Groovy

Day 7 
..........and dig those hep cats!

Love is the only force capable of turning an enemy into a friend.
 ~Martin Luther King, Jr.~

Love Birds

We discover that there are some weird and wonderful facts out there regarding kissing. Did you know that in Indiana, in the United States of America, it is illegal for a man with a moustache to "habitually kiss human beings" - ha ha true or not that certainly tickled our fancy!

Also keeping on the bird theme did you know that it was once said that if a woman saw a robin flying by on Valentines Day, she was destined to marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow, she would marry poor, but live a happy life with her hubby. Seeing a goldfinch meant there was a rich man in her future. (Anyone see any goldfinches lately ... ?)

Frankly my dear....

Frankly my dear I would have given a damn!

On Day 4 of our 'Kiss a Day' for Valentines we could have not missed out this all time classic...one of my favourite movies of all time, in fact I can't remember the last time I saw this so it is due for another airing me thinks ♥

Do not return to sender!

Ok its Day 3 of our 'A Kiss a Day' for Valentines and we started to think about the men you would have loved to have had the opportunity to kiss and the man that sprung to mind for both of us was the King himself, what women could resist him.   We found this picture and it sealed it for us who would have not had the jelly wobble legs and butterflies!

This though led us to talking about our second love which of course has to be chocolate and who wouldn't want to receive a yummy box of chocolates on Valentines day, so it got us to thinking about chocolate and why it is linked to the day well you might be surprised to find out the following couple of fascinating facts,

Casanova well known as 'The World's Greatest Lover' ate chocolate to make him virile,  Physicians of the 1800's commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love now these seem like my kind of doctors, so as you can see chocolate satisfies both ends of love well thats our excuse anyway!

A Kiss a day for Valentines ~ Day 2

Pucker Up Girls!
http://artiswithin.tumblr.com/post/5890420495 

Of course we all know about Valentines day and most of us look forward to it in fact I wonder whether we all secretly hope to receive a little something just to know that someone loves us, so it got me to thinking where did it all start?.....There are various theories on the origin of Valentine's Day, but the most popular dates back to the time of the Roman Empire during the reign of Claudius II, 270 AD. Claudius didn't want men to marry during wartime because he believed single men made better soldiers. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret wedding ceremonies. For this, Valentine was jailed and then executed by order of the Emperor on February 14. While in jail, he wrote a love note to the jailor's daughter signing it, "From your Valentine." Sound familiar?

Vintage Prom Anyone?

There comes a time in your life where there are key memorable moments and your School Prom is one of them,  I can't think of better way then celebrating the end of your school life and stepping out into the big wide world.

Unfortunately when I left school there wasn't anything like this in fact the most you had to take away is an autograph book where your friends got to write some messages about you! You might be surprised to find out that the School Proms have now been in the UK for over 10 years now and with each year they seem to get bigger and more extravagant.   

I think the best School Proms for me were the ones based in the 1950's now this could be based on my memories of seeing 'Grease' and having the notion that every School Prom should have a John Travolta present with streamers and beautiful Prom dresses and of course great dance music with the obligatory dance off competition!  I am beginning to think that I was definitely born in the wrong era.

So with this in mind we thought we would step back in time and look to add to our H&G stable a Vintage Prom Makeover Party, this is a chance to get together with your friends all receive a makeover and a chance to make your corsage whilst enjoying a fabulous afternoon tea (or fruit cocktails and nibbles).  We can even complete the look and arrange a vintage car to complete the vintage look and whisk you all to the party.

How wonderful and what a fabulous way to start a School Prom oh to be leaving school again!

Whats Your Yellow Brick Road Destination?

Yellow Brick Poster available to buy on the following link
http://www.etsy.com/listing/32098468/be-happy

Its been an exciting time since the beginning of the new year and we have been looking at where the yellow brick road will take us in 2013.   One of new year resolutions is to keep on top of our blog and bring you along on our journey with us, share with you some of the craziness we encounter and also introduce you to some of the wonderful people and places we meet along the way... fasten those seat belts and hold tight its going to be one hell of a roller coaster ride x