Jean Cocteau poster giveaway :)

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Last week I travelled up to Evian to see the Jean Cocteau exhibition - it was wonderful and v. inspiring!


Whilst there, I bought myself a little souvenir of a film poster ( Le Testament d'Orphee ) and then, just as I was about to get back in the car I ran back and bought another just for you ... well one of you.  I'm that nice :)

To enter the blog giveaway simply leave a comment at the end of this post.   You can enter more than once - to do this simply Tweet or post on Facebook the link to this giveaway or give it a mention on you blog each time you leave a comment :)  easypeasy.   The giveaway is open until 5 pm (CET) Friday May 7 2010 and then I will choose a number from one of those little online random no. generator websites :)  I'll announce the winner online! good luck!!!!!!!!!

Cherry Blossom

It's that pretty time of year again when the peach and cherry blossoms are out in full bloom and the apple and quince blossoms are yet to bloom in our garden. But there's been blooms indoors too as I got a custom order to make a cherry blossom stained glass garland. I thought I'd share it with you :)

The Things I Loved About New York

in no particular order ....

photos by Aaron btw ...except the cafe reggio one :D

spotting Antony Gormley's Event Horizon statues in Manhattan

the water tower things on top of the buildings ... all looked a little bit 'wild west' :D

The french rooms at the Met Museum of Art's decorative arts dept - beautiful, pristine and nicely lit (you don't get recessed ceiling spotlights and backlit windows in the real thing !)  definitely not 'shabby chic' chateau style here :D it did have creaky wooden floorboards but no peeling paint work or that slight smell of damp but most of all it lacked the 'goosebumps' factor of the real chateaux but I really loved them!! GORGEOUS!!

actually, I think this chandelier is in the Italian bit  ...

jazz in the park

waffles with strawberries, walnuts and syrup at Cafe Reggio in Greenwich Village - this cafe reminding me of Venice :)

the feisty little squirrels!

the fire escapes!

 Anthropologie's shop at the Rockefeller  - no photos but got lots of birthday treats there :D



The Low Anthem at the Bowery Ballroom - I'm madly in love with this band

New York and Back

We were in New York for my birthday last week - and luckily managed to get home on Friday just before the airspace was shut due to the volcanic ash cloud.! Timing is everything :) and I haven't had the time to sit down and look at my photos let alone blog about it! This photo was taken by Aaron in Washington Park Square - kinda sums up the trip, we sat in parks in the beautiful spring sunshine for many hours just watching squirrels, people, dogs and listening to music :) more tomorrow ....

Happy Easter!

While I was out picking these little Spring flowers I noticed that our peony roses are emerging - hurrah! and there are little buds on the apple trees, fingers'x'd that the snow and frosts we had this week haven't done any damage.

I thought you might like to see the (almost finished ) dressing table, just a touch up to the handles required and a little work around the drawers. I'm really happy with it and it's put me in the mood to do some more. but maybe not just yet :)

The fabric on top is for the chair which I've started to paint this morning - my weekend project :)

Have a super Easter weekend!