Budget vs flowers

2011 Budget has been announced and I knew it was just a matter of time before I get the dreaded call from my accountant and true to form; he called me the next day. I tried to prolong the pleasantries with the hope he might have a very busy day and cut our call short. No joy, he listened patiently and said "so what do you make of the budget and how do you think it would affect you?" I rolled my eyes in frustration, I did not know the answer, I wanted to go back to my sewing but he then went into the most boring five minutes of my life explaining how the budget could affect Cedarlia.

Tut tut, he realized I was not really listening, I promised to call him next week. I went back to my sewing and looking out of the window day dreaming of summer. The picture below took my mind away from numbers, accountants and budget, I thought of what happiness is to me and some of them are gazing out of the window when the flowers in the garden are in full bloom, sewing, Alfresco dining in the summer, seeing my friends and making dolls.



There were three in the bed and the little one said "roll over"

The definition of sleep is something I have not considered until my two year old decided that mum and daddy’s bed is a much better resting place than his super cute nursery.  With his tiny body he manages to squeeze us out of the bed. Mr Cedarlia has landed at least 3 times on the floor in the middle of the night and I've been saved by the wall on a few occasions but just. Sleep deprived, we wake up every morning to the little one fully energised and roaring to go while for us we're looking forward to the first cup of coffee to combat sleep deprivation.

I had to do something. I ordered these beautiful sleep angels, hand made and stuffed with the best Lavender in the world from Provence in France. They can be made with personalised message as well as different colours of thread. I placed it in his nursery bed and now the gentle smell of lavender rocks him to sleep. So far so good, his visits to our room has now been cut down from frequent visits to two odd days. These sleep angels may have a similar effect to your loved ones so I decided to stock the sleep angel in the store. To view, visit http://www.cedarlia.com/Products/107-sleep-angel.aspx.

Promises of Spring flowers

 My shop is fully opened again after months underground, we have been busy with exhibitions and road shows, in 2010 we did ideal home show, baby show in Birmingham as well as Earls court in London. 2010 was hectic, glad we finished with a bang.

A belated welcome to 2011, posting my first post on the 17th of March, what is the significance? not much, I feel this is the time to usher in spring and kick off my blogging again.

I have started my spring celebration a full 7 days before the official day, so a big welcome to spring,
welcome bees and flowers, welcome all things bright and beautiful.