Things I like

Enchanted places/windy days/exhibitions

Coffee with friends

Intensely coloured sunsets

Morocco/experiencing different cultures in every way possible; being submersed in it and soaking it up/boats

Baking/the smell of home-made brownies/leaving surprises on a friend's doorstep/ licking the bowl/something to look forward to

Exploration/taking pictures from car windows

Vintage Treasures

Things that are perfectly, beautifully broken

Typography

Making something ordinary extraordinary/appreciating the little things in life/misperceptions

Second-hand books/history

Pomegranate cookies

Ingredients:

• 115 g unsalted butter
• 100 g brown sugar
• 115 g caster sugar
• 155 g plain flour
• 85 g oats
• 85 pomegranate (seeds)
• 100 g white chocolate chips
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 1/4 tsp salt

Cream together the butter and sugars.

Mix in the egg and vanilla extract. Separately, mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. Stir these into the wet ingredients. Stir in the oats and white chocolate chips.

Make small balls of cookie dough, and add several pomegranate seeds into each one. Do it like this rather than mixing them into the dough, to avoid turning the dough pink. Flatten each dough ball onto a baking tray lined with baking parchment.

Bake the cookies at 180 ° C for 10-12 minutes, and enjoy!

Yum...

Some life drawing

I’ve decided there is a kind of strange, meditative quality about life drawing. Like making cranberry jelly or tomato chutney for Christmas, life drawing is completely absorbing. Here are a few I have done, merry Christmas Eve Eve to all!

Christmas nails

It's Christmas all around us, and to keep up with the festive theme why not add some cheeriness to your nails!

Here is some inspiration I have found for you:

I have decided to paint my nails a festive Christmassy red with an added gold star, I love the sparkle.

Feelin' festive

It's that time of year again when it's hard to create anything but Christmas!

I've been in the festive spirit making cards for friends and sugar cookies with the girlies, all so sweet and pretty for Christmas...