~ moving on...

hello everyone!

 this is just a little glimpse into some of the happenings of the past few days

 fresh flowers, randomly arranged in various recycled bottles - upcycled vases,

 bought together with a lovely person I had as a guest for

 four days, with whom we worked together on

 a little project.

 I'll share more in the next post {already put together}

but before, I just wanted to share

that having enterred a transitional phase 

involving creating and eventually settling in

a new home in the upcoming weeks,

I notice that I'm quite happy when involved in and concentrated on my projects,

and prefer to keep all this process private for now.

I'm off course eager to share "before and afters" in time, 

but as together with being a person who openly posts

I'm also a very private person,

enjoying quality time with myself and loved ones,

not having to comment on our daily life 

is also very important to me

so I hope that you'll be enjoying posts here whenever they take place!

I'm always happy to connect with you

&

delighted to be reading your caring and encouraging mails

about the movement, taking into consideration

my {past sad feelings} about having to leave the Penthouse...

well, in fact we didn't have to, it has been our choice,

despite not moving to a dream house at the moment.

"Time is a doctor" is what my wise and wonderful in countless ways granny

used to say...

truly, as days flow, I'm coming into good terms with the change

&

am willing and determined to start writing {and reading} the next chapter of my life

till then, I' ll just share some fragments of these past few days in the next post ; )

take care lovely all ~

happy ~ pretty in pink ~ weekend!

Saturday evening, or better the first early hours of Sunday...

rather unsual to be posting at this time,

but so let it be since it's happening...

go with the flow...right? 

; )

I'll share bits of my day, which seem to fall under the colour scheme of dusty pinks, naturals & touches of black.

After making myself a pretty, little notebook to keep my notes inside

 and encourage me to be more organised, while reinforcing my lately failing memory,

 I had a second breakfast, inspired by the lovely post of {my farmer's friend} on her family business newly launched website.

{Citrus Organicus} is a fresh and very inviting place, with a {blog} written in Greek & English.

~ we LOVE breakfast! ~

do you, as much?

I certainly do!

encouraged by Angelica's wholesome drink,

I made a banana & rice milk smoothie, adding some walnuts & almonds, while spinkling with cinnamon on top at the end.

...added the last double chocolate crisp cookies from {Ikea's food department},

poured my smoothie in our new {pink, ceramic, gigantic glasses}

and set off at the veranda together with my new, pretty, mini notebook,

{the cover of which is laminated btw, therefore it fears no spills!}

making notes for the next days & attemping to prioritise

throughout the day, I've been practising in styling & photographing,

other times making arrangements

and other times simply capturing my working surface as it was

or combining the two,

much like in this photo below:

this was taken in the afternoon

-> I made another smoothie, this time using strawberries & rice milk.

I used the glass bottle of a previously bought juice, to store the fresh homemade smoothie in.

and then made a little red fruit bouquet, pinning strawberries, raspberries & sweet cherries 

with wooden sticks.

-> used a glass jar to put them in,

-> stuck a {scalloped round paper sticker}

which arrived yesterday together with the baking twine ordered from this {lovely shop}

wrote "take one" on it

and voila!

a little party food styling in a flash

to put together all that has been mentioned, here is what was needed:

the notebook is handstiched with the amazing coloured, waxed threads

brought from Greece.

{here} you can have a better look at them

and below and till the end of the post,

are various shots of all the elements presented

Hope you enjoy!

there's so much on my agenda to be posted

before life goes on too much and some are forgotten...

but I have no worries any more...

my happy planner  is now my right hand, 

promising for better times in time management,

 organisation & priority setting

; )

hope your weekends are delighful ones in every way you wish!

c you here quite soon!

creativity sessions 

&

 a celebration connected to the {shop} 

with offers, presents & give aways are to follow

 stay tuned or should I say...stay {domestic}? ; )

H a p p y   W e e k e n d !

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P.S: the shopping list is written up on Baking Love, a print available {here}

~ put a bow into your life!

finally! after a day spent happily but rather unappropriately socializing on line

&

after Mr Blogger decided to have a disturbing cough this afternoon,

here I am today, all ready to discuss notebooks as promised yesterday

& 

at the same time share the simplest home project,

to which I've been referring to since Monday!

first things first though:

have you had the chance to {forget all about rainy days},

no matter what the weather forecast predicts

and delight yourselves with the simple and beautiful smiling clouds & cozy homes

avaliable at the Dawanda shop "I love my home"?

Yes?...opinions please!...do share!

No?...now it's a good time to take a flight there

& 

then return to keep me company till the end of the post.

Are you back already? I'll pretend you are all here and proceed....

concerning notebooks, the ones I want to discuss are 100% handmade ones,

much like this amazing one strolling in {my mother's kitchen in Greece},

seen above & below.

It is designed by a new & very special person,

who recently came into my life, and for which I'd like to make an extensive post,

talking about her, her life, her doings, here thoughts...everything!

just a short hint: we met online about 2 years ago

and finally got to meet each other in person during my recent 5 week stay in Greece.

Sometimes words are hard to describe feelings,

but with the help of some pictures, I think I might be able to achieve something.

For the time being, take a look below and see my mother's new recipe notebook,

given to her as a gift for a wish well for her upcoming {Chocolate business}.

what could go wrong, when someone writes her secret ingredients in such a simply pretty notebook,

handcrafted from loving, capable & sensitive hands?

and what could go wrong when someone creates sweet delights in such a well designed and decorated space,

such as the kitchen I planned for my mother?

exaclty my thoughts: nothing :)

now here comes the easy home project part,

just where bow meets bow:

See?

they do look lovely together, don't they?

and then how lovely has that simple {Tulsta} chair become, just with the addition of a bow?

made from the same fabric the curtains {Ikea}of the living room are made

and referring nicely to the greyish blue colour of the walls

this is certainly a baby easy project

and what is the most interesting part of it, is the reason and motivation for its creation.

any clues? the reason why this bow was added is actually:

limitation.........!

Yes, indeed!

Why?

cause my dear mother disregarded the temperature washing instructions of the cotton cover

- I suppose for a good reason, such as a strong stain -

and the cover came out...let's say a size smaller.

so, limitation #1 -> size, the fabric shrunk 

what is the second limitation?

financial difficulties.

purchasing a new cover from Ikea would certainly not be a big deal for a normal middle class family,

but since Greece is going through its hugest crisis since decades,

every penny counts.

so, here comes me and my simple idea, beautifully performed by my mother,

who unsewed the pre-existing zipper by hand and then fixed in place

the two stripes of fabric, which I tied into a cute, may I say, bow.

isn't limitation sometimes a wonderful thing?

it's like it is a creativity generator!

In the picture above & below, you can see the painted real wooden floors

that I had chosen for {my parents apartment} when I was in charge of renovating it 2 summers ago

&

the fabulous, partly "island" piece of the kitchen {IKEA}, slighly sepating it from the living room.

I adore the shiny surfaces cause they reflect the light,

making the otherwiese small living room look quite larger and certainly merrier!

and finally, since bow stories are being written today,

here is a package already having found its way to a {lovely customer} in Portugal

and who I know is expecting her {Love & Luck paper boat garland} like a little girl on Christmas evening!

hope you like it dear Rita, this is for you :)

...and before I go, a little taste of styling, falling in the colour mood of the day....

and me in two versions,

one with a scarf as a headband & a relaxed & confident attitude

and one with my usual hairstyle & a more reserved, kind of shy & soft self...

teheee....the devil & the angel ; )

. . . these jeans are the best buy I have done in years and should they have a voice they would complain about the amount of times they are getting washed, since I wear them so often.

I'm aware that this high waist design is " last year" at least,

but despite my love for fashion, I make my own personal trends by choosing clothes which {hopefully} suit me well and most important are comfortable and make me feel good in them!

what about you lovely people?

are you your own style makers?

and - I forgot to ask you! - are you as fond of bows as I am?

well, time to go...I'm happily looking forward to reading your thoughts & hearing your opinions

I'll see you tomorrow, discussing further notebook stories

and sharing with you the work of a notebook designer I instantly fell in love with!

Have wonderful evenings!...the washing maschine is done and since today I've been not exactly a good example of a housewife, am going to hung the clothes right now....