our creative space . . . 'secret forest bedroom makeover'

Greetings all,

We have a little elfin princess in our home.  She's ethereal, bohemian & you'll find her curled up on a toadstool.  Her soft squeaky voice & dinner plate blue eyes manage to suck me into agreeing with almost every crazy idea she has.  She's sported a chic French bob with short blunt fringe since she was 2 (after her twin sister cut the whole way around her hair) & wears feathery headbands & stripey tights to school, her spirit & style is uncrushable, until private school uniform.  

Our 3rd girl is like no other . . . humming her way through life,

 her twin sister got a bedroom makeover while they were away on camp,

 with sore hands, i only had time for one room, Sophie's choice,

 so the next weekend, while they were at a sleepover,

 i did her bedroom as a suprise too.

 She likes anything quirky & quitely soaks up praise,

 her collection of birds, owls & toadstools is growing,

 & at night time, it's quite magical, just like her.

 I have all the tissue fans, balls & hearts in my shop, they make ace decorations!!

 My son helped me hang lights (why use a stepladder when you can hoist an 8 year old boy on your shoulders??) . . . he's doing his best swivel chair "we meet at again Octopussy" impersonation.

I might not be sewing but i am fiddling around with the decorating.  For some seriously inspirational creativity, check out Our Creative Space every Thursday, love Posie

perfecting bad decorating . . . 'our creative space - epic fails"

Greetings all,
Thanks again for joining me on this week of imperfections.  I pride myself on creating beautiful handmade products, using my skill for putting colours/ patterns/ prints together with decorating talent, alas there are plenty of fails along the way.  My epic fails include a mix of faux decorating & hiding flaws.    

See these wall stickers & cut out greeting cards??  They're hiding marks on the wall.  Not sure what cheap paint they use on Army houses, but it's pretty friggen fragile - nothing like those Dulux Wash & Wear paint ads where children can throw muddy footballs & spaghetti bolagnaise at the walls, it all glides off with one wipe of a cloth held by a mum with a smug smile on her face & the paintwork is perfect again.   

I give you the piecing-pants fail, say no more, we've all done it right??

 I picked up this vintage children's desk for $10, bought an orbital sander & put in my all to remove the fugly lacquered-fairy-sticker-nightmare off.  It's defeated me, i'll have to buy some paint stripper gel to complete the job, then decide what to do next, paint, stain, leave raw??  Maybe a Scandinavian look.  I want to win this one.

 I finally decorated my 3rd daughter's bedroom while she was on a sleepover last weekend & it's a secret forest theme - only the owls up the tree are a bit freaky at night!!??  Children's bedroom made spooky!!

 Last Christmas i spent $100 on these papier mache reindeer, with all sorts of visions of spraying them gold or leaving them raw & adding a red ribbon, oh i know, a raffia bow.  I could use as props on my Christmas market stall - never happened.  By the time i went to do something with them, some were broken/ children had drawn faces/ the dog had chewn off 3 legs (of 3 different reindeer).  Argh, they have all since been recycled & my husband can say "i told you so" as he said "you'll never use them, they'll be in the bin by next Christmas".  Christmas waste of money.     

 I love my hot pink Flamingo lights, no one else does, so they sit in a box waiting for the next wild party, only the children suggest i keep them for myself.  Hmmm, party light fail, sad face.

 My eldest lives in a bedroom conversion (half of my studio) in an effort to give each child their own bedroom . . . i bought her this cheap wardrobe & gave it a French makeover.  Nothing fits in it, coat hangers, clothes, shoes, it's useless.  Argh, wardrobe malfunction!!

 Just couldn't resist rehashing this photo - from International Women's Day celebrated at Shop Handmade.  Playing the sophisticated designer entertaining the fashionistas of Canberra, i managed to scoop some delicious dip, let it slide off my cracker & plop on my shoe!!  Graceful??  Cocktail food fail!!  

 For actual decorating & creative success, check out Our Creative Space, i hope to be more worthy of their link list next week!!  Love Posie
PS for those of you know who notice the time i post - they are scheduled so my husband can read them in Afghanistan before he goes to bed each night after a hard day at war.  He actually likes to be the first to read them, bless him!!