Moonmum

Today... one of those kinda days

Today is one of those days where i'd actually like to write a lot in this space. I'd like to write something that would inspire you or get you creating. Perhaps a cute story or share something crafty. Or at least post some pretty pictures for some momentary eye candy.

But truth be told it's all a bit blah here at the moment. Words are failing me. It was grey and cold on my morning walk. The second coffee of the day didn't leave me with the 'perk' i was hoping for. Just one of those days, you know?

So i'm going to park my butt at the sewing machine, put on some music and at least be productive. 

What do you do on these kind of days? 

Op-shopped and thrifted goodness

The thrifting was good again this week... I just loved these bowls and picked up some kitchen linens too. 

And this is a little drawer i grabbed from the recycle yard ($2!) a while ago with a wee project in mind... it is the perfect size to fit large index cards so i'm going to turn it into a recipe box. Will share it here as a project when it get to it. Unfortunately it's a way down the to-do list at the moment!

More thrifty goodness over at Her Library Adventures.

Making...

Some owl wall art in progress... this little batch will be in the shop next week. 

Happy Friday! Have a wonderful weekend.

The things you find when you clean up

This is from a couple of years ago when my eldest wanted me to make him some finger puppet monsters. I only ever made one of these... See how he's sketched them for me and put the colour scheme he wants beside each one? Even putting a cross on the colour he wanted for the body? So cute and pedantic.

I'm still mid cleaning up and there's crap everywhere, i'm completly distracted and don't want to finish. I'm claiming credit for starting and good intentions though.

Making cards from dictionary pages

No secret that i love old paper... be it books whose pages are yellowing at the edges, old sheet music that has been turned so often that it's softened in the corners, wallpaper in bright colours or whatever. The latest thing i've been using in my cards is an old dictionary i salvaged from the recycle yard. 

These cute critters available over in the shop :)

Weekending

The weekend went by too fast as always...

But it was the last couple of days of school holidays so we made the most of some family time with painting, baking, bike riding, going to see a basketball game, books, games, gardening and movies. The weather was so nice i shoved the kids outside at every opportunity! 

This morning the kids were excited to be seeing all their friends again. And i'm a little bit excited to have the house back to myself for a little while today too! I have a long to-do list of things that didn't even get a look in while the kids were home. Hope your week is off to a lovely start...

Op-shopped and thrifted goodness

This week the thrifting has been good!

Picked up some gorgeous fabric... aren't the colours amazing? I haven't decided what to do with it yet but it's still sitting on my desk because it's too pretty to put away.

Love the design on these cannisters. Blue usually isn't my colour but at $1each i wasn't leaving them on the shelf!

These cute kitchen linens, plus the two perfect-for-us vintage tea towels i've already shared!

And some wallpaper remnanats for crafting.

Yay! Definately happy with this week's finds.

More thrifty goodness over at Her Library Adventures.

Create something.

 

            "...go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something."

I do like this quote.It's from American writer Kurt Vonnegut and I'm not sure i've got it word for word accurate here, but it's the essence that got me. I know my days are better and i'm happier with a even just a small bit of creating time squeezed in somewhere. Are you the same?

 

Great finds... our perfect vintage tea towels

I'm very happy with these.

Tea towels from the years my husband and i were born! Particularly perfect since i got them on the day of our 11th wedding anniversary.

Thanks to my eagle-eyed niece who magically pulled them out of an enormous pile of vintage linens at a garage sale over the long weekend. I'm going to make them into cushions for our bed i think. One of them has two small singe marks so i'll do some embroidery in that spot just to cover it up. Of course i'm totally giving away my age by showing you these. Do me a favour and don't do the math please :) 

And as an aside, it turns out that my husband was born on a Monday. Which seems strangely fitting in a 'first thing Monday' or 'start of the week' kind of way. You know? He's the reliable type with a work ethic for just getting stuff done that i've always admired and envied. So Monday is completely right for him. 

As for me, I was a Tuesday arrival. Which also seems rather fitting since i'm the procrastinator.

The queue for the sewing machine

Lots of bookmarks waiting to be finished off... I never get tired of these colourful old wallpapers and cute quotes!