We finished off the school holidays with the best kind of Sunday. Sun, food, touch rugby, friends, picnic blankets, beers, children and laughs. Lots of laughs. I manage Ethan’s touch team and we had a practice and shared lunch scheduled for Sunday; the kids trained and then …
So, so loving the amazing holiday my Big has had with his Nana and her partner up north. I drove him up and stayed Monday and Tuesday and he is coming home today! He is quite the wild man so has been thrilled no end …
I sucked at art when I was younger, but, I have School Cert Graphic Design {that is a wee giveaway as to how old I am!} so I figured if my very first painting had heaps of lines on it I might actually be able to complete it to an acceptable standard!
I wanted a bright canvas for the top of our TV buffet in the family room and I had a feeling I could replicate a geometric print I saw online – enter my Pinterest rip off!
I ruled the pattern onto the canvas using pencil then simply painted between the lines, mixing colours as I went. I purchased a very basic set of acrylic paints from Spotlight for $20 so had to get creative in expanding my limited palette. I wasn’t quite sure that I had pulled it off until I busted out the extra-fine Sharpie and ruled the black lines over the paint.
I don’t know where these post-natal creative tendencies have come from {I suspect boredom?} but I’m enjoying being brave enough to try my hand at new things. Next up is sewing!
Wow. Three months is kind of a milestone isn’t it? Not so much for baby, but for Mums and Dads. Three months is coming out of the fog, settling in to the demands of the new babe, figuring your sweet little person out a little …
I have paid work to do, deadline tomorrow. I have a half finished painting I would dearly love to finish. I have washing on the line that has been out too long and will now be damp. I have chipped nail polish on my fingers and …
This wasn’t a well planned out project, I didn’t have a pattern and I didn’t buy wool especially for it. I kind of wish I had put more thought into it considering how attached I feel to it – I worked hard on this while I was preggo with Nixie and I have just finished the border and steam blocking it – at least it’s all done before he hits 12 weeks. But it could have been prettier.
Instead, I present to you, The Craft Mavens, my very earth toned, eco-looking, make it up as I go along, use all the scraps of wool, baby blanket.
sweet baby feet // texture!!! new velvet and striped cushions // best breakfast // it felt so good to bake this week // Dave & homeless looking artist at an exhibition found in our photo stream // my nana, doing what great grandmothers do // …
* this has to be one of my most favourite photos, so many things I love in one frame, and completely candid {proven by the dogs, posing in just the right spots! you could never make them do that} * loving Dave having a leisurely Friday working from home * …
Chastise. Go.
I thought about this swan for a long time. And then I bought it.
I’m wanting to bring a few different colours into this room, so this was like my ‘gateway’ knick-knack to opening up the colour palette. Gateway anything sounds a bit dangerous to the bank account doesn’t it? Don’t worry you’re safe from buying pink ceramic swans as I just tried to find the link for you and it appears they have been removed from the Kate Sylvester website. Phew!
A project, started and completed within a week! That deserves some more chocolate. I spotted this desk at Junk & Disorderly whilst on a scouting mission for a little cabinet to sit at the end of our kitchen. We had a vacancy for a small piece …