Still Organising......Project 'Life'

I started 2013 with a resolution to tackle a whole range of tasks centred around 'organising'.

This includes my photos, endless recipe collection, books, beads, garden. My creative space is a work in progress. It was actually quite organised but then I decided late last year to rearrange the way I organised my bead stash...I'll get back to that later. I can still find what I'm looking for but beads are currently occupying every surface in the room. I'll be tacking that next!

What I have been doing this week is organising my books.
I love books... I have them everywhere.
I had a bookshelf built but the shelves were full and I was stacking them up in piles outside the shelves. I decided to take all the books out, arrange them alphabetically and double them up on each shelf - so there is a now a row of books behind the front row on each shelf.

Here is the before photo:

Here is the 'after' photo:

It was definitely worth the time.
Then end result is more space... for more books! I'm actually trying to curb my spending on books this year..yet another challenge for 2013.

#52 Lists - Week 5

I'm a day behind!
This week's list is all about favourite snacks. I've kept it to my top 7....some healthy.. some not so healthy. Chocolate should really feature in the No.1 position as not a day goes by without it.

Sunday Snaps

In the garden...always a rose

...new earrings listed on Made It today..

Just a quick Sunday Snaps today as I'm having issues uploading photos at the moment...hope to get it sorted out soon.

#52 Lists - Week 4

This week's #52 Lists - Week 4 is all about favourite smells. To me, a delicious smell inspires both the mind and heart.

Here is my list.. and without doubt my No.1 favourite smell is lavender. I've got lavender soap, lavender hand cream, lavender scented candles, lavender scented cleaning products, lavender essential oil, lavender scented sachets in my drawers and wardrobe... and it goes on. Despite this, my house does not overwhelmingly smell of lavender (...which is a relief for guests) but rather a nice fusion of many favourite smells.

I realised while writing this list, how important it is to surround yourself with your favourite smells. I think I could have kept going but decided to stick to my Top 10.....

Sunday Snaps

Always a wooden box...

...by the door....

... more wooden boxes

 

 .....for the love of magazines...

...Murphy...working hard again...

...Geranium...waiting for rain

My Creative Space - Working with Silver

Long silver earrings are a favourite.

I've had these long elegant sterling silver earring hooks in my stash just waiting for the right beads to come along.

These new earrings using brushed sterling silver beads are called 'Elegante':

Silver beads populate my desk this week. Here are some others from the current stash:

I look forward to getting my hands on these.. 

Have a safe and happy Australia Day tomorrow.

Wednesday Words Of Wisdom

'He that would live

in peace and ease

must not speak all he knows

nor judge all he sees'

Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790