We don't really do Halloween

...but isn't this the coolest pumpkin EVER????

From This Old House

Monday Interview and a giveaway - Kata Szentgyörgyi from Kicsi ház

Ladies First published their first in a series Monday interviews today the idea of which is to introduce independent, successful women, who didn't wait for the opportunity to find them, but they themselves decided to take the bull by the horns. And each of them claims the secret to success is: WORK HARD.

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First one in the series, Kata Szentgyörgyi aka Joie Vivre, DIY blogger, writer of Kicsi ház (Little house) blog started blogging about a 1.5 year ago, when after her house renovation she was left with no money to furnish it. And that was her big BOOM, the thing that made her start thinking outside the box, and be creative. Additional boost were her 2 children, whom she was determined to see for more than 2 hours per day.






                                  

source: Kicsi ház

 She repurposes, recycles, shops in thrift stores
 and she doesn't throw any old thing away.


























In this interview Veronika Babarczy talks to Kata about her motivation to change from her 9-5 secure job, to this creative and flexible, but also risky area. They discuss how and why she started blogging and how this brought on new opportunities (like working for Eva magazin) and long term goals. They talk about her plans of organizing work-shops, and about her own brand Boho home.

And the icing on the cake of this interview is this:

A real Boho home piece, you can win by leaving a comment at the end of the interview. (the interview is in Hungarian)




Kata was recently featured on Ohedooh, with her Girl power play kitchen .

 Isn't it amazing? I think it is!



blog: http://akicsihaz.blogspot.com/
shop: http://bohohome.hu

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AKicsiHaz

Printable and kids art in one

Me and my 2,5 years old son were waiting for a bus today, and out of the blue he looks at me and says: You are so beautiful! I know moms are the most beautiful creatures, but this was the first for me, so you get how this is so special.

A few days ago he came home from the nursery with a drawing and said: Mommy, this is you!

 And because this is a portrait of a beautiful me, and also a first one of that sort, I decided to display it.

So I scanned it first, to get what you see above.

After that I used picnik to make this:

It says 'Mommy this is you' in the upper right corner.

 And this is how I got myself my own little printable art. I was going to put it in my bedroom, but it turned out it was just what we were missing for our kitchen gallery wall, plus this way everyone will see it.

YES you too!

Now I think I am beautiful too. Don't you?

What do you do with your kids art? Send a comment, let's see some ideas! (Comments welcome in Croatian or Hungarian too, if that is easier for you.)

Petra

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Finish This Book - contest

Aaaand, I have another contest for you.

announced a crafting contest where you can win the book by Keri Smith:

Simply enter any book-themed project you have made here. Contest closes on November 20.


Extract: Dear Reader, One dark and stormy night, author Keri Smith found some strange scattered pages abandoned in a park. She collected and assembled them, trying to solve the mystery of this unexpected discovery, and now, she's passing the task on to you, her readers. I collected and assembled them, trying to solve the mystery of this unexpected discovery, and am now passing the task on to you. Your mission is to become the new author of this work. You will continue the research and provide the content. In order to complete the task, you will have to undergo some secret intelligence training, which is included in this volume. Since no one knows what lies ahead, please proceed with caution, but know...this book does not exist without you. Yours truly, Keri Smith

BLOWING MY BOBBLE

Have you seen my friend Biljana's post about Bobble? No? Well head on over to Bla_creatifs and wander around through some cool stuff she has on there.

Anyway, this one is mine: 

Isn't it a beauty? AND it is

all of which I care about dearly! I will go to bed happy, because now I can BLOW MY BOBBLE any time I want!

The Sketchbook Project

Do you love to draw? Sketch on paper napkins and restaurant bills, while talking on the phone or during a meeting at work on your printed out presentation? The following might be for you.

  

 The Sketchbook Project 2012

"Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the world.

After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be barcoded and available for the public to view."

Dates:

application till October 31, 2011

postmarking your book by January 31, 2012

start of the tour: April, 2012

This years book is made of 100% recycled paper, and looks like this:

The participation fee is 25 USD. After the application you will be sent a package containing a book here on the left, supplied with unique barcode, and you will also get a theme. Themes can fill up, so hurry up if you have preferences!

  For detailed rules click here.

Yellow stinking story

Inspired by Poppytalk's Autumn colour Week Yellow, I decided to tell you my stinking yellow story.

I recently decided I need to have cut flowers on my dinig table, because it looks good, and makes me happy. So, I spend money on flowers every now and then, put them on the table, and most of the days don't even notice they are there, let alone change their water. Now, not changing water can cause a flower to die before it normally would...but it can also create this unbelievably rotten stench, as I learned a few days ago. So what to do? I mean, besides flushing the gross water down the toilet...

See? These flowers do look a little sad, but the are very much ALIVE, what went rotten are the stems only, right? They stink and the are ugly!
So I cut them short...really short, put them in a stylish pot, and now I can forget about them for a few days longer.

Until they start stinking again...

Petra