Delicious Decals

I LOVE wall decals!  In fact I'm kinda obsessed with them!  If I could I would have them all over my house but you know, the 'less is more' design rule always wins in the end!  Plus husby would probably go a bit mental if I put any more up!

I've been able to get away with 3 in the house. Two in the kids play room and one in Bubba R's room.  They are an inexpensive and non permanent way of adding some fun and personality to your home.

This one is in Bubba R's room and I love how it looks.  I spent forever deciding which design to choose for his room as I'm not a cutesy kinda mumma and don't really do teddy bears or farm animals, but still wanted something child like.  Each morning we count how many birds there are and make up stories about what they might be nattering about!  (Well I make up the stories and BR just listens!!!).  I sourced this 'Birds on a Wire' wall decal from here


This 'House Rules' wall decal was a no brainer for me as I knew it was for us and my family as soon as I saw it and just had to find somewhere for it!  It can be purchased here and you choose what colour you want the text to be.


It takes a little bit of effort to get one of this size onto the wall but once you've lined it up correctly (detailed instructions are provided on how to do it) then it's a whizz!  Such a great result don't you think?

I actually gave birth to BR at home and the birth pool was placed (unintentionally) in front of these rules.  Needless to say, the words 'Never Give Up', 'Trust in Yourself' and 'No Whining' were rather appropriate for the task at hand!!!



Another one that I absolutely adore is in the kids playroom and I sourced it from here.  The wire I've hung the artwork on is actually curtain wire from Ikea.  I love how this turned out and everyone that see's it always comments on how great it looks.  The look of pride that Master A has on his face when I hang a new piece of his art up is just priceless.  It's such a fun, proud and tidy way to display your child's artwork.

A friend of mine has joined the decal revolution too and had this one made for her home.  I think it's really special and if I was allowed anymore, I'd love to do one like this.

Now don't get me wrong.  While I am mad for decals, I do have some very strict rules around their use.  They must be well thought out and never just randomly placed.  They've got to have purpose and above all, they have to be applied properly.  A decal with bubbles all over it is just not a good look - plain and simple!

So are you going to join the revolution and bring some punch and personality to your home??

Journal Junkie!

So I love to journal.  I journal via photo books Blurb, online app's Day One Journal, blogging and now I'm going old school with a handwritten calendar journal!

I came across this idea randomly when on my nightly trawl of Pinterest Pinterest and I decided I just had to add this to my list of little projects for 2013.  It was very easy to make and is even easier to update.  It takes less than a minute each day and while some day's might lack in pizzaz, other days will pop with great memories!  I guess this isn't going to be super rewarding in the first year but I hope in years to come, we as a family can look back and see how life was 'back in the old days'!! Ha Ha

If you'd like to see how I made it, you can check out the clever little lady who came up with this idea and the steps she took to creating a Calendar Journal.  DIY Project - Vintage Calendar Journal

Why don't you give it a go?  It's never to late to start something that could be so rewarding in years to come.

Big Love xx

It's 2013 and the year of Home Organisation!

Martha Stewart Home Organisation Range

Well, it's 2013 and my list of goals is rather extensive this year.  As I was going through them all I realised there was a common theme - Organisation!  I have things listed such as clean out and organise the cellar, create a family organisation binder, re-organised my kitchen cupboards, organise my digital photo files for easy reference and sort out the boys closets.  Pretty obvious why this is the year of organisation for me hey?!  I have loads more goals to achieve this year including starting this blog.  It's been something I've been thinking about seriously for the last 6 months but has been in the back of my mind for about 2 years.  I kinda wish I had started it 2 years ago so then I wouldn't feel like I'm just jumping on the 'blog' bandwagon but with raising a, how shall we say, 'enthusiastic' boy and giving birth to another, blogging just seemed way down the list of priorities.  I'm finally at a place now where I can begin to make it happen and who knows where it takes me, if anywhere but I'm just going to pen my thoughts, idea's and little projects and if along the way I can share something that makes someone else smile or say "I could try that", then "yay!" I've brought some happiness into another's life.  Job done!!

Happy New Year to the very, very few that will probably read this blog and I look forward to sharing my journey to world peace - which in my house means, home organisation!!!