Its a morning of sneak peaks here today, which is very exciting. First up Mungo and Maud (they’ve actually just gone off to school) so there is a bit of peace in the house. Thank goodness! They were crazy this weekend not sure if they had spring fever or whether it was the pong of the organic compost that got them going, digging, racing around, eating the hose, jumping on the cashmere mohair sofa covered in mud, nuts, nuts nuts.
Secondly a few flower pics a rather sweet little image I took of a stem of one of our new flowers and a corner of our flower store. You will all be pleased to here that this weekend we did a ton of photography and photographed ALL the new blooms which we will put online in the next few days. We have never sold as many flowers ever as this weekend. Not sure what was going on but the guys kept calling saying we need more flowers!! Amazing thank you to all who brought we now have our flowers in the British Embassy in the Vatican and a winery in California. AMAZING.
This is just a corner of the green and white section, blossom, hydrangeas, gelda, peonies all looking jaw droppingly beautiful.
I pinched a little stem of the purple hydrangea and popped it in our downstairs loo along with some blossom. Last night I pottered in there for hours admiring the new blooms, a little crazy but nothing makes me happier than pottering and arranging flowers even if its in the smallest loo on earth.
Also our new box art arrived hot in from the States (as seen below) so the store if I can say so looks beautiful right now. In the next few weeks we have tons of moose heads arriving, wooden vessels huge huge things crafted from old tree bark, furniture and giant cactus arriving. Love this life! xx
Box art from as little as £12.50 looks fabulous on our in store art wall.
Abigail, I’m so flattered that you used a quote from my blog post about you in your header, thank you so much, that’s a huge compliment from someone I admire so much! x
More than welcome and I loved your quote and your write up. You totally nailed it – its written at full speed at some unearthly hour of the morn with a cab often outside, coffee in hand and rubbish punctuation. So thank you xx
Gorgeous new products I am so impressed with how good your fake flowers are. Do you have the box art that says all you need is Love and a Dog back in yet?
Hi Mary we do have back in All you need is Love, and waiting for the Dog quote in in a few weeks x
At last, Spring is arriving! I have ordered a mirror from the shop but don’t think I can wait for it to arrive before coming in to check out your new flowers. They look gorgeous.
Thanks, funny have just ordered one of those mirrors for me too, exciting hey!
love your dogs
Thank you I love them too, even though one of them in particular (Miss Maud) is a little stubborn minded, and Mungo copies everything she does.
They look like two criminals
They are criminals! x
Love everything I see here, including Mungo and Maud, are they available for purchase?
Esther xx
Thank you, Mungs and Maud might be available to purchase after this last weekend, couple of trouble makers xx
Are the blooms Faux? if so they look amazing, can I get prices form your website?
Thank you yes they are all faux. All flowers will be on the website in the next few days with prices on everything.
Thank you, didn’t see the comment above from Mary saying “how good your fake flowers are” although I much prefer the word Faux. So sorry for repeating. Have a great day.
Ps, also interested in the Moose heads, designing a cafe/bar at the moment and think this would be a great piece.
Great thanks moose heads should be in in 10 days or so x
They both have hair like Mom
What!! Actually you’re right we all do have the same hair. We all three of us wish it was straight but it ain’t regrettably
Straight hair has no character
Yes but it looks way more professional I think x
hi abigail, these faux flowers are gorgeous. still have to get myself to buy faux but i’m slowly getting there… quick question- moving to a new flat in 3 weeks and so excited to finally go dark! do you suggest painting the ceiling, trim (baseboards, crown molding) and doors the same color too? thinking of doing it for our south-facing living room (gets a ton of light) and the interior entry foyer… thoughts?
Totally and utterly think you should paint everything. If you have very ornate mouldings in the ceiling and you want to highlight then leave it a neutral but everything else I would say should go. I have quite an elaborate moulded ceiling having said that and I’ve painted that out and it looks great.
You know nothing about professional look
Damm all I want to be is professional!
You are!!!
Thank you xx