inspiring a playfully creative life
Conspiracy theories abound around the internet, even in good times. At the minute? They are everywhere. I can barely open up my facebook or twitter without seeing an article or a link or a meme of any one of the multiple Covid conspiracy theories doing the rounds at the minute. Personally, I tend to subscribe to the theory of Occam’s Razor – that the simplest
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been getting back into a long-forgotten habit of getting out the door and into the world first thing of a morning for a spot of exercise in the fresh air. As the weeks pass, the air is getting fresher and fresher, and within the last week or two, it has gotten fresh to the point I end up
Isolation, it seems, is excellent for one’s crafty mojo. Yesterday, for example, after feeling rather listless, I got a sudden spurt of energy, and ended up finishing not one but two projects. One was a long planned project, and has been sitting on my sewing box in varying stages of progress for the last few weeks. The other was an idea only considered the night
At the beginning of March, I read two books in two days. The next visit to the library, I was sure to grab three books for myself. We had a trip away planned, which, as a homeschool excursion, had plenty of down time for me, and evenings I could read. There was also the increasing levels of pandemic concern, and I had a fair idea
I am a sucker for bags and pouches. Not, of course, in the way normal people collect handbags and cute wallets and delightful leathergoods of all persuasions. No, the bags I collect in quantities defying rationality? Project bags. Pouches for little stitchings, totes for large blankets. A project isn’t a project unless it has a bag to keep it safe, organised and clean. I have
Today marks the start of the 2020 100 Days Project. To be honest, I was considering giving it a miss this year. It just felt like one more thing, and I wasn’t really grabbed by any particular idea for WHAT the project might look like for me. That thought process, however, was in the Before. It’s no longer the Before. Everything is topsy turvy, though
One of my favourite parts of Waldorf-inspired home education, is the beautiful handcrafts we get to make, and call it school. Most recently, Master 6 was working on a language arts block around fairy tales, and we decided what we needed to help us recount the story was a puppet. For the Hare & The Tortoise, I grabbed some grey felt and sketched out a
Many moons ago, when I was around the age of Miss 9, a friend and I used to swap little goodie bags. We would sew up a pouch, and fill it will stickers and lollies and pencils and all the little plastic knick knacks that kids love to collect. There was no set time or reason, just as a little “because” gift, and gosh it
At the start of this self-isolation thing, I had so many plans, for finishing so many things. To say I have an abundance of WIPs would be an understatement to be honest (surprising exactly no-one who’s been around here for more than 30 seconds). By day four, I had acheived exactly nothing towards these big plans, and I was feeling overwhelmed by all the things
There’s something about the start of a new year, that brings with it a fresh burst of energy and creativity and a gross underestimation of what I can achieve in daily life, once the delightful laziness of summer holidays has worn off and we are back into the usual rhythm of school and chores and all the things that exist in real life. More than
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