Tag: advent calendar
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12 Days of Advent Day 7 | The London Walk
As if you needed to be reminded that I am a lover of London, but I feel the need to remind you that I am a lover of London in the most intimate and ridiculous of ways because it is simply the best city in the world; culture, art, history, welcome… The best time outside…
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12 Days of Advent Day 4 | Make Chocolate!
This is something I always, always recommend for the holidays, so if you are not new here, then you are not new to this and hopefully made plans. If you are new here, then welcome and here’s hoping, but I’ve got you covered. I am not a fan of chocolate per se, but I do…
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12 Days of Christmas | Day 1: To Thine Own Self
The tree is up, decorated and lit, the christmas songs are on repeat and Christmas is all around us. Tis the season for everything, a season of muchness, cheer and good will. It is easy for us to lose sight of ourselves during this season, and as someone who has had people I love and…
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Day 16 – DECLUTTER
Declutter your home, sort through things… I mean this should’ve started at the beginning of the month in anyways but now is as good a time as any to begin. Be brutal, be honest, I know, I know, I say this as a person deep into maximalism when it comes to a home and who…
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#24 | ALWAYS & FOREVER…
‘What are you two doing here?’ Rocks’ grandmother’s home is bride central; the three friends secured a wedding dress by Dior and Nonna’s seamstress drove in from Florence to help with minor alterations. A team of hotel staff are setting up the village church and another work the ball room. The three friends made their…
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#20- MONTE MADRE
When the car turns into the narrow road leading to the doors of Monte Madre, JJ felt the tension begin to ebb. On instinct Rocco reaches for her hand, giving it a squeeze, their first contact since boarding the private jet to Florence. Monte Madre. Arriving in this little hamlet is a thrill unlike no…
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WINDOWS – LIBERTY
This was giving I knocked together scraps from the floor of the tailor’s shop to make something in hopes that it turns out fine. It did not. I am not sure what it is, but these windows are not giving festive. The colours are flat, the range is poor and there is no coherent story…
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WINDOWS- SELFRIDGES
This was a window, like last years’, had to settle with me before I fully appreciated the scope of the story it is telling. It is one we can relate to because it deals with Christmas day and the aftermath; who is going to do the washing up? The brusselsprout or not argument, a fridge…
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WINDOWS- HARVEY NICHOLS
I didn’t like this window, it felt more New Year’s Eve than Christmas; too much sparkle and razzle dazzle to be even remotely christmassy. Maybe this is for the many holiday parties we could have attended if the train strikes did not derail things but it is missing something. Harvey Nics is one of those…