Lush and green...

Some refreshing images for a hot day..

More beautiful cakes...

Couldn't resist tempting you with some more beautiful cakes. Above the Anzu rose wedding cake hand-decorate with Swarovski crystals.

A flood of roses,

meadow cream filling,

a spring posy,

delicate sprigs of daisies and roses,

and a lavender custard, rhubarb, bee pollen crumble with edible flowers!!

Place like home

Nothing makes a place feel more like home than lots and lots of pictures and paintings. Above Bridget Bardot and Picasso in his home.

The Spades love collecting art and they always display it so well. Above and below the Spade house in Southampton.

Also love it when pictures are hung on very strong wallpaper. You don't need 'serious' art for this, as pretty much most things will look good!

Love this grouping of tropical plant paintings that Lee Radziwill had in her home.

Also love this combination of personal photographs and postcards combined with a shell collection as in India Hicks' famous Caribbean home.

Piles and piles of books..

It doesn't matter how big my bookcases are, I always end up with piles of books on the floor, so I love these interiors where they've used them decoratively.

The Anzu studio. Cats, books and plants make a home..

I need one (or several) of these clever almost invisible book organisers

Clearly seeped into my work... The Anzu books card.

Love this lamp

Glamping

I am so in love with this image! Feel like 

re-creating it immediately. It is one of the images picked by the 'Giddy Aunt' on Pinterest - check her profile out as she selects the most beautiful interior pictures.

It set me on a stream of thought..

Images: from Giddy Aunt's stream on pinterest, unknown, Connie living beautifully, Alyssa, For the home

Butterfly cakes

How beautiful is this cake? Sometimes all the creativity out there just amazes me, and as an incompetent baker the baking skills even more!

It would go perfectly with the Anzu butterfly cake wedding card, embellished with Swarovski crystals.

Bringing outside in..

With the way the summer is going currently (cold) I'm thinking the only way to improve this situation is to bring outside in!

Although strictly outside, absolutely covering your house or studio with plants would make coming home a bit more summery.

Terrariums,

different bunches of Spring flowers in jam jars or milk bottles (as created by That Flower shop),

or just lots and lots of houseplants.

Coconuts and pineapples

Here's to a fun weekend, full of flamingos, pineapples and rum! Above the Anzu Pina colada recipe card.

Really really want this paper flamingo from Anthropologie

Disco pineapple!

Pineapple fountain!

Lots of great coconut pudding recipes over at the bbc website. I like the look of the Michel Roux spiced roasted pineapple with coconut ice cream viewable here

The only worry to have in life!

Images: Anzu Pina colada card, Anthropologie, Pineapple images via Giddyaunt's great Pinterest board, Pinterest, Pinterest