Author: Marina

37/52

And it’s week 37 and I’m still keeping up with this project! Summer is officially over, so last week we took out our autumn clothes and put away sandals, t-shirts and shorts for good. It was a good one and we miss it, but the new season is bringing a lot of fun already!

This week you:

  • Loved wearing your green wellies and jumping in muddy puddles.
  • Got your first work bench at a car boot sale and you love it! 
  • Cried and screamed like mad during your doctor appointment.
  • Added new words to your tiny vocabulary: tat for latte (milk), si (yes) and gnammy (dummy!).
  • Carried your new green umbrella all around town pretending it was raining.
  • Had a fabulous day at nursery on Friday.
  • Gained your old appetite back after a week of mainly drinking milk.
  • Had nuts for breakfast, mid morning snack, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner. We would have known by now if you were allergic!
From last week loving Frankie’s shot from birdy popcorn’s happy days; it reminds me so well of that warm feeling of summer we are all missing terribly.
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.
All my previous posts can be found here.

30 Days of Lists // September 2013 // Lists 1-10

After playing catch up for these first 10 lists, I’m now back on track and enjoying the daily prompts of this month’s 30 days of lists. After much debate on how to make my lists nicer (and not just simple bullet point lists), I went for a bit of everything, die cuts, stickers, some coloured notes, collages and whatever I felt it was appropriate for each specific list.  I also tried different ways of taking pictures for each list, but at the end fell in love with the natural light I can only manage to get outdoor. The flowers and grenery in the background is from our front garden, it’s still quite in bloom and love that extra bit of colour added to the picture.

Here is what my first 10 lists look like.
 
If you want to know more about this project check 30daysoflists.com; there is still time to register or take up on previous lists.
All my previous lists and related posts can be found here. Daily lists will be published on Instagram (here to follow) with the hashtag #30lists and on flickr (here to follow) under the 30daysoflistsgroup.

A list // September

I am…
making: lists over lists. for fun, for work, for grocery shopping, for things to do.
cooking: curries. getting a little obsessed with spices, vegetables and rice.
drinking: fresh ginger tea, with honey and lemon almost every night. A must for colds and sore throats.
reading: punk rock dad. and loving it.
wanting: to go somewhere warm.
looking: for the perfect autumn raincoat.
playing: in muddy puddles.
wasting: time worrying about little things.
sowing: winter bulbs for the winter.
wishing: for some change to happen soon.
enjoying: working only three days a week. and spending my two days off with my little girl.
waiting: for new winter TV series to start.
liking:  my desire to paint again.
wondering: if I’m doing things right.
loving: the me time during my lunch breaks.
 hoping: that we will find a new home soon.
marvelling: at how much the little miss is growing.
needing: newwinter shoes for work.
smelling: the autumn rain on freshly cut grass.
wearing: socks and tights again.
following: Oana Befort and Golly Bard’s Drawing Room, and their amazing illustrations.
noticing: the green leaves turning yellow.
knowing: things happen for a reason.
thinking: it can only get better.
bookmarking: lots of potential winter projects.
opening: bags of walnuts, raisins and peanuts. Our favourite afternoon snack.
giggling: in the morning while still in bed, listening to our little miss blabbering to herself right after waking up.
feeling: rather positive and in a good mood.

36/52

It’s week 36 and the last of nice weather! we have been out to playgrounds, for walks and for a little play in the garden.

This week you:
  • Loved looking at your art displayed in our house. You pointed at the frames every time we passed by and when I ask you who made these you point at yourself and laugh.
  • Suffered with a blocked nose and back molar pain. Woke up in the middle of the night crying and refusing to switch off the light and go back to sleep. Forced papa to go playing with you in the living room instead.
  • Loved having both of us at home on wednesday and thursday. And enjoyed the afternoon trips to the playground before dinner .
  • Insisted on wearing your new checked shirt on Friday and that made you very happy!
And from last week, I fell in love with Bijou’s, from this brown wren, and Ella’s and Leila’s, from 13 mimosa, flower crowns. It’s good to know that it’s already spring somewhere…
If you are curious about this project and want to know more, you can check Jody’s blog @ Che and Fidel.
All my previous posts can be found here.

On listing // 30 Days of Lists

 After the wonderful experience I had in participating at 30 days of lists back in March this year, I didn’t have any hesitation when I received a pre-event registration email from Amy and Kam to sign up again this September.
I love making lists, I make a list for everything; it helps me to free up a bit of space in my brain and not to wake up at night afraid I will forget all the things I want have to do.
My favourite and most used bullet point is a simple black circle, but from time to time I like to experiment with something else, be it a star, a dash, an arrow, you name it.

My favourite paper used to be a simple coloured post-it note that I could stick anywhere and then throw away after each item was crossed off. But a few months ago I designed a number of small to-do-list notebooks which have now become my favourite place for listing tasks, grocery lists, etc. And I’m loving it. And I’m planning to keep them all stored in a box. As I got carried away with making notebooks, I listed some of them on my Etsy shop for fellow listers to buy. Please have a look here.
For this September’s round of 30 Days of Lists I decided to create a similar version of my March notebook (here), to keep everything consistent for this year.

Again I used an A6 eco seawhite sketchbook and embellished with a letterpressed front cover, some washi tape and die-cuts. Plus whatever will come to my mind as I go along this month’s challenges. And I’ve chosen the colour green again.

During the past edition of 30 lists I was publishing a list a day here on the blog. For this current edition, I will be combining the lists in 3 posts throughout the month, each with 10 lists. Daily lists will be published on Instagram (here to follow) with the hashtag #30lists and on flickr (hereto follow) under the 30daysoflistsgroup.

For my previous round of #30lists click here or on the banner on the right side.
For any other info about this challenge, previous lists and to sign up, check 30daysoflists.com.