I'm all about the colour

So, it seems spring is taking FOREVER to arrive (or rather, it teases us and then disappears again) so I have delved back into finding joy in other things other than garden stuff!

I have decided to do a make over in my laundry and here is a pic of the test strips I have so far done to see what I think. It's hard to tell from the photo, but I really like it and can't wait to get stuck into it this weekend! I spend a lot of time in my laundry since it's where we pass to get to the shower, has my herbal supplies, sewing and crafting stuff and of course washing! This is sure to brighten my day (and is viewable when I'm in my kitchen).

Yesterday I was rearranging my kitchen windowsill and came across a rough quartz crystal that my nana gave me many years ago (I think I was about 10). I've kept it all these years but never really known what to do with it. I felt inspired to wrap it with wire threaded with some small glass beads to hang in the kitchen window. Not the best work, and the wire probably should be a bit thicker or at least my handling of the thin wire a bit more gently!

This afternoon I got out my beads again and started to thread up a wee star down in Danielle's bedroom where the late afternoon sun was streaming in and warming us up. The kids got into threading for a few hours as well. I have my newest hanging in my bedroom window for now.

Yesterday while pottering in the kitchen I put on the stovetop a few ingredients to give a lovely warming fragrance to waft through the house. In some water I sliced up an apple, added some chopped up lemon balm and crushed cloves.

This evening I was thinking of getting out my felting wool to make some "beads" to string actross one of our bedroom walls that is particularly plain. Back at the beginning of the year we painted it a gorgeous warm milk chocolate brown and I wanted to add a little colour somewhere. So here is  my start (at the front blending into the towel). I only got through 11 balls before my hands felt awful from the hot water and soap. Only 30 more to go...

The kids play area at the far end of the lounge is also going through a bit of a transformation lately. It too has a REALLY large plain wall that has bugged me forever but I hadn't yet felt inspired in what to put up there. I'm thinking open storage for access to toys, resources and books with a place for the nature display and a wall decal to break the plainness. A lovely recycled sari rag rug has been found to put in their area which adds a bit of colour too.