Sunday 15 April 2012

Mint, Red & All The Colours of the Paintbox

What a lovely sunny Sunday it's been.  I hope the sun has been shining on your part of the world like it has here.


Today is the last day of the school holidays.  I promised Little Miss 4 that during the school holidays we could get the paints out and go to town.  She'd been pestering me for ages so I relented.  I was kind of hoping she would forget, for obvious reasons, but of course it wasn't to be.


This is me in my Sunday best.  I love the colour combination of mint and red together, its one of summer's redeeming features.  You might remember the cardi from this post.   I bought it from a charity shop and added the felt heart patch and buttons myself.  The red wedges are another bargain from Office.  This time from the Office outlet on Ebay.  My Spring/Summer wardrobe is never complete without a pair of red wedges.  Also, its yet another outing for my trusty typewriter tote.



Cardi - charity shop, customised by me
Top - charity shop
Skirt & necklace - Primark
Wedges - Office Outlet

Anyhoo, then it was time for a quick change and to prepare the way for the artist


We painted a sunny beach scene while listening to her favourite, Florence & The Machine, on the Ipod.


The artist at work

A sunny day and a happy child.  It's the simple things.

Hope you've had a good weekend.  I'm off to iron school uniforms :)

Lucy x

15 comments:

  1. Is that the Anthropologie skirt that I wanted so bad last year?
    what an adorable cutie pie you have there!

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  2. oh, your sandals are just adorable... they look so good with this outfit.

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  3. I remember looking for that skirt was it last year? Or the year before? (time blurs!) I think it was featured in a magazine so I'm so jealous you have one :D But it looks lovely with this cardigan combo and the red wedges.

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  4. Polkadotpetticoat & Jennie- it was from Primark last year :)

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  5. Mint, or any blue/turquoise, and red are one of my favourite combinations... like your customised cardi too. Erm, just clocked your wine stash too... impressive!;) xx

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    1. Ha ha, there's more where that came from. Whisky and wine collecting is one of Mr N's passions! x

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  6. Hi Lucy, you look gorgeous!, the mint and red is a beautiful combination. Its lovely to see your little Picasso at work, hope you enjoyed the school break, we have another week :)

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  7. You are so beautiful!!
    I'm totally in love with the red and mint combination, you have such a great sense of colors and your skirt is beyond awesomeness!
    Your lovely daughter is so talented (I'm sure she has the same color matching gift) I love to see her photos, she seems such a cutie!
    xxx

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    1. Thank you. She's precious isn't she! I choose not to put my daughter on my blog because she's my baby and I want to protect her her privacy and dignity as much as possible until she is old enough to make informed choices for herself x

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  8. The skirt is amazing, the print is just so very pretty. You look so very pretty.
    I just love the little heart brooch and the wee cardy. All perfect.
    Love v

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  9. I used to love those sessions with my mum and I've carried on loving painting and drawing my whole life! I really love that skirt, I wish I'd got one now. You look great, the mint cardi looks much better after you pimped it up

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  10. Love what you did with the cardigan! And the red wedges are gorgeous too =)
    Such cute pictures of the painting session!
    xx
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    1. oh this outfit is sweet as candy darling! i love this cardi with the cute heart and your skirt is fabulous. and you are so right a happy child and his smile that´s priceless;)
      love and kiss,mary

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  11. Oh I love these colours together - I would never have thought to put red buttons on that cardigan but it looks FANTASTIC! Skirt and shoes are also very delightful.

    Love your little darling painting - what a sweetpea. Sarah xxx

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  12. beautiful colours you've put together. I think the combination of mint and red is lovely now that I've seen your photos! Oh, by the way--I love your profile pic. I had hair that colour once, but it was an accident, and I didn't look a tenth as good as you do with it. It's making me rethink my boring mousy look I've got going on these days.

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