My Nan’s old Olympia typewriter
Keyboard antics You may have spotted my Nan’s old Olympia typewriter featuring on posts recently. My best memories of my grandparents ‘by the sea' are of mealtime entertainment from the napkin people; keyboard antics on adding machines, pianos and typewriters;...
Top Autumn 2022 colours from Pantone®
Change of season It's coming up to the Spring equinox this weekend and it definitely feels like the seasons are shifting with the very welcome return of sunnier weather and longer days. I feel like I've lost a whole month - February was a complete right off for me. So...
Pantone® announce the Color of the Year 2022
Pantone® Colour of the Year 2022 Aside from the obvious big occasion on the horizon, the other thing I look forward to in December is the announcement of the Pantone® colour of the year. I must admit, I was expecting a light and airy colour – perhaps a pale pink that...
Slot Depo 25 Bonus 25: Slot di Lubang Tidak Menjamin Kemenangan
Berapa sering Anda merasa khawatir ketika memegang sepasang kartu saku besar seperti KK dalam permainan hold'em? Ketika kartu Slot jatuh di flop, musuh yang memegang Slot di lubang bisa mendapatkan pasangan yang lebih tinggi, mengalahkan saku Raja Anda. Pada titik...
Top Spring 2022 colours from Pantone®
Late sunshine I have loved the late summer sunshine this week. With the children all back at school, I've actually felt like I've been on holiday as I have managed to eat my lunch sat in the garden in the sunshine with peace and quiet. It's been lovely to extend that...
Weddings through the decades: 2000s
I remember feeling quite anxious about the calendar flipping over to the year 2000. We weren't quite sure what would happen when it got to midnight on New Year's Eve. This didn't stop me partying like it was 1999 (Prince would've been proud of me) but I was relieved...
Top Fall 2021 colours from Pantone® for autumn weddings
Autumn 2021 colours We await the roadmap announcement next week, when we hope that there is clearer guidance on the way out of lockdown including what will happen to weddings in 2021. We can assume that weddings may not include receptions for a while and then may...
Pantone® announce the Color of the Year 2021
Pantone® have picked not one but two colours of the year for 2021. It's only the second time they've picked more than one colour (since 2016 when it was Rose Quartz and Serenity). The Pantone® Color of the Year 2021 is Illuminating 13-0647 AND Ultimate Gray 17-5104....
Weddings through the decades: 1990s
The soundtrack to my lockdown since March has been Fearne Cotton's Sounds of the 90s on BBC Sounds. These tunes and memories from the 1990s have accompanied me whilst gardening, doing chores around the house or out for runs. These songs of my teenage years have...
Wedding venue review: The Upton Firehouse
The Upton Firehouse wedding reception venue I had the pleasure of visiting the Upton Firehouse socially in the build up to Christmas last year and was blown away by the quality of the food. As someone with (sometimes tricky) dietary requirements I'm often nervous...
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