LOVE

Hi Ladies

Today is Valentine's Day & I wanted to share a little love!

Last week I was chatting to a lovely lady I have got to know recently about Valentine's Day, she asked me if we had any plans for the day. I told her we always cook together on Valentine's, we stay in to avoid the 'cheese' of the day. Then she said something that has stayed with me all weekend, "I LOVE THE CHEESE". I LOVE that she said that.
Its not like I hide the love, far from it, we cook together we buy cards & cute little gifts, we definitely feel the love.....but today I want to jump on the Valentine train & stay on it. What's wrong with the cheese? Why not shout it from the rooftops? Maybe a little cheese is the answer!

Life should be all about love. Love for people & love for what we do. Shouldn't we all be actively trying to fill our lives with more of what we love? Why wouldn't we do that??
I love how we can make any day more lovely just by adding little bits of joy. For me it could be a pot of Harrods coffee & the glug noise the coffee machine makes when its start pouring into the glass jug, watching a movie I've seen a hundred times that still makes me smile, chatting with my beautiful niece who talks even more than I do, losing myself in fashion magazines, standing with my eyes closed with my face in the sun, morning tea with my Olds, walking & chatting with my Supersis, catching up with my fabulous friends, hearing the one ring of the phone to say H is on his way home.....the list is endless & that in itself makes me very happy.
This list is really what we're all about at Seasonal Sisters, we wanted to fill up our website with gifts, ideas, recipes, books, movies, fashion/sewing.... Lets all join in & make suggestions for joy....we'd love to hear from you.
This Spring we'll be adding more tips for making all our lives for fabulous & of course more gorgeous gifts in our boutique for when a gift is the way to share the love :)
So, let's make this Valentine's day the beginning of a full year...a lifetime of more love :)
'fill up your well'....
'get your freak on'....
'dance to the beat of your own drum'.....
'live well, laugh often, love much'...
share the love.......more soon,
Victoria xxx

The year of the Rabbit...

Hi Ladies
2011 Chinese New Year was 3rd Feb & this year is the year of the Rabbit. I am a Rabbit, my husband is a Rabbit & we were married in the year of the Rabbit, cool huh? Also, I LOVE rabbits (especially the one in the picture) but I've learnt that I'm not very good at looking after them & I worry about them being outside in the cold so I don't have one. Anyway, Happy New Year to all the animals!

I'm always a little ahead of myself at this time of year, I really expect that Winter should be over & if the sun is shining, it should be warmer. I've been wandering around the house in bare feet all weekend & even though the heating is on, its just not quite warm enough! This gets me ready for getting my flip flops out for the beginning of March. I know...I know it won't be warm enough but March 1st is when the air changes & everything starts to come alive again. Its my New Year!

So while we're waiting for the New Year we have Valentine's Day. I'll be making mini cakes in bright bright red with Betty Crocker chocolate icing. I tried the vanilla last time I made the cakes but I'm thinking H would much rather have the chocolate! Its the perfect cheat for cake making, its almost not worth the effort of making the icing when a whole pot (enough for approx 32 cupcakes) only costs around £2.50!

My other 'love' since my last blog has been the Paris Couture shows. Every year I'm blown away by the Dior Couture show, its always the most beautiful of all the shows in Paris. If you've got a spare half an hour, have a look at this link to the Dior site & the whole show www.diorcouture.com/uk/dior_uk I know you'll love it.
To catch up on all the Spring/Summer 11 collections, March (in magazine land, on sale now) is fashion heaven. I'm completely in love with the new elegant trouser, wide leg & high waisted, so so beautiful with very high heels. Harpers Bazaar, Vogue & Elle are the best magazines for details & ladies, this summer...its ALL about colour! Beautiful, strong colour in amazing styles. Colour is hard to get right so I have recently had a colour analysis with my lovely friend Helen at http://www.stylestep.co.uk/ I really thought I knew what colours were good for me until Helen gave me my new palette. I sat in her fabulous studio in front of the mirror with my clothes & hair covered & Helen held up so many beautifully coloured fabrics against my face. It took me a few minutes to 'get it' but once you do it's so exciting. I look younger & healthier when I wear the 'right' colours. It's amazing.
A colour analysis would make a fabulous gift for a Girlfriend, Sister, Mum, Auntie, who wouldn't want to look younger & healthier??? Give Helen a call...I know you'll love her too!

So February is all about re-reading Eat Pray Love (my favourite book ever!), watching my new favourite tv show 'The C Word' with the brilliant Laura Linney, losing myself in Harpers Bazaar, trying out new Mexican recipes, visiting the best Mexican shop in London http://www.casamexico.co.uk/ & trying to learn some more Spanish conversation ready for my hols.

So, lots to do.....more soon
Happy Valentine's Day ladies
Victoria xxx