This week I have been...
Drawing...Pink roses and orange poppies for a suite of letterpress printed and hand-painted wedding invitations for a relaxed and stylish wedding to be held at the architecturally significant Walsh Street House built in the 50s in Melbourne, Australia...




Reading...Jinny Blom's delicious new book The Thoughtful Gardener


Watching...A beautiful film made by artist and designer Anthony Burrill about the very special print workshop where we both make our work, Adams of Rye



Eating... 
Wild garlic season is here again! Every Thursday Cass and I go to Great Dixter's incomparable toddler group and this week we took a trip into the woods, decorated with a fitted carpet of white wood anemones as far as the eye could see and full of gren spears of wild garlic leaces. We cooked flatbreads in a cast iron skillet, coating them in ripped up garlic leaves and melted butter. Indescribably delicious. Admittedly a bit tricky to replicate the campfire at home, but the flatbreads recipe was incredibly simple, here it is... http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/bread-recipes/easy-flatbreads/

Wearing...

Paloma Wool's denim jumpsuit, a birthday present that generated much excitement and which somehow manages to make me feel at once like I am are wearing do-anything overalls and the slinkiest of dresses. That, to my mind, is genius! Based in Spain, everything is made locally using beautiful, organic and sustainable materials. Not many of each design are made, so you needs must be quick - I am already in mourning for the Betancor knitted dress I have missed... And if you enjoy a hand-drawn line as much as I do, see the airy silk shirts with elegantly simple paintings of figures and leaves...www.palomawool.com