loo roll love

urban craft kindly left me a link to this paper sculpture by Anastassia Elias aka Chadou Yama (see above).

Of course I love it. Thanks urban craft for leaving a comment and for introducing me to this.

loo roll love & matsutake

in our house, we're rather partial to a bit of loo roll art..

actually, I just can't stop hoarding them, so we have something of a 'loo roll middle' mountain to work our way through..
I just stumbled upon the fab matsutake blog (see images below), which I found via bloesem kids

anyone who makes things with loo rolls is going to be popular in our house

I hope there are others out there

wee-wee girl

this week she's mainly been running to the front door to lock it and keep the tigers out... apparently there are lots of them outside and they might scare her

she dislocated her elbow last wednesday. Ouch. Then by sunday morning we were in hospital again, this time for an inhalor.. The way we get her to take it is this; when the birds sing their lovely songs, they leave beautiful words in the sky - that's what goes into the inhalor... and rainbows and clouds.. it's still a bit hit and miss so sleep is scarce and she's less boingy than normal.

yesterday morning she got up and named herself 'wee-wee girl'.. of all the super-powers to choose!

leaves and handles

Today my sweet little (two and a half yr old) girl told me that her hair was made of grapes and her knees were made of yoghurt.

Recently she's taken to eating the sky, which she tells me tastes of dreams sometimes.. computers other times.

She pulled my head to her face, sniffed my hair and told me it smells of leaves and handles.

snitch-snotch website

These are the first quilts to be shot for snitch-snotch. It was great fun and the models didn't give us any back-chat whatsoever..
There are so many more quilts to come and I already have private commissions underway. Currently the new design samples are being tested by my chief (2 yr old) quality controller.

My little sausolito has done some champion bouncy boing-ing on them and so far.. so good!

I hope other people like them as much as she does, although I suspect she's a bit biased. Please feel free to take a peek at the website and tell me what you think so far. Thanks

cocon

cocon is

a place I like to visit often.

for me, cocon is balance

although it is about simplicity, it is still warm. nothing is stark, merely simple and loved

it is easy comfort
and family warmth

cocon flickr

cocon blog

cocon etsy
it also has that brilliant translation thing so you can read it in english or french!

spent like this
it was an idyllic weekend
the icing on the cake was this..
centipedes are a very big thrill when you're 2