Toy Story Meets Inception

by Liz on July 30, 2010

I know this is all over the net but it’s brilliant and made me laugh so much. For those of you who’ve not seen it enjoy :)

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Sid Dickens Autumn 2010 Collection

by Liz on July 29, 2010

I’ve been collecting Sid Dickens Memory Block tiles since 1996 when I stumbled across them in Vancouver. You can only get them in a couple of UK stores now but I’ve found a store Casa Bella in the US who will ship them to the UK and worldwide.  They look amazing on the wall and are pretty easy to hang – just a nail in the wall.  They can grouped together to make a mosaic or have them singly hanging in a blank space, they always look stunning and I get a lot of compliments from guests about them.

I feel bad because I have about eight still sitting in the cupboard that I’ve never hung properly. It’s on my ‘to-do’ aka ‘the never done’ list, so instead I move them about every now and again.  That way I get to see more of them and it never matters which combination you do, they always look good.  As they are Memory Blocks, each one means something to me.  The middle top below was bought with my last few dollars on a fantastic holiday, I have some which have been gifts from friends and family, even one a fellow collector sent me when Lily was born.

Here are a few of mine my walls can’t really take more than six, but to see more and much better examples of what they can look like when displayed check out Flickr.

So despite our current ‘one in, one out policy’ decreed by my poor long suffering husband, I am lusting after the new Autumn collection.  The have the ‘blonds’ (those with no colour) and the floral ones I adore. I’m currently trying to decide what to cull in order to get some new ones.  The T-05 Angel Wing is a re-issue and I’ve wanted that one for, well about 12 years so I think that has to be one. But other than that I’m torn…..love them all!

To read more about Sid Dickens, check out their blog here

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{The Gallery} Week 21 – Nature

by Liz on July 27, 2010

Wow week 21 of The Gallery and I’m still really enjoying it. It’s really made me look at my photography skills and I’m even saving for a digital SLR camera. I’ve also booked a blog course in photography – Tara this is all your fault! ;)   This week is one of my favourite subjects ‘Nature’ (mainly because it can’t run off!) so over to Tara -

This week’s theme is: Nature. I think my love of trees is well documented by now, so go out there and have fun. The world is a beautiful place – show it to me in all its glory.’

Here are some of my favourite snaps I’ve taken over the last couple of years

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Brancaster Beach

by Liz on July 26, 2010

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Pretty Washing Up

by Liz on July 21, 2010

We don’t own a dishwasher…yet!  But in the meantime until I finish my kitchen re-vamp, here is my pretty washing up. It makes me happy when I’m doing such a mundane job :)

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{The Gallery} Week 20 – A Novel Idea

20 July 2010

Tara’s come up with a corker this week! ‘This week’s theme is: A novel idea. A photograph which you think represents a favourite book or novel or even children’s tale. A classic, pulp fiction, a fairytale, a modern masterpiece. Dracula, On Chesil Beach, Lord of the Rings, Little Red Riding Hood. Tell us which book [...]

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Tuesday Link Love

20 July 2010

I’m mid painting everything in my house white at the moment, if it sits still long enough it’s getting a coating! But I thought I’d have a break to share with your some of my favourite posts on Google Reader this week.  So have a coffee, a sit down and a relax with me, I [...]

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The Rummagy Barn

19 July 2010

On Friday Lily and I headed over to Bury St Edmunds to visit the lovely Karen from The Rubbish Diet for coffee, cake and a good gossip.  Bury has some fabulous coffee houses, but there is one in particular I would live in if I was over Bury way – fantastic coffee and wifi!  I [...]

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Bling shopping

15 July 2010

We had a window shopping day yesterday. I already have the stripy cushion above and I’m looking for some other cushions to go with it. The ones that came with our sofa originally are starting to look their age and frankly are a bit boring.  I like the damask ones which we found in Homesense [...]

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British Summer

15 July 2010

Today was a typical British Summer day – check out that rain!  But the garden did need it and hopefully some of my plants might be resurrected by it. Pretty much everything is dying except for the brambles. So Lily and I snuggled here and read some Percy Jackson books this afternoon – she’s now [...]

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