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New Beginnings and All That Jazz

What could be a better way of staring 2015 than by quoting Chicago? Actually I guess that depends on your

Did you realize Dinosaurs had syphilis? Not only that but you mustn’t kiss your baby because it’s unhygienic and whatever

French Impressionist painter Monet, photographed in his gardens in Giverny, the inspiration for his famous Water Lilies series of paintings.

As you might have seen in my post last week, I’ve started painting again. I’s hard to find the time,

Perhaps I’m experiencing a slight mid-life crisis. I’ve certainly struggled with the idea of turning 40 and I’ve been feeling

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I thought with all the monochrome sixties shift dresses around at the moment, I’d have a go at designing my

Another 1930s-inspired design, this time a pale blue satin evening gown with a beaded silver and gold deep V neckline.

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