Yesterday I was fortunate to be invited to attend The Paint It Pink Afternoon Tea Party at the RDS. The event was part of the Irish Cancer Society “Paint It Pink” campaign in aid of Breast Cancer awareness and was hosted by DFS, sponsors of the DFS Showhouse at the Irish Permanent Ideal Home Show.
This year the showhouse has been designed by the incredibly talented Roisin Lafferty of Kingston Lafferty Design.
This post is not about me being sentimental. This is a little shout out to all of you who are members of the one club that no one wants to join!
It’s my way of remembering all the dads who we can’t buy a Father’s Day card for, or who we aren’t able to do something special with today.
Last Wednesday evening, I had the pleasure to attend the photography launch of “Retrospective 01” a collection of photographic works by award winning Irish photographer Enda Cavanagh.
Enda is an Irish architectural and fine art landscape photographer based in Dublin. Growing up in rural Ireland, Enda and has always felt a strong connection to the land. He is drawn to the rugged beauty of Ireland and discovers a great sense of peace in our environment. He seeks to reflect the inherent drama and melancholy of the Irish landscape in his photographs.
Do you love anything that has a story? Do you love the idea of taking a piece of furniture and giving it a second life? How do you fancy a lovely weekend away AND get to up-cycle a once loved piece of furniture to it’s former glory?
The Hotel Meyrick in Galway, is offering a ‘Chair Affair’ furniture up cycling package; a weekend of luxurious accommodation, sumptuous food, fun and creativity!
It’s that time of the year when we turn our warm welcoming homes into ghostly ghoulish dens of doom!!! And all because we want to scare the bejeepers out of our family, friends and neighbours! So if you’re looking for some bewitching ways to make your home spooktastic for Halloween, grab your broomstick and read on…….
Blog Awards Ireland 2013 celebrates the best in Irish blogging with 31 winners being announced at the blog awards event on 12th October 2013 in the Osprey Hotel in Naas. Closing date for nominations is 31st July
