Just a few little tidbits from the past week or so. I'm working away on the Bohemian Collective spring magazine. Weve got lots of things going on here with our babies. Working on getting Bella's hyper-thyroidism regulated + Violet is having some ol' lady joint pains. These guys just fill our world up, we love them so much. Ive been rearranging the house alot and redecorating some spaces for an exciting feature coming up. I'm getting back to my yoga routine as much as possible. And dreaming up some big plans for our future. Alot on my heart right now. xo
PIECES OF HOME
Just a few randoms from the past week or so. We celebrated James birthday, we went out on a double date with my bestie and her husband to eat indian food and found out that James loves it!! We ate lots of indian food leftovers on the floor. We made birthday pancakes. I enjoyed cozy time by the fire once or twice. Getting in every fire I can before the season changes.
All in between alot of crazy work. James got his biggest wholesale order for a really exciting client that we can't wait to share! It was super short notice, time sensitive and huge. So pretty much every spare moment we have had was spent in the garage working on them. While James does the part that I can't do, Ive been emailing and brainstorming like crazy on the spring issue of my magazine. Things are happening!!!
I have lots of little things I have fallen behind on from this week, but I have to give myself some breathing room this weekend. Feeling so blessed, and so tired. Time for some major self love to balance things out. If there is one thing I have learned, it is that there MUST be balance. Must. Be. Balance.
MADE WITH LOVE
I just had to share these beautiful shelves James made me for Christmas. I had shown him some shelves I liked online, and since we couldn't afford them he decided to surprise me by making them out of my daddies old barn wood, which is very very special to me. He had a friend of ours help him make them b/c he is not a carpenter, but the fact that he thought of it and designed them, and then helped out with the labor, is so amazing and thoughtful. I couldn't of asked for a better gift.
The triangle one I decided to keep on my desk by the window, one of my favorite spots in the house for its beautiful lighting, and allow the contents on it to change all the time. The other one I used on my jewelry wall in the bedroom, an area I have really been wanting to makeover, so it was perfect. I love this shelf... so many secret messages within its shapes... it looks like mountains, and in the middle is a jewel. It also forms the name AVA, which is what we will name our daughter if we have one. They are just perfect.
I love that everytime I look at these shelves I get to see James and my daddy in them. He would of been so proud of him.
PIECES OF HOME
The past few weeks I have been working on deeply cleaning out my home. Part of my break down I had at the onset of my needing to take time off was with my home. Being a Cancer girl, my home is my sanctuary, and when it is out of sorts, I am out of sorts mentally and emotionally. The space I am highly reflects how I feel inside. I was always so busy that it was hard to keep up with daily chores around the house and it just became a cycle that felt never ending. I am working on creating an environment around me that will not be so much work, and a huge part of that is having less stuff. Most of my 'stuff' is either pieces of nature or things that have a very sentimental value to me. So this process has not been easy for me. But I feel like I have made HUGE strides.
I moved several pieces of furniture around and this helped so much. Literally swapping out two desks opened up the house so much. It amazes me how something so simple can make such a difference. The biggest change was moving the huge wall shelf my dad built from our backroom to our living room. I was worried that 'adding' another piece of furniture would make it even more cluttered but it made all the difference in the world. I will share pics of it soon b/c I am just over the moon happy with it! It gave me a place to keep all of my pieces of nature and 'littles' that were just cluttering my desks.
The whole process is taking quite a while and Ive just been allowing it to take as long as it needs. I usually try to get things done asap, but I realized this method wasn't working out for me so well in the past. I'm taking my time. Going through each piece of paper. Evaluating each little thing to see if I really need or want to keep it or if I can pass it on or let it go. And coming up with new ways to store my collections of things, like the big jar of rocks above. I made several smaller jars of things that are up on my shelf now too. I'll take some time once I'm done to go through the things I changed and see what tips I can come up with to share with you guys. I'm sure so many others have felt the same way I have in their spaces. Something just shifted in me majorly that just wants peace and calm and no clutter. Or at least organized clutter.