Marvellous Machines at the Seaside

I've just come back from one of my favourite places, can you tell where it is from the picture above? ;)

We stayed right next to the harbour which had beautiful views and just a step away from the beach.

If you've been to St Ives you'll know how lovely the shops are, so many hand-made goodies for sale!
One shop I like to look in is called Kudos. Click here to see the treasures inside! It's an Aladdin's cave of beautiful artifacts. Just look what I saw in the garden there!...

 And if that wasn't enough, there was even a lifesize mermaid! How amazing would it be to have this in your garden?!

One of the reasons I love St Ives is Porthmeor beach, it has the best sunsets. I'd love to show you a dazzling example but the evenings were a little overcast and I only had my phone with me. I hope this gives you some idea...

I really don't mind if it's not sunny every day when I'm in Cornwall. One of the days it rained so heavily that we decided to go in the car to Falmouth. I knew that Falmouth Art Gallery has a collection of Pre-Raphaelite art and when I saw they only had the one on display I was quite disappointed for a moment.
That was before we stepped into the next room and saw a lovely exhibition of the work of children's illustrator Rodney Peppe!

 You might be thinking these aren't illustrations and no they're not. It was actually his automata that I loved.

There were so many to see but I made a little video of my favourite ones. It's only 1½ minutes long, have a look! :) ...



You might have noticed my Etsy shop is closed at the moment. This will be just until the end of August when I shall reopen with lots of new items for you.

See you again soon! xx