Around 2 years ago I was just really getting started on Instagram. My social media usage was rubbish and I wasn’t yet blogging. But I was reading and following a lot of bloggers. Through this medium I started to make my first forays into the blogging community and making friends. One of these friends was the Lovely…
Continue readingA taste of Twinwood Day 1
Last year I was educated into the ways of Twinwood by a lovely friend Penny. We went for the day on Bank Holiday Monday and as tends to be the case, it teemed it down all day! However, as with the Blitz spirit we got on with it and had an amazing time. We…
Continue readingSeptember SongFest
I might not mention my husband very often on my blog, but he really does exist. He is a very hard working man who has been an amazing father to Baby Bear and Little Chick and so we decided last Christmas to do something a bit special for him. He has been a huge…
Continue readingPin Up Curl Promises AND delivers
I had the extreme pleasure of meeting the lovely Sarah who is otherwise known as “Pin Up Curl” when she did my hair last November for the Most Marvellous Ball (click here to read all about it) Based in Derby, I went up to see her on the way to Manchester and she gave…
Continue readingHooray for Hollywood….
My regular readers will know that I have mentioned the “40’s and 50’s Most Marvellous Meet-Ups” group that I am part of on Facebook. This amazing vintage loving group organise days out, shopping trips, meals out, and even a Winter Ball, all for like-minded vintage loving people. Last winter I went up to Manchester…
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