Golden Spots Or Polka Dots???

I do love to play with Paint on walls. So when recently I discovered I could no longer get the blue that was already on the walls of this little En Suite Bathroom, the decision was made that it was time for a colour change! But what colour?! 

The bathroom is off a little girls bedroom who (of course) is having a love affair with pink. Me, being a rotten mother, is denying (as much as possible) as much pink in her bedroom as I can. Not that I have anything against pink. I love the colour! But it is so easily overused and dominates over other colours, especially in regards to girls! SO on wanting pink walls in her bedroom, instead of lovely white ones ... she got pink spots instead! 

Not quite the pink walls she wanted, but she was delighted with the effect! In the en~suite there is a pink blind, it WAS against blue walls and I liked the way they popped. So as I was one day, yet again, wondering the isles of tins of paint looking for inspiration, a colour jumped out at me and was then purchased. The bathroom scheme began.

Due to the fact of having to give the shower some maintenance, painting the bathroom was delayed. During this time I discovered a huge photograph that gave the decoration of the bathroom a bit of a theme! I was super excited. Ideas began to pop pop pop in my mind and because of the gold in the picture, I decided the wall needed gold spots (or are they polka dots?? I am not sure of the difference really!) 

And THEN browsing instagram not long after making this decision I realised that Little Birdy here uses the perfect colours, and I contacted her about her light pulls that she makes. I was in perfect time as she was just about to paint up a batch and did one in the colours I needed! When this arrived a few days ago, I was blown away by this beauty of a piece! I used this as a pull for the shower switch and it just changed the feel of the bathroom so so much! Small details ARE important!! 

So these gold spots ... well in the end, they were done with the top off a milk bottle which a piece of foam glued for an even level and some artists acrylic gold paint. I did a bit googlizing and this is supposed to be completely fine even in steamy bathrooms! It may be gold streaks yet!! 

Now I am adding all the finishing touches, shelves and decorations and painting units to hold and hide all the usual suspects found in bathrooms .... ah I love the holidays don't you!! 

What is Going on??

Well, it is Tuesday morning and certainly time for a coffee break. Today is the day that I think I need to catch my breath after the past month.

It all came to a head four days ago with the serious preparation for a fundraiser I was involved in for the local playground. This time there was a fantastic team of volunteers, planning and organising the event, and each one of them worked so hard! None of this, where they say yes, yes, yes to everything and then leave one or two persons to pull it all together. It was the first time I was involved in anything like this, and I LOVED it. I truly did. One of the things I loved most, was putting the stage area into shape. Usually stages can be wasted space as it can be hard to know how to use them! But I got lucky and had a brain wave, and this is the finished result .....

Right well, I didn't get another photo of the other direction with the fireplace etc in!! ah well ... you get the idea tho! People loved sitting up there being able to view all that was going on in the hall while sipping on their drinks and nibbling beautifully made cakes! The Sale event was held on the Saturday and Sunday and yesterday was packing it all away. Today tho, my mind is still in fundraiser gear, thinking about how things could have been improved and handled differently! Will take notes for next time! (IF there is an next time of course!!) 

Being involved in that event has opened up another opportunity. An opportunity to move my working area into the community centre. A short walk nearby, access whenever I like (for all those hours we work into the night) BUT not in the house, so I don't get distracted by loads of washing and ironing, hoovering and anything else that I want to do that isn't work! I love the sound of this! I am hoping too that it would be an opportunity to get some local trade and also to have some outside interaction in the day. I think to try this out for a month and see if my productivity levels increase. If they do, it would definitely be worth it!! 

Sometimes you have to go for it don't you ....

Do I do that now or later?

In the immortal words of Winne The Pooh

"Think, think, think"

Craving Cracking Company

I don't know ... I come down each morning, very determined to get stuck into work. Discipline! that is what working from home is all about right!! and THEN I turn on the computer, check out Facebook which doesn't take long, what takes long about Facebook, is when you put up a post and you sit there with an eager grin on your face waiting for the audience reaction. Just like when you tell a joke in a circle of real LIVE people ... THAT takes ages, especially these days when you ain't sure if it is just that people can't see your post, or that ACTUALLY it really was a bad joke and you should probably give that up and stick to posting photos of food!!

SO then as that ain't working, I try and decide if I will put on a film for background or the radio, but very often I don't really know what I feel like watching or listening too. Do I want a story or do I want music? Do I want to listen to that DJ prattling on? or is that just toooo lively a song for right now? I CANNOT listen to lively music while working ... that is just brutal! I get nothing done apart from singing and bouncing around on my chair, a bit like a pre-schooler with pig tails!

RIGHT so music or video decided on, time to break out the needle and thread, but before I do, I'd better go and tell Hubster what I've been doing and about that funny Raccoon video that you just saw and fill him in on what I plan to work on first and oooo did he know it was raining outside??

BUT you know it ain't that bad really, because when you work in an office, you spend the first hour drinking coffee and gossiping right??! 

Days Gone By ....

The last post I wrote, was entitled "Keeping the Plates Spinning" ... well, they all fell off and smashed. I got new plates, spun those, dropped some, smashed some, bought more and so the cycle goes on. It does tire you out though doesn't it. There is so much pressure from outside, those around you, but mostly, when you think about it, it is from yourself and what you want to achieve.

Things get put on hold because you feel that people expect certain things from you when really they just want to see what you come up with, or what you are doing. It is yourself that expects that others expect certain expectations from you. Isn't it wonderfully confusing! I am totally grinning at that in my head. So no blog. I didn't know what to write, or how to write what was going on. Plus how many times can you write the same thing over and over because you are doing the same thing over and over.

So I started again. Not because I have anything to say, but because I like writing. I always have. I like to ramble and well, not blubber, but the other thing, that I can't think of the word for right now! if you know it! please tell me, as it still eludes me!

So, being Wonder Woman will have to wait. I am too mentally exhausted! BUT I can unwrap another chewy sweet and while enjoying that, maybe think about getting the paintbrush out tomorrow, because I think I'd like to do that. Not that I'm any good, but how will I improve and achieve all I want to achieve if I sit and mope about how good I'm not. Plus, I have no sweets left, so I really should do something!

Keeping the Plates Spinning

There is no two ways about it. Working from home requires determination and organisation. Both of which, I have to admit, are at their highest in me when the bills are coming in! Which then, just causes CRAZY chaos around the place, because your working longer and ignoring everything else. Which I suppose is not so much Organisation, as Determination to pay the bills!!!!  After having nearly a month off "Business Work", it gave me time to figure out how to get things sorted out for everyone's benefit!!

Friday's Flusterings

After a bit of a late start this morning, (as always!) off my girl went to school without making her bed. She ALWAYS wraps up her toys in a blanket, warm and snug to keep them safe until she gets home, regardless of making her bed or not!! Today it was the turn of a Seal. So there was Seal sitting on her bed all wrapped up, when I came in. I started by folding up the extra blankets, plotting in my mind what was going to be my next action, when I thought I thought something. What's that?? Stop, Stop, Rewind, Wait! there, yes there! that was it ... "I wonder what to do with the seal, because if I take its blanket, it will get cold!" COLD?!!!! It's a STUFFED TOY, its not real!!!! I had to take action there and THEN. I stopped what I was doing, and whisked the seal out from it's snuggly warm blanket and stuck it on the dressing table ....

Yes, I did have a pang of guilt!! Poor Seal, she looked a bit sad now. So I stuck her under the blanket with a favourite doll called Annabelle. Yeah, I was a kid once, I totally get that!!

Time to Get With the Programme

Are you like me? Thinking to oneself, "hummm I have never really done that, probably can't, so I won't really bother to try, though I really REally REALLLY want to"?? Stooopid stooopid brain of mine. It doesn't help that I spend ages "ooooing" and "awwwing" over other peoples work, and wishing I had their talents. SO After not having the computer on for nearly 3 weeks, I came back a little determined and refreshed. THEN there was this ....

Warm Chocolate Muffin & Cream ....

OK .... so, honestly, I should be back in my game now. Holidays are long gone,  it is 10 past 5 in the evening and I can still see the fence in my back garden. Spring is on its WAY! But What is one SUPPOSED to do, when one's friend says come for coffee and a nose around the charity shop (which is more like a Superstore shop than just a plain old shop!)??? Why accept graciously of course!! Then in five seconds flat be in the car with the engine running, before having to run back inside the house for numerous items you have forgotten .....

OOOOOOOOO!!! Do you know how great it is to have a friend working on "The Inside" of a charity shop??? ha ha thank goodness for whatsapp!! So I scored a gorgeous little Blue suitcase, some ladybird books, and a beautifully illustrated book of flowers!! ( I also got a pair of never been worn "Faith" Shoes covered in gorgeous roses, sssshhhhh but that was a different charity shop that was accidentally on purpose, on the way home!)

Well after that, there is nothing better than to wash all that dust off your lungs with a glug of coffee and a hot melty chocolate muffin with cream!!! Haven't had that in ages AND there was an open fire!!! You just can't beat coffee in a pub .... but then they were serving early lunches, and I REALLY wanted what "he" was having across the way. But that will have to wait until next time, One order of melty muffin and Veg please!!

Cheeky chocolate thieving Meece!!

Holiday Doodlings

We went away for a week in December. To somewhere we could cook in the heat of the sun while the children played in the pool. I'm sorry, that SHOULD read, where I can cook in the sun while the children played in the pool! SO what to bring?? a good book? puzzle books? NAAA!!! ME?? I pack my embroidery threads, fabrics, needles, scissors, fabric paints and a few bits and bobs for embellishing!! hee hee SUCH FUN ... Ultimate Luxury, to be beside a pool, stitching something that is your own design.

Adventures in Sewing

During the Two weeks off from the general madness, I decided NOT to turn on the computer and I still have an antiquated phone from the past, I couldn't even cheat and have a sneak peek at what was going on in the world of FaceBook and all the other Fairytale web lands!! It was SO refreshing. After watching nearly all "The Big Bang Theory" episodes available I made some book covers using styles and techniques I hadn't really done before and would like to try on a larger scale, but I was able to try out some of the ideas in my head in a reasonably quick time period! 

the Steering Wheel

Good Morning out there. You know I realised that, no matter How Cold it is outside, when you grasp the steering wheel of a car in you bare hands, the temperature plummets even more! How many years have I been driving now (not a question!!) and I still haven't learned!!! Nothing like a hot cup of coffee to warm the hands up, and a  nice slice of cake ....

Time to get my sewing on ... I will get photos for tomorrow! promise .... 

Oh My .....

In true "Keep It short Style", this mornings catch phrases is DEFINITELY "But I don't Understand"!!! Said in a bit of a wail .... but four hours and a frozen hand later, I have certainly made progress!! and I really DO deserve a Massive Chocolate cake! No, not a Slice ... A WHOLE ONE!!!!