Project Ivy — by Holly on Saturday, May 10, 2014

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For the past year we have been living in a converted warehouse building (sort of) in the city center.  It's impressive and made us (at ...

#100happydays: 22-31 — by Holly on Friday, May 9, 2014

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22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. ...

#100happydays: 15-21 — by Holly on Thursday, May 8, 2014

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15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 15. Approaching the one year anniversary of our arrival in Americ...

#100happydays: 9-14 — by Holly on Monday, April 14, 2014

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9 10   11 12  13  14  9. Birthday cake candles in preparation for Barnes' 25th birthday visit to...

#100happydays: 3-8 — by Holly on Tuesday, April 8, 2014

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3 4 5  6  7  8 3. First outdoor gin and tonic in the evening sun. Still a little bit nippy but beautiful non...

Pursuing happiness — by Holly on Wednesday, April 2, 2014

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I've always been an anxious person, I've always worried and been a bit awkward because of it. I'm a realist but I try very hard ...

Rhode Island Monthly's Eye For Design Blog: Some Very Clever Hoods — by Holly on Thursday, March 6, 2014

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Back in January of this year I was very lucky to meet the founder of Cleverhood , Susan Mocarski, and her brilliant team. This the res...

Crook — by Holly on Monday, November 4, 2013

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I am poorly. After three days of simultaneously ignoring symptoms and mainlining Beechams I have accepted that I am sick. Annoyingly my cold...

Reality TV — by Holly on Sunday, October 27, 2013

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I’m thinking of pitching a reality TV show. I’m bored of all the dancing and baking and marrying off, I want to return to basics, the origin...

Commuter jog — by Holly on Friday, October 25, 2013

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After a tense evening of emails about aeroplanes going ‘tech’ and wondering whether dad would be flying in or if the aeroplane fixing people...

Loopy — by Holly on Thursday, October 24, 2013

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When Charlie goes away for work I go a bit loopy. Usually I think of myself as quite a capable, organised and independent person, but the fi...

Not entirely sure how naked I should be — by Holly on Thursday, October 17, 2013

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So going to the doctor in America is very different from in the UK. This is not a political post about the difference between the jolly old ...

Writer, baker and bloody good shelf maker — by Holly on Wednesday, October 16, 2013

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I am Holly Vine. I cook, I bake, I doodle and draw, I design things. Sometimes the things I design are for me and sometimes there are for ot...