Glamour In An Apron

I have got a crush on Sadie Olive. Whether it is her photographs, blog designs or now on Etsy, her wonderful taste in all things vintage, she never fails to thrill the little part of me that aches for the kind of innate subdued style Sadie applies to everything to which she turns her hand……

If only dinner cooked itself, And groceries grew upon the shelf; If children did as they were told, And never had a cough or cold; And washed their hands, and wiped their boots, And never tore their Sunday suits, But always tidied up the floor, Nor once forgot to shut the door. If John remembered…

I sometimes feel as though I live in a cottage made of lego. Bright chunky primary coloured everything with Spiderman or Doctor Who lurking underfoot at every turn. Where’s the pretty gone? How did one little five year old manage, so very skilfully, to inflict his Ben 10 will upon everything I own?? Some days…