I can write the saddest poem of all tonight

Oh my Greg Peck. These words, darlings, these words! These words make my eyes well up and my heart break.

"And I kept expecting him back. Especially at nights. I kept waking up thinking: Why's he not in bed with me! - It was as if my feelings wouldn't believe he'd gone. I just felt he'd have to come back and lie against me, so I could feel him with me. That was all I wanted, to feel him there with me, warm. And it took me a thousand shocks before I knew he wouldn't come back, it took me years...

I've never got over it to this day, and I never shall. And if there's a heaven above, he'll be there, and will lie up against me, so I can sleep."

-D. H. Lawrence

For eleven years I have regretted it,

regretted that I did not do what

I wanted to do as I sat there those

four hours watching her die. I wanted

to crawl in among the machinery

and hold her in my arms, knowing

the elementary, leftover bit of her

mind would dimly recognize it was me

carrying her to where she was going.

-Jack Gilbert

Love, lost love letters and words washed away on messages in bottles xxx

PS. On a more frivolous, flutter-y note: please do let me know what you think of my post on fabulous false eyelashes!

I may still not know what I want to be when I grow up...

..but I do know that someday I want to live in a house filled with my books and travel souvenirs. And the walls that aren't covered in bookshelves will be covered with photos of my family and friends. When I leave the house I will be going to a job I love, and I'll return to a person I love. So, that's the dream I'm working on."

-Amber Morley

How exciting, my spring robins - one of my dearest friends has just moved in to her first flat with her boyfriend! The Boy and I were daydreaming about how much fun it would be to have our own little home, to decorate however we liked...

What would your dream home be like?

Mine would be the kind of home where anyone could drop in and join us for dinner, and there would always be enough food...

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The Boy would build a treehouse in the garden...

...and I would bake cookies with my lovably ragamuffin little children, to sell on a little stall on the street corner...

...or from the window, like these intrepid entrepreneurs!...

The house would be full of books, and light-filled nooks and crannies in which to curl up and read them...

There would be a hidden cocktail bar behind a secret door in the bookcases, a la High Society...

...And a very large bath!

The bedrooms would be full of imagination...

[-Amazing!]

And, of course, there would be a house hedgehog or teacup pig!

Most of all, it would be a house filled with love, laughter, sparkles and crumbs!

Love, tanzanite and Taio Cruz xxx

PS. Any fellow Roman Holidays fans out there, darlings? I should hope so! Check out my latest post on Wedding Design Anarchy for some Greg Peck love...

The warmth of you who made me laugh again

Ciao, bella!

Now, haven't we all had days when we feel a little like Samantha Jones covered in sushi...?

Well, today I want to celebrate the girls who make it all better - who bring you back to the bright side of things - who listen, enlighten, and make you laugh away your blues.

Whether it's waking up on a Sunday morning after a sleepover and agreeing that heading to Tesco's for pancake mix, orange juice and cava, and making chocolate and banana crepes and Buck's Fizz for brunch is an excellent idea...

Dressing up in evening gowns in the middle of the afternoon to watch the Oscars red carpet...

Whether it's giggling our way through ridiculous Mamma Mia-themed workouts, accidentally setting fire to the microwave whilst making cookies, or hero-worshipping the Sheriff from Once Upon A Time *sigh!* -

Here's a toast to the other heroines in the movie of your life: your best friends.

Love, chocolate chip cookies and red roses xxx

PS. Please do get your extra portion of Sparkles & Crumbs over at Wedding Design Anarchy - this week, I've written about mirror dresses and Mimi Holliday! Please do leave a comment, and I will adore you forever!