And so the acorn obession continues

What is my deal? Maybe it’s the fall weather or the wonderful shape of acorns, but here is another great acorn find.

Check out the other lovelies by this Indie vendor, JooJoo.

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Oh the things you can do with a Sharpie

Check out this amazing room done by designer Charlie Kratzer, which was showcased on Design Sponge.  It’s absolutely amazing.  Robbie and I will most definitely have an office done like this in our next home.

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I never knew the makeup counter could be so great

I had such a wonderful moment with my daughter yesterday. She really is all girl. She loves her babies, her mini toy stroller, cooking, and makeup. Every morning when I put my makeup on, she drags her bathroom stool over and shouts “meeeek-up, meeeek-up” so I fluff her cheeks with the brushes and pretend to put on eye shadow. Then lift her up and say oooh how beautiful and she grins ear to ear.

Yesterday, I had to take a trip to the mall to C.O. Bigelow to get some new face cream. I had tried to be economical and bought cheap stuff at the grocery store, but my face broke out everywhere. So much for frugality.

Anyway, so given the immense choices and my love of all sorts of girly Jams and Jellies, I decided I was also in the market for a new lip gloss - Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl style. So I plopped Mazie up on one of the stools next to the counter and the gal at the store brought a few choices over for me to try. They have these little disposable brushes so you don’t contaminate the tester, which Mazie took to be her own personal set of makeup brushes. We stood there together with the gal from the store for about an hour, trying lip gloss on Mummy and pretending to put various kinds of makeup on Mazie. All the while, the other women in the store came over to oooh and ahhh over how beufitufl Maze looked in her new makeup.

She was having so much fun. Smooching her lips, pretending she was putting on lipstick, using the brushes to “dab” on blush, and getting really close the makeup mirror to admire herself .

What a great afternoon for Mother and Daughter. One hour of complete and utter girly fun. Robbie says he wants to come with us next time we go the makeup counter.

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All things acorn

What his the deal with my recent obsession with all things acorn? Not sure but I seem to be drawn to anything acorn shaped. Perhaps it might be that Mazie is fascinated by these little objects from the sky or that Fall is in the air and they are everywhere. Regardless, I’m not sure what the deal is and I don’t care. I love acorns. Check out some of my latest acorn-related finds.

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Sometimes you see something that makes you fall in love

How beautiful and simple are these lights?

Check them out at the new Paper N Stitch marketplace

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Sometimes I have to remember, they aren’t my toys

This mother thing has caused me to have to learn the art of restraint and patience. Being the parent of a toddler is hard for a lot of reasons, but who knew that I would be obsessive about the “correct” way to play with toys. It’s something I’ve had to work at because I now recognize I need to let go a little. For instance, it used to make me crazy that the books were not all back in the book bins with the spines facing out, that the real cool factor to the new markers was that the tops came on and off and not the fact that they made cool marks on paper, that the xylophone was better to pull around the house than to play, that the box the blocks game is was more fun to sit in than the blocks are themselves to play with, that crayons and blocks seem to fit much better in the ball maze than the balls do, and so on.

I’ve come to realize that although many of these things are like nails on a chalkboard to me, they are all part of learning to be a kid, finding out how the world works, and finding a sense of identity. I’ve also learned I’m apparently a little neurotic and OCD and that they aren’t my toys. They are Mazie’s toys. She can play with them anyway she want even if it’s wrong.

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Handmade Nation Movie Trailor

This is a very interesting project I’ve stumbled across.

It’s movie that “documents a movement of artists, crafters and designers that recognize the marriage between historical techniques, punk and DIY ethos while being influenced by traditional handiwork, modern aesthetics, politics, feminism and art.” Seem like the movie is along going to highlight how the internet and social networking communities are bringing together crafters and artists in ways to keep traditions alive in a world where we don’t regularly sit in women’s circles with several generations from one family to create a cross stitch sampler. I’m going to have to see if I can get a screening at out local Cinema Salem theater. Check out the trailer here.

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