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Can you watch this and not cry? I dare ya...

Can you watch this and *not* cry? I dare ya...

Goose bumps...every time...Happy Friday!…

29Jun2012

The Birth Post

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">I'm not even sure how to find the words to describe childbirth. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">The helpless feeling of having to endure wave after wave of the full effects of the almighty force in your body can feel extraordinarily frightening. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">For a short time, though it seemed like an eternity, I felt like a caged animal as I struggled to manage the hideous levels of pain at the peak of labour, coupled with the exhaustion of staying awake for such a long period. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwv5JGBcCSYP1onQn5tsvtLOlQLnOOfma4_gcgCRLbY09VAgbLDQ5TXLXXQJMHepUlHCkAoLWJ8gjK-BLFjxRwNE89jiT3FraNiKLL68wanarLcgMYBwmCDBiBOAkrWaZCK9W2Q-DAvc/s1600/050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpwv5JGBcCSYP1onQn5tsvtLOlQLnOOfma4_gcgCRLbY09VAgbLDQ5TXLXXQJMHepUlHCkAoLWJ8gjK-BLFjxRwNE89jiT3FraNiKLL68wanarLcgMYBwmCDBiBOAkrWaZCK9W2Q-DAvc/s640/050.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">But then....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>But then......</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Our darling daughter Sophie was born</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>and delivered straight into my outstretched arms.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Warm, wet and adorable.</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The memory of it makes me want to cry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Safe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Soft.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Healthy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Loved.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Who could truly ask for any more?</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXaH9e0vD80bdMC9i2wa63tC_uBIvRvQ0E8I6u7w2TjNAt8kRF6UmxjwtbYlA3QmchY6P41BKgWgiroMYdk96a-zyNJdoZitn6D6z6fKP7fhJEQmQryKupd8wcwOpBMFG5RPFJUF9kuo/s1600/IMG_2072.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitXaH9e0vD80bdMC9i2wa63tC_uBIvRvQ0E8I6u7w2TjNAt8kRF6UmxjwtbYlA3QmchY6P41BKgWgiroMYdk96a-zyNJdoZitn6D6z6fKP7fhJEQmQryKupd8wcwOpBMFG5RPFJUF9kuo/s400/IMG_2072.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">To see her sweetly innocent face, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">newly emerged, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">staring up at us, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">formed out of our love for each other:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>my love for her daddy,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>and his incredible love for me,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">was the best moment of my life.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Birth Post

I'm not even sure how to find the words to describe childbirth. The helpless feeling of having to endure wave after wave of the full effects of the almighty force in your body can feel extraordinarily frightening. For a short time, though it seemed like an eternity, I felt like a caged animal as I s…

27Jun2012

The Pregnancy Post

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"> It was a loooong wait but she's here!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>My gorgeous <span style="color: #e06666;">Sophie</span>.</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">So let's stop for a moment and </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">take a stroll back over the last nine months, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">shall we?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrLVp4bkTuifvdhZGwxGZMXd0_YY95yw1JFuRWRoF1BCP4W0G27o2ZxyvsZjSvTCqhZ2AlgGjBefRl4G0Lf8oINQ07xCCeuT2rgeRkY3IdK01kHuS_HdMNA1gh3_1FsjqJl4pzLVGqsY/s1600/IMG_4197a.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitrLVp4bkTuifvdhZGwxGZMXd0_YY95yw1JFuRWRoF1BCP4W0G27o2ZxyvsZjSvTCqhZ2AlgGjBefRl4G0Lf8oINQ07xCCeuT2rgeRkY3IdK01kHuS_HdMNA1gh3_1FsjqJl4pzLVGqsY/s640/IMG_4197a.JPG" width="426" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">See my tummy </span>growing<span style="font-size: large;">...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejwUQvcdvgbsC9i664eaZ7T69_jGoUuoFCNJB02ncJuMGZYFGFUovejAYFmSsY7GyEkXjKd-Vx5erSMdoifYPxWD3QU_zf1J5lezZMLwY0fTx8CHz0M-Yl-LNTL3CWwuG4mq_Y19Nc1c/s1600/Day+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejwUQvcdvgbsC9i664eaZ7T69_jGoUuoFCNJB02ncJuMGZYFGFUovejAYFmSsY7GyEkXjKd-Vx5erSMdoifYPxWD3QU_zf1J5lezZMLwY0fTx8CHz0M-Yl-LNTL3CWwuG4mq_Y19Nc1c/s640/Day+1.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and growing...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPwOSCRD2jiNe4WeyRuTodhTJneFzuutRMDOAnZw2QLGYGt6SxMSzONB3ye0YVQimPiupjDKL-3Inym3XWr9J5peUnYW7XfdplycKT-i2qY_Spx5sLHqUzJAyhS9kp9rTrJqlSmRkGOE/s1600/Day+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPwOSCRD2jiNe4WeyRuTodhTJneFzuutRMDOAnZw2QLGYGt6SxMSzONB3ye0YVQimPiupjDKL-3Inym3XWr9J5peUnYW7XfdplycKT-i2qY_Spx5sLHqUzJAyhS9kp9rTrJqlSmRkGOE/s640/Day+11.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">growing</span><span style="font-size: large;">....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBkhFLTuuRIQS36ah_Kovq_f3GvYZBP1YwGZiEBAppbwCBhN1Sx4O3w8B5EznkvV3_8BSHnR18dbzlqMGc9VJdlMYfp6oTnpancZHQStWz8bmVlzE0t-zYj1fujsRZFoKKG3B_ghpu3M/s1600/Day+26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyBkhFLTuuRIQS36ah_Kovq_f3GvYZBP1YwGZiEBAppbwCBhN1Sx4O3w8B5EznkvV3_8BSHnR18dbzlqMGc9VJdlMYfp6oTnpancZHQStWz8bmVlzE0t-zYj1fujsRZFoKKG3B_ghpu3M/s640/Day+26.jpg" width="426" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and </span><b style="font-size: xx-large;">growing!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH26lQek6JA_nELpXF-HKQub0NE-sYvaYY9n5DHh4RtJ52Tgzvkibw21JY6r1gxCogxuUYlfZP1q3xuf49NxBZDuogRmwSGmcunEzuArhjwItPnfuUXexBtk9GfnFv8tPO8UJewWcP18o/s1600/013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH26lQek6JA_nELpXF-HKQub0NE-sYvaYY9n5DHh4RtJ52Tgzvkibw21JY6r1gxCogxuUYlfZP1q3xuf49NxBZDuogRmwSGmcunEzuArhjwItPnfuUXexBtk9GfnFv8tPO8UJewWcP18o/s640/013.jpg" width="388" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Quite, quite enormous.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who'd have thought that </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">this gorgeous girl </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">was hiding in there all that time? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqSPetzuThaCu9KJpcdyZoLnZgBkUyr-oj2KjoBE99Z6GSy_x6HArMKed6whOFBR_gCEK2aPIgXk7S77EhI__DsYLScTJ-ECAWmQqajctz56dfYSMJ4YBTK5FgePjzfd7fkpEcu62cvM/s1600/IMG_2050.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCqSPetzuThaCu9KJpcdyZoLnZgBkUyr-oj2KjoBE99Z6GSy_x6HArMKed6whOFBR_gCEK2aPIgXk7S77EhI__DsYLScTJ-ECAWmQqajctz56dfYSMJ4YBTK5FgePjzfd7fkpEcu62cvM/s640/IMG_2050.JPG" width="480" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">A complete miracle, if you ask me.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now, do we know one another </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">well enough yet for a Birth Post....?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">;-)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Pregnancy Post

It was a loooong wait but she's here!My gorgeous Sophie.So let's stop for a moment and take a stroll back over the last nine months, shall we?See my tummy growing...and growing...and growing....and growing!Quite, quite enormous.Who'd have thought that this gorgeous girl was hiding in there all that…

25Jun2012

Emma Bridgewater Mug Winners...

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's time to announce the winners of the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/" target="_blank">Emma Bridgewater</a> Mugs Giveaway....</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">plucked at random from a metaphorical hat....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">katekateg</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Starry Skies mug}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Helen</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Black Toast mug}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Congratulations, girlies.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll be sending you an email in a mo...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Next week, I'll be getting back to normal....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">kicking off with a bit more Sophie-loveliness</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{please indulge me...}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and then bang on track with our</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Decorating The Girls' Bedroom</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">series...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have an awesome Friday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Emma Bridgewater Mug Winners...

It's time to announce the winners of the Emma Bridgewater Mugs Giveaway....plucked at random from a metaphorical hat....katekateg{Starry Skies mug}andHelen{Black Toast mug}Congratulations, girlies.I'll be sending you an email in a mo...Next week, I'll be getting back to normal....kicking off with a …

22Jun2012

Meet Our Baby.....

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;">We've spent this week welcoming </span></div></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">our gorgeous baby girl to the world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{9lbs 6oz of loveliness.}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Meet</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;"><b>Sophie Eloise:</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNbBtw_uiV1CaMuqANajarU8f7fTT8F5bAOSAVZjxnT7tg0rDhie6_kHkH_ebeZncMxiAgKvLiWNs_L1eq_CR51lar1tVbSKk55-t1qA2snjlJMjIcBcdB4BNCFn-nLEL8I9IKQQ2x2M/s1600/2012-06-14+10.58.44.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNbBtw_uiV1CaMuqANajarU8f7fTT8F5bAOSAVZjxnT7tg0rDhie6_kHkH_ebeZncMxiAgKvLiWNs_L1eq_CR51lar1tVbSKk55-t1qA2snjlJMjIcBcdB4BNCFn-nLEL8I9IKQQ2x2M/s640/2012-06-14+10.58.44.jpg" width="478" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">We are completely and utterly besotted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Meet Our Baby.....

We've spent this week welcoming our gorgeous baby girl to the world.{9lbs 6oz of loveliness.}MeetSophie Eloise:We are completely and utterly besotted.…

20Jun2012

Emma Bridgewater Mugs Giveaway

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to my </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e06666; font-size: x-large;">lovely, </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">lovely,</span><span style="color: #990000;"> lovely</span> </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">worldwide giveaway, </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>{which will be open </i></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">for two weeks only}.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; font-weight: bold;"> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrOE2kubRgaMqnPGLmj-gYVsTjW75juEew6l-5LLsHXp4L202A3zciyDUjra0X5IlC7Js-FECF2gyWjKAtxnXb1uj0HTwal4ukJ_WfxgJbDy1fkBMIF5XcZ9CnB0eNzPRroNp5OdVmJE/s1600/180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdrOE2kubRgaMqnPGLmj-gYVsTjW75juEew6l-5LLsHXp4L202A3zciyDUjra0X5IlC7Js-FECF2gyWjKAtxnXb1uj0HTwal4ukJ_WfxgJbDy1fkBMIF5XcZ9CnB0eNzPRroNp5OdVmJE/s640/180.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In honour of Fathers' Day,</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I <i>{very}</i> proudly present to you</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">a gorgeous giveaway from</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/">Emma Bridgewater.</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwqi72WP0d9kXEwNeOooy9aZQ411D534FEFeSOv90jjp-Ie7ZgL_aLmxYjJALysXCXbuQhXkOgHulE8Z_eAXJxOdi97hD6dVtRyjhrvEBMzN_KIV0SnAXHJO-oCd26Vjj7jRA07qD_3Q/s1600/140.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinwqi72WP0d9kXEwNeOooy9aZQ411D534FEFeSOv90jjp-Ie7ZgL_aLmxYjJALysXCXbuQhXkOgHulE8Z_eAXJxOdi97hD6dVtRyjhrvEBMzN_KIV0SnAXHJO-oCd26Vjj7jRA07qD_3Q/s640/140.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Here is the lady herself...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>and is it just me or is that exactly the kind of dresser </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>you want to have a good nose around?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BbaTtjttk4s4GaGwrCcIdsOprcrk7R1WDpWmIuwvqlHYWrcPaZZuBWTxJTd3HniMyST0SGrlkxnQNZo7HmvQFkp616tKcLa0GV7pcfBW9SgOx_KbGaYUi7VYue-geisFtzkFYZjc-tA/s1600/Emma+Bridgewater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5BbaTtjttk4s4GaGwrCcIdsOprcrk7R1WDpWmIuwvqlHYWrcPaZZuBWTxJTd3HniMyST0SGrlkxnQNZo7HmvQFkp616tKcLa0GV7pcfBW9SgOx_KbGaYUi7VYue-geisFtzkFYZjc-tA/s1600/Emma+Bridgewater.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They've super-generously offered two of their covetable mugs for YOU.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Yes, you!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0hL7Vkyux5obOlraFnWqZoV0waWDcXdzye85U8zpfJ9BNkKgMtIJRtP3TmgbQ3Uf16qYLHwX413R26ZXY3-tsXeJokPomVhZzpbVtD2L-Bq72q3pIZdcc0Blq_rB4w8_c5BYzpcfFtY/s1600/182.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK0hL7Vkyux5obOlraFnWqZoV0waWDcXdzye85U8zpfJ9BNkKgMtIJRtP3TmgbQ3Uf16qYLHwX413R26ZXY3-tsXeJokPomVhZzpbVtD2L-Bq72q3pIZdcc0Blq_rB4w8_c5BYzpcfFtY/s640/182.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Emma Bridgewater mugs are chunky </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">and curvaceous. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">They </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">feel and look utterly Modern Country.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNLyUuQ-OIvVW_gxiMKAeWQbR5FU6oJ5MU3i_PrwPjYxuzA7AvkCLC9D7GamIZSBOnJiL7fDqpdfRMubCn4sOASheinYrWaJnZyRUYZyWx_KoPsiHv9_ggkl59jRYf-w-0G_TLsC6YYY/s1600/219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwNLyUuQ-OIvVW_gxiMKAeWQbR5FU6oJ5MU3i_PrwPjYxuzA7AvkCLC9D7GamIZSBOnJiL7fDqpdfRMubCn4sOASheinYrWaJnZyRUYZyWx_KoPsiHv9_ggkl59jRYf-w-0G_TLsC6YYY/s640/219.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Two lucky winners </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>will be plucked at random.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>One will win </b></span><b style="font-size: xx-large;">one of these brilliant mugs </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>from the <a href="http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/search?q=black+toast&searchsubmit.x=0&searchsubmit.y=0" target="_blank">Black Toast</a> range.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">{The writing says '<i>Dad's like to sleep in front of the telly</i>..<i>.my dad loves toy shops and racing on Saturdays'</i> and inside '<i>Stripey Shirts...Kind And Strong'</i>}</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUlISr7BHXeOm62k6LNuxUt3nODCanNHzp1CwNSYL5163erntCw2xlYJ1CpBhb_w_rhuhta7AwLODNKZLZS_3IcU1429BjJ5j3pLj1U8X2GGQ4AJxn61cpm3cJphWYONjh4WfqSLHTW8/s1600/194.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJUlISr7BHXeOm62k6LNuxUt3nODCanNHzp1CwNSYL5163erntCw2xlYJ1CpBhb_w_rhuhta7AwLODNKZLZS_3IcU1429BjJ5j3pLj1U8X2GGQ4AJxn61cpm3cJphWYONjh4WfqSLHTW8/s640/194.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the other will win the <a href="http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/pottery/starry-skies/icat/potstarryskies/" target="_blank">Starry Skies</a> Daddy mug.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Aren't they completely luscious?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9wqYA3UhgK5U8WvgQZI2E2dRFOtDYSnLQReyfmQEkpEbVz0HrubD_FuJymhxD6Gbv_t1HNkyIk7LMWNtD9bn2nWvdEMBg4Q5j-eG8jFayB6U4f_mRpU1Yt5hC06D9HvVojecvmfbUcY/s1600/185.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9wqYA3UhgK5U8WvgQZI2E2dRFOtDYSnLQReyfmQEkpEbVz0HrubD_FuJymhxD6Gbv_t1HNkyIk7LMWNtD9bn2nWvdEMBg4Q5j-eG8jFayB6U4f_mRpU1Yt5hC06D9HvVojecvmfbUcY/s640/185.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This giveaway is open worldwide to ALL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">followers of Modern Country Style, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>{new and old}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">If you'd like to be picked as a winner </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">then leave a comment letting me know</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>how you subscribe to Modern Country Style.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>For additional entries, </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>blog, Tweet or Facebook </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>about this giveaway, </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b>and let me know in the comments.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Easy,  huh?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Emma Bridgewater Mugs Giveaway

Welcome to my lovely, lovely, lovely worldwide giveaway, {which will be open for two weeks only}. In honour of Fathers' Day,I {very} proudly present to youa gorgeous giveaway fromEmma Bridgewater.Here is the lady herself...and is it just me or is that exactly the kind of dresser you want to have a g…

11Jun2012

Modern Country Style Loves Emma Bridgewater Mugs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNtc3cYzyOhANtfx3JfoZgI_kCd577vb_vp3l3F4Lbslsxz9FJUUZKvByNmShyPciin9RaeSWY-rI0A46glghqKX346ORiH3qEsib6t1J_TQ85UR_hTfefuetx-cG_ppOB6hbMqRCgtQ/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirNtc3cYzyOhANtfx3JfoZgI_kCd577vb_vp3l3F4Lbslsxz9FJUUZKvByNmShyPciin9RaeSWY-rI0A46glghqKX346ORiH3qEsib6t1J_TQ85UR_hTfefuetx-cG_ppOB6hbMqRCgtQ/s640/006.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">It's YOU!</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">HOORAY!</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>And how are you feeling?</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This post is to act as a little taster of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>awesome </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">giveaway, </span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">which will be up</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">THIS MONDAY.</span></b><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Excited? I should coco.</i></span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pLTHwCjKy7FZTAUYqW6yspCxeP7n6s0-_QNB119xAKiBaJp_A2QV0wKyhvzB1u4CoRL3-LGaVx8bR2hi9pWadzz26g_HbNbPJc2F5KHkaTqngkHiDJraXqA2kC5eRrFbDSPqsvxEzGU/s1600/047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7pLTHwCjKy7FZTAUYqW6yspCxeP7n6s0-_QNB119xAKiBaJp_A2QV0wKyhvzB1u4CoRL3-LGaVx8bR2hi9pWadzz26g_HbNbPJc2F5KHkaTqngkHiDJraXqA2kC5eRrFbDSPqsvxEzGU/s640/047.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I LOVE <a href="http://www.emmabridgewater.co.uk/" target="_blank">Emma Bridgewater</a> pottery.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The wholesome chunkiness.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The hand-finished pattern.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The reassuring quality.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ushhbn6uFlijKULMPFdFnqe1t4EMM3eKDIqeniOtCl_uVJS99lSQrYP_G1jWSkTdAiLgeTtJd2GPWwcyI6oZXW-95yI-yHPl0dWaq2BQRpR15_4AFo6irY-AG0N8TBfu8pTdPMLrUYI/s1600/025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ushhbn6uFlijKULMPFdFnqe1t4EMM3eKDIqeniOtCl_uVJS99lSQrYP_G1jWSkTdAiLgeTtJd2GPWwcyI6oZXW-95yI-yHPl0dWaq2BQRpR15_4AFo6irY-AG0N8TBfu8pTdPMLrUYI/s640/025.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="426" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And how's this for a quote from Emma Bridgewater herself?</span><br /><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.48em; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: inherit;">Women are under such terrible pressure these days to be sex bombs and great chefs and good gardeners and fabulous parents and do their bit in the boardroom, that sometimes the only thing to do is sit down with a friend and a nice cup of coffee and create an oasis in the day....</span></div><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.48em; padding-bottom: 0.7em; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b>Don't you just love that?</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6E1EzNMbYl40Oo-A4B6fct7hwJ-o_HErUDr_DoeMK6J1Y_rav0uVN62aMllMZbmd6vImLdq7TtA9pWTIIPkYKkTjwXaMr2JJ1Y_U9H75U2jCp_WVfOyljPEjKKvS9RHKKuD-dh7tDbk/s1600/048.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl6E1EzNMbYl40Oo-A4B6fct7hwJ-o_HErUDr_DoeMK6J1Y_rav0uVN62aMllMZbmd6vImLdq7TtA9pWTIIPkYKkTjwXaMr2JJ1Y_U9H75U2jCp_WVfOyljPEjKKvS9RHKKuD-dh7tDbk/s640/048.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Oooh, look at those shapely mugs.</b></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Do you like them? </b></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Do you want them?</b></i></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCWsW6vwv8W2DXQO8n3zNAhY3TePgFRVSibMn86c98JS-R__4WQvj1lIJcZvxZqwffqVYeScolPz1ojZoa_HmCOaq7OJW-xXnkBvpVNEz2oBtvCr1UpPGNL6-4NYnlPm74ZxJGlcP46E/s1600/039.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCWsW6vwv8W2DXQO8n3zNAhY3TePgFRVSibMn86c98JS-R__4WQvj1lIJcZvxZqwffqVYeScolPz1ojZoa_HmCOaq7OJW-xXnkBvpVNEz2oBtvCr1UpPGNL6-4NYnlPm74ZxJGlcP46E/s640/039.JPG" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have a secret for you, my pretties. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>You're in luck!</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Boogie on by on Monday. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I think you'll have a big smile on your face....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7DBo_-7R0mCqLRsmCRKTrqmEButDRUBJD4cGEBJZKWCRofMiq8XyyxrW8iO68UV0uw8lK91M_SUEocUE1jmvorK7wpgO1MeZz9Av06ZFRklzdp0_5uTzK8tf7f8wSAJ072hxOJZgo070/s1600/012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Modern Country Style Loves Emma Bridgewater Mugs

It's YOU!HOORAY!And how are you feeling?This post is to act as a little taster of the awesome giveaway, which will be up THIS MONDAY.Excited? I should coco.I LOVE Emma Bridgewater pottery.The wholesome chunkiness.The hand-finished pattern.The reassuring quality.And how's this for a quote from Emma B…

08Jun2012

Romancing The Queen

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of all the photo-wizardry that I've seen over the Jubilee</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">this of the Queen and Prince Philip is by far and away my favourite.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">In fact, it made me cry. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{probably the pregnancy hormones talking...but still...}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m6vM1350OlFDb2gEC4RWh_KGG24uGaKfaFMcMhRIIWGRgU1qSbMHrawPP-x11jPNZodp1EnXoWfPnm_b3_g6BtcizlNInKL0BzLPakGjHbwIjO-gGls0-m7O32e1iDKVwY0rToQlaMA/s1600/486918_10151022951570348_733675347_12213782_189911233_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_m6vM1350OlFDb2gEC4RWh_KGG24uGaKfaFMcMhRIIWGRgU1qSbMHrawPP-x11jPNZodp1EnXoWfPnm_b3_g6BtcizlNInKL0BzLPakGjHbwIjO-gGls0-m7O32e1iDKVwY0rToQlaMA/s640/486918_10151022951570348_733675347_12213782_189911233_n.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I find long marriages the most romantic thing in the world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Consistent, steadfast, committed love.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Faithfulness during temptation.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Devotion through hard times.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Triumph in the face of adversity.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">What could be more swoon-worthy?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

Romancing The Queen

Of all the photo-wizardry that I've seen over the Jubileethis of the Queen and Prince Philip is by far and away my favourite.In fact, it made me cry. {probably the pregnancy hormones talking...but still...}I find long marriages the most romantic thing in the world.Consistent, steadfast, committed lo…

06Jun2012

The Jubilee Ethos

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hey there, sweets,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We're having the most wonderful Jubilee weekend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdCtuYZUvBA9HOIJTTMhuSSLCIQSeyWRXipiR6ysAC9Gc0yzsatUWaxBzcLvI4vIKkbI40E1ow963Eq3oAeKYAjUrC-HuENSqfqB7v9i88yCtJifUx9YG8o9KF1Ckxh0w6VwAQ8_vccg/s1600/bbc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdCtuYZUvBA9HOIJTTMhuSSLCIQSeyWRXipiR6ysAC9Gc0yzsatUWaxBzcLvI4vIKkbI40E1ow963Eq3oAeKYAjUrC-HuENSqfqB7v9i88yCtJifUx9YG8o9KF1Ckxh0w6VwAQ8_vccg/s640/bbc.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday, we went to a street party.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>{The Queen said she would have been there </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>but was having a slightly busy day.}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EHM6_oJf7nzD86xqUlUpA80uT5UmM4z6LkE8TJzzmBMMp8oqlf0thBgiTHIGn0YDAWmivO2JMPBxCtth55DwdD-C-JCyDqwvq3JJ9kG0jVtyrFbpcbXbV7JyBEhG6SHJu4x4QYAneqY/s1600/jubilee-events.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6EHM6_oJf7nzD86xqUlUpA80uT5UmM4z6LkE8TJzzmBMMp8oqlf0thBgiTHIGn0YDAWmivO2JMPBxCtth55DwdD-C-JCyDqwvq3JJ9kG0jVtyrFbpcbXbV7JyBEhG6SHJu4x4QYAneqY/s1600/jubilee-events.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Singing 'Rule Brittania', </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">waving our Union Jack flags, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">sheltering under pushed-together gazebos from the steady drizzle,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">whilst children played,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and grown-ups laughed, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">encapsulates all that I completely adore about being British.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UbG7XWB5K3z0HpQTUyZ7vlLFQadfKc1I-4VI_f8Erqd0lfLEauE6ptweJEGoVNUjZ5Pn1TY49ZeUj-KfAyM1e7TFy73uftp89PxoEBC8pJhHY4pAQPuaedhtV7U4DEpZRuP1nVjsrc8/s1600/PA-8783794-jpg_131315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3UbG7XWB5K3z0HpQTUyZ7vlLFQadfKc1I-4VI_f8Erqd0lfLEauE6ptweJEGoVNUjZ5Pn1TY49ZeUj-KfAyM1e7TFy73uftp89PxoEBC8pJhHY4pAQPuaedhtV7U4DEpZRuP1nVjsrc8/s400/PA-8783794-jpg_131315.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Today, I'm over at the <a href="http://blog.relicsofwitney.co.uk/2012/06/jubilee-spirit.html" target="_blank">Relics of Witney</a> blog, talking about their year-round Jubilee ethos. If you're yearning for a <a href="http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CE8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tryrelics.co.uk%2F&ei=i5PMT8SQD4Oi0QWzwqDjAQ&usg=AFQjCNHOzsd2fOyOwafkTxhayzO4xxbz4A&sig2=aD26-HGxjzU9LVJzhK8xYw" target="_blank">shop</a> that listens to their customers, gives fantastic and individual advice, stocks a huge array of home-related delights and is an absolute pleasure to lazily browse around then come and have a look..</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68i-PFJpEzMHeA_Uq2NDr3Lm6EoPvwHSPhvNvj9xNpCxgIKCeyMf9ApytpgpwRfajgeO-0V5iKJYM6Qbv588ELNT3Thn7EMu4FkY23PxOPgtZIsiKS95j_B7Ju4hcmlPEyPsay-WqTz0/s1600/The+Sun.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi68i-PFJpEzMHeA_Uq2NDr3Lm6EoPvwHSPhvNvj9xNpCxgIKCeyMf9ApytpgpwRfajgeO-0V5iKJYM6Qbv588ELNT3Thn7EMu4FkY23PxOPgtZIsiKS95j_B7Ju4hcmlPEyPsay-WqTz0/s640/The+Sun.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'll be posting over there on the first of every month.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://blog.relicsofwitney.co.uk/" target="_blank">I'd love you to come and join me...</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4JFrX3krRbi6guh2rlxEzQMAVqwURmP_QsTjEaHLhJCkup8I7zlujJ7eAkJUBxW821rGoYYoe3o4H1ksGNxTQdsjbCWTDtgZtAKk1zrV1VK_TBmNVAVMEbkD-Hhf7lDiq5CT-pPrhBk/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xfi351MsyndAYUmxHRkGj61sLDTTHthxjmqP_EqC0iadkaUpjrQDkUditdqsJUO44UYzJMr2L30-6QhSw3rOMyvnZOXIIuWdzCpbKvYZuRqn1fyarc_9lLE6E5bIUsmzFpoY5i9Ie40/s1600/2052BBEDE343AF4A73F6A61C3820B007.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>

The Jubilee Ethos

Hey there, sweets,We're having the most wonderful Jubilee weekend.Yesterday, we went to a street party.{The Queen said she would have been there but was having a slightly busy day.}Singing 'Rule Brittania', waving our Union Jack flags, sheltering under pushed-together gazebos from the steady drizzle…

04Jun2012