Almost two months have passed since I wrote the first update on our house renovation here. So much happened over the initial eight months from when we started (without any moments to really take it all in), so I thought I would save the next stage for a new post. 

It's been an age since I sent out a newsletter, as this year, time has slipped through my fingers like sand.....

In November of last year, as the days closed in early and the leaves fell from the trees, my love and I began the restoration of a lovely, old Victorian home that we had purchased in the depths of winter the year before. 

Our aim is to always design pieces that can be worn time and time again. Styles to tie in with what you already own and to be worn across different occasions. 

A few years ago, I started baking sourdough and it's become such a wonderful, weekly ritual that I've come to love so much. 

An ode to the Delicate Words Blouse ~ possibly one of the loveliest pieces that I've designed..... 

Last week, I popped into Soho Home Studio in London to get some inspiration for furnishings our new house....

I've often spoken about how important freedom is to me within the way that I run my businesses. This way of working allows me to go about other aspects of my life without restrictions, which in turn creates a balance that I am so thankful for.....

A very generously cut blouse that feels like freedom. A blouse that you wear travelling, creating, painting, to vibrant festivals or quietly reading - comfort tied in with that feeling that you're wearing something truly special. A blouse to wear out to dinner or drape over a swimsuit after swimming in the sea.  

When my boyfriend and I made the decision to completely change our business model - to no longer sell wholesale, to no longer work to seasons and to work in a much more sustainable way, the majority of people we spoke to made the (understandable) assumption that COVID19 was the reason behind all of this.....

The Sweet Romance styles began with a trim - tucked under a stack of 1950's pattern magazines in a French fabric mill, I almost didn't see it.