Daphne Blake inspired photo collage, made by request!
Raise your hand if you love du Maurier? One of my favorite books is "Rebecca" so I am always on high alert for Daphne du Maurier's other titles. Here are two lovelies. "The Flight of the Falcon" is from 1965 but there is no publishing information on "Frenchman's Creek". Both have colorful, illustrated dustjackets. "The Flight of the Falcon" shows a little more wear (chips here and there) to the jacket but in pretty decent shape. Sunning to spine. The actual books is red fabric boards with gold lettering on the spine. Binding is good and pages are clean. "Frenchman's Creek" has pictorial wrap around on jacket in very good condition. Blue boards. Black lettering on spine. Binding is very good and pages clean--almost like a new book. Please see photos for more details.
London, the year 1942. Daphne Oram, a talented pianist, organist and composer aged 18, rejects a position at the Royal College of Music for a job at the BBC as a junior studio engineer and “music…
I have not been able to stop thinking about this dish since eating Missy Robbins’s version at her restaurant Lilia Ristorante. It hits every note —... | pesto, honey, walnut, dish
I've discovered the best magazine. Ever. It's called Daphne's Diary, and I'd like to share the first volume available here in the U.S. The magazine is written as if it's diary written by a wife and mother of two. Entries include slices of family life, recipes, dreamy interiors, travels/field trips, unique artists and their art, gardens, and shopping. Here are a few of the features that I love from this first issue: Festive Dining for the Birds: How To Make Tasty Fat Cakes for Our Feathered Friends A Greenhouse in Your Garden I share this dream with Daphne: I would love to have a greenhouse! A Cottage by the Sea The recipes in Daphne's Diary are lovely! It's very similar to Prince William's groom's cake from his wedding. The magazine has pretty recipe cards in it. I put this one for Malteser Cake in Shanley's recipe SMASH book as well the following one for pansie crêpes. I used clips for the recipes so Shanley can remove them from the book and use them. I love the many crafts in Daphne's Diary. There were four passport photo holders in the first issue. I placed one of Shelley's school photos in this one. The cover has a pretty angel on it. Look at the pretty wrapping paper. I wrapped a prize for Shelley's lunch box. Look at the adorable gift tags! I made a buttoned-up envelope to hold them. I made a little book of gnomes. :D Other features include: vintage caravans (or campers), Feenwald Teddy Bears, adorable canning labels, and a cork memo board just to name a few. I enjoyed Daphne's Diary so much, that I'm only renewing one magazine subscription this year because it's a bit pricy. {but oh! so worth it!} Have you read Daphne's Diary yet? I'll share the second issue with you in a few days. Stay tuned! Until next time… Blessings! Ricki Jill
Portrait of Daphne Padden (above) painted by her father. British Artist Daphne Padden was born on 21st May 1927, the daughter of Percy Padden who was also an travel poster illustrator working in t…
Daphne Stephenson is considered one of the foremost and prolific Primitive Naive Artists working in Britain today. She owes much of her inspiration to living
