Lusting After

Pottery Barn Baskets

Lovely Hallways

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Happy Times

My beautiful dad.

The beach houses surrounding the house we stayed in. The agapanthus grows wild in front of these houses. I would love to see them flowering.

The gardens in this small sleepy beach side town are to-die-for.



Table set for Dad's Birthday lunch.






I spotted this cute beach shack when I was out picking flowers and loved it. In New Zealand I've noticed they paint many of their houses black and white which I love.



I had a bath in this huge clawfoot bath every day we were there. I love the little vintage butterfly prints on the wall.




When we eventually renovate the kitchen in our new house I definitely want to have a cabinet built just like this one which was in the kitchen at the beach house. It was so perfect for all the plates, platters, cups etc.

The beach in front of the house.

We've just returned home from a week in New Zealand where we celebrated my father's 60th Birthday. After spending a few days in Auckland we caught a plane down to Napier and drove down to a beautiful beach house my parent's have been frequenting over the past 12 months in a sleepy beach side town in Hawkes Bay. We spent 3 days here with my parents, brothers, cousins, aunty & uncle and our grandmother. It was the most wonderful holiday with lots of laughs, lots of tears and lots of reminiscing. Mum cooked an amazing lunch for Dad on his birthday. I went down the street and picked some gorgeous roadside flowers which I arranged for the table. It was the most amazing week away from work and the craziness of life. Happy 60th Birthday Dad. You are one in a million and we all love you so much.

If anyone is interested in staying at this beautiful house click HERE for details.

August Calendar Page

Wow! Where did July go? Sorry we are so slow getting this calendar page up. Go here for previous months.


To create this beautiful layout you will need the Botanical paperpad. Also, print out these calendar pages.

Jim Denevan

My lovely and talented friend Kris from Townmouse thought I would like to see the work of artist Jim Denevan and she was absolutely right . Jim Denevan is the founder and organizer of a worldwide movable feast called Outstanding in the Field. The images are gorgeous.

Not only are Jim's movable feasts amazing but he is renowned for his art in the sand.

Thanks Kris - I love it.

Carol Hartery's Cards

Today we are featuring a few of our favorite cards made by Carol Hartery. If you want more card ideas using the Poppy collection go here. She is right the entire Poppy collection is on sale. So get it before it's gone!


She made this pretty card using the Happy Day collection. If you want some more Happy Day ideas go here.

Thanks for sharing your beautiful cards, Carol! Keep up the good work and keep submitting your ideas.

Flowers For Friday

Enjoy the weekend lovelies!

NEW COLLECTION !

After a marathon month of all work and no play, the NEW Twigs & Honey Collection has finally arrived! Also, the NEW online store has launched!! Click HERE.
Thank you to Lisa Warninger for her amazing photography! Jennifer Rand Walker, for her gorgeous hair and makup. Lovely models Ashley Marie Anthony & Megan Hodge. The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel for the perfect setting. Amy, my big sis, for onsite assistance.
THANK YOU!!!!!

photo credits: Lisa Warninger

Wednesday Wedding - Carnival

via - P.S. I Love You.

Jen's Album Cover

Please welcome Jen. We are so lucky to have such a friendly, out-going gal in our retail store!


Here are some fun tidbits she shared with us. "I've been a newlywed for 5 months. I love scrapbooking, reading, music and being a movie guru, especially for the chick flick comedies. I play the violin and the piano. I speak broken German (infact I was in Heidi's class). Since being married I've really enjoyed learning to cook and trying new recipes, even discovered a new intrest in cake decorating."

From cake decorating to scrapbooking, Jen has a knack for making pretty things. We love it when she stops by the art studio to show us her latest project! The most recent one she showed us was this album.


Jen made this album for a friend who had a baby boy. She bought a post-bound album and sewed this chick-a-doo fabric cover for it. What a great way to customize your album! Then, if you ever want a new look, just sew a new cover and slip the old one off. Thanks, Jen!

If you want to make a great baby album but don't have time to sew, consider a one-hour album kit or word book.

Guest Blogger Suggestions

Hello again, Friends! Sorry for the silence. We had a creative week and are looking forward to sharing some of our CHA projects soon.

Until then, we have been working on some exciting blog changes. We will be asking for your help every now and then. So for today we are wondering about guest bloggers. Are you enjoying having a guest blogger each month as much as we are? It is one of our favorite times of the month.

You may have noticed that we now have a list of previous guest bloggers on the right column. They are links to each of our previous guest's blogs. Is there anyone you would like to see added to that list? We are always on the lookout for talented people, willing to share inspiration, projects, recipes, photography, love for life...

We appreciate your input. Happy Monday!

Perricone MD Giveaway :: Deep Wrinkle Serum

Hi blog readers! I just have an exciting little giveaway this week just for you!
Perricone MD will be giving away 1 full size jar of one of their customer favorite products, Cold Plasma, to a Twigs & Honey blog reader. It is a 1 oz jar valued at $150 and as stated on their site, it helps correct signs of aging: "wrinkles, enlarged pores, dryness, redness, discoloration, uneven skin tone, impurities, loss of firmness, loss of smoothness, and loss of radiance." All you have to do is write a comment and share why you want or need Perricone MD's Cold Plasma. I'll be accepting comment entries for 1 week (ending Sunday, August 1st at midnight) and the winner will be chosen at random and announced next week on Monday, August 2nd. Good luck!

Be sure to check out their other great products including their Deep Wrinkle Serum and Face Finishing Moisterizer. Also, if you're interested in trying the Cold Plasma product, Perricone MD's current special offer is for a free sample of Cold Plasma - just pay shipping ($4.95) and you can do that HERE.

How Fun Is This?

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Great Image

Pic -  Tom Sachs

Peeping In - Nina & Helmut

I love Nina's home because she exemplifies my design philosophy of surrounding yourself in the things you love.  She even has a wonderful portrait (in the mirror) that I am coveting to match mine.

Nina - ‘Our home is full of stuff: new stuff, collected stuff, stuff with surprising uses. My partner Helmut agrees it’s a different kind of recycling! My sister worries I’ll end up trapped by my belongings The past inspires me. I love vintage crockery, decorations, wallpaper and textiles. I like to enjoy what I collect. I don’t like to live in a museum.'

Pics from here

Peeping In - Trullo

This wonderful home is a trullo – a conical stone house traditional to south-east Italy.  It belonged to the owner's grandparents and was their summer house.  The owner remembers visiting on holidays but now lives here full time with her family.

pics from here