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A Baby Blue Friday

April 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

I hope you had a great day yesterday – I took a day off from writing, and that is probably going to happen a little more often because I have had a few smart people tell me that I have to preserve some of my arty energy for doing arty stuff with my hands instead of spending over an hour every day on blogging.

It makes sense – but it also makes me a little worried, because what if you then don’t remember to come see me!

So once again … to make sure that you get my updates plop in your email over there on the right – that way you’ll get my blog sent to your inbox whenever I post and you don’t have to worry about not hearing about or seeing my latest endeavours!

Also – another reminder … Press the “like” button on my BMDesign Facebook page and you’ll be able to check out what is happening over there as well.

OK … with all that said it is after all Pinterest Friday and this week I have spent some time rummaging around on there.

I had an interesting chit-chat with my son about Faberge Eggs – oh they are stunning and impressive (The closest I’ve ever come to one is the one we got for my niece for when she was Christened on the same days as my twins – Let me just clear up right away that it was just a copy but still a very very nice copy :) ).

I also spent time looking at Art Dolls from Kate Church (you do get a lot of overlapping when you write those two words … it’s not that I do not LOVE Catherine and William and the whole wedding … but that is not what I’m trying to look for when I want to check out Kate’s work!).

I do tend to spend a lot of time when I find an artist whose work I like. I google and I pinterest because the images you can find are just stunning.

And then I typed in “White” … because I wanted to play with colours … and then I typed in “Lime green” (which is such a happy colour but had very little I liked on that page as I would never decorate with that colour as I find it too strong for walls!).

I ended up with “Light Blue” as my choice for today. Because light blue is such a calming colour for me – it makes me feel good, I makes me calm – it makes me happy.

So let me share a few pictures that I liked

Makes you want to sew … create … make – or at least it makes me want to do it!

I’m always on a look-out for a nice bread bin … this is not at all bad!

This door makes me wonder what is on the other side – I think a stunning garden …

This … well it just made me smile … you?

Every time I see one of these guys on the road I fall a little more in love with them … does that make me old?

But it is this guy – it is this little guy that makes my heart yearn. I want one!

Ever since I went to Denmark last summer and on our first day home, while waiting for the ferry on a beautiful summers day, we wandered about and bumped into this – a FIAT 500c … in baby blue … my heart swell, my love was instant and I just knew that some day – some day I must have one … driving about, sun on my face – happy as a clam … remembering that very first gorgeous day in Denmark with my children on the harbour …

I am absolutely 100% aware that this makes no sense – but it is nevertheless true … I am in love with a car … sad … I know!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Filed Under: Chit Chat

Purging …

January 9, 2012 By 4 Comments

or is that the word?

You smart people out there might have to tell me if I’ve got the right word – Hubby suggested “Cosmic Re-alignment” … but I think that is slightly too heavy!

Let’s get to it though – let me tell you what I mean – and then you can tell me if I chose the right word!

It is a well-known fact that when big events happen in my life – I need to paint.

And I do not mean dainty little landscape paint – I mean, I have to – MUST – paint walls!

Let me explain – when I went to Denmark this summer, it was the first time I went home in 7 years, and it was cathartic for me. Bad things happened in Denmark the last time I was there and I was not at all hurrying back – well 7 years is hardly hurrying is it?

So, when I went it was with a heart racing a little faster than normal, sweat production a little higher than normal and wine intake definitely a little higher than normal – but I’m happy to say – it was the best time of my life.

But that is not what I want to talk about – what I want to talk about is that when I got home from that holiday – with a lot of jet lag, I went to the Paint Store the following morning (yep – you might want to read that again – the F O L  L O W I N G morning!) and it was not something I had thought about before Denmark, during Denmark or on the plane home from Denmark … no, I simply woke the following morning and thought “I have to paint” and off I went!

Guess what … Mr. Dad and Mrs. Bonus Mum are leaving tonight … 3 weeks they have been with us. Three amazing, fantastic, hilarious, wonderful, happy and fun weeks … but bottom line – they are leaving.

And I must purge!

I must move on and I must clear my head and heart.

Because that is how it is – I need to put those three weeks into boxes and on shelves in my head – making the memories count and making sure they will be right there when I need them.

Anyone of my Danish-Women-Living-around-the-World-Friends know the pain you go through every time you have to take family or friends to the airport.

It hurts.

It hurts a lot.

And I’m sure you could ask any of them – rituals have been put into place to deal with that pain.

I’m sure there are those who lights candles and have wine – or those who take their dog for a looong lonely walk … those who go home and monster-clean their houses, or those who bake a cake …

So many rituals – but the pain is the same.

Because we do not know when we will see the family or friends again.

There is always the slight fear that it might be the last time you see them – and you hold them a little tighter in the last hug at the airport.

I paint … I paint, I think, I purge and I move on …

Because I have to – we all have to. It has without a doubt been the most amazing of Holidays. I can honestly hand-on-heart tell you all that no Holiday even comes slightly close to this one. So much family, so many friends – so much joy.

Today it ends with my Mr. Dad and Mrs. Bonus Mum leaving as the last of all the family, and we are back to being a family of 5 with a dog.

Thank God it is the best family and the best dog.

Purging now – off to the paint store!

Filed Under: Chit Chat