A stock take at the end of June, inspired by the wonderful blog that is Meet Me At Mikes. Making : A sketchbook with pages of watercolor paper for a class I am starting in July, Cooking : Egg fried rice for dinner. Drinking : A hot cup of Typhoo tea! Reading: ‘Project Calm’ magazine. Wanting: All the paints in all the colours! Looking: At the bird feeder out the window. Playing: The radio. Deciding: What to do for my ‘100 day project’ tomorrow – 100 Days of Creative Ideas. Wishing: I had chosen an art based ‘100 day project’.  Less than 20 days to go, I am not giving up now! Enjoying: Digging around in the woods with my kid! Waiting: For tomorrow to call my Mum and Dad who arrived home from their holidays. Liking: Cool evenings. Wondering: If I can fill an sketchbook which would be good enough for the Brooklyn Art Library‘s sketchbook collection. Loving: Making sketchbooks using old book covers. Pondering: Should I buy wine? Considering: Buying wine? Buying: …

It is a few months since I did a ‘Taking Stock’ post, so here is the first one for 2017. Inspired by Pip Lincolne of Meet Me at Mikes fame, let’s see where we are and what we are making. I will include a blank list for you to copy at the end, so you can have a stock take too! Making : Prints from old 127 film negatives. Cooking : Roast cauliflower curry for dinner. Drinking : Frothy coffee. Reading: One in a Million Boy by Monica Wood. Wanting: These boots so badly! Looking: For ideas to join in with The 100 Day Project which starts in April. Playing: Around with colours in my art journals is the best therapy ever! Deciding: Which song lyrics or poem to use for today’s sketch for my oracle deck which I am working on along with @otmoraclecards over on Instagram. Wishing: The weather would make up it’s mind, we have had almost every season in the space of a couple of weeks! Enjoying: The unseasonably warm weather if …

The final stock take of the year, as always, inspired by the wonderful Pip at Meet Me at Mikes.  Making : Journals with gorgeous paper. Cooking : Pizza. Drinking : Egg nog frothy coffee. Reading: I am about to start ‘The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles‘ by Katherine Pancol Wanting: To stop running about getting Christmas stuff ready.  Nearly done! Looking: Through the ‘Flow Book for Paper Lovers‘. Playing: Christmas songs, I like the ‘This is Christmas’ album by Emmy the Great and Tim Wheeler the best. Deciding: Whether to order dinner or make it! Wishing: I didn’t have to go food shopping for Christmas, I don’t have to get much, but I wish it would just arrive in my fridge! Enjoying: Planning Christmas and what we will make and eat. Waiting: For school to finish tomorrow.  It seems so late that the kids finish school on the 22nd December. Liking: Christmas/holiday art journaling, with Get Messy Art Journal and Creative Bug. Wondering: Whether I can squeeze in some ‘art’ time today, I am sure I …

I am taking stock while in Cape Cod on holiday, so let’s see what is going on. Making : Art journal pages. Cooking : Butternut squash curry and puppodums for dinner. Drinking : White wine. Reading: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman Wanting: The sun to come out for our last day at Cape Cod. Looking: At the salt marsh and the sea beyond it. Playing: Mancala which we picked up from a thrift shop for 50 cents. Deciding: Whether to take home the giant tub of rainbow sprinkles home? We have rated some but there are lots left… Wishing: There was a magical way to travel effortlessly without the packing and flying and messing about in airports! Enjoying: The sea breeze. Waiting: For the rice to cook. Liking: Cape Cod, we have had a lovely two weeks here. Wondering: How gosh-darn hot it is in St Louis. Loving: How cool it is here. Pondering: The rest of the summer and how we shall fill it. Considering: Another glass …