Garden Dreams

Yes, I realize it's snowy outside and we've been out of school for four days.  The second week in January is hardly the time to be thinking about planting.  But I can't help it.  The seed catalog came in the mail this week and I'm determined to have a garden this year--especially since I will not be seven months pregnant during planting time!  So, in accordance with my semi-obsessive nature I have reviewed the seeds I already have, decided what I want to order, and planned my planting complete with a layout!  The winter seems more survivable if I can contemplate spring.

Leave it to Robert Redford...

to create fabulous clothing.  I want one of everything in this catalog!  The style is so natural and feminine and yet there's an element of bohemian...western...hmm...it's just so hard to describe.  It is kind of pricey but the sales bring some things down to what I might consider paying.  Of course, I won't be ordering anything for a few more months at least.

Snow and Squares

 

While the weather conditions are right for making more of these outside...

I'm making more of these inside...

And dreaming of the day when the weather conditions are more conducive to these.

Getting my Brain Together

I have all these ideas meshing around in my head and I wanted to get them all in the same visual place.  Each one inspires me so I'm hoping seeing them together will increase that inspiration exponentially and get me moving in this direction.  Also, I'm having trouble keeping track of where I'm finding everything so this is just as much a list for me as anything.  Here's what they are and where they can be found if you're interested:

1. This is the wall color of the room.  Fortunately, it's already painted so that's a huge job out of the way.  It's just regular old Wal-mart paint.  The color name is Dune.
2. I love this print by Sarah Faulkner!  I know it's more romantic than baby but I think it's so sweet and magical without being cliched.  It was what made me pick birds as the theme.
3. Okay, so I know these aren't birds but when I found out about Buttercup the first thing I wanted to make was a floppy bunny and these are my models.  But, this company has all sorts of great floppy animals and I may not be able to resist buying some others.
4. I like the ambiance that paper lanterns provide and World Market has many for acceptable prices.
5. The inspiration for the color scheme as well as being so exactly part of the theme!  Willowbaus has several great bird mobiles!
6. This is just an example of the type of fabric I want to use for the curtains.  White eyelet-pretty but not frilly.
7. These are some collected pictures of tree murals which is something I want to do on the wall.  The tree with the scrappy leaves and the light up birdhouse (also something I want to do) is found here as well as an informative diy tutorial here.
8. BHG.com has the instructions and stencil patterns for these designs.  I am repainting a dresser and desk to go in the room and want some designs along these lines to go on the drawers.

So that's it, for now.  I'm excited to see what all this smushes into as my creative process evolves.  Come back in a few months and maybe I'll have pictures!

Contemplating

So I'm thinking about starting this sucker up again.  Thus, the reason I have spent so much time on this rainy Saturday editing, deleting, and just plain playing with the layout.  I'm thinking it's going to be a little different.  My view of what qualifies as a "magic bean" has broadened quite a bit since I started.  I'm considering making it more personal.  I think I might include the fun stories I have started acquiring about my cute kids in my library.  I think I might like to write about my creative projects because reading blogs about the creativity of others has become a huge inspiration to me.  I think I would like to write thoughts about books...not reviews, just thoughts.  And maybe I'll use some of my own photography since I now have a digital camera.

I intend to make this more of a journal of me rather than a collection of various things outside of me.  So, read on if you wish (if anyone is still out there reading).  I cannot guarantee frequency but, who knows, maybe I'll get into it.

Forgiveness

Forgetting the things I don't need to remember
so
I can remember the things I don't need to forget.

One Step Closer-a personal magic bean

...and the money you'll spend! I have a grad school! And, for those of you who are wondering, we won't be moving out of state!