As my train pulled in on my way to meet Anastasia for the first time, I got this text message. “…. Just so you recognise me, I have long blonde hair and a chihuahua with a red coat.” … Amazing! Anastasia is an amazing painter. You should definitely look up her work. She is a […]

image from Joanna Brown at our Peter Pan Shoot The New Year will be bringing a few more *NEW* things to Petal & Feast’s (alfresco) table (with festoon lights strung up above it, under a tree, somewhere Mediterranean), and this is one of them. Come along and learn how to put together your very own, hand-tied wedding […]

When Alexa got in touch last Christmas to ask if we could help with her South of France wedding we were so excited. I had to keep remembering we would be going to work and not just waft about in lavender fields and drink coffee in pavement cafes. Though in reality we did squeeze in a bit […]

2013 IN PICTURES

December 31, 2013

2013 has whooshed past in a right hurry. Here is a tiny snippet of photos from this year, of work and play… {photographers names under each picture}. Enjoy! Spirit of Beltane Shoot {above} Me Alexa and Sarah Provance {above} Kat Hill Sophie & Gavin’s at Bartholomew Barn {above} Sacco Photography Victoria & Jon – Bignor […]

Last weekend, before our Christmas Wreath making course, lovely Jayne came along with me and the boys, foraging for ingredients, (the girls opted for warmth and friends instead and played at Kirstin’s). We are really lucky to have The Downs on our doorstep, and although I feel like a proper mother saying it, whenever you […]

So, after our first Wreath Workshop at beautiful Bignor on Saturday everything it really is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Here is a really easy recipe for Mincemeat so you can whip up some mince pies an at the drop of a hat, a la domestic goddess.  You will need: 1lb grated Bramley Apples 1 […]

We set off early(ish !) this morning for Bignor Park and got everything set up for our very first workshop EVER.We set up their tools, lit the wood burner, put the tea urn on and waited for our gang to come along. Here’s what it looked like according to Lisa Devlin, who came along and […]

You may have already heard about our Christmas Wreath Workshop at Beautiful Bignor this Sunday 1st December 2013.  Our morning session has now sold out but we’re pleased to announce that there’s now an afternoon session and we have a few spaces left at 1330 if you and your friends fancy whiling away a winter’s […]

Francesca & Charlie were married at the local church before coming back to Charlie’s parents stunning country garden in Poynings, in the South Downs, Sussex, for the reception and wedding breakfast. Francesca and her friends had fluffed and froofed paper poms, the garden was tended and titivated, the lawns were mown. On arrival Kirstin and […]

Sophie and Gavin were married at Bartholomew Barn, just outside Petworth this year and they asked us to do the flowers and come along with the ice cream bike in the evening. The barn is set deep in the Sussex Countryside, nestled between gardens, fields and woodland. The couple were going for a very relaxed […]