We have decided to have a tiny wedding in the Spring, followed by a big party for friends a few weeks later. I enjoyed spending hours making these special requests to the bridal party, asking my favourite little people and my best friend to be part of the big day. Fingers crossed they all say yes…
There are many ways I might describe myself but refined is probably not one of them. I am always too interested in getting out and doing things to be bothered to be made up perfectly on a normal day, and these days I am more likely to be fresh off my bike with windswept hair.
But from time to time I think it would be nice to be a bit more of a lady – and sat here noticing these two was one of those times.
I came across another handmade craft fair, this time at Shimogamo Shrine. The setting was lovely but this one was smaller than the one at Kamigamo Shrine, possibly due to the threat of heavy rain, but there were some lovely stalls nonetheless…
When you think about a shop selling cosmetics and toiletries what comes to mind? Something clean and white? Or perhaps slick and black? Or the bright busy interior of a drugstore? Well this is what my kind of beauty shop looks like…
Wow, I don’t know what to say! I have been shortlisted as a Finalist for the Digital Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2012 in the Education Entrepreneur category! Previous winners include maverick greetings card site FunkyPigeon.com and British retail giant Sainsbury’s.
Have you ever bought someone a present that you just knew they were going to love, and had that feeling that you might just burst if you don’t give it to them right now? Well that’s how I feel with some of the exciting things going on behind the scenes here at Do What You Love.
Just a few minutes’ spin of the bicycle wheel from our little place here in Kyoto stands a World Heritage Site, “a place of exceptional and universal value; a cultural heritage site worthy of preservation for the benefit of mankind”.
This astonishing city actually has 17 sites deemed this magnificent. Today I wanted to share Nijo Castle with you.
