Rourke and Henry

My Creative Space....

My creative space this week has seen a new department introduced at Coco's that I'm very excited about. The Kindness Department houses beautiful books, inspiring journals and notebooks. It has some of my Coco art and it also has free stuff. Free compliments and positive thoughts. You can print these out too if you like head over to Kind Over Matter, Amanda has some truely gorgeous printables. They will make you smile.

The Kindness Department also has free recipe cards, I have handwritten these and they will come with a picture and a Pay it Forward Kindness Card. I have been thinking about the Pay it Forward concept alot in recent months so I had these cards printed..... mostly for myself and the smalls to be able to play with but I thought it might be nice to give a recipe and a PIF card for you to play with if you want. I think it is a lovely idea for my children to grasp, Pay it Forward. I let Mr Magoo watch the movie last week, and then I watched it too.

Such a simple concept yet such a huge ripple......do you want to play? do you know how? 

for lots of creatives head over to our creative spaces and take a peek.  

 

Grateful for.....imaginings

I have been known to make up a story or two, maybe more. Ok, alot more than maybe. I make up stories all the time. I spin them alot. Sometimes I crack myself up and everything. Maybe it's a bit Peter Panny, the whole not wanting to grow up thing. Who knows? I think its probably fun to live in Never Never land. Anyhow this week I am indeed grateful for

1. my imagination, I have been spinning a few stories this week along with little animal pals to go with them.

these imagings will end up on the fabbo school canteen blackboard, Hector has alot more friends popping into my head too, so I'll share them with you from time to time.

 the number 2 thing I'm grateful for this week is the imaginings of Miss Muffet- this one gets tricky, kinda. Yesterday we had a bit of a car trip so Miss Muffet asked for pen and paper, I handed over the blue post it notes (supposed to be for groceries and important forgetful information) and a pen. Whilst scooting up the highway, Miss Muffet asked me to spell a few words and then wha-la, eight post it notes later we have a story about mermaids and a secret and an enemy and a saved day!! A gosh lovely little imaging by her. She read it out loud whilst we were still travelling and I was super excited for her. How cool. Then, there is a flipside, not a bad flipside just a I'm-not-sure-whether-to-believe-you-flipside. the tricky bit I guess. You see her brother had a day off school this week he was a little unwell and by the end of the day had recovered just fine, but much to I think her delight Miss Muffet thought she would tell his friends he fell out of a tree and was in hospital, suffice to say when they saw him in the afternoon they all rushed and "Are you ok? Are you ok?" was asked and asked. Dazed and confused his reply was "yeah" then the tree falling story came out!! Here's the thing, we have spoken to Miss Muffet the whole the boy who cried wolf and Henny Penny and she totally gets it but it doesn't change her imaginings/story tellings. She is very, very good and convincing. I think sometimes I entertain her stories a little too much, then I think your not a kid for long so I let her go......and how can I be cross when I do the same??

Yesterday I was simply proud and here is one of the post its, I'm going to keep them in a safe place. I'm so very grateful for her imagination. It makes me smile and sometimes worry all at once!

Are you grateful this week, pop over here and play along if you are.

 

 

My Creative Space

Here is our Easter window at Coco's. My window is tinted so it makes it a little hard to see through. So I've been drawing on the window. Yesterday I wrote a little story about Marcel and Lucy..... You can probably decipher the photo but if you can't this is what it says.
'Marcel is a shy bunny, not when he has his suit and cape on though. With his Super Bunny suit he can move mountains. He eats danger for breakfast. His best pal is Lucy bunny. She is a sweetheart. She knows Marcel does not need his suit and cape to be a super bunny but she does not mind that he wears it downtown with her. They get milkshakes and park their bikes at Coco's (it's their favourite store) and they learn French together. It's fun. They know words like 'Merci' and 'Bonjour' they will go to Paris one day but today they are happy Easter is just around the next corner.....xxx'

Head on over here for lots of creative spaces.... I think Easter may be in the air over there too.

Product Review.... Passport Covers

I wish I was using one of these passport covers soon. My passport and tickets would fit nicely in one. I wish I was going to New York or Paris or Hawaii or some remote island. I'm not fussy although the remote island may lack shops and I need shops. Shops and I are great friends, I love shops. But I'm digressing here this is a product review, so review I shall.
These fabulous passport covers are long enough to hold your airline boarding pass (22cm x 11cm) passport and probably some other important stuff you carry with you. They have a little clear section so you could pop your name and phone or contact information. They have a pen holder and notepad - I find this super for little bits of inspiration, shop names, websites or converting currency. It has 4 sections to house your stuff and is lined with sweet as fabric with keys and Eiffel Towers and tiny dots and a lace looking border.
Then there is the cover, it has me at the cover. Made of Pleather, that's what I call pretend leather, they are printed on the front with an Eiffel Tower and 'The Journey' then here's the bit I love lots it says - ' journey makes your life beautiful and exciting, and a memorable journey is a part of your living' The red one is my fav, you could have probably guessed that if you drop by often. They also come in navy blue and caramel brown. They are $29 each.
Wouldn't your passport just love to live in this cover. Mine sure does, now I just need to find a boarding pass......

My Creative Space....Some bunnies hero.

This is the pencil that draws the pictures, it is attached to my left hand, my drawing hand. It is my favourite pencil. I love this quote, I think Emerson was probably cool. You would have to be to think of a quote like that. "Be silly, be honest, be kind". Great words to live by and draw with.  

My creative space is much more creative chaos, genereally I have at least five or six projects on the go at any one time, depending on my mood and time of day and of course location depends on which project may get the attention it deserves. 

I colour alot at Coco's, I always have colours with me, school, coffee, sports, yep they are pretty much a given in my bag. Today I coloured a bunny boy super hero. He is cute. He is cool and he has some cool, fun, inspiring words. 

Words for little Heroes or growing Heroes or bunnies that need inspiring. 

For lots more ever inspiring creatives go here. I do.

 

 

My Kryptonite..... sharing it with you.

I adore these biscuits. I make a double batch every week, yep every week. They are my Kryptonite and if you want they can be yours too. I don't mind. They are so good. If I have time I make tiny ones, if I'm rushing big blobs do. They are sensational with coffee or tea.
They really, truly melt in your mouth. I do not buy fancy flour or butter, my only tip would be to beat the butter baby, beat it til it's pale, then whack the rest together. I like to store mine in the fridge and you can play around with fillings lemon, vanilla, whatever you fancy. I stick to passion fruit myself. And I like sharing them, generally I am not a good food sharer but these are fun to share. I like to share them with people I like. Do you share food you make?
I'd love to know if you have a crack and they become your Kryptonite....

Down to the Woods Bunting

The workshop at Coco's was extremely productive yesterday. New bunting has arrived in store this morning and it looks a treat with the other woodland creatures currently adorning the shelves.
I also have a new Inspirez Bunting which is bunny themed with gorgeous quotes fresh for Easter, can you believe that Easter is just around the corner? We have lots of quirky, gifty type things if you are looking for non-chocolate ideas. I'll be balancing chocolate and gifty things myself.....I may be seen wearing bunny earrings whilst colouring in bunnies trying not too get Lindt bunny chocolate on my colouring.......

grateful for.....blue skies and chalk pens.

This week I have been drwing with chalk pens from Smiggle. I have decided I love them. They are bright and cheery and so much fun. N.B they work tops on glass and kitchen cupboards. They have a bit of room for improvement on actual blackboard- they go on dandy, it's the getting off that needs work.

I am extremely fortunate to be given artistic licence at our school canteen and have had a fabbo few days doodling on the blackboard and doors. 

I had so much fun with this, I took to drawing on our kitchen cupboards at home. Quite often we play the Glad Game (like Pollyanna) in some form or another so this week we have taken turns writing one thing we are glad for each day, on the pantry door!! 

It's fun and the kids have had a blast writing on the kitchen doors and fridge and it's lovely for us all to share in one thing that we are glad about. And that can be anything at all. 

Blue skies today, spent this morning swimming and lapping up this magical weather. Grateful for that.

Grateful. Pop on over to Maxabella loves cause there is always lots of lovely grateful reflections to be read. 

My Creative Space....

here are some of my finished pile from last week, the monkey's are still on the go.....

lots and lots of others playing over here

My Creative Space....

Prepping some socks for weekend stitching.....sock monkeys and baby owls just around the next corner....

I also had fun stitching paper bunting this week. Gorgeous oriental papers to adorn cute corners at Coco's. I now have a wall at Coco's with cute FREE thoughts, compliments and affirmations. They are made by Amanda over at Kind Over Matter. I have used them before outside the store but I thought today they would make a lovley permanent fixture at Coco's. What do you think? 

Lots more lovely creatives over here.