Valentine's at The Langford

Neil booked us onto a campsite last weekend to have a battery master fitted to our campervan

The weekend coincided with Valentine's day and my birthday

And what an amazing weekend we had, I was utterly spoiled as always

I made him this card

I used some of my new dies and some gorgeous burlap ribbon I have been saving for someone special

The campsite we visited was The Cornish Farm on the outskirts of Taunton in Somerset and our work on the van was completed by Van Bitz who are owners of the site and are conveniently situated there too

The first day there was extremely cold but beautifully sunny and bright, we explored Taunton and indulged a little shopping

Part of my birthday treat was a meal at The Langford Fivehead

I can highly recommend this stunning boutique hotel and restaurant 

The staff were excellent, attentive, extremely cheerful and obliging

The surroundings were simply gorgeous

And the food ... out of this world

On arrival we were seated in this elegant sitting room with a roaring log fire

We enjoyed nibbles with our drinks as our meal orders were prepared

The two small dining rooms were intimate and cosy, just six tables in each room

We ordered caramalized onion soup and cheese twists to start

Our main was a sumptuous onion tart with parsnip puree and vegetables

Neil opted for the chocolate melt in the middle pudding with salted caramel ice-cream

And I thoroughly enjoyed the panna cotta with rhubarb and ginger

All in all we had an amazing weekend and will definitely be taking a trip back to Taunton in the summer to explore further, might even have to treat ourselves to another meal at The Langford

Love and luscious posh nosh

Tracey

xxx

Be Mine

Happy Valentines Day

As per usual my valentine will be going to Neil, 30 years together and he spoils me just as much as he did in the early days of our relationship

I made him this card

He is definitely in tune with his feminine side and always prefers the very pretty girlie style cards that I make so I don't ever worry about using pink or throwing handfuls of flowers at his cards

I did add a little masculine grey and the little glimpses of metal you can see peeking underneath the flowers are actually window lead that I have embossed

I used Tim Holtz patterned papers

Prima flowers

Woodware silver balls

A Woodware leaf punch and a Stampin' Up leaf punch

Stampin' Up stamps for the sentiments

The circle die is by Nellie Snellen

I believe the heart die is by Marianne

I have had a lovely day at home, it is also my birthday so I have been truly spoilt and Neil has grand plans for the weekend to look forward to

By far the best part has been all the lovely messages and cards from my family and friends

Thankyou all so much

Love and valentine wishes

Tracey

xxx