In my attempt to celebrate the change in seasons (and yes, I celebrate Fall, its my favorite), I am working on changing things up around the wise craft home. With the beach balls and floatys now deflated, flip flops put away, and newly cleaned and organized kid's room (oh Emma, I found those empty pixie sticks) it feels much better around here. (I feel like every few months I'm blogging about a major clean-up and clean-out, but that's exactly what happens, we get it done bit by bit, room by room.) We're cooking more dinners here at home, actually trying to cook more in general. The house smells good, and usually (okay sometimes) feels clean.
I'm making new pillow covers for most of the pillows around here (and gee, I realize we have a lot of pillows) and this was the first one I finished up. I just love it. Thrifted gray wool I've had since last year (and doesn't it look prettier here than folded in my fabric stash), sewn into a rectangular pillow cover with a ruched panel in the center. This was so easy once I got the hang of pulling of the thread and spacing the fabric. I cut the center panel twice as long as the other two, then gathered it up. I love that it looks textural and cozy. Its home is our chaise lounge, a very inexpensive IKEA piece that tends to get a 10 year old girl in it on lazy weekends. Good stuff.
The kidney shaped table by the chaise was found second hand by Peter, its really wonderful. I still collect those little German weather houses, the one on the table doesn't work but we still love it. The lamp, second hand, the bird, moi, the bowl, Anthropologie sale. Inside the bowl are the mossy rocks from Small Stump and new felted wool stones from Reya that are gorgeous (typepad is doing something to my photos and they come out a little washed within the post, is anyone else having this problem?).
At Ian's parent/teacher conference last week, his teacher showed me a poem he had written that goes something like this:
I love my home because
Home smells good
all my toys are there
I feel safe at home.
Folks...I believe my work is done...
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Seeing and loving today-
Andrea's home tour (so many beautiful collections in her home)
Amy Butler's free patterns from Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion (scroll down to free patterns, choose ME Holiday Patterns)
