Must...stay...awake.....

Half way through half term holidays and I have actually mostly avoided the chaotic inside of the house with 5 boys so far! My lovely husband has well and truly taken over child entertaining duties for the week and I have to say, does a better job than me! So far he has been out of the house every day with them - and even managed to time today's trip to see Tin Tin to coincide with the first heavy rain (and sleet!) we've had in a long time - well done!

I have been working away in my studio in the meantime, perfecting my new range of jewelery, ready for the Christmas shows coming up.

I'm quite pleased with the way they are working out so far. It's my aim to create a whole range of things that look like they've come from the same designer - namely ME! I have a tendency to veer off in every direction when I get a bit of time in the studio - which can be great if I have all the time in the world.....but that doesn't occur much these days! So, stick to the plan Naomi! I hope you like them as much as I do. I have quite enjoyed adorning myself with each new creation today for my little self-portrait photo shoot! I will have to make one for myself too!

So, I'm back out here again in my little crowded studio, the boys are playing Tin tin adventures in the house with a tired Daddy. And as for me - I WILL stay awake long enough to make something lovely.....I WILL....I will.....zzzzzzzzzzzz

Not really. The buzz of being out here always wins through on the tiredness - which can be a bad thing when it's midnight!

Hope you have a lovely evening too.
xxxxxxx

Super Hero Saturday!

We LOVE dress up in this house (or at least I love to indulge the dressing up urges of my boys!). No, I don't get to do sugar plum fairies, princesses, or Snow White, but I do get to do Medieval Knights, Dinosaurs and today - a very cute little Superhero, off to his first party "on his own"!


There seems to be a ceaseless torrent of requests from school to do dress up - and now that I have 3 at school, it can be quite a time consuming event. However, if you could see the mountain of photos clogging up this hard drive of various boys transformed into pirates, wizards and Jedis, I think you'd be able to tell, I don't really mind!
The investment of time last year to make spotty capes for Children In Need day paid off today when it came to the Superhero party "Supa Noah" was attending. He is at a particularly edible age, when the whole world is new and exciting and small things mean a lot. It was lovely watching him work out how he was meant to act with the outfit on - racing round the garden making all the right noises for someone with superpowers!


Today has felt like one of those days when things go right.
Superhero safely delivered to the party.
Quick jaunt to the farmer's market in town which produced a bounty of Olives and ciabatta for lunch....
around the fire.


We are taking every opportunity for outside time at the moment, not knowing when the weather will change. The boys had a lesson in fire lighting.....


and we toasted brie sandwiches and ate our olives.



My lovely boys also brought me back some cyclamen, which Reuben and I planted up in my new flower border (we have reluctantly given up on the vegetables for now). I love cyclamen - as I explained to my bemused husband, for the tenuous, but significant reason that they featured on the tea set we used in our honeymoon B&B. I know! They just stuck in my memory! And now I have a little splash of colour in the garden to take me back too.




I have had the day in the studio - finishing of a growing "sisterhood" of dolls, which I am uploading to my Facebook page for purchase over the next week if you would like one. It's been crocheted flowers and smiles today! Now they are finished I am looking forward to creating a collection of jewelery.


I hope you have been enjoying this low Autumn sun today as much as I have - there is something quite special about this crisp, clear, but mellow light.

xxxxxxxxx

Oh, and by the way, the real Superhero of the day was definitely my lovely hubby - determined to give the boys a brilliant half term holiday, and succeeding with panache on the first day. Well done. Time for a lovely dinner to finish the day off. xxx

Things that make me buzzzz

Today has been a good day, despite feeling camping tired; the sort of tired you feel after you come back from a camping holiday and you ache for your own bed!

My husband has insisted that I retire to bed for the evening, so here I am blogging, to tell you about a few of the things that get me buzzing - and maybe with a little sleep I'll be back to that energetic state tomorrow!

Buzzing is getting together with friends and talking about an idea that excites us all - chatting about crafting and planning how we can squeeze more opportunities into life to be creative and spread the love of making.

Buzzing is finding a magazine that completely scratches every creative itch - as if it were written JUST FOR ME - but finding other people who love it too and realising I'm not the only one!

The smell of Jasmine in the evening and the buzz of the bumble bees as they bob around it. Trying to take a picture to show you was tricky - they are far from bumbling actually, and really quite nippy! But here's the best - ah, if only you could smell it too!



Speaking of which - buzzing is, picking the first sweet peas of the year and having a little pot in my bedroom. Such JOY! Dad used to pick the first sweet pea of the year for mum - he was romantic like that, and he loved sweet peas, so I love having them too. Our little garden doesn't provide much space for these lovely picking flowers (or many others sadly), but this year I found a little space at the back of the herb border. I may not get many, but I'll enjoy every single one! My lovely husband also bought me a rose this week to replace the one that died. we bought the first one to remember dad by - he loved to pick a bunch of roses for me. It's now tucked up in it's own little bed, ready to burst into bloom and fill my house with scent and colour.



Lastly, buzzing because I actually managed to finish my entry for Country Living Magazine's Kitchen Table Talent competition and send it off, tied up in bright orange lace, in good time. It felt a bit like I was back at school finishing off coursework! I so enjoyed it and I've learned so much about myself through doing it. Fingers crossed!

Well , I'm off to sleep before Hubby gets home and tells me off for being up! Goodnight! XX