J is for Just Lovely !!

We spend a long weekend in this lovely cottage in the Wairarapa, New Zealand. No TV, no Internet and no cell phone, Just Lovely!!!
I came back totally inspired , full of new ideas. It is for sure that I go back for an other break ones.

I is for inspiration

I am inspired by......... a lot of things. A saying like thing makes me very inspired the more you read it the better it is, I know we all try to live well, laugh often and love much but we can always do a bit more.

And I get inspired by lovely magazines.

I was so happy to see my own shop advertised in the back of the magazine, hope you are inspired to have a look at my website: http://www.lovelyliving.co.nz/

Have a great weekend!

H is for Home.

H is for home. My house is very important to me is has to be a home. Enjoy the little home tour.

G is for Garden.

I love gardening and I love flowers. It is autumn here so there are not much flowers in the garden at the moment. But i am sure you like a little garden tour.

Don't forget to check out my website: http://www.lovelyliving.co.nz/

F is for Feijoa jam

It is Easter weekend and wet, very wet here. So a good time to spend most of the day in the kitchen. I made Feijoa jam. We have a BIG very BIG Feijoa tree. The kids are selling them but before they sell them all I made some feijoa jam. Really easy and very yummy.

Here the recipe:

1 kg feijoas, peeled and sliced

1/4 cup water

3 cups sugar

zest and rind of 1 lemon

Stir till sugar is dissolved, let onto a steady boil for 10 minutes till set!

If you like have a look at my on-line shop:

http://www.lovelyliving.co.nz/

E is for Excited

The E is for exiting and I must say i am exited. Most of you know that I have a gift shop on the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand and I can tell you now that my on-line shop is open as well. A lot of work was involved with making the website, I had a good team behind me an they did a great job. Without them there was no website, I am absolute not good with computers at all.

We had a photo shoot on a beautiful sunny day here on the coast and I think they photo's look great. But if you want to seen more have a look here:

http://www.lovelyliving.co.nz/

So I think you understand why I am so excited, I have a great shop and an on-line shop as well.

Happy shopping!

D is for Dreams

I think we all have dreams and most of the time your dream will always be a dream. But for me a dream came true. One if my dreams is to help people in need. On one day when I am old and wise?? I like to go to a place and help.

But we are in New Zealand and I think all of you know we had some horrible earthquakes and people have lost love ones, houses, work and much more.

They need help and the only thing we can do is donate money, lots of money.

We came with the idea to organize a high tea and make money to send to Christchurch.

I can tell you it was big and beautiful and a great success. We made approx $4500 dollar. Have a look at the pictures and see what you think of it.