Remedy for the Grey

The weather here has been grey and dreary and drizzly and bleh. It feels more like fall but without the urge to nest and get ready for winter.

The result of all this dreary grey is that I can't seem to get enough color, and have been looking around on Etsy to fill the color void (usually I'm drawn to black and greys). Here are a few of my favorites.

Heaven Photograph

Butterfly

Portuguese Tile Earrings

Crossover Halter

Luminary Print

In The Bedroom

That is not my bedroom.

Our bedroom is not quite so elaborate, more on the utilitarian side of things.

Recently I got it in my head to remedy that. New soft sheets and pillows, a fluffy down comforter with a duvet, a feather bed topper, and maybe even a new mattress...mmmmm

Also I'm making a quilt. I'm not a quilter, measuring and being precise makes my brain feel squeezed, so there will be as little measuring as possible. I found an awesome deal on blue cotton velvet at denverfabrics.com, it wasn't exactly the blue I wanted so I dyed it navy blue along with some soft cotton fabric. They came out just beautiful.

(The photo doesn't really do it justice)

I will combine the navy blue with black and charcoal grey and do lots of embroidery, etc. Then piece it all together. I'm not sure how it will come out in the end but I would like it to have a Gothic/fantasy feel to it. somewhere in between the photo at the top and this

Gothic & Fantasy but light and airy as well....hmmmmm

I'll post my progress.

Perseverance

I have this weird little children's book of poetry that I have saved from my childhood. It's called Goops And How To Be Them - A Manual of Manners for Polite Infants. It was written in 1900 and covers all sorts of subjects from table manners to gentleness.

This is one of the poems from that for whatever reason stuck in my head

I am a good beginner.

I have lots of unfinished projects, fun ones and necessary ones, things that I've started and things that I want to start. Too many as a matter of fact, so many so that I'm getting bogged down and not getting any of them done. So, to remedy that I have set a goal for myself. I have started a list, (currently an unfinished list of unfinished projects) and plan to have most of them done by the time we start 1st grade (home school) on September 7th. I'm not going to say all, I don't want to be unrealistic and set myself up for failure, but I tend to do better with a deadline so, September 7th it is!

Maybe you can relate?

Another Fab Giveaway!

I've found another great giveaway so am doing yet another "hey look at this great giveaway" post.

Click on over to January Wish to read the interview and enter for a chance to win these fabulous items from The Morbid The Merrier:

Do take a few minutes to check out January Wish's lovely blog, and artwork too.

Irontastic

I hate to spend money on things like irons, when I go shopping for one I want the $100 iron, but always by the $30 one.

Well, Bitter Betty is having a giveaway for one of those fancy shmancy irons and I'm posting here for an extra chance to win. Maybe if I win I'll buy a tiara to wear while I do my pressing.

She has way more info about said iron over on her blog.

Dyeing Projects

Rit has made a new color chart system with tons of color recipes to choose from, and I have a pile of things waiting to be dyed.

Most of my clothes are black, when I do buy things with color I prefer jewel/earth tones, but have a hard time finding those colors, so dying is a great option. It's always a bit of a gamble, and sometimes things have to be dyed more than once to get just the right shade, but it's fun to experiment.

Some time I would like to try some natural dyes like onion skins and the like (I have used tea) but for today it will be Rit.

Do you ever dye? What do you use?

I just wish the colors had names and not numbers....maybe I'll name them myself.

Time to go break out the dye tub. I'll let you know how it goes.

4 Oh!

Happy Birthday to me!

Yesterday I turned 40. I am way more comfortable with the idea of being 40 than I thought I would be...who knew.

It was a really nice day. I'm not into having a big party for my Birthday, I much prefer just a quiet dinner with my family so that's what we did. We went to a little pub in town with a nice view of the channel.

We had some seafood.

Then came home and had some chocolate cake and ice cream.

Also my husband made this sweet recording of our son for me.

Perfect.

Breathe

my theme song as of late