Business plans

So I have started my business plan proper :) How I progress depends on if I have a job to return to or not at the end of my maternity leave. I have a meeting tomorrow to discuss options but with the funding cuts in the UK at the moment I am not terribly hopeful.

Plan B is a children's clothing label, it might be a little clichéd after having my first child but its where my head is at the moment and could be fun!! I have struggled to find things I like for smallest so I might try to make some instead...

I start a fashion course on the 7th Sept so I am going to see where that takes me... x

Bye Bye space programme, Hello Melamine

My partner Sam sent me this link today... I thought it illustrated perfectly the tragic loss of the US space programme.  Astronaut Suicides

Whilst Sam has been devouring proper culture, I have been thinking about melamine bowls. I know... i need to have a word with myself... These beautiful and colourful bowls by Rice Denmark are just what I have been looking for. We are following 'Baby Led Weaning', based on a paper by Gil Rapley, and it's very messy - I thought these would help minimise the mess.

Morecambe Bay with smallest

The rain was briefly punctuated by a fabulous sunny day yesterday. Smallest and I made the most of it with a jaunt along Morecambe Bays lovely prom. Its a strange place Morecambe, it really should be more popular. The view across the bay is more than phenomenal, the newly renovated Midland Hotel is an Art Deco treasure and the recent arrival of kite surfers gives the place quite a trendy feel. Its probably the rubbish transport links that make it so unpopular - it took us almost an hour to get there from 5 miles away!!

That was all forgotten though when I strolled back to our van devouring a 99 from Kates 'Everyday is like Sundae' Ice Cream Van. My other half, Sam, had done some work for her and suggested I check out the ice creams.

Here are some Hipstergram pics from our trip.

Rainy day sunflowers and fluffy knits

Its another super rainy day here, not like the middle of August at all, with wind rattling around the house like a dragon. Smallest has her first cold so after a very unsettled night and very early morning I thought this picture of the sunflowers on our wet cold allotment might cheer things up. I had planned to pop down there today to sort the potatoes out, but when I look out of the window that's the last thing I want to do....

The colder weather has had me searching for winter knitwear. ASOS are doing this lovely fluffy knit jumper, and for smallest I just love the the shorts and jumper combos in the Cotton and Milk summer 2011 collection. Ideal for the British summer.

I think smallest and I will stick to inside games today.

The beginning

I saw this on a blog some time ago, (I can't remember which it was so if anyone else does, let me know and I can post credits) .. it inspired me to do two things one of which I have accomplished, the other is in the planning...



No.1 Start a blog



No.2 Start my own business



So here goes, my blog .... and in someways the start of an entirely new chapter.