Special guest of honour

At our house we are so blessed to be visited by not one, but many special guests at any given moment. These royal members of society will appear and change character in a flash with mom always ready to greet them, serve them and provide the appropriate music for their never ending ball dances.





That's right, Princesses, Fairies and the occasional Pirate has taken the place of our sweet little girl. So it is no surprise that this Halloween we will be taking a princess trick and treating







Her only request was that the dress touches the floor - just like the real princesses.





I hope she never outgrows this stage

Happy Halloween everyone!

Recycled Trucks

Here they are, my little vintage truck and delivery van. I had so much fun creating these. On Monday I explained the flash of inspiration for these, although I did not use that piece of tire...who knew you needed to be the Hulk to cut through one of those. Besides I like the leather better.
These will be available in my etsy shop and I hope to make many more

May your day be blessed with plenty of inspiration AND finished products!

Riddle

What do you get when you mix a soda can, scraps of leather and plenty of nails?.... Stay tuned for the big reveal tomorrow. For a hint read Monday's post

Wordy Wednesday 2

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.

~Friedrich Nietzsche

There's a kind of hush....

This morning we were greeted with a beautiful surprise. A soft fluffy white blanket covering these weary stressed out souls. Hush is all I heard. Quiet... Rest. And this is so true in our current life. Stephen finished his last exam this weekend, Everyone kicked the flu and Etian stopped crying and started to sleep.

A new season in our lives on the inside reflected on the outside.






A hush... well for a brief moment at least until the excited squeels came from Semay when she saw the fresh snow. So we hurried outside and made our first snowballs, tasted it and marveled at one of God's best creations Have a wonderful cozy day everyone

Colic inspired

Coming back from the city Etian simply would not settle. Screaming at the top of his lungs I stopped the vehicle for the umpteenth time, took him out of his seat and started the bounce and sway - so familiar by now. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the cutest delivery truck, looking like something from busytown mysteries cartoon, and immediately a series of old fashioned lorries and trucks flashed in my mind. Perfect for a little boys room. But what to make the tires out of I thought as Etian screamed a little louder. And there it was - junk to most, gold to me- a shredded piece of a tire lying in the ditch. BINGO! Quickly I picked it up, threw it in the back, settled Etian back in his car seat and thanked God for colic and little boys.

Later this week I'll post the result
Have an inspired Monday

Etian's nursery

Since I found out I'm having a little boy I knew there will be vintage sailboats everywhere. Well lucky for me our hot water tank said it's goodbyes, I manage to convince hubby to safe me "pretty please" the perfect shaded blue lid. After finding remnants of antique linen, using scraps of wood and my oh so favourite material now - copper wiring I managed to steal away an hour from the kids. Here's the result:

Just a little sketch- Daddy and me

Craft cupboard

When Semay was little I decided that creativity and imagination are my top two skills I would like her to learn from me - along with a heavy dose of empathy and faith. So even though she was super small (some might think too small) we started doing art projects. Yes it was messy. Yes we had tons of accidents. Yes I would set it all up and she would only be interested for maybe 5 sec. But for me the not so white couch and stained kitchen table was worth those moments of sheer creative play. The giggles when paint smooshes through her toes as she dances in her paint. The surprise when she mixed red and white to discover her favourite colour pink. And now the reward of her never getting bored. At any time during the day she'll open the doors to her craft cupboard and be transported to a world of her own creation. The top moment came yesterday, when I asked her if she'd ever want to move to a different house. She smiled...paused...then replied: "Nope, because then I won't have my craft cupboard!" What a sweetie

Wordy Wednesday

Don't wait for your ship to come in -

swim out to it.

Author Unknown

What I did this weekend

• Sang every lullaby known to mankind

• Learned new dance steps while bouncing and hopping with the colicky babes

• Lost first 3lbs from this post partum body (probably all the bouncing)

• Changed the front door decor to Fall finery

• Bought a pumpkin (first year ever before they sold out)...now to learn how to carve them...

• Drove the country side in search for the magical "old red barn and old big farmhouse" combo

• Found 6 hanggliders in the sky 10 min from our house
  

• Watched Parent trap, Footloose and Cocktail on tv IN A ROW ( Mainly because I can't do much else while bouncing Etian)

• Ate a lot of turkey and stuffing and pie for Thanksgiving
• Probably gained back 3lbs after that meal...but so worth it
  

• Sketched this little moment

• But mostly enjoyed my family and kiddies alot while savouring the last bit of good weather fall is bringing our way

What were you up to this weekend?

Hipstamatic moments

So blessed

Today I'm 31...Oih!

I feel so old, even though I know I'm not.

It is just that I had all these dreams I thought I'd accomplish by 30, and they never happened - not yet anyways....

And so this morning I woke up feeling a bit down, a bit sorry for myself and oh so old when a huge surprise landed on my doorstep. In my bathrobe I opened the door and there they were.

My dad and beautiful step mom... Flowers in hand they surprised me, embracing me in hugs and love. They took the time to drive all the way out to the country (before heading to work) to wish me a happy birthday. The feeling of old quickly disappeared and I totally felt blessed.

So what! I didn't publish a book yet, I'm not living by the ocean, I don't have the perfect healthy body but I do have what matters. LOVE, CUDDLES, HUGS, KISSES, SMILES and so many kind hearted souls in my life. Never did I put "have loving people in my life"on my to do list, but God knew what I needed. He always does.

So I enter this day with a full heart and a giant smile that just doesn't want to go away. Thank you Lord!

Footnotes

Tiny feet in our house makes for tiny (miniscule) steps on the art front. I mean the progress is so slow it is hardly noticable. I've been wanting to paint a series of shoes. Beautiful evening shoes and tiny girly shoes but all that got done today was painting the canvases white...then staring at the examples of the shoes for the rest of the day while hopping around on my own big feet, trying to soothe an unsoothable colicky child. It truly sucks! I miss painting so much but for now he needs me more than I need painting. So I'll keep on hopping hoping and praying for a better day.