Sanding

My very favorite activity... NOT! ;)
But all done now and it's firing away.

Feeling connected

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I spend some time here on my blog so I'm going to try to connect again after last months break.

No better way to do that with a custom piece I did the other day.
A very sweet woman asked me if I could help her with a wedding gift. She loved the feeling 'oneness' but wanted me to add a personal touch to it. As with all questions like these, I interrogate the customer and made her tell me more about the couple & their likes. After a few times back and forth e-mailing, she came up with the idea to use earphones as the couple both loves music. I was sold right away! What a fab idea & even more symbolic too to be connected by the wire of the earphones. :)
The wire is red because it's the color of love. Besides, an Ancient Chinese believe says
'An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. The red thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.'
I saw this saying for the first time on Lisa's beautiful blog which is also her company name.
I added a lovely personal message on the bottom, the couples names & wedding date.
It will be hard to part with these dudes as they make me smile big time!

So glad to be back here! Things are not quite back to regular routines yet but slowly & surely it all falls in place. If you care to subscribe to my newsletter, feel free to do so. I write one every first friday of the month (that's tomorrow) & if you don't like it, you can unsubscribe at any time! :)

Flickr Favorites

1. Back Door - Broken House, 2. this much i know to be true,
3. meadow flowers, 4. ~109/365~

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like.
This week we go back in time with childhood memories. Things you loved to do when you where a kid, places you went and toys and food you loved...
Do you have a fun theme for next month? Don't hesitate to let me know!

When I was a kid, I was a real tomboy. I kind of still am in some way but I try to hide it by wearing a skirt and doing grown up things. I used to gallivant around the meadow picking flowers while trying to avoid cow poop, I played in the abandonned barn across the street, went down the road to the creek to catch tadpoles and I was queen of the swing and all the air around it. How great it was to live a carefree life and not having to worry about anything adults worry about. All advantages have disadvantages and every age has it's charm but somehow that carefree living is something I would like to go back to... but then as an adult. :)

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.