Love this !!!

Artist:  Anna Bocek   

Go have a look at her website (www.annabocek.com) - I am in total awe of her work!!

Wishing I could do this!

We do ...

image from inspired4youdecor

At the end of each day I have a few moments (just as everything is getting quiet and my eyes sleepy) that  I have a sigh filled with pure gratefulness ... for our home filled with love, time and family...AMEN

Ribbons Galore...

Ribbons .... I love ribbons! 

  

...the colors, the designs, the feel and mostly the potential.... "mmmhhm"

All these images I got from "Kamersvol geskenke" who is currently running a photographic competition on photos taken by bloggers at the Lourensford venue!( http://www.kamersvol.com ) 

I was at (Kamersvol Geskenke - translated: rooms full of gifts)  in Pretoria last year and I am definitely going again this year ...as a matter of fact I am counting the sleeps (24 to go!)  
It is an event filled with creativity, imagination, inspiration and all things pretty!!  

Glen Hansard - Song For Someone

Love this song -  If possible get the movie  "Once"  (one of my favorites)

Colour ..gotta love it!!

i feel better just looking at it ...

(Especially now with our dusty August winds gushing outside!) 

All images via   Elegance Within Me: Archive   ... be warned though, if you like looking at photos, you might just loose a few hours here!!

Soul-sister's saying..

 Had some fun on my new i'Mac photobooth...

 


I know I've mentioned it a few times in my blog already ... but I really do enjoy  Kelle Hampton! She just has this way of describing the things I'm thinking ...  "Soulmates" - I think you could say so... even though we've never met!  Anyway, if you have a chance, go have a look at her blog an feel inspired!!  
( Enjoying the Small Things )

So here is a quote from Kelle where she manages to give words to some of my 
(and sure many other "soul-sister's") thoughts :

"My point--and there is one--is that there's much in life to dabble in, and I want to swim in every puddle. 
I am, every day, entranced by the beauty that is motherhood and yet I still love the flippant energy of a night out alone with the girls. 
I am deeply spiritual, often brought to tears by images of God and Love that I find in everyday occurrences and yet I enjoy a hearty laugh from a good sex joke or Tina Fey's new book. I like to sip a cup of tea to Bach but still tip a martini to Euro Techno. 
And somedays, I'm boho-chic-funky-clog-girl and others, pin-tight-bun-and-high-heel-girl. 
I don't have a signature scent 'cuz I like too many damn perfumes, and while I pride myself on my Calm & Cool Mom title, today I laid down the law and it was anything but cool...or calm.





You can be a great many things. "
       


...to thine own self be true ...!!


So yesterday I really did lay down the law ... 'after having one of those days' - and it is okay to do that every now & then.  Sometimes being a mom I find myself questioning my actions, often wondering and hoping that I'm doing the right thing. In the end I do believe that by just doing my best it will work out! 

La Bella Maison

A bunch of us got together for an afternoon that really soothed all the senses ...
We were surrounded by beauty of stylish french decor with a quirky twist here and there.  The most scrumptious smells of baked chocolate cheesecake, lemon meringue, steaming savoury scones and of course delicious creamy cappuccinos and fragrant teas ...
But to me the most precious of all were the laughter, the sharing and the caring!
(more to follow on this gorgeous little gem of a shop called "La Bella Maison"