Holiday Reads

I love to read.
I read every day. I sneak in chapters. Waiting for dinner to cook, I stand at the kitchen island, kindle in hand. While Meadow is doing 'craft' at her table, I sit next to her, reading. When she is in bed, not quite sleeping, and wants me beside her, I take my kindle! You get the idea.
So i get through a lot of books.
These 3 are firm favourites. But I sure would welcome your favourite reads. I'm off on vacay today but will be checking in, so please leave some book recommendations!!
I don't like instagram photos on the blog, but I promise to blog a couple anyway....keep in touch through instagram (karenmogford) facebook (the bake house) or bloglovin (here)

Adios!
xo

Did I tell you

just how much I love that sweet face yo!
so much character, no?
a few other things I am loving at the mo (although not on  Meadow scale obviously)

This amazing overnight bag
Eva Chen and her instagram and tumblr. She is just ridiculously stylish and gracious.
This blog, is all at once gorgeous and inspiring, and also makes me feel such an underachiever! Where is my brand?? Where? Damn it I wish I had thought up Sandro or Maje then I too could be featured, and my little Miss Mog!

Oh well. I'm off to go eat some more salted caramel chocolate and rethink my life :)

Happy Thursday xoxo

Tuesday Thoughts

So it's Tuesday. My least favourite day of the week (if I was made to pick one) and I don't even have an explanation as to why. Although today was pretty good in the grand scheme of things (my starbucks coffee this morning actually tasted like coffee! result) and I struck gold with a new sunhat from Primark and the most amazing invention ever the handbag organiser!!! OMG this has revolutionised my life. No more worry that a pen will leak all over my Alexa (the horror and it HAS happened to me) No more rooting around for my lipgloss. I tell ya. Me being me though, I am guessing it may be short lived, and I will no doubt ditch it and it's blessed organisation. What can i say? I am fickle.

Another discovery of the day...I would suck at being a hand model. I have been obsessing over a thumb ring since I saw a very cool lady at The Cowshed wearing one (I kept sneaky staring at her! She was SO COOL>I was totally thinking Raaarrr.  I want her coat, jeans, hair and jewels :) Please tell me you do that too? So anyways, I had to copycat her and get me a thumb ring pronto. So where else to go? The London institution that is Liberty. And I scored. As you can see :) Apologies for the weird hand shots tho! I told you I sucked! My hands look ugly and i tried and tried and.....well. You can see for yourself.

Off to The Homeland tomorrow for a meeting...another day another hotel. Still I'm not complaining....free gin and all that :)

Happy Tuesday peeps and see you on Instagram
XOXO
Ps You linked out? :) I went for it today!