Showing posts with label colour. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colour. Show all posts

Monday, 15 August 2011

Stuff that I've Loved this week....


It's been an interesting week this week - full of highs and lows...
but I've chosen to focus on the highs and share the things
that have brought me joy this week ~ hope some of these
make you smile too!



Colour in my otherwise tired and overdue-for-a-makeover bathroom


These beautiful blossoms that I pass on the way to preschool
- a sign that Spring is on it's way!




The beautiful countryside surrounding us


Watching my kids have afternoon tea together after a day at preschool
( can you see Ruby's "ballerina" skirt that HAS to be worn AT.ALL.TIMES!!!??)

 

Kisses from my boy.... and cuddles from my girl



I love that it takes a special kinda guy to get away with
wearing his sister's sunnies.... and Finn does it so well!



 
The kids taking turns pushing each other on swings...





A day trip to the "seaside"


 
Experimenting with my camera!



Hope


I'm sure there's plenty of good stuff surrounding you too...
Sometimes we just have to look a little harder to see it...
but it's definitely there

Danni xx


Monday, 1 August 2011

Blessings....

Here's what I'm thankful for lately...



My beautiful boy's laugh




Bringing colour to someone else's world






Older generations taking the time to spend with younger ones


Breakfast and coffee with my baby girl


Grandparents



Fresh flowers - they smelt really good too
as you walked in the front door!




Cheeky smiles


Sunny days


Neighbourhood friends


Freckles and blue eyes



Moments captured

Love

Danni xx

Friday, 22 July 2011

Colour my world....again!

Yes, I know I did a post not so long ago about this
But
It has been grey, wet, cold and miserable again for a few days now... The kids are sick with high temps etc...

As I washing up I looked at the kids plates on the rack and though how pretty the colours all looked.. Which then led me to again look for the colour in my world to cheer me up.


Hope it brightens your day too!











Wishing you rainbows and sunshine


Danni xx

Monday, 11 July 2011

Playroom Postscript!


Well you saw a sneak peek... so here it is just about completed  - the kids are loving it
and I must admit, so am I.
We converted what was the "formal" dining room into the kids "Playroom" ...
much better to have their stuff all confined to one room - which will have doors on it eventually...
but for now they help clean and tidy it up at the end of each day.
It's nice to see them proud of their handy work!

Finn LOVED helping me to paint the "lello" wall!
( Although his enthusiasm soon wained as his arms became "zorsted" - as they do!)





I painted and "distressed" ( in more ways than one I think) and old
TV cabinet that we had . Put some fun handles on it
and it's a new piece of furniture!


My bargain $10 clock from the Reject Shop!


I painted the 9 Fruits of the Spirit on mini canvases and hung them.
Never hurts to have reminders.
Finn asks daily what each coloured one says and reminded Ruby the other day to
remember to use the "blue one - that's patience Ruby"
when she was getting frustrated about something!


My gorgeous friend and neighbour gave me this as we had a little joke - she thought that
LOL in computer "speak" meant lots of love....
she saw this and bought it for me so we could LOL each time we see it -
and it was given to me, with her version of LOL!
Thought the kids room was a great home for it!



Another bargain find - $5 from Kmart! I liked its sentiments





 I love that my babies are surrounded by colour, light and
cheery- ness



There was some left over paper from the "patchwork" wall so I made their names
in some frames I had lying around!

Now,
I'd love to just show you the colourful bright highlights that make this room fun ....
 but I have to be completely honest...
sooooo.... 
 I've also included the "real" images of below adult eye level!
 Including the boxes of toys still yet to be sorted and given homes....
be prepared....
 perhaps ensure you're sitting down for these next photos!





The photo on the left is Finn's "tidy" pile of cushions,
while the one on the right is the vase of "flowers"
that looks ok from a distance in one of the earlier photos!
( Did I mention BRUTAL honesty??)



Toys yet to be sorted and housed



Even the kids!  



Don't say I didn't warn you!
( I did make them smaller though to lessen the impact - see ,I'm thoughtful like that!)


Danni xx