Halloween Handbags! Get them out!

Get your stockings and handbags out, your going to be a busy one tonight with this Tick or Treating!

Hook'd have thought?

Don't go for the norm when it comes to hammering things into walls.  Just put up what's lying around. Somehow, I think you'll find they can work in wondrous ways to become beautiful hangers:

Sleepin' Around

Sleepers in your garden give a rustic feel to the place, it oozes charm:

Good Old Mother Hens Chicken Soup!

Pure soul food, this warming, easy chicken soup makes the most of leftover roast chicken.

Ingredients

• 55g/2oz butter
• 2 onions, peeled and sliced
• 2 sticks celery, finely chopped
• 2 carrots, peeled and finely diced
• 25g/2oz plain flour
• 1.2 litres/2 pints chicken stock
• 450g/1lb cooked chicken, skinned and shredded
• 1 tbsp freshly chopped parsley
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
  
  
  Preparation method
  
  
  1. Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat and gently fry the onions, celery and carrots until they start to soften.
  2. Stir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes. Add the chicken stock and bring the mixture to the boil, stirring as you do so. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper, then reduce the heat until the mixture is simmering and simmer for 10 minutes, until the vegetables are tender.
  3. Add the cooked chicken and cook until heated through. Season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Stir in the parsley and serve.
     
     
     
     
     

Words of Wisdom by Gwen

If I wasn't even famous or had any success, I would still wake up and put tons of make-up on, and put on a cool outfit. That's always been who I've been my whole life, so that's never gonna change. I love fashion. I love getting dressed up. I love Halloween, too - Gwen Stefani

Tones of Leather

Sumptuous leather tones that look too good to be true.  We could gawp at these all day...

Weird and wonderful hangers for all sorts

For your bits and bobs that get in the way, why not stick a funky hook or horn onto a wall for your belongings to flaunt their stuff:

Winter Decorations

With the cold weather looming, we better prepare our gardens for the festive season.  Here are a few tips:

Words of Widsom - The Unreasonable Man

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man - George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

Shhhhhhhh...

Keep this on the low down but... EXCITING TIMES AHEAD, we have a handbag in the pipeline. It will be lush, vintage and pure 'hello come to mama'. Hopefully, fingers crossed by early 2014, yes please!

A Nautical Bathroom

When setting sail, one needs to have a place to bathe.  And if you're far from the sea, then kitting your bathroom out with a nautical look will bring back the sounds of seagulls and the sea and make you feel right at home.

Bohemian Planters

Here are some wonderful inspiring planters, for inside and out of the home.  Why not use something a little different than a normal trough or pot, use some natural materials to make your style your own.