Scheming up and setting a joyful and pretty table is something I find truly gratifying, particularly when it comes to finding inspiration. Given it’s now autumn here in New Zealand, I’ve gone for an autumn-inspired table, as the colours outside …
Recently we celebrated E’s birthday (her first since we moved to New Zealand) by throwing her a tween garden party birthday at home. In all honestly, we’ve been a little slack with her birthdays in the past. We were always …
We’re well into spring here in Central Otago, and we’ve had so many beautiful warm days of late. It’s not great for the ski season here, but to be honest I’m fine with an early spring because it’s got me …
Easter, like Christmas, is always a wonderful excuse to get together with family & friends, set a beautifully inviting table, and celebrate the change of seasons. This year, I’ve opted for a stylish Easter table setting with just a couple …
Having friends for dinner is one of my favourite things, and I’ve been hosting “dinner parties” since I was 15. These days it’s smaller numbers, thanks to covid, and since our cottage is so small. Last weekend our good friends, …
This time last year I hosted our annual girls Christmas dinner, which you can read about here, but I never actually did a blog post on it because of the terrible bushfires. Only now does it feel right to post it, …
With all the terrible bushfires here last Christmas, it never felt right to post about trivial stuff when much bigger things were going on. So only now do I feel it’s appropriate to share our Annual Girls Christmas Dinner from …
Life in lockdown / hibernation / isolation has certainly brought out the drinker in me! ha. In a good way. I’ve moved on from a standard glass of wine, to making cocktails
Easter is usually one of my favourite times of the year, but this year feels strange and surreal. Despite the Coronavirus times we find ourselves in, I still want to make the best of a bad situation. So setting our …
You all know I love nothing more than creating a beautiful table setting. So, when Pottery Barn reached out about creating an Easter table for them, the answer was, of course, a huge “YES”! For our Easter table this year …
I never really shared much of our “traditional country” Christmas table this year, and although Christmas is technically over, I figured why not still share. Because, this was actually my favourite table ever! We moved into our new rental home …
Recently, my gorgeous friend Sally, of Simmer and Boyle, dyed some fabric in a pot on her stove, using just avocado seeds and they turned the most beautiful shade of pink! I honestly had no idea that the tannins in …
There’s few things I love more than having time out with some of my girl friends and it’s always around mid December that we have a good catch at our annual Girls Christmas Dinner. And last year (gosh that still …
I know some of you are traditionalists and might say “it’s not ‘Christmas’ unless you have a Christmas cracker/bon bon to pop open”. I myself really do love the tradition of it, but truly, there’s not much going on inside …
There are few desserts I have mastered as well as a pavlova (if I do say so myself!), and this sweet and tangy pav is one of the tastiest I’ve ever eaten.
