Rob's flowers for Lou

The nutcracker sits under the holiday tree...

"The nutcracker sits the holiday tree, a guardian of childhood stories. Feed him walnuts and he will crack open a tale..." (Vera nazarian, the perpetual calendar of inspiration)

a few interesting bit and pieces

it's the school holidays, the weather has been a bit all over the place, but we've had some lovely days.  taking the kids for walks in the morning i find always helps relax  everyone and set us up for a lovely day.  yesterday we went to the beach to collect some flat round stones for a craft project (more on this one in a later post).  we went with our dear friends hannah, xandy, bella, and ethan.  

this week i have read 'the paris wife', a lovely book about ernest hemingway and his wife Hadley and their life in paris in the 1920s.  i love hemingway's writing (i specifically write his writing because after reading the book i'm not so sure about the man himself...!) so i found this book particularly interesting.  it's written by Hadley herself and  she gives a very interesting insight into the parisian life of artists at that time. but it's also and mainly a book about their love story and she talks about it beautifully.   you can read a synopsis of the book by clicking here.

i stumble upon this lovely blog this week, called 'lola nova', it's creative, pretty, interesting, and the photos are fun.  check it out by clicking here.

happy weekend! xx

My creative space

My little crochet project is going slowly, but surely. Two stools, two crochet covers, one still to go... Here's my progress.

Do check the wonderful projects on our creative spaces. 

My creative space: crochet covers for stool

Hello creative friends.
This week (or has it been two weeks already?!!) I've been working on a small crochet project, like one biggish afghan square, to cover a green tolix stool. Next I will crochet another with smaller granny square to cover my galvanised tolix stool. I'll show you a picture of the project as it progresses. I hope it will look nice...
Anyone who stumbles upon my blog, do have a look at my creative space, there are some truly talented people out there.

Treasured finds

hello
i would love to find
some cool vintage fabrics
lovely crochet blankets
more mirrors, really funky ones, for my collection
some vintage pyrex dishes (i only have one...)
and of course, top of my list, any type of cathrineholm enamel dishes
(i only own a tiny little bowl)
oh well.
in the meantime, i have found
a third vintage cage
a bird picture
a cool little duster with real feathers and a retro green handle
and that's all...
i'll keep looking!
for lots of great finds, visit her library adventures
bye for now xx

Kids play

don't kids just love getting their hands dirty? Any play involving slimy stuff, food colouring,just anything messy in the first place seems like a perfect recipe for success. And a lot if laughter. Here's what it was like at our place this afternoon.

it started with emptying eggs for easter decoration...

then they decided to make a 'potion' with the eggs...

finally they moved on to vampire spit or something like that...

and eventually they needed a good wash

i had fun just watching them giggling, so funny!