baking Pear frangipane tart A Google search for 'autumnal baking' on the bus home from work got me inspired to get back in to baking. It has been months since I last baked something. I think the
life Is this really Scotland? Blue skies, turquoise water, white sand beaches. At just under four hours drive from Edinburgh, the Silver Sands of Morar on Scotland's east coast can be reached. We camped for two nights at
life 28 in Loch Tay My third visit to Loch Tay in Perthshire and this time it was to celebrate my 28th birthday. Relaxing in front of a cosy fire, trips to a local pub and frosty walks
life A week in Ibiza Ibiza wasn't the first place that came to mind when I'd think of where to go for a family holiday to celebrate a surprise 60th birthday. But that's where we ended up going,
life Three Days on the Isle of Skye I've wanted to go to Skye ever since moving to Scotland almost eight years ago. Jon & I agreed that we wouldn't leave Scotland before we visited, and so we finally made it
life Blossoming Meadows Spring has definitely come to Edinburgh. On Friday I heard that the cherry blossom had arrived in the Meadows so I made plans to take a walk to the park on Saturday with
life Our Wedding Album After almost a year since our wedding day we finally got around to getting a wedding album. We wanted to get something special and chose to go with the layflat album from Artifact
life Where We Stayed in Barcelona During our five day trip to Barcelona we stayed four nights in two wonderful hotels. Since it was a special trip for us (our first wedding anniversary), we wanted to stay somewhere memorable.
life 5 Days in Barcelona Barcelona or Iceland were our two choices for where we would spend our first wedding anniversary. The sunshine won in the end and we spent five wonderful days in sunny Barcelona. In High
life Mallorca We spent 5 days exploring the beautiful and diverse island of Mallorca. I'm not sure why we had never though of visiting Mallorca before, but I am so glad we did. We stayed
food Coffee & Walnut Cupcakes I'm not a huge fan of drinking coffee. I'll drink it occasionally if we have some made up or if we're in a coffee shop, but generally I'd make a green tea if
life 72 hours in Copenhagen: Day 3 Monday // Day 3 Our final day in Copenhagen began with more Danish pastries. We walked round the corner from our AirBnB and down a small alley to a Laura's Bakery - yum! We
life 72 Hours in Copenhagen: Day 2 Sunday // Day 2 After a little lie in and still feeling full from last night's meal, we shared a leftover danish pastry that we brought back from Laura's Bakery yesterday to start us
travel 72 Hours in Copenhagen: Day 1 Our long weekend trip to Copenhagen began with a flight from Edinburgh with Ryanair. The flights were under £50pp return, and took less than 2 hours (enough time for a couple of podcasts)
baking Lemon Cupcakes with Pistachios At the beginning of the year Jon & I decided to go sugar-free for a couple months before our wedding. I was given Madeleine Shaw's Get The Glow book for Christmas, where she
wedding Honeymoon in the Maldives The Maldives was exactly what we wanted for our honeymoon. Full relaxation on a beautiful tropical island, with blue skies and the clear Indian Ocean. It was even better than I imagined it
wedding 25.03.16 Photo credit: Neil Thomas Douglas Hoorah we are married! It was a dream come true to marry Jon surrounded by our family and friends, and we both had such a fun day -
wedding Wedding Invites Hooray - our wedding invites should have arrived with everyone by now. I wanted them to be quite simple, and I am pleased with how they came out. We started by looking online,
life Wedding Progress Wedding plans are coming along nicely (and slowly), so I thought I'd write a bit here on where I'm at currently. We have the venue, the dress, the website and the honeymoon sorted.
life Quick Weekend Trip to London Jon and I spent last weekend in London. We stayed just one night at Tower Bridge and travelled by train from Edinburgh. This was our first overnight trip to London together and we
beauty Free Your Mind (May Birchbox) & Birchbox Man The rain has been pouring on and off over the past week and with a weather warning it looks set to stay around for a little while longer. Thankfully the May Birchbox came
Around Edinburgh Seacliff Beach & Bass Rock This weekend was Jon's birthday weekend (hooray!) and we spent our Saturday in East Lothian. We started the day at Seacliff beach (they normally have a barrier charging £2 per car for parking
travel Zermatt, Switzerland (video) Jon & I recorded a few video clips whilst we were in Zermatt, and I stuck them together to make the video above. (sorry about the youtube music...) You can see all our
travel Zermatt, Switzerland (in the sun) The alarm went off on Sunday and we jumped to the end of the bed to open the blinds. It was still pretty dark outside but as our eyes adjusted we could make
travel Zermatt, Switzerland (in the fog & snow) A few weeks ago Jon & I took a 2-night trip to Zermatt. It was our first trip to Switzerland together and it was beautiful. We flew cheap with Easyjet to Basel and