another quick wrapping made with stamp + ink, although as soon as it was finished i realised it would make more sense at christmas!

what's inside? take a long, admiring look here.

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cannibalizing the financial times . . . 

+ deconstructing prague . . .

. . . into gift tags.


a rainy day recycling project - or when a monsoon lashes the eastern med at the end of may.



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loving this ridiculously inexpensive bracelet i picked up in town the other day. it has summer written all over it.


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so does our veranda.

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a seaside christening brought us to the beach for a few hours last saturday. we kept our distance from the water, not even a. or peter rabbit were tempted to dip a toe in, but it won't be long now...

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this week (part II):


/  jewellery-making

//  abstract art-making

///  stone soup-making

// // next door fun-making - thank you, lisa!




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this week:

/   many tea-soaked hours with adored friends who came from far but feel so near.  plotting more this summer when we fly to their neck of the woods - otherwise known as england.

//  favourite aunt bearing gifts, including this porcelain replica of the paper trays used in traditional confectioneries here.  wrapped in slate-grey muslin and thin velvet ribbon. love. and this (among many other things) for a. - from moma, ny. her alphabet skills have improved in a day.

///  the first jasmine flower in the garden.



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each new season takes us by surprise
all the new shoes and clothes that need to be bought . .  .

and we suddenly realise how much we miss last year's child.


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