Waste Another Day

Project baby room for Juliette is well underway (which is good because she's almost 4 months). It's definitely an indulgence on my part, to create the perfect little space for her, but also, because it's a 'little' space, it's a project that seems achievable. I'm not at all into any sort of 'theme' - how do you choose a 'theme' for someone else, what if I chose ducks and she hated it! But I did think it important, for me, and for her to make a calm space, with some beautiful images. I painted the walls white on the top, and a sort of milky coffee/mocha colour on the bottom half. In the white space I'm going to fill the walls with pictures, that I've found, that mean something for me and her. I thought it would be a nice idea to buy some prints that weren't necessarily 'nursery' prints, and that she could have in her room as she grows, and we move around, and then when she leaves home - why am I even talking about this! - she can take them with her. That's the sentiment. Knowing I'd be inspired, I turned to Etsy. This is the first print I chose for her room created by Doubleparlour in San Francisco;

The colours are beautiful, warm and muted, but moreover the message is key 'Waste Another Day' a wasted day, in the most beautiful sense of the word ('waste') is what I hope she has time for in her childhood and in her adult hood, and what are some of the most sublime memories
of my own childhood. Really it's the beauty of childhood, no agenda, and nowhere to be, I hope she can waste many a day, daydreaming in a tree like this. Isn't it lovely?

Next I choose this print of a woman and her baby, I made a treasury on Etsy, called Tales from Africa, and I stumbled across this print while looking for pieces form my treasury.

Afrikards

This doesn't need a lot of explaining, it's about the bond, and closeness, your baby, flesh on flesh. It's probably also mildly about my part time obsession with the beauty of Africa and reading African novels, the three books I read while I was pregnant with her were: Half a Yellow Sun, I dreamed of Africa (amazing), and A Thousand Splendid Suns (although the later is not really Africa, well, it depends if you're looking at a political or geographic map). Anyway, the next two pictures for the walls, are going to be paintings I'm going to do myself. This is quite scary as I haven't picked up a paint brush in about 8 years, but I'm hoping she'll be a patient critic, I haven't exactly got it mapped out in my mind what I'm going to paint yet, but one is definitely going to be of a loggerhead turtle, I've had fun researching this, if you want to chill out for a few minutes, check this guy out, now that's the life.


In other news one of my new hinge bracelets, (Sun Showers Gem Cluster Hinge Bracelet) was included in a treasury called Champagne on Sunday, it's a really lovely mix, and Lottie Designs has really captured a feeling, and not just colours. I'm thrilled to be a part of it, which so many other stunning pieces. Well done Lottie Designs, what an eye, it really is an especially gorgeous collection.




I'm now covetting those amazing little hand embroidered baby shoes by Friendly Cloud. How cute are they? Definitely going on my wish list. Bye for now. X