It's far too hot...

...to be doing things like blogging, sewing, customising or for that matter, photographing much. I hope you'll forgive me whilst Makie Couture has a bit of a holiday to appreciate the (un)seasonal UK weather. The long-suffering Boyfriend and I have also been trying out a bit of archery, which is great fun and just the thing for getting outdoors in the sunshine. Hooray for boosting vitamin D stores!

The girls are having a fine time of it, without me, no worries there. Plink and Melchie have been practicing their high-diving off of the fence into the birdbath (much to the disgust of the newly fledged baby birds), Elin, Plum and Esme are working with Madame Sylvie on the autumn/winter fashion house collection and Aspen is getting better acquainted with Batson the Beastlie... whether she likes it or not.

Lex seems to take a similar approach to the sunshine as I do... A nice spot in the garden, close enough to the house to get on the wifi, wearing a selection of clothing designed to a) tan the bits that need a tanning b) scare the neighbours.

Long may it last!

Garden Party Dress

So here's a little something for those hot afternoons when you've got a formal event to go to.

Taadaa!

This light Korean linen wrap dress features a tulip skirt and ribbon belt for that all-important waist definition.

Cool and just that little bit sassy.

Okay, okay, so it's pinned at the back, again.

Naughty pin!

But really, who wants to make an effort when the weather is so lovely? Might as well go outside and enjoy it!

This is my photographer, hiding in the blueberry bush. 

Plinkography: Wildlife Edition 2

"Hulloes!

Hullo!

Well, the human is completely zoned out on anti-histamines*, so I stole her 70-300mm lens and went outside to track some hedgehogs!

Here's one:

Spiky

Hrum. Hedgehogs are tricksy, and it would appear that most of my photos are blurry. I know! I'll do what the human does with mediocre photos and turn them black and white!

Blurry?

Bang and the blur is gone!

Schnurfly!

Oooh, classy.

Spiny!

Hey! This next one is in focus! We'll leave it in colour!

Spectacular!

If you're a fan of hedgehogs, check out the British Hedgehog Preservation Society, who do cracking work in the areas of hedgehog welfare and research. They also sell fantastically cool hedgehog-themed merchandise. Woo, hedgehogs!"

*I have, at last count, 18 separate mosquito bites on my body, ranging from places ordinary (stomach, calf) to completely unmentionable (unmentionable) to utterly weird (back of ankle, right thumb). Chlorphenamine and I  do not get on well, I'm currently having difficulty both focussing my eyes and not falling asleep. Ahahahahahahaaaaaaaa... this Blog post is brought to you by modern pharmaceuticals and the letters 'z, o, n, k, e and d". It's quite frankly a miracle I got to the end of it.