It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Cla To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits has to be the perfect post Christmas craft project 😊 
If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
#driedflowers #driedflowerembroidery #olgaprinku #embroideryhoop #flowerembroidery #competitiontime #signedbooks #embroideryart #flowersontulle #autumn #autumncolours #hoopart #allthingsbotanical #instacraft
This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofp This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofpines and is from her beautiful new book Little Stories of Your Life. 
It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
#littlemoments #littlestoriesbook #alifeofwords #lostinwords #competition #booksarelife #mindfulphotography #bookstagram #booksmakemehappy #booksconnectus #igreads #whatareyoureading #signedbooks
Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has sh Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has shared her wonderfully creative ideas for visibly mending well-loved clothing in need of repair and a little TLC.
She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
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LIFESTYLE · June 4, 2018

Tiny Homes Isle of Wight eco holidays

I’m just back from a blissful stay at Tiny Homes Isle of Wight (listed in the FBWL directory here) and couldn’t wait to share it with you. Tiny Homes is a new venture by Helen and Fraser Cunningham (who also run highly successful Vintage Vacations airstream camping on the island). Newly built architect-designed eco homes sit within an expansive wild flower meadow, just a stone’s throw from ancient Parkhurst Forest.

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The dream behind the venture is to create an all year round sustainable boutique retreat. To offer guests the quirkiness and ethics of glamping but with the added comfort and benefits of staying in a well built cabin-style house. There’s a bit of a Tiny Homes revolution going on right now – it’s all about bringing a practical solution for radically down sizing living space to escape the ‘work, eat, sleep, repeat’ routine. Downsizing your space to upsize your free time. Living slowly and simply whilst treading lightly on the planet and taking care of the environment. I love that idea. Even if just for an inspiring break from the everyday.

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We were to be staying at Hygge and, as the glass french doors opened, what hit us first was the heavenly natural fragrance inside. I could detect geranium essential oil, possibly cedarwood and something fresh and green that I couldn’t identify. It was the natural diffuser, I discovered. Handmade by Mrs B on the island using a simple glass science flask and carefully blended oils.

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I am already familiar with Helen’s talent for vintage styling, so I expected her Tiny Homes to be individual and eclectic. The reality was even better than I’d hoped. ‘Ethical luxury’ best describes the look and feel. ‘Delicious’ best describes the tin of welcome homemade chocolatey cakes waiting for us in the kitchen. It took just moments to unpack. Living Tiny means travelling light and making full use of the ingenious ideas for storing and hanging your things.

Hygge has ply-panelled walls giving a fresh, light and natural look. Space has been used ingeniously with cleverly made furniture that works hard for its place. The modular sofa, for instance, is easily unlatched and wheeled into a different configuration to create a spacious double bed. Bedding is stored within. Linen is crisp, white and high quality. Towels pristine white, soft and fluffy.

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There are carefully chosen vintage pieces and artwork, giving character and individuality but without adding clutter. The beautifully simple ‘Cove’ Charnwood wood-burning stove in our house was backed with a stunning enamel heat protective panel designed by Mini Moderns. Based on the Island, Charnwood makes a wide range of high quality stoves and Helen tells me she can’t recommend them highly enough.

Two ladders (one foldaway) leads to two mezzanine platforms. One with spacious twin/double bed and one with a foldaway bed and further storage/sitting space. A simple glass jar of wildflowers gathered from the surrounding meadow made a lovely welcoming touch.

love this basket with sweet peas and vintage books at eco cabin tiny home on the isle of wight

There’s a proper (nicely powerful) shower with hot water on demand. The loo, I knew in advance, is of the compost variety. I’ll be honest. I was slightly dreading this bit.

I was reminded of compost toilets I’ve endured at festivals and camp sites in the past. I’m trying not to remember the time my iphone dropped from a great height into a compost loo at Eweleaze Farm campsite in Dorset. Too late. I’ve remembered it in horrible detail. All I’ll say is that a very kind farmer got my phone back for me and it was still working. There was Dettox involved. Lots of Dettox. And a new case. But I never felt the same way about it again.

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Anyway… I can honestly say there is absolutely nothing to fear about the compost toilets at Tiny Homes. You have to be quite specific about how you use them but they do the job brilliantly. We stuck rigidly to the rules and were repaid with not a single problem or hint of unpleasantness. I think that’s enough about toilets.

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Kettle boiled, food put away in the full-size fridge, we made tea to wash down a homemade cake or two whilst sitting on our deck. What we noticed first was the peace and quiet. As you tune into the wildflower meadow around you, however, you realise just how busy and full of noise it actually is.

Bees are everywhere, making frenetic repeat visits to old-fashioned purple clover and sunshine yellow buttercups. Tall grasses blow and rustle in the breeze. Nearby old forest trees bend with the wind and sound like distant ocean waves.

Hygge sleeps up to four – either in one king and one double beds or two singles and a double or three singles and a double.

Before other guests checked in, we were also given a tour of the other two Tinies:

Silva

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Silva is all about the forest (Silva is the latin word for forest or woodland). Natural wood and exuberant splashes of 70s kitsch and colour combine to create an individual and very welcoming space. It sleeps up to 4 in one king bed, 2 singles and a single futon. The swing seat by the triangular window was hard to leave…

Eilidh

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Eilidh is all about light (its name is the Gaelic word for light). Pale, clean colours, natural textures and simple styling  create a relaxing feel.

Sleep up to four – either in one king and one double sized beds or two singles, one double or one double and three singles.

The Forest

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Ancient and huge, Parkhurst Forest could tell a tale or two. It was late afternoon as we set off to explore, the light honeyed. There’s a particular quality to the sound and atmosphere of a real forest isn’t there? I recently read about the Japanese natural preventative therapy shinrin-yoku or ‘forest bathing’ and, as I sat on a log really listening, looking and breathing in the air around me I think I got a sense of it. There’s a primeval quality to forests don’t you think?

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By the time we were headed back, the light was fading and the atmosphere magical.

The evening was spent on the terrace, with a glass or two of wine and a simple feast of breads, cheeses and salads we’d picked up at the local deli. And crisps. Jalapeno crisps from M&S in Newport. Followed by strawberries, raspberries and chocolate. Really good chocolate. The type you can tell yourself is actually good for you. As night fell, we watched an owl silently and patiently hovering over the meadow. We drank in the sights and sounds around us. Islanders tell you there’s a particular quality to the fresh air.

All I can say is that I could barely keep my eyes open as we snuggled into our beds. I don’t think I’ve had a better night’s sleep for years. The next morning was blissful. We sipped tea on our deck, watching the meadow as it got going again. We sat inside too, the door open, taking time to ease into the day. I wish every morning could be like this. The only decision to be made was how to spend the remaining hours before having to head home.

Places to explore

The island is a rich source of vintage finds so we decided to take in a few of the places we’d been recommended to visit by Helen and her team. We started with a browse at Doreshill Farm and Cowshed antiques  and also fitted in time at Dig for Vintage in Ryde before heading to the ferry.

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I found the perfect vintage metal bottle crate that I’ve been hunting for ages at the Cowshed. Quite reasonable I thought, for £20 –  perfect for holding the glass recycling bottles outside my back door. I also found a beautiful Wild Flowers vintage Observer’s book too for just £3 from Doreshill Farm.

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Nearby Cowes is a pretty – and quite smart – seaside town with great places to eat and shop. For well-chosen vintage and contemporary homeware and gifts, PHG Cowes is definitely worth a browse.

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Newport, the nearest town, also has some elegant buildings and interesting streets. I loved Adrienne Wroath handmade jewellery and gift shop. There’s also a great ‘secret’ tea garden behind B&B and restaurant 1 Hollyrood  complete with overly familiar sparrow who is utterly fearless when on the hunt for crumbs.

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All too soon it was time to head to the ferry and home. There is so much more I want to explore here. I left feeling re-energised, inspired and with an idea of how to share some of this with you… I want to come back to Tiny Homes and invite you to join us there. To enjoy the same peace and relaxation I did, with extra creativity and inspiration planned in. I decided to mull over how best to do this, and who to invite to collaborate with us. This is pretty much all I’ve thought about since leaving the island and I am so happy with how the idea is coming together already.

Join our first ever Retreat

We’re planning to host a creative retreat at Tiny Homes in September, with workshops, good food and relaxation all designed to help you find your creative self – the one that lies beneath the everyday self in all of us.

We’ll be offering a full day of Conscious Creativity workshops with Instagram queen and artist Philippa Stanton (aka @5ftinf) which I am beyond excited about. I was chatting through ideas with Philippa today and I can’t wait to share them with you very soon. I know first-hand just how inspirational Philippa is. I was honestly blown away when I got to take part in her Consciously Creative course earlier in the year. She got me really seeing, feeling and creating. There are few real originals and true creatives in this world but Philippa is definitely one.

There will also be simple relaxation to ease into the weekend with meditation and pilates teacher Sarah Moore. We’ll share home-cooked food by candlelight, with flowers from The Real Flower Company, in beautiful surroundings. You’ll get the chance to make an individual – and sensory – souvenir of your stay at a scented diffuser making workshop lead by Mrs B. There’ll also be welcome Prosecco and lots of hand-picked ideas for making the most of your free time on the island. Before leaving for home, Helen always sends her guests off with home-baked muffins for the ferry. Watch this space for more info soon… Hope to meet you in September! x

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It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to It’s not too late to sow sweet peas - so easy to grow and blissfully fragrant in the summer months. 
They were my mum’s favourite flower, so growing them now feels like a precious connection. Especially when I pick some and arrange them in her beautiful old blue and gold jug just as she used to do with the sweet peas my dad grew for her every year.
There are some really handy tips for growing success from founder of The Real Flower Company Rosebie Morton over on the blog (link in bio). Rosebie has a whole farm dedicated to sweet peas near Chichester so she knows a thing or two about the subject!
Main thing I’ve picked up from her is to allow lots of depth for root growth at this stage and to make my own supportive wigwams from twiggy branches when the plants are really starting to go for it and need a bit of direction. This photo is making me yearn slightly.
I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying I love this image of my friend Jo - we were trying out tiny living for a feature I was writing - this was taken on our way to indulge in a spot of forest bathing. To be totally honest, we were both a little sceptical beforehand. But we were only saying the other day how taken aback we both were by the amazing effect it had. I’m working on some new ideas around the subject - will keep you posted. X
I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole I’m currently working on a redesign of the whole site - which has meant lots of photo editing and reorganising so much content. What’s been lovely (despite the claw hand from so much keyboard work!) is revisiting work and becoming engrossed all over again. I thought I’d share a few of the things I’ve been (re) loving - with links in the bio to the old site for now, but not for long…! X
This  image is from a feature about preserving garden roses. I’m going to give this a really good go this year, now I have a better idea what I’m doing. I know there’s nothing quite like a fragrant fresh rose in Summer but there’s a fragile beauty to dried and preserved flowers that I also love, don’t you?
Snowdrops 🌱🤍 . . . . . . #capturequiet #ins Snowdrops 🌱🤍 
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#capturequiet #instabritain #natureandnourish #thewildernesstonic #cornersofmyworld
Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flower Signed copies of Bex Partridge’s new book Flowers Forever to be won! My bio has the link to enter as well as to get a peek inside. Beautifully photographed by Laura Edwards, I really enjoyed escaping into the pages and making plans for my own garden - hope you do too! X
To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Cla To the Moon and Back Hares KNITTING PATTERN by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits has to be the perfect post Christmas craft project 😊 
If you fancy getting your needles out to make this adorable pair, the link to buy Claire’s pattern is in my bio. Happy knitting! X
Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists Thank you so much to Sarah @floribundaroseflorists for a wonderful wreath making workshop yesterday. Such a special and creative space to spend time. I loved making my wreath - I went for a mixture of greenery arranged quite randomly with red waxed fresh apples, dried hydrangea, dried flowers, poppy and nigella seed heads and a winter white velvet bow. 
There were so many wonderful ingredients to choose from we were really spoiled for choice. 
Sarah’s new studio is such a beautiful, creative space. Think fragrant botanical candles flickering everywhere, mulled wine and apple juice simmering on the stove and containers full of fragrant festive greenery, waxed fruit, dried flowers and oranges, pine cones, lichen covered branches and even tiny gold wax-dipped fresh crab apples. 
Thank you for being so patient with my lengthy ribbon choice deliberations Sarah - and for bagging up a second choice option (dusky pink) to take home! X.  #wreathmaking #wreath #wreathsofinstagram #sustainablewreaths #wreathdecor #christmaswreath #velvetribbon #christmasdecor #festiveflowers
I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - s I’ve loved Olga Prinku’s work for ages now - she came up with the genius idea of embroidering on tulle using nature as her thread - and the results are sublime - like this Autumn colours beauty from her latest book.
I’m delighted that Olga is offering a fantastic prize bundle to my readers. For a chance to win one of her beautiful new dried flower embroidery kits (in collaboration with @driedandfloral ) as well as a signed copy of her wonderful new book(published by @quadrillebooks , pop over to my blog (link in my bio). It’s easy to enter so why don’t you give yourself a chance of winning this very lovely prize? Good luck! 
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This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofp This beautiful image is by Laura Pashby @circleofpines and is from her beautiful new book Little Stories of Your Life. 
It’s packed with inspiration and practical ideas to help you become a visual story teller. Because, as Laura says, it’s the little moments that make up the fabric of all of our lives - and those moments are worth capturing and sharing with others.
We have three signed copies of the book to give away - just click the link in my bio to find out more. There’s a peek inside and a lovely film by @xantheb to enjoy too! X 
#littlemoments #littlestoriesbook #alifeofwords #lostinwords #competition #booksarelife #mindfulphotography #bookstagram #booksmakemehappy #booksconnectus #igreads #whatareyoureading #signedbooks
Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has sh Thanks to Lisa from @inthemaking_aprons who has shared her wonderfully creative ideas for visibly mending well-loved clothing in need of repair and a little TLC.
She had me at ‘sometimes I like to use giant sequins…’ 
Hope you like Lisa’s ideas as much as I do. The link to head over to my blog and get all her step by steps is in my bio x
Thank you @therealflowerco for these heavenly swee Thank you @therealflowerco for these heavenly sweet peas - the perfect way to celebrate #britishflowersweek 
I just wish I could share the blissful fragrance with you too 💕🌸
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This heavenly knitted lamb is by Claire Garland ak This heavenly knitted lamb is by Claire Garland aka @dotpebbles_knits and just one of the creative spring projects you might enjoy immersing yourself in right now. To discover other inspirational ideas and to get all the info you need - including this free pattern by Claire - click the link in my bio. Hope you find something that brings you a little seasonal joy x
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As well as sharing her simple step by steps, there’s also a video tutorial where Sarah shares more inspiring ideas for creating with early spring flowers. The beautiful photographs are by @jonathanbuckleyphotography - hope you enjoy! X
Last call to enter our Pippa Greenwood Grow Your O Last call to enter our Pippa Greenwood Grow Your Own gift bundle competition!
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Thanks too to Kirsten @henthorn_farm_flowers for sharing her step by steps for creating a stunning giant foraged dried flower wreath as well as her beautiful simple wreath in silvery winter whites. 
I’m increasingly obsessed with the idea of growing my own flowers for drying and creating lovely things with them. Watch this space for more dried flower inspiration coming soon... X
One of the joyful things about this time of year f One of the joyful things about this time of year for me is making plans for next spring and summer in my flower cutting garden. After two years of growing cut flowers, I’m ready for some fresh ideas and to raise my game a little more. I would like to fill some gaps in shape and colour and to extend the flowering season in particular. I’d also like to start drying and preserving my flowers... so I am thrilled that Kirsten of @henthorn_farm_flowers has shared a beautiful glimpse into her seasonal and sustainable flowery world as well as lots of fantastic expert tips and ideas over on the blog - the link is in my bio. I hope you find some inspiration too. Kirsten lives in a very beautiful part of the world - the Ribble Valley in Lancashire. It’s an area very close to my heart as I grew up not far away. Loved spending a little virtual time there again, thanks to Kirsten - and I am yearning to go back in person one day soon and breathe it all in again.
To be honest, I’m still clinging on to the last To be honest, I’m still clinging on to the last moments of Summer. I do always eventually embrace Autumn but, this year in particular, I’m wanting to hold on for as long as possible to the quiet bliss of the last few months. 
I do really worry about what lies ahead for us all, but spending time outdoors, connecting, really up close, to what’s going on in the garden definitely helps. I still have roses, sweet peas, snapdragons, zinnias, asters and LOTS of dahlias blooming so there are always jars and jugs of flowers on every available surface. Rose geranium leaves have been a revelation for adding a fragrant green frilliness - and now I’m full of love for abelia. 
This beautiful photo is by @gandgorgeousflowers and captures the between-seasons beauty in the flower garden right now. I am inspired to create something similar as I have many of the same colours. 
I do realise that it’s silly (and utterly pointless 😂) to resist Autumn as it’s actually one of the most beautiful times of year. As soon as the leaves really turn, and everywhere starts to smell like Autumn, I’m sure I’ll be fully on board. 
With that in mind, I’ve shared lots of inspiring Autumn Flowers ideas over on the blog (link in my bio) from some of my favourite flower creatives including @gandgorgeousflowers @simplybyarrangement @therealflowerco @wildbunchflowers @floribundaroseflorists @thesussexflowerschool @electricdaisyflowerfarm 

Hope you enjoy - and find a little bit of creative inspiration too. X

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