night, when your friends are on their way over for dinner and you my friend, are in your new vintage inspired clawfoot bathtub (that's me in a few weeks time, k?) without any clothes on, a tipple and no idea what to cook for dinner...
I have a complicated and ever-changing relationship with goat's cheese...it never fails me in its performance and it never fails to impress me (you can find out a bit more on what I like in food here if you like) and I kinda collect it...because it's very easy to collect and has a fairly long fridge-life, I love trying out different ones and there's not many things I love more than goat's cheese on sourdough...but I think the best thing about it is not thinking about it exclusively in the toast/salad department...I've stuffed it in chicken and all sorts of things as a last minute and it's been fab.
But let's get down to the nitty gritty of this super salad that makes you look like an angel who has been on her knees all day scrubbing the front step when really you are in the digital world and spent most of ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, howdy, howdy howdy today for a Beach Cottage Too Easy recipe.
If you like cake, cream, sugar and chocolate, make this.
This is, rather than a recipe, a putting it together...as you know I am no dessert maker, but, I do make quite a few sweet things, because, somehow I have ended up with kiddos, who in their roles as offspring, believe that part of the deal, is that not only do I feed them a home-cooked meal with a few homegrown ingredients in there, yes, they also believe that dessert and not the kind that comes out of a packet is included too in this All-Inclusive Deal they call Parenthood.
So, this, for sure, is no culinary masterpiece, but if you are looking for something that is so very easy, dump-able, uses everyday ingredients and at the same time makes you look like you spent hours pulling things together plus tastes good....well, then this is for you.
Best though, you don't make this for yourself, if you have spent the most part of your week sitting on your derriere reading blogs...this my friend ain't low in the calories department...if, however, you are treating yourself to a delight in a mason jar, this is so for you.
I first had a version of this when at dinner back in Old Blighty with a girl, I once, in another life, caught the train up from our village to London with...she was a funny thing really...I am not quite sure how we got on...she was kinda prissy and a bit bothered by too much...I would run to the train flustered, having got up late, and she would have a spreadsheet on the train times, if you know what I mean.
Anyway, a few years later when we both had bambinos, I bumped into her again and we met up for playdates and dinner sometimes....this particular night, after a lovely meal she served up little bowls of creamy, cakey fruity stuff topped off with chocolate flake...it was delicious!
She didn't serve hers in little jars like this, hers were in a champagne glass and not quite so layered as these ones, plus she used tinned fruit not fresh or frozen.
Years later when said offspring kept requesting dessert, one day I wangled together somehow these from what was around in the fridge and they've been with us ever since.
Most likely, if you ever come here for dinner, and shock horror, you dont' bring the dessert with you, this, if you are lucky, will be what you will get.
Throw it all together, sprinkle a lil bit of chocolate on the top and the blog reading past-time you so rudely left in order to make this, is my friend, your oyster.
Beach Cottage Too Easy Layered Raspberry, Cream & Sponge Dessert
1 small maderia or butter cake or a pack of cupcakes (or of course make your own)
1/2 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup cream cheese
1/4 cup sugar
8 tbsp fruit
1 x chocolate Flake or chocolate bar for grating
1. beat the cream cheese until it is soft
2. whip the cream until soft peaks form
3. combine & add the sugar through
4. cut your cake into portions
& layer into the bottom of your jar
5. add a tablespoon of fruit
6. layer on top the cream combo
7. repeat
8. grate chocolate or Flake on top
*Beach Cottage Recipe Notes : this is just a guide really, you can use any cream that you have on hand...I have made this with clotted cream (don't even go there unless you want to seriously get these babies on your thighs), with double cream and I have even, in desperate times squirted in that, ...
G'day Beach Cottage ladies, well I thought it was time for some blogging tips here today, alongside a few nice flowers and shells ;-)
I was recently part of a blogger discussion group over at Kidspot and a couple of hours later had a few questions from girls who couldn't make it to the live chat, one was on my Facebook page and one via email, the Facebook one I will deal with in another Real Girl Blogging Tips post...the email one asked me what essentials do I think every blog needs?
Well I have been around here for a while now doing the blogging thing, so I should know this, yeah and I mused this on my walk by the sea this morning I thought well what do you only need?
...I think it is really very easy when blogging, whether or not you are blogging up there in the lofty heights of the Super Bloggers or you are just dipping your toe in the water, to get side-tracked by 101 million different things that are 'essential' to your blog and if you are someone like me who actually gets a thrill from reading blogging tips then you are in an even worse place because you will find yourself literally buzzing with these essential things to add/do/implement on your blog.
However, walking along, gulping down that brisk sea air today (no sunshine & clouds) I thought you actually don't need any of that professional blogging stuff to be successful...but there are a few things that are pretty much crucial ...and once I started to think about it I got it down to about 5 - these are the only things that you need to concentrate on...once you have read through take a look at some of the big girl's blogs...you'll see that actually they don't have bundles of stuff on their blogs...but they do have all of these...
So here are my top things that your blog must have
1. About Page
There are all sorts of About Pages out there, and if you search on it there are many different tips and ideas for what to have on yours
Whatever blogging platform you use, adding an About Me Page is easy, quick and simple and will do everything to grow your blog.
I like a long-ish About Page, I am inherently nosy and I like to know a bit more about the person but at the least you should have on it your name and where you are located. I also think a photo is good too...over the last year or so I think this has become more important in blogging - if you are hesitant about that as I was, you can try using sunglasses or a behind shot until you get comfortable.
There is nothing worse than stumbling upon a new blog and going to find out more to only be faced with a piddly little one liner About Me Page...well there is something worse, not having one at all!
2. Contact Page
The chances are someone, somewhere will want to contact you and you will be surprised what lands in your inbox once you put yourself out there on the world wide web with a blog.
Many bloggers also use this page to include details for PR's/brands that may want to contact them and some bloggers put their stats on there too.
A short, to the point and simple Contact Page works really well...whenever I have wanted to contact another blogger I am often very busy and have limited time so I don't want to hang around sifting through information looking for an email address, so concise and clear ...
G'day lovely Beach Cottage lovelies.
So, yeah, so on a roll people, so on a roll.
I feel kinda home accessory wired right now.
I am always telling people, if anyone ever listens, that blogging is all about passion, not that sort of passion, but about passion that makes one tick.
Things like this make me tick tick boom.
I love finding things that suit my budget and let me treat my home but look amazing too.
So without further adieu I introduce you, ladies of the beach, to the blue vintage glasses that I have been stroking for about a week or two now...
These glasses are from a little boutique I sometimes happen upon, this boutique sells also pet accessories, carpet cleaner, bras and compost...it's quite unique though.
And, thanks to my friend Marnie (she blogs over here, go take a look at her praying position, interesting), who just so happens to be one day having me over for a lil' Greek dinner, has let me in on the fact that we call Kmart....The KMart...with an accent ....as in 'I love The KMart'...just like her MIL does. Oh yeah. Love that.
So I have had my eye on reproduction vintage glass blue wine glasses and being trying to find real true vintage blue glasses for like ever.
Oh yes I have spied them in Frenchy boutiques, I have lusted after them in stores that I shouldn't even enter and I have put them back pretty quickly in those shops with the hand-written price tags. C'mon, you know the ones.
And, though all of the above have tempted me, muchly, really, even with my wardrobe stashing skills I just thought that, actually, I'd rather be saving that casherooni for our next trip overseas..
Hello The KMart.
Tick Tick Boom
Vintage style blue wine glasses.
Do not come to my old place and think you might pick up one of these and smile with pleasure at their handblown quality, their weight, and be secretly jealous that my wine glasses cost more than your car...friend, that would not happen...these do not feel like that...indeed these in a funny way reminded me of my baby girl, she was a tiny little thing, with stick legs, the tinsssssssiest ankles and wrists you ever did see, she slept sideways in her cot wedged in between rolled up blankets and would only settle attached to Mr Beach Cottage or I or a (dirty) pj top of mine scrunched up under her nose...the first few times I picked her up to cuddle, being used to Honeymoon Baby who weighed in at 9lbs at birth and has never really stopped growing, I nearly threw her little bird-cum-rat down covered body over my shoulder.
These glasses are like that...be careful or you might lose your wine down the front of your shirt.
But oh baby, we are not talking picking up here, we are not talking quality, we are not talking house accessory snobbery.
Beach Cottage ladies, we are talking aesthetics.
And this is what I need in my cottage.
Blue vintage style glass, paired with coastal / nautical / beach stuff on my deck.
It's The KMart.
Tune in tomorrow, tomorrow, I have more budget foofing for your home, or maybe it will be the dress that wraps me up in supermarket-chic and makes me feel like me again.
Good Day to you my friends, wanna come hang out on my deck, talk house accessories, The KMart and drink some wine from blue glasses?
Sarah
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If you are picking one out of the four photos, I would suggest Photo #1 or #3
No. 1… shows more rocky backdrop behind the chair,
No. 3… the colour and detail of the chair is clearer
wow thanks for your input Patricia, how very interesting and that of course is why I love the internet and the interaction cos I was thinking if it makes it to the header it will be #3
sarah
i love number 3 as it reminds me of your *other* chair shoot on the beach….but i’m pretty partial to the closeup with cook book camera and gorgeously ratty pink chair…
thanks for popping by my dear aussie connection!
melissa x
The appeal of these shots, for me anyway, is the pink chair against the blue sea backdrop. Nice and simple contrast.
No’s 3 & 5 are my favs.
Browsing through a big antique store on the weekend Sarah and found two whitewashed oars, good condition, $130. No I didn’t buy!
xx
I love colours of these shots, but I agree that the colours in #3 and the composition is nice. I really like the last shot, but the colours are a bit washed out.
On another note, how fun that Miss BC is so interested in photography! What a lovely way to spend a morning.
#3 is my favorite, the color, light, and the contrast of the chair against the rock. Lovely.
♥ Toni
Sometimes even complete STRANGERS mock an English accent Sarah – usually I just stand there with a face like a flounder…
You seem to be having some trouble with depth of field, in #1 all the picture has a soft, vintage look except for the intermediate dark slab of rock, which is crisp. I like the last one best, the feet in the water, and the clear but not bright sunshine looks poignant, and I like the framing too – more room for the imagination of the viewer~
I too love number 3. You get the sky, the water and the rocks. Plus the softness of the pink chair. Lovely!
Good luck with the wing back chair! Of all the things we inherited when we moved in here the ol wind back chair is one of the definate keepers! Love the soft colour of the chair..x
Hows that for a typo! wing back chair I meant lol
I love the composition, light, and clarity of photo #3. The story there seems to be about the objects.
However, in photo #5 the camera and chair invoke images of a blank canvas and easel awaiting the artist to arrive and capture the beauty and peace of living by the sea. This one to me depicts life by the sea because not only have you done a great job of photographing the props from your vintage beach cottage, but also the beauty of the ocean in all of it’s varying colors from the tide pool, to the aqua blue of the surf and the deep blue of the sea beyond.
Also…another thought. You’ve done such a wonderful job of creating montages in your home. I’d love to see photos of a montage created on the beach.
Stunning shots but have to say (as a very novice photographer) that my favs are 2 and 3. I love the close up of 2 but the ambiance of 3 is great!
Sarah,
Love the pink chair, love the softness of all the photos.
The pictures are just gorgeous! I enjoyed your daughter’s post too
xo,
Shellagh
Lovely photos Sarah.
I love #2 but it does not really give an indication of the fact you are on the rocks by the ocean.
In #3 I was wondering if you cropped the photo? If you did would ove to see it with a little more ocean to the left side rather than have it right n the center (rule of thirds thing)
the cpmposition of the last photo is really lovely but I would like a little more pink on the chair so would saturate it just a teensy bit.
But then what do I know LOL!!! JMHO
I still prefer the image of the white chair in the ocean the you have on the header.
That was classic !!
I’m a big Eastenders fan~I knew you weren’t a cockney
I love photos 2 and 3. The close up with the camera and book is great. And I like the pink of the chair against the grey/blue of the rocks and water and sky.
If you don’t open a coffee shop maybe you could become a magazine stylist.
I think it should be the June photo on your 2011 calendar!!!!!
Hi Sarah! I love the soft pink chair and craggy grey rocks! I have the same chair in peeling grey w/ green underneath. It’s nice but I can’t imagine dragging it all the way down to my beach here. Very creative. Also loved your daughter’s post and pix of you & Mr BC! Hope she visits again!
xoxo lizzy at gone to the beach
From the last few posts it looks like you are making the best of winter on the beach. A wing back chair just says warm and cozy home – perfect for a bit of book reading on a winter’s afternoon. Good luck on your thrifting treasure hunts this week.
I signed up for a little bead treasure swap and am off to search for pretty dangling things in all shades of pink – not my colour choice but will make for an interesting adventure.
Oh, I love them all and would have a hard time choosing a favorite. Can you imagine on a cool day sitting up there with a coffee reading that cookbook, just trying to decide what to make for supper. Kinda would make a girls day, course you probably know that. I’m tellin ya, that is where little Miss BC gets it…her mama.
I am loving pic number 2…it will look fabulous in your blog banner.
I love all of them but especially 3. I dont know why but the colours are just right for me. Like Deanne says a calendar would be brilliant! I’ll take 10! xx
Last photo my favourite for sure. Pinks and greys always a favourite combo of mine. Just love that your young miss was out there in the thick of it. Might give one of my three young misses a go doing a blog post, a great idea! Mind you they are so busy off doing young teenager stuff I doubt they will fit me in lol!
alicia
ps. hope you are enjoying the school hols, its nice to see a bit more of the little terrors isnt it as they are normally so BUSY ;0)
Sarah all your photos are gorgeous but I particularly love #5…the backdrop of the sea behind your vintage treasures has my imagination running in all directions and is not unlike the cliff top DH and I got married on. I would love to have a coffee table book of your photos, they evoke such a feeling of serenity and just ‘being’ in the moment….I really do think they are fabulous!!!
I think you have some healthy competition where Miss BC is concerned…she definitely has her mum’s talent for both writing and photography.
I am off thrifting today too, wish I had a friend to drag along with me….good luck with the wingback, it’s been on my list for ages now.
I love ALL the pics Sarah! You are sooooo talented. The shots are all breathtakingly beautiful.
Debbie@houseatthelake
I loved all the pcitures Sarah!! I cold just pcture myself sitting in that sweet pink chair and finding delight at the beautiful beach before me. Did one of the comments mention a calendar? I want one!!!!!
Go for it girlfriend!!!!
Sally
xxxxx
Sarah, Your photos are precious. yes i think any of them could be incorporated into your header and they would be perfect. I know what you mean about the weekend and finding things to photograph for your own enjoyment. That is what I have been up to lately! It’s such fun.
By the way, Your daughter did a great job photographing the shoot!
Always a fun read!
Well, I love, love, love the pink chair. I love that your daughter has taken up your interest and you can share with her your craft. My oldest daughter shares the vintage passion with me as does one of my sons. They are so good at what they do. And it just blesses me.
I like the last one best… I think #3 is a bit obviously staged and I’m not keen on where the waterline falls in relation to the camera & book, whereas the last one has a nice, soft feel which, I think will translate well to your header. It also seems more natural – not staged; the overall composition is nice too… I find my eye moves around the picture better. I think #2 is my second favorite, but it seems a bit too crisp and dark to complement the other photos in your header. Overall though, they are all beautiful photos you can be proud of!
Love the photos Sarah… However I still prefer your last chair/beach shoot… Just sayin’. Haha
Cool photos! Very interesting shot. I love it.
Wing-back chair, wing-back chair. Oh, how I want you to get that wing-back chair. In other news, I am veering towards Candy Apple Red. Kitchenaid wise of course.
Great photos, especially like the last shot with the lovely pink chairs feet in the water, that should defo go into your header x
Sarah such great photos. Love the muted look and the pink is just fabulous. My favourite is the very last photo.
Alison
I like the one in your “PS” the best!
And it was fun reading your daughter’s post.
She’s got potential, that one : )
xx Suzanne