Well, it has been a bit of a week, with sunshine and showers both weather-wise and for me personally too…
Out & about
Monday
I had a bit of a health scare which was completely remedied by a couple of hours at a hospital on Monday. I’m absolutely fine now…but these little hiccups in life really do make you put things into perspective, don’t they?
So, on Wednesday, when I dropped my camera on to a hard floor and broke the lens…yes, I was very annoyed and it’ll cost me a little bit to replace it, but at the end of the day, it’s only a lens. And it can be replaced…
The positive side of it is that, touch wood, my camera seems to be still working fine and the new lens I’ve ordered to replace it is a bit more whizzy. So it should help me take better photos in poor light conditions.
Tuesday
Wrote blog posts and dealt with emails. Started drafting a new guest blog post for the Laura Ashley blog.
Signed off copy for my Wedding Flowers magazine article.
Wednesday
Had a wonderful day attending a One Day Wedding Flowers course at the Judith Blacklock Flower School in London. I’ll be blogging about it soon.
Thursday
Started drafting my May newsletter which will be going out next week.
In the afternoon, I went to Sania Pell‘s book launch at Liberty for her new book ‘The Homemade Home for Children‘.
You may have seen the interview which I featured with Sania earlier this month.
It was really lovely to see her and join in making my very own Liberty print floral brooch!
And it was also great to meet Sonia from Cico Books and meet childrenswear designer, Chi.
Here are a few photos from the afternoon…
Friday
Wrote blog posts and dealt with emails.
At home
Reading…
- Gardener’s World magazine
- Waitrose magazine
Listening to…
Most popular blog post this week on Flowerona
This week’s most popular blog post was my Interview with Lotte Lawson of Lotte & Bloom.
Guest blog post
My second guest article for the New Covent Garden Flower Market was published this week, featuring my visit to the National Wedding Show.
On the Heart Home blog, I featured Petersham Nurseries proudly present ‘The Garden Shop’. Due to the weather on Wednesday, their launch event for The Garden Shop was postponed.
They’ve now rescheduled it for Wednesday 9th May from 6.30-8.30pm and everyone is welcome to attend.
Twitter links
Here’s just a selection. Simply click on the purple hyperlink:
- Gorgeous pastel wedding blooms via Style Me Pretty
- An unusual English Flower Garden at Chiswick House & Gardens
- Beautiful images of blossom and bees by Rosie Bray
- Interesting article about lavender via The Telegraph
- Pink and white wedding blooms via Flower Allie
- Fabulous new floral fabric collection by Bluebellgray
- Pretty peony arrangement via Remodelista
- Lovely floral-inspired blog post on the Laura Ashley blog
- Stunning pastel wedding blooms via Floral Cadet
So, I hope you have a lovely weekend, whatever the weather…!
P.S. Aren’t the peonies at the start of the blog post just gorgeous? They’re coming into season now.
(Images : Style Me Pretty, Rona Wheeldon for Flowerona, Lotte & Bloom, David Loftus)
