Secret Door & a lucky win

Heeelllllooooo!!!!

I'm sorry for my lack of posts of late, I appear to have lost my bloggy mojo  :(

I have however been thoroughly enjoying reading all of your blogs, I'm still having a few difficulties leaving comments on some blogs. I just keep getting redirected back to the sign in page for google....

very frustrating, I must say....grrrrrr!!!!

Image via Conspicuos Style

Its the school holidays here for the next two weeks & I'm sure some days I'm going to wish I had a secret door just like this, to sneak off to another part of the house & escape the kids.Isn't it a cool idea!

 We have had so much rain here of late, I can only hope & pray it doesn't hang around for the holidays,these kids really do need to get outside & burn off some of that energy!!!

I do have a little celebration going on here as I have been the lucky winner of a set of these gorgeous pencils.

Each one is adorned with a Crystallized Swarovski element, mine are blue & I love them!

I have to say a huge

Thank You

Sanela at

Madeleine Life & Style 

Sanela also has a an online store with sooo many beautiful things my wish list has grown enormously

She stocks, bags, books, cushions, flowers & so much more & currently has a SALE running

Don't you just luuurve this zebra rug, I have bumped this one to the top of my wish list!!

pop on over & see all the eye candy for yourself

Madeleine life & style

Perhaps you might even pick yourself up a set of pencils, just like mine.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

CHEERS

Trish xxx

Dedication

Dream child No. 4 is a huge book worm, in fact if she is not reading, she is drawing & should I add singing whilst she is drawing!!!

She REFUSES to go to bed at night unless she is read at least one story

Sometimes though even after the lights are out she likes to gather some books & read a little more, in her own special 4 year old way.... lucky she has a big bed!!!

I guess tonight she was a little tired!!

(she is sound asleep in this picture)

How about you, do you enjoy a good bed time story?

CHEERS

Trish xxx



Fabulous colour scheme

 Heather Garrett Design

Im really loving this colour scheme at the moment. This lounge or sitting room has so many features I would love for my own home...

Heather Garrett Design

I dream of a fireplace & a tufted ottoman, love the round mirror & the patterned cushions.

I still have plans of attempting to make a tufted ottoman, BUT, haven't decided if it should be rectangle like the one in this image, or square(900x900mm)

 I am generally a girl that paints my house a warm white right through, but I am considering adding some drama into the more formal areas with the use of a darker grey, perhaps not quite as dark as this as Im not THAT daring, unfortunately.

I also love the drum pendant light, I wonder how it looks close up?

The weather has been rather miserable here this weekend, so I have had plenty of blog reading time which has been fabulous.
Unfortunately blogger hasn't always allowed me to comment.
I just wanted to let you know I have dropped by to visit. I have been inspired by so much creativity, Ive learnt from some fabulous tutorials & chuckled at some fun stories of your weekend adventures & thoriughly enjoyed the beautiful images you have all displayed.
Hopefully these commenting issues will be ironed out soon. I am now trying to learn how to navigate the new changes to my dashboard.
Have you been converted to the new blogger or are you still enjoying the old system?

Have a tremendous week everyone!!

CHEERS
Trish xxx