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: