OUT AND ABOUT - LADY LEVER ART GALLERY.

Last weekend my phone and I took a little trip to the Lady Lever Art Gallery to see the Edward Burne-Jones Exhibition. The weather wasn't great but I still managed to take a few photos. Even in the rain it was worth a visit.

The exhibition consisted of 25 drawings and watercolours. Some were preparatory studies for larger pieces and others were works of art in their own right. A lot of my favourite pieces were the preparatory studies. It's fascinating to be able to see the foundations of a larger piece, a bit like going behind the scenes of a film.

If you've never been to the Lady Lever Art Gallery I'd recommend watching this video. Actually, even if you have been you should still watch it. It's always interesting to see a familiar place through someone else's eyes. It's amazing how differently we can all view the same space.

THREE THINGS I LOVE - FREEBIE EDITION.

I'm a bit obsessed with collecting downloadable freebies and thought I should share some of them with you. Here are the top three that caught my eye this week.

1. These inspirational postcards from Fellow Fellow. You can print them out, stick them on your fridge, wall or maybe even your diary.

2. I'm always on the lookout for new photoshop brushes to spruce up a blog post and I can already tell these banner and ribbon brushes from Lost and Fawned are going to be indispensable. You could even use them to freshen up your sidebar.

3. Pugly Pixel has the best freebies like these beautiful blue and pink paper flowers and don't forget to check out Katrina's blog for all her other great free downloads here.

What about you? Any good freebies you've found that I should know about?

WORDS TO LIVE BY.

Always important to remember, especially on a Monday.

PINK WAFER AND STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKES.

Is there anything better than an ice cold milkshake on a hot summer day? Probably not. As you know we went

strawberry picking

on the weekend and I've been thinking about strawberry milkshakes ever since. I decided to have a go at making a pink wafer strawberry milkshake and let me tell you it turned out to be delicious and so easy to make. Strawberry milkshakes are delicious, pink wafer strawberry milkshakes are even better.

You will need:

1 Glass of Whole Milk

2 Scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream

Strawberries

Whipped Cream

2 Pink Wafers (plus a couple of extra ones to crumble on top)

Sugar (optional if you prefer your milkshakes a little sweeter)

Blend together the strawberries, milk, ice cream, sugar if using and crushed pink wafers. Make sure to blend until completely smooth, you don't want any chunks of wafer getting stuck in your straw. To finish top with whipped cream and some more crushed pink wafer.

Enjoy.

OUT AND ABOUT - STRAWBERRY PICKING.

This weekend we decided to take full advantage of the lovely, sunny weather we're still having here in England and go strawberry picking. Strawberries really are the perfect summer treat. They were as delicious as they look. In fact it was hard not to eat them all as we walked back to the car. Thankfully quite a few survived and I can't wait to make something with them. I'm thinking a strawberry milkshake might be on the cards.