Gross out for halloween

Well it’s almost that time of year, when gouls and ghosts, witches and warlocks and skeletons and slime are accepted as the norm. Yes I’m talking of halloween! So why not Gross Out your self digitally as well. All you need is a pic of you or a friend. Add some bit and pieces and [...]

Update on Emma

My last post was about the new BBC makeover of Jane Austen’s Emma. The series has come to an end and I thought it was fab. Nothing like seeing Jonny Lee Miller in a period drama. Against convention I always struggled liking Kate Beckinsale’s Emma and loved innocent gwyneth paltrow’s version of Emma. Romola Garai [...]

New Jane Austens Emma!

Hoooray! A new BBC adaptation of Emma is on my screen. There is nothing I like more than Jane Austen’s stories, both in print or on the (small) screen.
Emma is being played by gorgeous Romola Garai (Daniel Daronda) and Jonny Lee Miller (Mansfield Park) makes for a dashing Mr Knightley. This is a modernised version [...]

Shiva Rea… again

After my first post on Shiva Rea – Go with the flow yoga I bought more of her DVD’s. New to my collection are Creative Core Abs and Flow Yoga for Beginners. You’ll find reviews for the Creative Core Abs below, I need to do the Flow Yoga for Beginners DVD a bit more before [...]

Charleston wintery hat

Last winter I finally bought Boutique Knits, a knitting book that had long been on my Amazon wish list. Created by Laura Irwin for Interweave Knits and full of very posh and classy knits. I loved the cover project, the Side Slip Cloche, and actually found the yarn that was no longer in production on [...]