Advent wish list #24

Found on pinterest.

Have a super duper awesome Christmas, please! :)

Advent wish list #23

Bobble water bottles.

I don't know if you have heard of them or not, but these bottles seem to be big around the world. They are made from recycled plastic bottles, designed to stop the waste of plastic water bottles, and filter your water to make it all clean and like shop bought water. Pretty awesome. They are Bobble water bottles.

I'm not the kind of person that drinks lots of water, despite knowing that we need a good amount of water a day to stay all fit and healthy and stuff. I do, however, find that if I have a bottle of water in my bag with me, or just nearby, I tend to drink a lot more water...so having a water bottle is actually good for me. I did have a plastic bottle back in Geneva I quite liked, and enjoyed using, but I don't have it with me. Plus I totally love the idea of these bottles, so yeah, if you REALLY wanted to get me something, and thought "Hey, a water bottles a cool idea" then I would love to receive this from you. But don't worry, because I'll happily buy it for myself anyways. :)

Advent wish list #22

Another item from the Australian Kookai. It's so pretty. I think it would be perfect for an evening party. :) Simple but perfect.

Advent wish list #21

Europa Cushion.

More Jonathan Adler. I'm not like super crazy about the Europa cushion, but it fits in with my personalised cushions theme. :P Plus, we love Europe. I love the Zebra one though, pretty awesome. If I was to get just one of the cushions I have posted about, I think it would be that one (I would still be very happy with any of the others...why else would they be on my list?), but that Zebra one is cool. :P

Zebra cushion.

What's your favourite Jonathan Adler cushion?

My TOMS arrived!

My new shoes!

My TOMS arrived today! I'm so happy they got here before Christmas!! :D Now I can wear my little Christmas planned outfit. Yays! Plus, they are super pretty and comfy, and I lucked out on getting the perfect size, double Yays! :D

I may take some nicer photos of them in the coming week, and maybe share a bit more about what TOMS does exactly, but I am a tad tired from my day of cleaning floors, table, toilets, bins, changing nappies and keeping a bunch of kiddies happy (not to say I don't love it!). So some time in the coming week, and I have noticed I have a tendency to say this and never follow through, but no more! I WILL! :D

Nap time. Toodles.

Quote to Inspire #16

Drawing by me, Quote from C.S.Lewis

I've decided to try and turn weekends into my creative time. It helps me feel more peaceful, and makes me happy, so I'm planning on perhaps drawing the inspiring quotes from now on instead of using photos, but I may use both. We'll see. :)

Advent wish list #20

Two of my favourite things in one: Michael Buble and Christmas songs. Awesomeness! :D I am liking his versions of the songs. Mmmm. Here's one for you to hear. :)

The last month

Found on weheartit.com

The last month has been a bit of a hectic month. So much has changed. After about 2 weeks I was getting upset I hadn't found a job yet, after 3 weeks I had one. When speaking to people in my job I realised just how quick 3 weeks was to get a job and started to regret not enjoying the time before it. I've not really being making the most of any of the time I have, I've been feeling rather low. I believe I may be stressed. In a conversation with my mum she mentioned I had probably gone through some of the most stressful things a person has to over the last month. I haven't gone through the top 10 most stressful, but I have got a pretty long list of things that are stress inducing. I did the research, like I do, and found a list with scores by Holmes and Rahe, the 43 most stressful things that lead to illness. Hehe...already sounds so bad. I put the list in excel and got James to go through the list and mark how many times each event had happened to me in the last month, that way it's not me making it worse than it is. It's supposed to be done over a year of a persons life, with  a score of 150-299 meaning risk of illness is moderate and a score above 300 means you are at risk. I think my score for the last month was something like 244. Hehe. I don't wholly trust these sort of things, but I think I can at least take away from it that I may be stressed, and so maybe start trying to be nice to myself and focus on more positives. I'm working on it. :)

On another note, the pretty shoes I ordered look like they won't make it here for Xmas...which is a bit poo because I had incorporated them into my christmas outfit. Ho hum, I suppose now I don't need to buy the dress to go with them. :P Back to the drawing board!

Advent wish list #19

Photos found on weheartit.com

I'm all about the food at Christmas...maybe not al about, but the food is one of my favourite things about Christmas, along with the music, the decorations, the happiness. These Christmas tree cupcakes look awesome! They are probably super tricky to eat, but who cares, look how pretty! :P I remember seeing somewhere on the internet that you can make the tree by putting an upside down strawberry on the cupcake and piping the green squirty things around it, doesn't sound too complicated to make. So, I'd love to give it a try. Help with music and a yummy chocolate drink would be muchly appreciated!

Advent wish list #18

Isn't it pretty? I'm sure it could make most simple t-shit and shorts outfits look so much cooler. I like the colours in it too. Yes please!

Art washes the soul

I shower when I'm sad to hide the tears. - by me!

Don't worry, I'm not sad. I've dedicated this weekend to doing arty things: drawing, preparing some quotes to inspire, making sure all is in order with my blog, and dreaming. I also plan to get some other little bits and bobs done, but I really wanted to take some time out to do some of the things I love and that make me feel at peace. I'd thought up this drawing when I was crying in the shower on Thursday, and wanted to draw it whilst I remembered. It's one of the few drawings I've thought up that has actually turned out as I imagined it. Score! I'm very happy with it. I feel emotion from it, and I like that. :)

Hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. Off to read lots of inspiring quotes now!

Advent wish list #17

When I was little I got a card with this picture on it, I'm pretty sure it ended up in a frame.

Pocahontas! This used to be my all time favourite Disney movie, it's now a very close second to Beauty and the Beast. I love the colours, I love the songs, I love that she can talk to nature. It's such a lovely movie, I would love to add it to my eventual Disney collection!

The Artist

I think this movie looks amazing. I can't really say I'm fascinated by the era it's depicting, since I haven't read into it or know much about it, but I do love their music, and the outfits, the energy and the dances. So wonderful. I would love to watch this movie, even if I have to on my own, it just looks so fabulous.

I think maybe with my time off I should research things like this that interest me. I always loved researching fascinating things. :)

Advent wish list #16

Gorgeous skirt from the Australian Kookai.

I love this skirt! And the top! The whole outfit is gorgeous! I don't know if I'd wear it in Australia...my dressing has gone very casual...but maybe a beautiful outfit like this is just what I need to start dressing all lovely again! :P

Today

I found the above picture on Pinterest, man I love that site. You can check out my boards here. I have a whole board for inspiring whatnots, they are great, uplifting and all about living a happy life...I'm just not very good at remembering them. I think I may very well need to have some of them hanging up on walls to help me remember.

Today was a bad day. I don't know why, my mood was just very low...I'm thinking the three boys, well...I call them boys, they were aged 13, 19 and 21, playing X-box, talking boy stuff and running around like kids probably didn't help. I think the fact I don't have my own space does get to me every now and then. I was hoping today would be super fun, my day off after 2 full days of fun but tiring work (I fell asleep at 9 yesterday evening), but somehow it didn't turn out that way. I'm going to have to try harder in the future to get up and do things I like, go make my own space, get outside, draw, be creative. Happiness is a choice, and I let my bad mood get the better of me.

Tomorrow I'm working again, and I have a good to do list for the weekend. :) I'm allowed the odd off day. :P

Advent wish list #15

Michelle Armas - Eggplant.

Another art wish. I love Michelle Armas' paintings. They are the kind of paintings some people would claim they could do themselves, or their 3 year old could do, but really they can't. It takes talent to get these kind of paintings right, you need to have a very free flowing mind...I'm still way to organised and rigid in my drawing to be able to do anything like this, which is probably why I am so drawn to these. They are beautiful. I especially love 'Eggplant', which is the painting above, but all of her paintings are beautiful. I wouldn't mind having one in my eventual home! :)

Advent wish list #14

Aries Zodiac cushion.

I said there would be more Jonathan Adler love on this list. MORE CUSHIONS! This time instead of our initials, our star signs! Awesome, I know. None of the stuff I want to decorate my eventual home with actually matches, but still, how cool? Right? I can hear you shaking your head at my sillyness...but oh well! I even like how much the two go together. :) Awesome! So yeah, Zodiac cushions please.

Gemini Zodiac cushion.

Quote to Inspire #15

Drawing by me, quote from Pablo Picasso.

Advent wish list #13

Strawberry Santa's.

Can we please make these strawberry goodies for Christmas? Having Christmas in summer is a bit weird. On a summers day filling, warm, baked goods don't seem quite as appealing as on a cold, dark night. Solution: strawberry christmas goodies! Love these three ideas and would love to try make them! They make me smile.

Santa Hat Brownies, recipe found here.

Scrummy Strawberry Christmas tree, recipe found here.

Mmmm...I'm not even sure if I'm a strawberry fan, but these do all look tempting!

Work!

I got me a job! It's casual work, so only when they need someone, but I will be working in some daycare centres. Yays! I did 2 hours today at one of the centres to get a feel for it, and so that they could see if I was suitable and I now have 3 shifts for this week. It's awesome! I am happy to be getting working! Yay!