Merry go round

Every last friday of the month, I jump on the 'Merry go round'. What is the Merry go round exactly? Each month, a group of craftswomen from around the world join together and give their reponses to the same question/challenge.This months question was 'do you take a holiday from your craft/art?
I can't remember last time I took a holiday from my creative work as I always seem to be doing something. It's a constant factor in my life and I wouldn't know any other way really. When I go away on a road trip, even if it's only a short one, I usually take a bag along to assemble happy girls. My hands are always busy and it feels strange if they are not doing anything.
The past weeks have been busy with house chores so my creative time has been limited but I don't see it as a holiday as it was totally not my choice not to be creative. :)
Nearly done with all the house stuff so I hope to be back on my blog sometime soon to share creative stuff again. :)
Want to know if the other Merriers are taking a creative break? Hop over to their blogs. Please bear in mind that the members will be posting at different times of the day, depending on which world time-zone they are in :)

Laura at Blue Terracotta
Monika at Red2White
Ruth at Birdland Creations
Kim at Vilt a la Kim
Sara at Crafts of Texture
Samantha at Vintage is for lovers
Mariana at Florcita
Agathe at Le Bar du Vent
Jen at Painted Fish Studio
Bethany at Dirksen Dabbles

Flickr Favorites

1. Where they grow colour, 2. Flying carpet,
3. The Earth, The Sky And A Tree, 4. Tilted

I love to look at horizons and be in wide open spaces. I remember a time that I drove along the Nullarbor plain in Australia and just couldn't get enough of it. Even though there was nothing, it seemed everything. So much earth and sky that it was mindblowing. I greedily gobbled up all the scenery that we drove past and if I close my eyes I can be there in an instant and enjoy the ride once again... However, I wouldn't mind going back there and repeat the journey! :)

Next Tuesday is the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like.
How about we dive back in time? Do you have childhood memories that you can share in pictures? Things you loved to do when you where a kid, places you went and toys and food you loved... Can't wait to see you going back in time. :)

Do you have a fun theme for next month? Don't hesitate to let me know!

Flickr Favorites

1. peeling, 2. ooOoOOo, 3. It is not down in any map; true places never are, 4. .

Thought I'd share a mosaic with the color I've been painting with the past few days. This is combined with a lily white. I'm loving it. After I did the bedroom, I had lots of paint left and decided to paint the bathroom too. But of course I didn't realise it needed two coats so lots of extra work but it's looking really fresh and lovely.

I've been enjoying my blog break although I do miss hanging out here with you guys. Things here in the house that I have neglected for too long finally get done at last so it's giving me a good feeling. And occasionally I've caught myself doing absolutely nothing. Can you believe that? It's true & awesome. :)

Flickr Favorites

1. straws, 2. toes and stripes or when I lost it,

3. flying kid, 4. More Strawberries!

Just some random images out of my favorites today. They represent summer to me and even though they look like holiday, I'm working hard at the moment. I'm preparing for a most probably busy fall so it's not that I sit on my bum to relax and soak up sunshine here.
Apart from that, I have set a goal to redecorate our bedroom before the end of August. I feel stressed when I think about it as that's only 6 more weeks and I haven't even started yet. It's not exactly something I like doing so it keeps being postponed: from buying furniture to buying paint and cleaning up all the boxes of 'things' that have gathered in the corners somehow. There always seems to be more important stuff going on. But I know that my heart will be really happy when it is all done so I shouldn't use any excuses anymore.

Flickr Favorites

1. Peek-A-Boo, 2. One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.,

3. The Way I See It, 4. Invisible (365/326)

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like. Stephanie from Cabbages and Kings provided the theme for this month: 'something you're afraid of' ! Thank you, Stephanie! Do you have a fun theme for next month? Don't hesitate to let me know!

I'm afraid of something really small: snails! They scare me big time and I can't get away fast enough when I encounter one in the garden. And while being afraid of them, I do admire their lifestyle: carrying their home with them and feel at home anywhere... I love the shapes of the shells and the soft and round forms are amazing but as soon as I see the slimy bodies and weird antennae I squeal. I want to be invisible when I see 'em. The small & slow snail numbs me more then anything else. It's not a joke. ;)

Happy summer

image by *Seth

Today is the first day of summer holiday here.
If I were a kid, I would have 2 months of carefree gallivanting around.
Sometimes, I just want to go back to being a kid and live my life like there is no tomorrow...
I would jump on the swing and swing my heart out...
Fearlessly.
I think that I have to add a bit more swinging to my life this summer.
This means that I'll be taking a little blog break.
I'll be posting the Flickr Favorites on Tuesday's and perhaps show some work in progress if I have any.
But hey, I might be too busy swinging too...

Happy summer everyone! :)
(or winter for those in the southern hemisphere)

Flickr Favorites

1. Summer 2O1O - Explored, 2. eggs of many colors,

3. lene marlin:sitting down here, 4. fortune

My search word for this weeks Flickr favorites was 'focus'. I have added so many amazing images to my favorites as a reminder I should focus a bit more. I've been busy with lots of different things lately and that always brings me out of balance a bit.
And did I ever tell you I love to look at fortune cookie messages? I especially love the message in the picture above 'Look for the dream that keeps coming back. It's your destiny'.

Next Tuesday is the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like.
Stephanie provided the theme for next week and suggested to make a mosaic around
'something you're afraid of'. I love it & I can't wait to see what you'll come up with! :)
Do you have a fun theme for next month? Don't hesitate to let me know!