Enjoying the Simple Things

It has been a quick term and finally we are on holidays (for two weeks!). These holidays we will be found enjoying many simple pleasures.

MATISSE:



At the beach with my new stripy
swimsuit and my hat!



This holiday I've started off with making a gorgeous cushion for my room*, going to the beach and pretty much chillin out at home. I've become obsessed with red,white and navy blue stripes! (funny that,
considering they are the colours of the
french flag.)



My bargain blue sailor shoes (only $5!AAH!)



 With the amazing weather there has been lately I've spent a lot of time outside, trying (and failing) to teach myself how to skateboard, jogging (kind of), trying on my favorite clothes, doing mum's hair, shopping and just making the most of every day before we are forced to go back to the 'essential learning and education' centre (school).

*see the upcoming Make-me.

 

The result of doing my mum's

hair (this is a chignon! wewe)

 

The (red and white) Mambo
skateboard that I have
kind of taken from my little brother!





I have also been taking lots of photo's lately. I just LUUrve photography so I have been taking photos of everything I see, pretty much! I've been using instagram for most of them but some i just haven't needed to do up!



If you would like to see more of my pictures
click this link: http://web.stagram.com/n/tisseandhappiness/



 

LYDIA: 

I've started off my holiday anew with a fresh feel to my room after giving it a bit of a move around with the furniture.Being given an old, antique, silky oak wardrobe that fits in with my room perfectly!

You can see my new wardrobe in the far corner of my room.

 

 

I sanded some marks off the wardrobe and gave it and my silky oak bed and stool a fresh oiling. They looked fab!

I went to the Eumundi markets on Saturday and had a look around at the different stalls, before seeing a small little stall with a sign up for Henna tattoos* . I have always wanted a professional Henna tattoo! The lady who did them was Indian too - authentic, I thought! You could get from small tattoos up to whole hand and foot tattoos. I had a small tattoo done on the back of my hand and was so excited to be able to watch the way she drew it (by hand not stencil) and did not take my eyes from her hand for a second! While I was there I also visited my favourite shop, called Oople, (several times) and look at my new scarf!

*Henna is a flowering plant that has been used for a long time now to dye skin, hair, fingernails, leather and wool. The tradition of using henna body art is very popular in the Indian culture. It is used for the art of temporary tattooing. (So don't worry, it's not permanent!) 

 

Sorting buttons is a simplicity I have always enjoyed. It's been quite a few years since I first started my button collection and have even bought a cute antique, little white tin for it. I sort them into piles according to how I'm feeling. Sometimes I sort them by colours and other times by patterns. It truly is amazing - the detail put into old antique buttons and of how much joy just looking at them gives you!

Lately I've been tending to enjoy just looking through my little "Treasury box", which is filled to the brim of all my treasures and notes of those quickly jotted down ideas before you go to sleep. I've collected these treasures for a few years now since I first got my box and it's amazing what I find in there after all these years! 

I have also picked up some part time work at a Waldorf inspired family daycare, that's called, Threshfield's 'Roots & Wings' Family Daycare Service.




I went thrift shopping the other day and found a vintage 70's kid's classic fairground print, which my Mum is going to turn into a big overnight bag for me! Thanks Mum!