before we get home to start the long list of things that need to be done before bed time stories get read
after school
A bit of LOVE on a rainy day...
Remember my 'rainy day' stamping project inspiration from the other week? Well, I was at Hot Dollar (which is privately becoming my one-stop-shop all things crafty and/ or obscure) scouring the shelves for fun things for my daughter to stick to paper with glue, when I discovered one of those multi-coloured ink pads I didn't know where to find for just $4! Grabbing this - along with a pack of erasor-ended HB pencils, I had everything I needed to give this project a go!
I'd like to say I let Fern do this project... but I wanted this one all for myself! I placated her with pencils and paint while I worked on my masterpiece. Unfortunately, the ink pad wasn't the best quality and my colours aren't quite as vibrant as I had hoped -- but I still kinda like the end result!
What do you think??
Fern's art wall is a work in progress. I believe in empowering children with their creativity and showcasing their work with pride, so her room will be a kind of evolving art gallery for whatever weird and wonderful masterpieces she might create!
See another of my idea for incorporating children's artwork in your home here.
How are YOU coping with this awful weather? Got a crafty activity you'd like to share? Do do send your ideas/ inspiration through to be featured!
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I'd like to say I let Fern do this project... but I wanted this one all for myself! I placated her with pencils and paint while I worked on my masterpiece. Unfortunately, the ink pad wasn't the best quality and my colours aren't quite as vibrant as I had hoped -- but I still kinda like the end result!
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| Fern's Love heart on her new art wall.... she likes it!! |
What do you think??
Fern's art wall is a work in progress. I believe in empowering children with their creativity and showcasing their work with pride, so her room will be a kind of evolving art gallery for whatever weird and wonderful masterpieces she might create!
See another of my idea for incorporating children's artwork in your home here.
How are YOU coping with this awful weather? Got a crafty activity you'd like to share? Do do send your ideas/ inspiration through to be featured!
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Silver Leaf Mirror Giveaway by Juliette's Interiors winner
My contest ended yesterday and I just picked a winner using random.org and I am delighted to announce the winner of the Silver Leaf Mirror Giveaway by Juliette's Interiors is...
Drumroll please? Without further ado, the lucky winner is...
Sharon, of the wonderful blog My passport to style, who would hang it in her dressing room. Please e-mail me your details.
Congratulations Sharon, you will receive a Silver Leaf Mirror Giveaway by Juliette's Interiors
Thank you to all of you sweets that entered, to my loyal followers and new friends.
Have a sweet day!
The reality of TV
I've never been a huge television watcher. We didn't have a lot of access when we were kids (there was only one black and white station, after all) and it was never really an issue. In my late teens and early twenties, my flatmates and I didn't even have a television (we used to go to the Hopetoun to watch Melrose Place on Tuesdays and that was it for the week!).
These days I watch a few shows here and there. Grey's Anatomy hooked me in and even though it got really dumb and unfunny at least four years ago, I still watch it and try to smile (although the other night when they all burst into song in the ICU for some inexplicable reason, that was very, very hard to do). Same goes for Survivor - I've been an avid viewer for ten years and I know the show so well I could easily be Jeff's understudy. I also tune in religiously to So You Think You Can Dance and am a confirmed Gleek (although I only watch it for Sue Sylvester's lines and Puckerman's, well, lines). Every now and then I watch Dr Phil at work because Dr Phil is my guru and he's way more interesting than work. And sometimes I catch Spicks and Specks because I have a girl-crush on Myf. And I find myself watching How I Met Your Mother with remarkable regularity considering I don't actually watch that show.
There are plenty of other shows on television that I'm sure are 'must sees'. And there are many conversations that I'm instantly tuned out of because no, I didn't watch Packed to the Rafters / Law and Order / Sex and the City / Ally McBeal / The Bill / Insert 'Must See' Show last night.
I could say that I don't have the time, but I always think you make the time for the things you like. When it all comes down to it, television isn't really that much different to a good book - you get a bit lost in another world for a little while. Beyond the 'learning to read' stage, I don't think TV is any more passive an activity than reading, especially as it's rare for me to 'challenge' myself with a great work of literature these days - most of what I pick up is crime / thriller paperback stuff and I'm okay with that. But getting hooked on a television show is a little bit like watching someone else live your best life for you*. Only their life is so much more interesting and exciting than yours. So maybe with TV, I just can't handle the feeling of inadequacy?
But what show do you think I'm really missing out on?
What's your favourite?
* Yeah, okay, so maybe I watch Oprah from time to time too...
Folly & Glee
This week for my 'shops i love' page, I bring you Folly & Glee. They sell a wonderful collection of Danish wrapping papers, bags and tags along with the prettiest crochet hangers, bakers twine and vintage patchwork interior treasures.
Have a sweet day!
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