Bring With You History.

Bring With You History produce handmade cushions created from a selection of recycled vintage souvenir tea-towels.

The backing fabrics are 100% recycled and are limited to a small number of cushions ensuring each one is unique. As of now these can be purchased in the sweet little shop The Wooden Heart (112 Byres Road, Glasgow) And online shortly in the Navy&Brown shop.

I really hope you like them!

Sally, Creator of Bring With You History and one half of Navy&Brown

p.s. - i would love to hear you thoughts on these little guys its a little scary giving something you've made to the big world!

A day trip.

We set off today in the most unpromising weather for a bit of a picnic. We ended up having our sandwiches by this little boating village in Loch Lomond. We forgot our camera so all these photos where taken on my phone sorry for the haziness! 

Strawberries.

I saved these wild strawberries from our friends yard, against all johns advice i decided to see if they would grow on our bedroom window and they grew a treat! so i made a cake and put them on top. 

Easy as pie.

I baked a pie, a pear and bramble pie actually!

any excuse…

I hear it's the jubilee this weekend, two of my favourite things are bunting and the royal family!

Any excuse to hang some of our vintage Union Jack bunting!

Nardini

We finally got to visit (the world famous) Nardini's in Largs last weekend for some ice cream which was a treat.

This illustration is by Adrian McMurchie who I had the pleasure of working with recently. His website is packed full of lovely architectural and food illustrations.

Pirates

We've been a bit quiet around here but we have been busy. I just finished this treasure map for the Royal Parks Foundation. If you click on it you can make it bigger. 

Robo-cake

Yesterday was Sally's birthday so I thought I would celebrate the occasion by baking my first ever cake!**not from mix or with help from my mum when I was 8
Its a Robot.

John got older!

Happy Birthday to the best ever boy. You let me wear your slippers, your lovely always, your very nice to look at and my tea always definitely tastes better when you make it. I hope you have had a good year i certainly did.

Surry Hills.

After a quick stint on the tourist trail we opted to spend most our time in Sydney hanging in and around Surry Hills. Armed with a list of little shops/cafes to visit we had and excellent time getting lost in the pouring rain more than once. 

I was real excited to visit the Bourke Street Bakery most of all, as i had been drooling over the pages of their cookbook for some time now. I don't know how we managed to score one of the 3 seats inside on the rainy afternoon but we made the most of it and ate as much as we could.

wooden churches.

Last week we did a bit of driving through New South Wales. We kept stumbling upon really nice, old churches dotted around the countryside and loved how different they are to the ones we find back home.

Here are some we found on our travels.

not any old vintage.

We have been in Australia for over two weeks now and have been wondering all around. One place we keep returning too is this little cafe suitably named Vintage. Its surroundings suit me just fine, the people are as friendly as friendly gets, and the treats are delicious.

I think my mum would like you to know that she is a regular here also. 

Freezing cold castles.

This past weekend we bravely headed out with a thermos of soup to Bothwell Castle. I say bravely as this was the first absolutely freezing day we have had in a while – giving us a taste of things to look forward to. I really don't mind the cold though when there are places like this not far from our house.  

Note to self find john some wellies.