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I woke up this morning “full of awesome” with my new tiara!
“If you can’t find the sunshine be the sunshine,” the optimists say. I’m here to tell you, being the sunshine is a lot of work…and considerably messier than one might think, actually. The present state of at least three rooms in my house could best be described as, “there was an explosion at the rhinestone factory.” The shimmering mess of it all extends beyond my home even; yesterday, as I was going about my mundane rounds someone plucked a errant sequin off me. That reminds me of this time I went to the doctor because I was positive I would soon die from the reaction I was having to poison ivy and the physician squinted at me and said, “I think you have glitter in your hair,” before stammering, “Oh, no…I’m sorry… I see now that’s intentional.” (It was gold hair tinsel. I was feeling festive). I responded that it was totally ok and that I actually get that squinty look a lot. I went on to explain that I work with children and I just have live with the possibility that I could be covered in unintentional glitter at any point in a given day, so I just chose to embrace the sparkle. My filter kicked in before I got to the part about belly dancing, so the rest of the transaction unfolded according to the normal rules of social conduct.
But let’s get back to my tiara. I made it for under $6 from an ugly headband, plastic zip ties, fabric glue, and rhinestone adhesive sticker sheets…and maybe like three prayers and possibly a curse or at least a cuss word. Ok, maybe two.
Here’s its “before” picture:
I may add something else to it to give it a little more pizzazz before it makes its big film debut tomorrow. We’ll see.
You’ll figure it out.
The morning walk into the midst led to this:
A magic moment that can’t be dismissed,
Or maybe it could, but why
miss water becoming sky?
Intersection.
Reflection.
Introspection.
Intersection.
Back to water sky flows.
Will it be missed?
Will it be mist?
Will it be in the midst
of another intersection in the mist?
“Beginning is hard, but continuing is harder. Those who seek a glamorous life should not pursue art, science, innovation, invention, or anything else that needs new. Creation is a long journey where most turns are wrong and most ends are dead. The most important thing creators do is work. The most important thing they don’t do is quit.”
Kevin Ashton, How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery
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“It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another.”
–Mary Shelly, Frankenstein
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Happy Halloween Friends!
Hope you enjoy some spooky fun from some of my favorite creators: The Murdering Crows. This is their take on Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt Kicker’s Monster Mash.
My Little Spacebook celebrates a decade of the pretty things unfolding wings and every sweet flirtation with the blushing rose.
chasing butterflies
Mystic River Dance – Dance of the Butterflies
Mystic River Dance presented this dance in the show “Nature’s Rhythms” (February 2019, Memphis, TN).
Music: Adagio by Secret Garden
Choreography: Feyrouz (Julia Oller)
Dancers: Mystic River Dance
Butterfly wings by DOR (Dorota Pracownia)
butterfly
In honor of My Little Spacebook’s 10th anniversary, for the next thirty-days I plan to be around here a bit more digging in to old posts, sifting through the dirt, studying the worms, planting seeds, and waiting to see what, if anything, sprouts.
Today’s dig turned over a quote I shared last fall in October Magic: Dream. Create. Inspire. Share:
“It’s very hard to have ideas. It’s very hard to put yourself out there, it’s very hard to be vulnerable, but those people who do that are the dreamers, the thinkers, and the creators. They are the magic people of the world.”
–Amy Poehler, Smart Girls: Ask Amy
These words continue to inspire me to be more mindful about what I am creating on a daily basis and to be more open to putting myself out there. On that note, today I’m sharing a bit of whimsy I added to my life this year. It combines the idea of giving yourself gold stars (from Sarah Ban Breathnach’s Simple Abundance) with the idea of tracking progress on your goals daily (from Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project). Add a bullet journal and some washi tape to the mix and Voila!
I might have gotten a little carried away with the washi tape.
My pages are presently star-studded, memory-filled, and happy-making.
(You know, because accessorizing is soooo important!)
Here’s a study showing home-made masks reduce exposure to respiratory infections to some degree: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440799/
And here’s the tutorial I used:
I made a couple changes to the design to improve the comfort and aesthetic. I used a couple of soft pipe cleaners for fitting around the nose bridge. I used torn-up t-shirt material for the ear loops because they are more comfortable and durable than the elastic kind. Mine is also handsewn because machines are complicated and noisy.
There will be no more homeless fairies on this farm!
We have Becky Zee to thank. She shared her knowledge, guidance, and kiln on my first clay play building project.
My Little Spacebook 