A country walk!

It seems in England we had our summer early this year.  April and the Easter holidays were glorious.  Its a shame that we can count the days of sunshine we have had since then on one hand and a few toes.

Mr C decided that a country walk was in order.  To be honest it takes five minutes to drive out of town and into my happy place.  I yearn to live in a shed in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere. However in England there are many that dream but like me cannot afford, so I am happy to walk and take it all in.

Here's our afternoon in a few photos.

Cheesecake

I have to add this.  I just hope that Bakerella do not mind me showing you their picture and linking you to their page.  This cheesecake is so scrummy and so easy you just need to have ago and bake one.

Happy baking!

http://www.bakerella.com/cheesecake/

ENJOY!

Pom Poms for those of you who haven't discovered how easy they are!

These are so beautiful and suit all occasions.  I made my first using the Martha Stewart Blog page but their are plenty of visuals on Youtube.

http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/tissue-paper-pom-poms-how-to#slide_0

THE SHINY SHINY DESIGN COMPANY: Our very first page - Thank You for visiting!

THE SHINY SHINY DESIGN COMPANY: Our very first page - Thank You for visiting!: " Shiny Shiny Lighting through the trees ..."

THE SHINY SHINY DESIGN COMPANY: Our home

THE SHINY SHINY DESIGN COMPANY: Our home: "Home is or little seaside bungalow pearched up on the cliffs in the South of England. We have views across the park and towards an old vill..."

THE SHINY SHINY DESIGN COMPANY: Our home

THE SHINY SHINY DESIGN COMPANY: Our home: "Home is or little seaside bungalow pearched up on the cliffs in the South of England. We have views across the park and towards an old vill..."

A peek into our lifes!

The White Room

The Tiny Garden

Behind the trees is where our old big house stands now

 A very tired looking garden with views over the park

Our sleeping cherub 

Our home

Home is or little seaside bungalow pearched up on the cliffs in the South of England.  We have views across the park and towards an old village which has now been swallowed up into our tiny town.  If there were a few less buildings lower down I would be able to sea the sea.

The bungalow, we have lived here for three years nearly is now in need of a makeover.  We bought it from a developer who will all know love magnolia paint and cream carpet.  Over the next few months, we will start to stamp our own personality onto this little place we call home.  Its not very big, unlike our family home, which was big enough for four kids,their friends and a house rabbit and had room for the largest kitchen table you could imagine.  Well now the kids have left home, minus one, the rabbit has been buried along with the goldfish and the kitchen table has now been replaced by a Shiny Shiny table for three, Mr C thought that this place would be for us in our old age.  Trouble is when the kids are all here along with two grandchildren (we are young grandparents) there is no room to swing a cat, so perhaps if we win the lottery a nice seaside victorain villa might be on the list.

Anyway pictures will follow and ideas will be asked for.

Our very first page - Thank You for visiting!

                                                    Shiny Shiny Lighting through the trees

                                                       This is my drive to work every morning

The Pier - an old site but still fresh in the momory!

Welcome to our first blog. This is something that I have been thinking about for sometime but like most people and put it off over and over again.  Well today in the South East of England the weather is back to the normal doom and gloom, the house is tidy, the sheets have been changed, Mr C is at work and I am home alone, except for the pooch.  How could I put it off any longer?

I have called the blog The Shiny Shiny Design Company after my love of all things shiny and the fact that if I had my own way I would have a shop on the High Street with the same name, as it is however I do, along with my hubby and eldest daughter make and sell things under the name.  These products range from our Shiny Shiny finds, to our little shiny shell butter knifes, to shiny lights through to shiny gloss chic tables and chairs. 

My normal job however is teaching in a Secondary School.  A job I love to bits and will, I am sure, writes lots more about on here.  Hubby, Mr C, is a Pie Man, as in Simple Simon and knows all there is to know about the world of pies and cooking.  I have him well trained ladies (can I write that) as he has always cooked for us as a family.  My cooking is not the best, taking after my mother who could cook a mean apple pie and beef stew but would burn everything else including the pans and cooker. My eldest daughter does better in the kitchen than I and is an Interior Architect who has worked with a number of companies and clients.  She has promised to send lots of pictures, tips and ideas to us to get you in the mood to make changes to your own homes and lives.

Being new to this I am hoping that many of you will pass tips and ideas on to us.  I have been watching a number of blogs over the last few years and am surprised how ‘crafty’ many of us are.  From the fantastic card making blogs, cake making, yes I am going to post the cheesecake recipe that Mr C took for one of the bloggers ( I will never be thin at this rate), and the girls that can turn any piece of junk into something to oooh and arrrr over. Many of us have beautiful homes that have not cost thousands of pounds because we have had the know all of how to please ourselves – not what Mr Media says we should have in our homes.

I look forward to blogging with you all.

Kind wishes

Mrs C