Recently I was chatting with a friend in the vintage community and we got onto the subject of jewellery, specifically what to wear with our vintage style clothing. Now, there really are two trains of thought (in my opinion) you have original jewellery which is either very sparkly and decorative (diamante, gemstones and marcasite)…

This is going to be a pretty short blog to share a few photographs of a dress that I actually bought last year and never wore! I saw this pretty, summery, colourful dress and immediately knew it was something that I wanted to wear. Canary yellow, orange, green, pink and blue were the main…

Last year I became the proud owner of my first Neo-Walk walking stick. Now those of you who are long time readers will know I caused myself an injury over 4 years ago which has left me in chronic pain and with little/no chance of improvement. Repeated tears to my Cruciate ligament and meniscus…

When I was a lot younger I taught myself to cross-stitch.  I was only around 18 years old and it was a spur of the moment thing after walking into a newsagent and seeing a ‘simple cross-stitch’ magazine. I bought the magazine and never looked back. The first project was a little floral ‘picture’…

Regular readers will know I am currently looking after my Mum and two relatives. She was taken ill on the 17th February and spent multiple weeks in hospital before coming home two weeks ago. Unfortunately, over these weeks her health has declined and she needs full time care, which I am giving as best…