Scissor Quirk

Hello, Board.

Ahhh...I've had a few moments at home this week, with some sun shining through the basement windows (sooo happy our basement has lotsa light!), so I hastily snapped some shots of my favorite spot in my 'studio': the inspiration board.

Aka, the place I stick every odd little thing I love to bits:

We opted not to paint any walls bright colors in here (yet) since moving in the fall, because I tend to get sick of things like that quickly...so I bring all the color I want into my space via everything else. lol. My space still is a bit disorganized and usually full of temporary things - like the pile of mixed  cd's burnt in highschool waiting to be uploaded into itunes since the move (gasp - did I just age myself?), the Aldo box waiting to be returned (who accidentally ordered size 5 shoes? me), the free beige chair waiting for a paint job (teal!), and the typewriter waiting to have it's ink put in still. :)

There are some school projects scattered in there, too...
Can you spot them?

The board ended up collecting a lot of knitted things and found vintage needlepoints, notes from the mister, and one of those cool moustache-and-nose disguises that now keeps showing up in my drawings...he he.

Things are always bright, shifting, and at various degress of 'done', here...and it makes for an inspiring (albeit squishy place) when I have to stay up til 2 working on homework I don't necessarily love...lol.

Spot anything that inspires/intrigues you?

I love that the time change means the sun is out when I leave school at almost 7, now...yay! Spring is almost here, I'm getting impatient!! :)

Decor Inspiration.

Ohmygoodness - I haven't even had a moment to write about the upcoming move! That's probably because we're now madly prepping everything for the new place, ie: packing, packing, packing! We're moving next Saturday.

So, all day yesterday we were filling holes and sanding and wiping and painting the new place. The paint there is kind of a shambles - it's a basement suite, not the well-managed apartment buildings with fresh paint jobs we're used to.

We're talking brown/purple peeling ceiling paint & bad brown doors. Ugh!

I've been gathering some color inspo so we could pick paint:

Sources: 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10.

Think I like turquoise, orange, and yellow?! hah. :)

We're planning on light & dark turquoise for the bedroom's main wall, and that's about all, for now. lol. I want white in my workspace because everything in it is so colorful...maybe mustard yellow on the bathroom door or in the kitchen? Hmm. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll find a blue or orange velvet couch next week while we have a truck rented, but we'll see...lol.

If you follow me on twitter, you may have seen me contemplating the dilemma, too: we only have so much money, and we need a few vintage dressers for storage in the new place. I am a big believer in strong men being paid to move my things for me (lol), but when I realized it's only $60 to get a truck for a whole day (which is less than what movers charge you for just one hour of their time), I realized I can get a whole lotta dressers instead with that cash, instead. lol. Maybe I'll build more muscles before then, magically?! :)

What colors/places are you finding inspiring right now?

Dresser-Top Garden.

I have a guest post about my garden up over at Amy is the Party, today - hop on over to see it & all the cool blog party posts she has up!

I've been jonesing to share my little garden so much!

Since the peek I gave you (when I took the photos), my little herbs have popped up and are growing like crazy, now and there are tons of teeny flowers! :)

We live in an apartment with no yard whatsoever, and have had a few measly-looking plants for the last few years following us from home to home - I found a vintage dresser to put by my desk that holds all of my fabric and was getting rather sick of the dreary dead plants in the corner (lol), so I moved them atop the dresser on a plastic Ikea tray (so as not to water-log said dresser) and filled my collected-over-a-few-months colorful vintage pots with herb seeds (Coriander, Basil, and Dill for now) and temporarily-potted flowers:

You can read a bit more on how I put things together over at Amy's - my green thumb is still developing (for example, I have no idea what any plant is called, and our sunflower plant is looking really crunchy - I'm not sure if sunflowers just die at this time of year, if we've watered it too much or too little, or what! lol) - but it sure is lovely to have a little bright spot beside my workspace. :)

Could you tell I had too much fun photographing it, too? :) he he.
We have such great light in here...perfect for this lil dresser-top garden.

I'm off today to get a haircut & grab a few essentials (sandals, tank tops) today, since I start work again on Monday and my work-at-home wardrobe is seriously lacking the basics - lol - and then a pop into the nearby fabric shop to stock up on supplies for the big winter craft show & getting back to work is in order! Hope your day is lovely - and full of flowers, too.

Garden Peek.

Last week I took a moment and finally prettied up our garden! :) It's super lovely and bright and pretty, now - I'm so happy I took a few minutes to repot our old plants and plant some herb seeds in my thrifted pots. Yay! It makes me smile.

Here's a peek - I have more to share of the whole spot next week:

Aaah. Glad to see my green thumb has come out for the sunny season! :)

Do you have a garden spot going?

Little Bits of Happiness.

You've totally made me smile, guys. When I started blogging years ago, I really had no idea that I'd ever feel so supported in this little space - so thank you. :)

I feel immensely better after typing my frustration out, the other day, too - lol. Much, much. You guys rock. And for the record: 30 is not old to me. And I'm also super-happy that I waited a few years before going through 4 years of school so I know exactly what I want to study and I have a been-in-the-workforce head on my shoulders, like some of you mentioned.

I'm so happy and that I'm not the only one who feels this way, too.
And hugs to you, if you're having the same worries/thoughts/problems.

Anyhoo - despite a few down days, I'm back to my happy-go-lucky-self. :)

I did get a lot of creative stuff done, actually - guess I was madly channeling that energy into scrapping and crocheting - in the lil relaxing bits I took between a taxing week of juggling work and work tests and meetings and such.

For me, getting happy means looking around, being thankful for all that I do have, taking a quiet moment or two, and seeing the beauty in the little things - and there's always a lot of little bits of happiness around my home:








Glasses that I love and need to wear more. A new girly crochet project. The window sill garden I took a moment to pretty up this week. Pages in progress. Favorite paint. Flowers from mister husband. Messy home buns.

I'm getting ready to head out of town tomorrow (yay!), which means lots of wrapping up, answering e-mails, laundry, packing, and a lil blogging, too. :)

Happy Friday (in the little things), friends!