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Chalk Kids – Creative ways to upcycle Terracotta pots.

Posted by alicejcollyer on March 29, 2017January 25, 2018

It’s double the blog treats today as my new monthly feature over at Chalk Kids just went live.
Click here to find out more as I get creative with some little bargain plant pots.

You can also find a hearty, healthy recipe I shared earlier today here for some yummy dinner inspiration.

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I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a weekend

I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a weekend so much, usually I'd struggle to tell the days apart, as I don't consciously give myself a day off from work, but this week I've stepped away from the emails and to-do list and been much more present in the right now.
This sunshine has really got me feeling all kinds of wonderful and the motivation I've been missing for quite some time has begun to return.
Have you felt a boost to your mood too? Is it weather related do you think, or the fact school starts again very soon?!
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Today I went out into the garden to tidy a few thi

Today I went out into the garden to tidy a few things and ended up being out there for over 6 hours.
My back is aching, my hands are filthy and dry but I feel incredibly happy.
Clearly this photo is not now, things are still sleeping at the moment, the ground looks a bit bleak, but I have spotted little fresh shoots: Aliums, Muscari, Peonies, Geum, Leucanthemums, the Forsythia in the hedge is in bud.
This photo was taken last summer, I remember having a similar feeling of contentment and pride then, for what we have created outside and for how it connects with our home.
I can't tell you how excited I am for Spring.
Head to my stories for my garden day.
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A little drop of garden life... . . . . . #howihom

A little drop of garden life...
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I haven't shown my face on the grid since Christma

I haven't shown my face on the grid since Christmas day, so in a rare quiet moment this afternoon I thought I'd correct that.
Hello!
I find it hard to coordinate looking at the camera and smiling and the self conscious part of me always tries to cover my chin and neck, but I still want to show up here from time to time.
So, what did I do with a rare few hours of silence and no children today?
Did I do all the work that I'm behind on?
Nope.
Did I clean and tidy?
Nope.
Did I cook a nice, nutritious meal for my family?
Nope.
Did I sit here, under a cosy blanket, looking at kitchen sinks, taps and drawer fronts?
Absolutely.
I did also do a few sessions on the @babbel app, as I'm attempting to learn Swedish!
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Pssst, don't tell anyone, but I'm planning some bi

Pssst, don't tell anyone, but I'm planning some big kitchen changes.
Part of the deal I made with myself, to embrace this house and the space that we have, despite it being *just* on the cusp of feeling a bit too small for our family, was to make every area work extra hard.
As time goes on, as the children grow and our needs change, so too does my understanding of what we will need from our home, to continue to live here for many years to come.
The kitchen, the largest room in the house, was updated approx 7 years ago on a serious budget, then again with a few cosmetic changes 3 years ago. The work was never to create THE kitchen, just to continue to keep it ticking over until the "one day kitchen" came around.
With the amount of time I am spending here at the moment, my mind has been working overtime on what I would like to create, spurred on by frustration and the need to make things more efficient, cleaner, more streamlined and functional.
The wonderful @my_designer_friend is helping me think the process through and come up with some plans, which I look forward to sharing with you on the blog in due course.
I don’t have an idea of time scales yet, until my path is set, but I'm excited to be addressing something that has bugged me for some time.
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Candles and carbs, a Sunday well spent. . . . . .

Candles and carbs, a Sunday well spent.
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I can't tell you how happy this view is making me

I can't tell you how happy this view is making me right now.
I declared the first day of half term a family blitz the house day, much to everyone else's delight. After many hours of cleaning and tidying, where *almost* everyone got involved, Eula did take herself off for a bath when I thought she was cleaning upstairs, but skivers aside, the house feels calmer than it has in a long while ♡
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Throwing it back to a white February gone by, beca

Throwing it back to a white February gone by, because 3 snowflakes got this pair rather excited earlier, but inevitably it amounted to nada.
How are you all getting on? I've been feeling a bit better this week, but only because we've let almost all ideas of official home learning slide out the window. It's the only way I've been able to get through some really stressful work stuff and that's totally ok in my book.
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Amongst the many feelings this current life brings

Amongst the many feelings this current life brings about, the most overwhelming one recently for me, despite having so much to try and keep on top of, with work, children, their school work, our day to day mental health, cast over the top of all of that has been a smothering blanket of unfulfillment.
I was wondering what it was the other day, I was searching for the right word to vocalise what was wrong and unfulfilled is absolutely it.

So today I stole away for a little while and made something for myself. I got my hands dirty, I stood at the potting bench and noticed small signs of Spring around me, forgotten about bulbs which have determinedly sprouted in their cast aside positions on shelves, the clean, fresh air...
It wasn't difficult and perhaps I only had forty minutes to luxuriate in the quiet thoughts in my head, the ones that are usually buried deep under the "let's just get through this hour/day/ week" mentality I have adopted recently, but I felt calmer than I have in a long while and it was very much needed.
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[ad] I consciously haven't posted on my grid for a

[ad] I consciously haven't posted on my grid for a week because sometimes creating pretty pictures and browsing through them on here can be an uplifting escape, but at other times even just the idea utterly exhausts me. The pressure to have a new idea, a new scene, to be uplifting and positive.
The last 7 days have felt like a gruelling saga of nothing, the monotony is deafening. I look around at my everyday surroundings and just want to scream and shout for the frustration of it all, the trigger is out of our control, the anger bubbles and boils just under the surface.
I am safe, we are comfortable, we are thankful for that, but some weeks this new norm just hit that much harder, don't you think?
The irony of this post is that I do have a slightly new scene to share, as today the @woodchuck.nl shelves finally got attached to the wall, instead of balancing on stools and jigsaw boxes. I'm happily taking this as a small win.
Head to my stories for the reality behind the image.
[Sofa cushion inners + covers part of a previous collaboration with @covermyfurniture ].
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Cold, wet Sundays call for comfort food and candle

Cold, wet Sundays call for comfort food and candles.
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Throwing it back to warmer, easier times. I'm goin

Throwing it back to warmer, easier times.
I'm going to make a garden plan soon, to give me something to look forward to. I'll note down which plants I have coming back this year, as well as those I want to add and see if I can move forward with the top deck, which has had me stumped for some time now.
An interesting game of I Assume going on over on my stories, for someone who's pretty honest with you lot, there are some interesting/ surprising assumptions going on I can tell you!
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BLOG - It's been a bit of a while since I wrote a

BLOG - It's been a bit of a while since I wrote a blog post, but I felt inspired today, following the weekend's discussions on here about storage in our house.
I rather love the IKEA IVAR cupboards and the vast breadth of ways to incorporate them into our homes.
They're certainly not new news, but will they ever be old news?!
I've shared some of my favourite inspiration over on the blog tonight, whilst I wait, impatiently, along with the rest of the country for them to come back into stock.
I hope you enjoy reading and let me know which is your favourite version.
Follow the link in my bio ♡
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Small highlights in the day, breaking up the monot

Small highlights in the day, breaking up the monotony of it all, mean all the more just now, wouldn't you agree?
A cup of tea and cake in the garden with this pair cleared the air, shortly after a bit of a blow up and helped us to all refocus. We discussed how much we love the colours of the log pile, what creatures were probably living in there and I realised we could see the low Winter sun, in the corner of the garden, which previously was obstructed by the old shed at this time of the year.
We would probably have festered in our moods for the rest of the day had the scene not been changed at just the right time.
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Over on my stories today I've been sharing my hous

Over on my stories today I've been sharing my house reality with you - when you spend a good part of your life styling images and using your "props" spur of the moment most days, it can all end up taking over.
Several years ago we decided to stay in our home (which is smaller than I imagined settling for long term) and make what we have work for us. But on a serious budget that takes time and our storage (and the kitchen) really don't answer our needs long term, though my husband Stu doesn't feels as strongly about this as I do. Anyone else have a partner who is the make do and muddle one, when you're the one who is always striving to find the setup that answers all your wishes?! Painful isn't it.
I've been trying to "declutter" for months now, but the reality is, as bad as it looks to me, on the surface, it's our storage which needs addressing. I've been trying to get rid, but in doing so I'm pretending the Stylist part of my life is not important.
Anyway, here's a cosy Coffee Corner and if you need a healthy dose of Lockdown, children home 24/7, working from home, not achieving a good balance reality, then head to my stories.
[The majority of accessories in this shot were from the @aliceinscandilandshop at one time or another ♡]
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No room to make dinner tonight I'm afraid family,

No room to make dinner tonight I'm afraid family, I'm just over here covering every surface with candles, to combat the gloom.
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Beeswax candles, Stoneware basket + Hanging candle holder all @aliceinscandilandshop
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Sunday started to spiral downhill and I decided a

Sunday started to spiral downhill and I decided a little self-care was in order. Along with treating myself to a shower, behind a locked door (parents, you know! 🙌🏻) I also made some more of my super simple, cheap to make Apple Cider Vinegar Toner.
Head to the @aliceinscandilandshop grid for a little tutorial.
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Quite the week, hey?! First I was fine, accepting,

Quite the week, hey?!
First I was fine, accepting, pragmatic, then without warning I really wasn't.
But I have done little things amongst the work struggle, tiny little things that have given me some sense of control, like tidied a drawer, a cupboard, sorted through outgrown clothes, baked, lit candles and walked on the beach.
And little by little I've caught myself up and I now feel a little more at peace.
Oh and wine. There has been wine.
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First day back to work work, the email auto reply

First day back to work work, the email auto reply is turned off, lists were written, good intentions set. Then my mind began to wander and I spent far too long thinking about how I want to finish the back fence/ deck area in the garden. Then I began dreaming about warmer times, drinks here (without needing thermals and duvets) with lanterns and nibbles and well, safe to say I haven't been as productive as first planned.
The girls have run wild.
I hope Monday has been bearable for you?
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Revelling in that wonderful feeling of new found s

Revelling in that wonderful feeling of new found space, when the Christmas Tree is banished to the garden and the floor has had a good sweep.
We're going to keep our tree out on the deck for a while and decorate it with wildlife friendly things, like woven Willow stars, bird seed cookies + toilet roll feeders.
We'll make a start with our December subscription box from the wonderful @littlenaturalistsclub and look out for inspiration on our walks. The girls love a crafty project and it will be wonderful to give the tree a further use, before it gets chopped up and heats our evenings on the fire.
I'm determined to embrace these coming months and enrich them with little, easy enjoyable activities ♡
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