Colour Therapy

1. Take one box of freshly sharpened pencils in the colours of the rainbow.

Choose one of the following two options:

2a. Take a crisp white blank page and draw and colour what the heart desires.

Or

2b. Open a colouring in book and choose a picture (always the option I like!). Who says colouring in books are only for children?

3. Find a space where you will not be disturbed, grab a nice pot of tea, some calming music or silence (I prefer the later personally), and colour.

4. Forget about the world for half an hour or so. Focus on nothing but colours – calming blues, vibrant oranges, stormy purples.

This is my version of meditation. When my mind wanders from the task at hand, I gently coax it back by focusing on colouring in between the lines, what colour I will choose next or the colour I am currently using. No rules here, just what my heart desires.

I am always in a happier place and much calmer after spending some time with my pencils. Release your inner child, what have you got to lose?

Love

Duck Egg Blue Mamma

The Why

With the closing of Friends for Felix I have had people asking why…

Sometimes the reality life gets in the way of our dreams and passion. Having to pay the bills, mortgage, having a child clouded the way. Over the past months I have had a few light bulb moments, that have steered me back to the original dream and goals I had set for myself about 8 years ago. While life has gotten in the way, I wouldn’t change it for the world. I feel that I am ready to turn my business dreams into a reality, over the coming years that is. Now that our little duckling is getting older, I have had a chance to stop and ask myself what I really want from a career. This is the first time I have really thought hard about my career since applying and getting accepted into uni while in yr 12!. So Friends for Felix is closing to give me time. Initially to get things done around the house, like finish painting the lounge room, fix up my garden, and scrapbook the last two years of our little ducklings life. When I am ready I’ll dig out all my uni notes and start to put what I have learnt into practice.

That’s all I’ll give away right now, but I feel very content that I have direction to work towards. If you like the Friends for Felix page, this will be closing on August 8. If you would like to continue sharing my stories of craft and motherhood, then head on over to my new Facebook page and click like. I’ll be sharing my blog posts here.

Dream Away

As I stood in the warm sun while waiting for my coffee at Nook Espresso in Burleigh Heads this morning, I gave myself 5 minutes just to dream, here it is.

I dreamt that instead of heading in to work today that I would head back to my car, grab the picnic blanket, a hat and my sewing box and spend the morning sewing up some new little felties. Then I would walk back over to James Street to my shop. It is two stories, the bottom comprising of a retail store/coffee shop. The retail store is full of handmade craft (think Etsy or MadeIt but in a physical space) where I stock my own wares plus amazing locals artisans wares. The coffee shop sells amazing coffee, fresh homemade cakes and lunches catering for little ones and those with allergies (my dream, ah, would make my life so much easier if this coffee shop existed!) with big communal tables at the back for craft groups/mums groups/anyone to meet, eat and communicate. Then up the stairs to the workshop space. Timber floorboards, windows with fresh breeze, a space where I run my drama classes for children and adults from (I currently teach drama to kids but don’t work for myself) and also be able to employ some amazingly talented locals to teach art/music workshops. We do have some fantastic grass roots arts emerging on the coast but I don’t think there are enough spaces and classes to foster its growth. A fantastical arts hub that I run. On the Gold Coast.That is my dream. 

Back to reality as I hear “small soy cappuccino! Have a nice day!”. I just need money and time, but don’t we all? Wouldn’t it be lovely for my dream to come true…

Duck Egg Blue Mamma xx