My Gardening Journal

My Gardening Journal is for all garden lovers: a beautifully illustrated personal organizer where you can gather information about your favourite plants and record developments in your garden month by month and year by year. Indispensable for anyone who cherishes their garden and wants to make notes and sketches about plants and garden projects. 144 pages, including 12 photo pages 6 tabbed sections with pockets.

Coming Soon – Rachael Taylor Designs.

Soon to appear on www.redladybird.co.uk is the lovely Rachael Taylor Designs, her work is colourful, creative and perfect for the home; specialising in cards, ceramics, soft furnishings and kitchen products. Rachael is well known in the design world, having featured in several pattern design books and also works for high profiled companies such as Paperchase, Marks and Spencer and WHSmiths. www.redladybird.co.uk is growing and I am very exciting at being able to feature some wonderful talent here, watch out for podcasts on Hannah Nunn, Rachael Lucie and newbie Rachael Taylor in the summer months.

Elizabeth x

Hannah Nunn at www.redladybird.co.uk

Its a pleasure to have such beautiful lamps by Hannah Nunn here at www.redladybird.co.uk and I LOVE their simplicity and beauty. Every style has been lovingly created and designed by Hannah, and each one takes you on a journey. My favourites are the allium, dandelion clocks and the cow parsley,  I am already thinking of wedding and birthday presents. But my first purchase will be for my home, I can’t wait to choose!

Let me know what your favourite Hannah Nunn Lamp is?

Elizabeth x

The perfect ‘house warming’ card

Moving into your new home is an exciting time for anyone and what better way to show your friends that you care, by sending them a lovely ‘house warming‘ card by ‘dots and spots’. Or if you want to have something more personlised, please contact me on elizabeth@redladybird.co.uk and let me know what you would like – I have just had a request ‘for a couple who are moving to Australia’ and their friends want to send them  a personalised card around this theme. To see more designs go to www.redladybird.co.uk

Elizabeth x

New range of cards here at www.redladybird.co.uk

Here is a selection of the new cards by ‘dots and spots’ available at www.redladybird.co.uk I love the illustrations and can already think of a few people to send them too. They are sold individually online, priced at £2.10.  Each card is a print of an image lovingly crafted by hand, created by the layering of different torn or cut papers to create contemporary, fresh, fun and vibrant designs. Each card comes with a quality red envelope and is sealed in a clear cellophane bag. To see more of the designs available go to www.redladybird.co.uk

Elizabeth x

Is Proud to Present …… Hannah Nunn Contemporary Table Lamps

A huge big RedLadybird welcome to Hannah Nunn…..

Though a city girl by birth, Hannah found great inspiration in the countryside when she studied ‘Crafts’ at Carmarthen college in West Wales. There she stayed for many years, raising her two small children, sketching and drawing in the fields and woodland and gathering her ideas.

When her children became of school age she moved back up North settling in Hebden Bridge, a buzzing creative town, between Manchester and her hometown of Leeds. The perfect mix! Close to the city but with an abundance of nature, moments from the front door!

Hannah offers you a range of contemporary table lamps, to bring the beautiful botanical world into your home and lifestyle.

The Hannah Nunn collection is a beautiful range of paper cut lighting inspired by the botanical world.

Hannah Nunn Cow Parsley Table Lamp available from www.redladybird.co.uk

Hannah designs and makes the lamps in her workshop within Radiance her lighting and craft boutique in Hebden Bridge, West.Yorkshire.

Hannah creates a fusion of elegance with a contemporary twist, her soft glowing lighting will bring a cosy ambience to any room.

Choose from Hannah Nunn’s collection of contemporary table lamps. Hannah may also be able to offer slight variations in size and design. Please contact us as she’ll be happy to talk about it with you.

The table lamps are freestanding and come with a white 2 metre cable with an inline switch. All lamps take a small screw candle bulb 40 watts maximum.  All lamps are CE marked.
Please Note: All lamps are hand made to order, the current lead time is 2-3 weeks, but please email us with your question we may be able to get it out to you before then.
30cm high, 13cm wide

Gift ideas you’ll love from RedLadybird

Looking for an inspirational and exciting gift idea? We at RedLadybird HQ are happy to help you with your choice of gift. Whether it’s a gift for a

gardener, or a gift for the home or even a gift for the kitchen, we’ve compiled a range of fresh and exciting products to suit your home and pocket.

Make sure you click on our ‘what’s hot’ tab to find this season must have gift loving selected for you by Elizabeth at RedLadybird find this season must have gift loving selected for you by Elizabeth at RedLadybird

RedLadybird – Tried and Tested Strawberry Eton Mess

If you are anything like us in the summer months we like to eat outside in the garden most evenings and what perfect way to end a summers evening with Strawberry Eton Mess, This easy dessert is one of the quickest and most simple ways to enjoy meringue. A delicious combination of whipped cream, meringue, strawberry jam and strawberries.

Ingredients

1 punnet of strawberries

2 tbsp strawberry jam

300ml whipping cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 heaped tsp icing suger

4 meringue nests, roughly crushed

How to make it…….

1. In a mixing bowl, whisk the cream with the vanilla and icing sugar until it makes soft peaks.

2. Fold in the strawberry jam, meringue and 3 quarters of the strawberries.

3. Divide the mixture between serving glasses and top with the remaining strawberries and chill until you are ready to serve.

Relax, sit back, pour yourself another glass of Pimms and enjoy……

Elizabeth x

Woke up this morning and feeling great……

Last night I spent the evening on Lake Windermere with my family and friends celebrating my husbands and close friend Claire’s birthday. I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful place, that this morning when I woke up I jumped out of bed and celebrated that today is Sunday. A day I can spend with my family in the garden having fun. Already this morning Ive been out in the garden watering and hanging the washing out, it looks like its going to be yet another promising sunny day.

No doubt later in the day the girls will be shouting for the sprinklers to go on, and a mad dash for towels and swimsuits will be heard.

But just for a few moments while their all still in bed, I can sit back and enjoy a welcome cup of morning tea in my bone china Queen of Everything Mug, 5 minutes peace and quiet…..Bliss

Perfect Jewellery for any occasion here at www.redladybird.co.uk

Here at Redladybird.co.uk we like to bring our customer a little something of everything. Quality  jewellery is hard to find, so I have made sure that you have a piece of jewellery for every occasion. Jewellery designer, Rachel Lucie sources her materials from around the world and no collection is the same, making every item unique to the buyer.

‘to wear a Rachel Lucie Design is to wear something made with love’

Elizabeth x

The best way to make Jam

This is an ideal Thermometer to measure the temperature of jams and boiling sugars precisely and easily – this thermometer simply clamps to the side of the pan.

This is a wonderful product from redladybird.co.uk that is perfect for taking optimum temperatures for making jam, marmalade, fudge, toffee and caramel are clearly marked.

Recipe for Strawberry Jam

Ingredients

900g (2 lb) fresh strawberries, hulled

800g (1 3/4 lb) caster sugar

4 tablespoons lemon juice

Preparation method

In a heavy bottomed saucepan, crush the strawberries with a potato masher.

Add sugar and lemon juice. Stir over low heat until the sugar is dissolved. Increase heat to high, and bring the mixture to the boil. Boil, stirring often, using your jam and sugar thermometer until the mixture reaches 105 C..

Transfer to hot sterile jars, leaving 1cm (1/2 in) headspace, and seal. Process any unsealed jars in a water bath. If the jam is going to be eaten right away just refrigerate.

Perfect with scones and cream. And tea for two!

Elizabeth x