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In the olden days when ladies were ladies and ladettes didn’t exist, great store was set by the need for women of  a certain class to be "accomplished", not just in manners, etiquette and deportment, but in all manner of arts, crafts and domestic achievement… A proper lady knew how to behave in social situations,…

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A Collection a Day is a new project by artist Lisa Congden who has set about documenting all the collections in her life, whether they be real or imagined… Eighteen days in to the  project Lisa  has featured pegs, string, vintage portraits and packing labels, a row of eucalyptus leaves, playing cards and a set…

Almonds. I can’t get enough of the scent of them. It started with Method’s Almond scented polish and one too many compliments from visiting friends. (As if it was me doused in the the gentle dust of these fragrant nuts). And then it was Almond Fairy liquid, a few drop’s of almond essence added to…

If  I ever grow up enough be considered a font of wisdom, this is what I shall say:  Wait.  Just wait.  But live a life worth talking about in the meantime. Live it wholeheartedly. Live it so wonderfully, scrumptiously, deliciously well, that when that you have been waiting for finally whispers its way into your…