Documenting

One of my favourite things to do this year has been to collect together photos, leaflets, papers and ribbons and make mini books documenting our adventures. I've decided to follow the example of a very creative lady and make one for the whole of December:


Mine is very low effort so far - just papers punched and tied with a ribbon. I went for Christmassy greens and creams with gold highlights as the theme. I think December will manage to fill and festivise it as we go...

November...

...started and ended with a wedding.

...was rainy.

...meant time spent with friends.

...brought adventures - like this one.

...got me excited about Christmas and shopping and buying gifts.

...saw me wearing my new boots almost every day.

...introduced me to new ideas and plans for the future.


November was GOOD. So I'm off to enjoy the last few hours of it with T. See you all in December.

A Lovely Weekend II

We spent last weekend with my parents and sisters. It was lovely, two (and a bit) days full of catching up and laughter.

We visited a garden near them where I was able to take a few photos of gorgeous autumn-ness...


Someone asked recently how I get my photos arranged like this. I use Picasa which is a basic photo editing programme made by Google. You can download it free here. When the photos are in the programme, you can select certain ones to make into collages.


It was a totally chilled out weekend, and so nice to just sit and talk for ages. This weekend will be a whirlwind of activity - a Saturday of stag/hen days, followed by a wedding on Sunday.

To all my lovely American readers (and anyone else celebrating), Happy Thanksgiving!

A Happy List

~ A weekend with my parents and sisters starting tonight. ~

~ Wearing boots and jeans. ~

~ Lunchtime walks and eating outside, even when it's cold. ~

~ Christmas shopping and planning. ~


~ Black and white. ~

Learning

Elysa at Gen Pink posted the Learn Something Every Day website recently. I love it - the random facts, the colours and the drawings.


Given that I'm currently spending my days at a primary school, I especially love the last one. That is why my head sometimes feels like it's spinning.

Starry Sky-ed Marquee

A few words to describe the wedding at the weekend...

~ beautiful ~ sparkling ~ pink ~ quiet ~
~ holy ~ moving ~ emotional ~ funny ~ unique ~ heartfelt ~
~ blue ~ well-organised ~ joyful ~ thankful ~ sunny ~ light ~
~ loud ~ story-ful* ~ musical ~


*not a real word but I think weddings should totally be about the stories - the past, the journey, the stories that are to come.

Blue Door and Other Good Things

I spent today in a nursery with three- and four-year olds talking about fireworks. It was good times. They get so happy and excited about little things. So here is a list of happy things...

...new boots, a lovely wedding, warm slippers and tea after a cold walk home, a letter on the doormat, happy friends, exciting plans, cuddling with T, fish and chips, a blue door snapped through the car window, my lovely smart little sisters, thoughtful texts, the idea of hot crumpets with butter, looking forward to Christmas, home-made chocolates, gloves and scarves, small pots of jam, and early morning sunshine.