Category: LOVE

Sketching in Colour

I’m excited to announce that “Sketching In Colour” is live (again!)!
I have been thinking about having a dedicated blog for my artistic attempts for a while now. My blogging adventure began about 4 years ago, 1st February 2009 to be precise, with “Sketching In Colour“, a place where I could record and share with family and friends all my sketches and drawings. I was attending a number of evening classes back then and the amount of sketchbooks I was consuming was enormous.
Then during March 2010, I decided to share my interests in crafts and created “Crafting In Colour”, where I started to write about all my various craft projects.
Things started to get a bit too complicated, looking after two blogs was a bit too much at that time, so in summer 2010 I merged the two and “Creating In Colour” was born. I loved it from the start! I could write about everything I wanted in there, no restrictions.
And yet, recently I started to miss a place specifically dedicated to my sketches. It felt like my ‘art’ got lost in all the other stuff I started to write about, the projects, the challenges, the photos. My drawings do not really stand out in my blog, and so the urge to re-instate my old “Sketching In Colour” started to grow. 
Because patience is not my virtue, one evening (about a month ago) I copied all the relevant posts that I have been publishing here and pasted them in “Sketching In Colour“; job done, the blog was live again!

Since then I have been planning a blog re-do and a proper re-launch. So, here we are. I’m still planning to make some changes to the blog, like adding tab bars and moving things around; but the main layout has been set, and that’s good enough for me, for now.

I still haven’t decided if I’m going to publish double posts, or hosting a monthly sum-up of “Sketching In Colour” here on this blog; we’ll see what work best.
In the meantime, pop over to “Sketching In Colour” and let me know what you think!

#30 lists // 26. Last year at this time, I was…


I have lots of good memories of this time last year! We spent two months (Feb-Mar) in Italy visiting our families with our 2 month old baby girl. It was good to have a lot of attention and support while we were still trying to figure out our new role as parents.

In case you can’t read my handwriting…

26. Last year at this time, I was…
  • In Italy visiting my in-laws
  • Breastfeeding my daughter
  • Tired and sleep deprived
  • Enjoying our daily walks
  • On maternity leave (bliss!)
  • Trying to adjust to my new life of being a parent

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website.

All my previous lists can be found here. 

#30 lists // 23. 24. 25!

I’m playing lists catch up again! 

My lists for prompts 23 and 24 are a bit boring; I wish I could say more, but this is really how things truthfully are and there is not much I can do about it.


In case you can’t read my handwriting…

23. Past injuries
  • 2 stitches at the back of my head
  • A cracked front tooth
  • And fortunately I can’t think of anything else!

24. Pets (past & present)
  • A white cat for only a week when I was about 3 years old. We were fighting all the time and my parents decided to give it away. That was the end of me having a pet!

List 25 made me thinking; the way I deal with things is really not the way I would like it to be. I normally have a really good start when trying to make a decision, evaluating all the pros and cons, making lists, thinking it through. But then when it’s actually time to choose, it seems that all the hard work done before to make an informative choice goes out the window and the irrational part of my brain takes over and does the rest. Uhmm…definitely something to work on!
In case you can’t read my handwriting…

25. When faced with a tough decision, I…
  • Ask my mister for advice
  • Think about it too much until my head hurts
  • Procrastinate
  • End up making an irrational choice (most of the time!)

If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website.

All my previous lists can be found here.

#30 lists // 22. Roadtrip playlist

I’m not the one in charge of playlists when we travel, my mister is. He’s the one spending a good 10 minutes getting the music up and running before we even switch the engine on. 

In case you can’t read my handwriting…
22. Roadtrip playlist
  • Lagwagon
  • All systems go
  • Filastrocche per bambini (for little Miss O, only!)
  • Steven Egerton
  • Lemonheads
  • Weakerthans
If you are curious about this challenge and want to know more, check the 30 days of lists website.

All my previous lists can be found here.

Pick of the month: March / Green

1.Salter Weigh Electronic Kitchen Scale from amazon.co.uk / 2. Succulents Plants In Ceramic Pot from dunelm-mill.com / 3. Easter Dress from etsy.com / 4. Scarf from hm.com / 5. Vest from boden.co.uk / 6. Converse All Star from legendfootwear.co.uk / 7. Desert Boot from olivelovesalfie.co.uk / 8. Sunglasses from hm.com / 9. Zaza Crayon Dress by Louche from twoseasons.co.uk.

I’m rolling with the colour scheme for the pick of the month edition. Winter is almost over and I really need some colour in my life to cheer me up. I have always had this image in my mind, since I was a child, that each month has its own colour and GREEN is definitely the one for March! With all the new fresh green leaves starting to appear, the first green buds on the trees, and St Patrick’s day if you wish, this is the colour to pick!
To celebrate this month, I pulled together a few favourite items for me and little Miss O. And since green is the colour we picked for our kitchen, I’ve also chosen some favourite accessories, some of which have already made their way home!