tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24943526032362178172024-03-13T20:31:25.799+00:00love&lilacLove & Lilaclouisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917132920310709574noreply@blogger.comBlogger220125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494352603236217817.post-25934975750764776952014-05-08T09:07:00.001+01:002014-05-08T09:08:54.816+01:00Bluebells<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now Mum is 93 and less able to travel independently I look for little trips that will bring a little joy to her life. This weekend we went to Ashridge Forest in the Chilterns to marvel at the bluebells. They were a tonic for Mum, and me, and I hope for you too.</span><br />
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louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917132920310709574noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494352603236217817.post-42504047237554179742014-03-23T20:22:00.003+00:002014-03-23T20:22:58.824+00:00Love & Lilac on Facebook<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917132920310709574noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494352603236217817.post-72110825116598904482013-11-05T10:20:00.000+00:002013-11-05T10:20:57.190+00:00Kirsty Allsop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I met a soap maker a couple of years ago who was featured on the first Kirsty Makes programme. Naturally my first question was "what is she really like?" She responded that "what you see is what you get" - she's just like she is on the telly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I was able to put that to the test last week when I saw Kirsty in person at the Country Living Christmas Fair.I got there early for Kirsty's session. The seats where already filling up an hour before she was due and by the time she arrived, 45 mins late, it was standing room only. Warm, funny and profusely apologetic, the crowd soon forgave her lateness as she answered questions from the audience for the next hour. Questions ranged from what make her shoes were through to the low down on Phil Spencer (he's pretty fastidious about his shirts apparently). </span><br />
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louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917132920310709574noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494352603236217817.post-62959392563251313422013-10-26T14:31:00.000+01:002013-10-26T14:31:09.227+01:00Fall in Vermont<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've been absent for blogging for a few weeks now. I used to laugh when people said they had never been so busy since they retired and now I hear myself saying it! Maybe it's because I now have the time to do all those things I could never fit into weekends. I've had a lot of fun seeking out treasure for my vintage and handmade shop, upcycling galore and getting my vintage 'look' together - a mixture of pretty pastels and rustic white.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Another reason I have been absent is because I have more time to travel. I'm just back from a fab trip to New England. Some time in Boston (what a great city) and in Vermont to meet up with friends and enjoy the amazing fall colour. If you've been to Vermont at this time of year you will know just how stunning the tapestry of autumn colour is. For those of you who haven't I hope my photos will give you a taste of what you're missing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Have you ever seen an old house screened by shrubbery, unchanged by time and longed to see beyond the door? There's a house just like this a couple of streets away from my cottage that I've walked past so many times and longed to go inside and today I got the opportunity to do just that. What a treat! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Some neighbours of mine have bought this beautiful 1840s house where the same family have lived for generations. Developers were keen to snap it up but the couple would only sell to a family who would love it just as they had. Isn't that lovely? So many old houses are being knocked down where I live and being replaced by blocks of flats it's quite heart breaking. The saving of this Victorian gem is so wonderful it made my heart sing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The house needs a lot of work but I know will be developed sympathetically. I couldn't resist taking a few snaps before works start.It feels like every decade is represented in the decor. Layers of wallpaper, amazing paint colours, every type of floor covering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(No not an apparition - just my reflection!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I'm going to Vermont in 6 weeks time ... but first. I bought this lovely tea towel (dish cloth to US readers) in Cape Cod last year and it's been sitting with others in the 'too gorgeous to use on wiping dishes pile' since I got back. This pile includes some beauties from Anthropologie and I just can't bear to use them but don't want to just hide them away. So my Cape Cod tea towel is now a cushion! Simple side seams, secured at the back with a couple of vintage buttons and voila!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love Whitstable. It's the perfect English seaside town. A lovely mix of traditional and trendy and when the sun shines it's unbeatable for a day out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Whitstable has the perfect mix of beach huts, great individual shops (92% of all shops - yey no Starbucks!), a working fish market, boats bobbing in the harbour and laid back cafe culture. How can you resist a place that has street names like Squeeze Gut Alley (harking back to it's smuggler past)?</span></div>
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Y<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ou can find out more about Whitstable here <a href="http://www.ilovewhitstable.com/">http://www.ilovewhitstable.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like me you've probably seen the pretty Irish Avoca clothing range in John Lewis but maybe not realised that they also do homeware too, which is just as pretty. I was in Belfast last weekend and spotted an Avoca store there so couldn't resist a look inside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My son was with me on this trip. The poor boy has had to haul back bags full of Anthropologie goodies from US trips for me in the days before they had stores here in the UK. He sighed as we walked through the doors of Avoca, "do they ship?" ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Upstairs there is a beautiful cafe where you can indulge in a slice of '15' - a yummy Irish delicacy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We wondered why it was called 15. The recipe tells it all!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">15 digestive biscuits, crushed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">15 walnuts, finely chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">15 glace cherries, chopped</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">15 coloured marshmallows, chopped</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1 Mix the first four ingredients.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2 Add enough condensed milk to bring all the ingredients into a ball.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3 Divide the ball into two and make two sausage like rolls.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4 Scatter half the quantity of dessicated coconut on the worktop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5 Roll one'sausage' over it to coat well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6 Scatter the remaining half and roll the other'sausage' as well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7 Place 'sausages' on a tray and refrigerate until firm- about 2 hours.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8 Cut into 1/2 inch discs.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">9 *Note:Can be made in large quantities and kept refrigerated in zip lock bags.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10 Lasts for weeks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I took these photos some weeks ago on a jaunt to the lovely town of Arundel. It's a small town near the coast and perfect for a day trip. I stayed overnight in nearby Pulborough in a lovely little hotel and a first for me - sleeping in a four poster bed! Not the comfiest bed I have ever slept in but an experience.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(You don't see the warning at 3am when nature calls...ouch!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of the antique stores in Arundel had closed since my last visit, a sign of the times, but there are a satisfying number of vintage and interior shops to happily browse in. </span></div>
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louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05917132920310709574noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2494352603236217817.post-2242997366548804732013-05-27T21:48:00.001+01:002013-05-27T21:48:55.053+01:00Chelsea Flower Show<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have the builders in. If you have ever experienced this you know immediately that I have a house that resembles a building site and full of dust :-( It's hard to imagine right now but in 5 days time I will have a swanky new bathroom :-) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I managed to escape the dust and mayhem and get to the Chelsea Flower Show last week - it was the first time for me. I don't really know why I have never got around to going before but I'm definitely going to make this an annual treat! It was soooo cold though. Honestly, May and you needed a coat and gloves! Still being British we cheered ourselves by the fact that there were only a couple of light showers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just before I went to Sweden I was lucky enough to go to a talk with Cath Kidston at Regent Streets Apple Store. Now you know when you are of a certain age when the prospect of meeting Cath is much more exciting than Richard Gere, one of the numerous celebrities appearing at the store in recent months. I'll let you into a little secret. My son is events manager for Apple - a dream job where he gets to work with some of the most talented artists on the planet - and more importantly a reserved front row seat for his Mum!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I bought my little cottage back in 1999 Cath's early faded rose prints were my inspiration. This was back in the day when she had her first little shop in Clarendon Cross. In fact it was Cath herself who served me when I bought the wallpaper for my bedroom (I like to claim my part in her success!). I told her that I had bought my cottage just so I could decorate my bedroom with her beautiful rose pattern wallpaper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She's come a long long way since then. It's rare to find someone who hasn't got a bit of Cath somewhere. I remember being at a business meeting and I had Cath bag which was much admired. I kid you not that every woman in that meeting produced a Kidston product from their handbag!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've sometimes thought of painting over it but how could I now :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A video podcast was made of the event which you can download for free on iTunes. Just search in podcasts for Meet the Designer: </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cath Kidston</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Have you ever been to Stockholm? It's so beautiful you really must go (but take a sack full of krone as it's soooo expensive!) I got back with my son this week from a long weekend of beautiful sunshine - while the UK basked in cold and rain - music and sightseeing and singing (Dancing Queen anyone?) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not for nothing is Stockholm called the Venice of the north. This gorgeous city is made up of a collection of small islands which you cross to by bridges. Gamla Stan (old town) is particularly popular with sightseers with its cobbled little streets, pretty shops, the Palace and Government buildings . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Swedes can't get enough of him selling out 3 shows at a 60,000 seat stadium at 63 years old. He's still the Boss ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But of course we wanted to get a dose of Swedish culture too. The Vasa Museum holds the amazing Viking ship rescued from the bottom of the Baltic Sea. (sorry about the picture quality but it is very dark in the museum to protect the wood).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So finally, how best to finish off a trip to Sweden? There is only one word...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yes folks, it was the opening week of the new Abba Museum and it was too irresistible to miss!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't wait to go back for a longer visit - although they've made me promise not to sing again ;-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My little road trip around West Sussex last week took in some delightful villages in the most beautiful countryside - doesn't everywhere look so much better when the sun is shining?! One of the most gorgeous villages I found is Amberley tucked right in the heart of the stunning Sussex Downs countryside. Every lane had such heavenly cottages - it's the kind of place where you ooh and sigh with delight at every turn! Have a peep...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are happy days. The sheer slog of a working life, commuting into the big city everyday, is behind me at last. More me time...to be creative, to explore, to pursue my love of all things vintage. With winter finally shaken off and the beautiful sunshine of the last few days what better way to spend it than on a little trip to the Sussex Downs?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">West Sussex is such a lovely part of the country. One of the reasons I chose this area for my trip was to attend a very special vintage fair - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lovelanevintage">Love Lane Vintage</a> This deliciously pretty event is held in a little church hall in the beautiful village of Wisborough Green. Have a look...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lovely isn't it? Especially in the beautiful sunshine. So on to the fair itself. Love Lane Vintage is all about shabby chic, pretty pastels, country, brocante style. Lots and lots of gorgeousness. It was a very busy event (as a vintage seller I can only dream of this amount of footfall!) but I managed to take some snaps for you with my iPhone (click on any to enlarge). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spent a happy day today heaving stuff around in my space at the <a href="http://www.hertfordshirecraftcollective.co.uk/home/?page_id=39">Hertfordshire Craft Collective</a> at Battlers Green Farm in Radlett today. I have so much new vintage and painted furniture I thought you might like</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> a peak.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When we were kids Sunday lunch was always followed by a compulsory walk. We'll go and see the 'big houses' my Mother would say like it was some sort of treat to see how the rich folk lived in the kind of houses you were never going to live in. Well something must have rubbed off because this afternoon I took a walk that took in some of the local 'big houses' of Bushey Heath.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There's a short cut from my house - a little bridle track that runs by the side of the fields called Whomsoever Lane. Isn't that a great name? Almost as good as another local road named Trotters Bottom :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end of this track it opens up into some of the most expensive real estate in the area. A big house here costs millions. This part of Bushey Heath fancies itself a bit. Every drive has a Range Rover and there is private security to protect residents from the hoi polloi - not unlike that other BH town (Beverley Hills).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But in the midst of all this nouveau riche is a little gem - what I call the 1517 house. It hidden by a large hedge but I took a few swift snaps today with my iPhone without alerting security just to show you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't tell you much about the house other than it dates back to 1517. I love the cross in the wall don't you? For a number of years the front of the house was propped up but clearly someone was brave enough to take it on on preserve this 500 year old house for the future. 500 years ago the house would have been surrounded by woodland. I wondered who lived there then? The area was infamous for highway robbery and in the 1700s Dick Turpin was rumoured to have operated in the neighbourhood...no private security then! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">According to Grant Longman's Robberies on Bushey Heath, the road from Bushey Heath to Stanmore is said to be where the highwaymen lurked, ready to raid the dozen or so caravans that passed through Bushey Heath daily, carrying money from trade in London. Before venturing through the pass, parties of travellers and merchants would form at the Boot Inn Pub at Edgware and the Three Crowns Pub at Bushey Heath so they didn’t have to venture through the pass alone. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Imagine venturing down Whosoever Lane in those days!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I can't believe another year has whizzed by and the Country Living Fair is back in town. An <strike>skive</strike> extended lunch break today gave me just enough time to duck and dive through those middle aged Home Counties ladies and check out all the stands. I even managed to listen to a presentation by TV presenter Catherine Gee (Escape to the Country has never been quite the same since she left) on moving to the countryside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was more about window shopping and looking for inspiration than buying today... but I did couldn't resist this lovely bag. Perfect for summer shopping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">While the weather was distinctly wintery today, at the <a href="http://www.hertfordshirecraftcollective.co.uk/home/">Hertfordshire Craft Collective </a>it was decidedly sunny for the Spring Open Day. Lots of lovely gifts ideas for Mothers Day - something for every member of the family in fact.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; text-align: left;">I couldn't resist posting this photo of protesters today in the town of Sherborne, Dorset, who were opposing a Tesco supermarket development (and more power to their elbow I say). Kirsty Allsop would be soooo proud of those crafty boards wouldn't she?! </span></div>
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