I am a giant!

"I am a giant"

Well obviously not!

But drinking from little espresso cups does make you feel like a giant sometimes.

 Amy and I found these adorable little espresso cups in Easons in Dun Laoghaire (at the Ukulele Festival).  I got 4 cups.  Three with a dog print and one with the message "In case of hangover add COFFEE".......which I am sure I will need to do at some time!!

Rain Rain Go Away!

On both Saturday & Sunday we visited the Ukulele Festival in Dun Laoghaire.  The weather was fairly bad (typical for Ireland) but we were wrapped up well and we brought our umbrellas.

There was a fair crowd at the event considering the bad weather.....but I hope they get sun next year as it was fairly bad weather last year too. 

 We enjoyed the music and had drinks, sausage and sweet potato fries - I loved spending the time with my twin sister.

At one point we were cold and wet so we ventured to Costa for a coffee.  We both had double espressos and cream.  Delish - and warming too!

I'm already looking forward to next year's hooley :-)

Christmas in August!

It's been a horrible wet August weekend here in Dublin.  So I was so happy to visit the newly opened Christmas Shop in Brown Thomas with my twin sister!

I love this Nutcracker!  I would consider buying a large nutcracker this year except that I plan to get a train to go round my tree.  

 My tree is decorated in traditional red and green colours so I bought this glittery train decoration.  Amy's tree is decorated in white and silver so I bought her this 3 dimensional silver star ornament. 

As you can see, I was in my element!

I look forward to visiting this Christmas Shop (and the Marvel Room) again at a much closer time to Christmas - and I also look forward to the Dunnes Stores & Penneys Christmas Shops opening!!

Where do you store your eggs?!

In Ireland, we buy our eggs off the shelf.  Where are your eggs shelved in your store?  Are they refrigerated?

Then when we take them home we generally store in the fridge.

Why, I don't really know?!

Any ideas???

Our eggs are generally brown here in Ireland (I'm not sure of the variety of chicken that gives brown eggs) but I found Duck Eggs in a butcher shop in Dun Laoghaire so I bought a few for breakfast this morning.  Quite yummy! Very silky and indulgent.

Rose of Tralee Party #ROTparty

The Rose of Tralee was held over Monday and Tuesday this week. For the final on Tuesday, my twin sister held a #ROT party!

The catering was traditional Irish - smoked salmon on brown bread followed by Apple Tart.

Amy even took out her Castleknock Rose sash - she was a Dublin Rose entrant about 17 yrs ago representing the Castleknock area.  

Jessie, our cousin by marriage, was over from Singapore - she loved trying on the sash and the pink plastic tiara!

What a fun night!

And during the break Amy gave gifts to Jessie &  Kasey for attending their first #ROT party......

Amy Winehouse Documentary at the Rathmines Omniplex

I went to see "Amy" yesterday evening.  What an incredible talent she was.  It was really sad to see how her life and ultimately tragic death unfolded.  Perhaps her troubles were what made her so talented....or was it her talent that caused her troubles?







It's a tough watch (but enjoyable in parts - particularly the music) and I definitely recommend you go see it in the cinema.  

The best gifts are.......homemade!

It's my older sister's birthday shortly.  Last year she had a big birthday party where she received a lot of lovely presents including something nice from me.

This year, however, I decided to make something for her.  She has so much stuff that I was at a loss as to what I should get for her.  So homemade was definitely a better option.

I made her this lovely floral bunting.  She has a large back garden and often holds gatherings in it for family and friends so I think she will certainly have a use for this bunting as garden decoration.

Here it is all packaged up and ready to be given to her.

I wrapped it in cellophane and put a ribbon on it along with a tag that I sewed on my "Handmade By" label.

I'm very happy with how it turned out and hopefully my sister will be happy when she receives it next week!

Click here to see a small bunting tutorial and there is also a further link to my "No-Sew Bunting"