didn't she do well!

hello!

hope you all had an ace Christmas and an even acer New Year

now it is time to come back down to earth and get back to norm (norm is short for normal…I don't have a new boyfriend called Norm)

I might just wait for Monday to be honest

I thought I would take a few mins to do a quick post and share some of my Christmas gifts with you

the softest leather satchel

quite possibly the nicest owl…in the world

a new big girls sewing machine

stylish stationary

just a bit of my new Orla collection

some pretty vintage pottery

a little dog, a friend for my elephant

a pretty tin

inspiration in a book

happy yellow stocking fillers

yes, I have been very lucky indeed

I hope you got some lovely treats too

I will be back soon with my New Years resolutions

I don't normally bother but this year is to be different!

thanks for reading x

an accident in the bedroom

be prepared for a rather sorry story if you will

this all goes back a while, actually to the night before we went on our family holiday

everyone was rather excited, there was a lot of frolicking, and then 'it' happened

 next thing I know Mr Betty is looking down upon a badly damaged rod, I knew then that things would never be the same in our bedroom

it took 3 months

a trip to Macclesfield

much discussion over a possible size reduction

but eventually….

….we have a new bed

we also have a new NO BOUNCING ON THE BED rule (adults not included)

Mr Betty likes to joke that we should have clipboards on the end of our new crib stating any current ailments, food intolerances etc. I don't find him funny

the new bed gave me an excuse for a good reshuffle, it doesn't take much

I am rather happy with the fresh new look

top tip-rather than purchasing new furniture I just painted some old mismatched pieces of Ikea

I used a standard emulsion and then gave them a top coat of Farrow and Ball Eggshell Varnish

thanks for reading