inspiring a playfully creative life
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
“Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light,” said Dumbledore (calmly). In these dark times, I’ve been following the light all the way to craft shop panic buying…because I totally wouldn’t hit up Spotlight and my fave indie places at the coast in normal times. Nope. Not me. This is 3000% due to the current
For the past two months, with the failure of my daily blogging challenge fresh in my mind, I have been slowly turning over blog posts in my mind, trying to get the words into some kind of order. I had plenty of ideas for posts, but standing in my way was the calendar full of Christmassy blog posts, and with them, the self-imposed guilt of
…my true love gave to me, six loose thread bobbins, five paper layers, four paint colours, three fave stencils, two adhesives and a thread minder in a pear tree. Ok, so grand lyricist I am not. What I am, though, is rather adept at taking hold of an idea and running with it. Occasionally I even finish said idea. Over the weekend, I was merrily
It never ceases to amaze me, every single year, exactly how exhausted I am after a solid 3-4 days of doing nothing more than sitting around, chatting and crafting at quilt camp. And every year, I come home completely knackered, in need of a weekend to recover from my weekend. It was such a fabulous weekend. 3 full days of sleep ins and too much
This week, there is a definite feel of spring in the air. The days are deliciously warm, to the point I’ve cracked out the shorts the last couple of days. The air has the scent of newly budding flowers. The mornings are rapidly getting lighter and the afternoons longer. With a new season, my favourite season, comes a fresh burst of energy and motivation. And
It’s school break for us this week. And after a busy couple of months, it couldn’t have come soon enough. We are having a delightfully slow week, with nothing more exciting planned than being at home. There have been pj & movie days. Cubby house building. Books galore. Boardgames, complete with a side serve of handwork. It makes me so happy to sit with these
There is a tradition that has developed over the last few years, that a long weekend in front of us means that it is a good chance for some communal crafting. And what is communal crafting without a challenge involved? The last couple of long weekends have become increasingly convoluted with a list of things to tick off. We were in the process of trying
One of the hardest things about having our house for sale, is having to have it spotlessly clean and ready for inspection at the drop of a hat. One of the best things about having our house for sale, is that it is always spotlessly clean…leaving me free to do plenty of fun stuff! Right now, I have just tipped out the mop water and
If we were in mainstream schooling, Mr12 would be in highschool this year – a whole new world of independence. Even without school in the mix, his calendar is becoming increasingly full…which means mine is also becoming full! Chess club this day, drama class that day, don’t forget radio every week and film every fortnight. I swear I run out of ink in my green
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