inspiring a playfully creative life
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
Back in the day when blogs were a thing, in a way they aren’t now…when they were more personal and friendly and less about pinterest views, there were a couple of bloggers who I would follow that would do “day in the life” posts. I am an unrepentant sticky-beak, and love to see how other folks manage their days. At the time, I had small
The Gulf, Anna Spargo-Ryan – I grabbed this from the library on BorrowBox as I adored her first book, The Paper House, and this book didn’t fail to live up to expectations. It was stunningly written, and heartachingly moving. So many emotions and thoughts stirred up by this book. 5 stars. Lark Song, Jane Bailey – oh gosh, this was such an emotional read! Moving
I have long accepted the fact that I am not built to sit still. Not in the “where do they get their energy” way that kids can’t sit still, but in the sense that my focus is non-existent within approximately 37 seconds of sitting passively. Even when I am super into whatever I’m sitting for, be it a movie, or like on the weekend, a
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
It is a somewhat inconvenient truth, that no matter how many projects I have on the go at any one time (exhibit A – the three crochet blankets, two cross-stitches and three quilts currently adorning my craft room in various stages of completion ), I am always a sucker for the latest new and shiny thing. So when an email came landing in my inbox,
What a crazy, busy, fun weekend! So very very full of so many fabulous moments. I shared on Thursday my weekend plans for crafty bingo, and oh man, did the crafty goodness get cranking over the past four days! I ended up being too tired after a huge day on Thursday, along with battling a threatening cold, to do much, so I tackled my first
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
Sometimes, I think my procrastinating isn’t that bad. Other times, I spend the day we are leaving for a trip sewing and end up forgetting the clothes we planned to wear to a wedding… Once I got my arm twisted and was forced to join in on the current Easter challenge, I looked around my newly-sorted and decluttered craft room, and started wondering where the
March was an epic month for reading, with 8 books under my belt! Not bad for a buys month of school and work and life. It helps I made better choices with my free time of an evening, avoiding tv, and remembering to take my kindle or iPad with me to sit with Mr5 at bedtime. I also finally had a play with the BorrowBox
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