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Sunday 7 – Craving Colour

Apr 1st, 2018 Sunday 7 Bean 15 min read

Hello, and welcome to an Easter Sunday 7! Not that there’s anything Easter-y about this post, it just happens to be Easter… which means we’re in April already! So, what have I got in store for you today? Colour. At this time of year… every year… I start craving some colour in my wardrobe. I’m not the most daring when it comes to wearing prints…

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Insta-reality & Other Stories…

Dec 13th, 2016 Small Talk Bean 19 min read

So! (my favourite word to start a blog with, in case you hadn’t noticed…) I’ve recently been up to London a couple of times and met some ‘virtual’ friends which I’ve made along the way since joining Instagram back in March. The first meet-up was with a group of #mystylephotochallenge ladies back in the middle of November; ‘my style photo challenge’ (@mystylephotochallenge) is a a…

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Donna Ida @ Hero Stockbridge

Oct 11th, 2016 Small Talk Bean 14 min read

Waaaaaaay back in March, when I published my very first blog post, I lamented the loss of shopping in fabulous independent boutiques after moving from London to my Small Town. When I lived in South West London (Clapham then Battersea followed by Tooting), I was never far from such boutiques in Clapham Old Town, Northcote Road and Wimbledon Village. These boutiques generally carried stock that was certainly…