The surprising garland fetish

Here I am...

There are so many lovely things that I clip, bookmark, print out, copy and paste... I just want somewhere to keep them all safe. Plus I do like a good rant. Even if no one looks, I'll still feel better if I get to rant about a few things. And share some things. Stuff I love.

I've got a bit of a garland / bunting thing going on recently. I love the look of permanent decorations festiving up the place.




[Image: Little Jane Street]
I have at least 4 types of garland and 3 bunting flag combos circulating about my place at the moment.  My favourite today is the garland I made for my bare and sad looking magnolia in the front garden. The tree looked so forlorn without its leaves or flowers. Now it looks so gorgeous sporting a row of white ceramic hearts.
Best of all, my daughter joined in the craft session and made a mushy purple and blue number out of playdough. Did you know store-bought playdough doesn't dry out? Whatever have they put in there! I had the sad job of letting her know that we'll need to make another out of 'proper' homemade playdough if we want to keep it forever. Something fun for next Wednesday when I'm celebrating my cherished 'full stop' in the middle of the working week when I get to play with 'the girls' and do the school run. Love it.