I must firstly apologise for the lack of posts this week… Work has gone a bit mad and by the time I get home, I’m so exhausted I just want to kick off my shoes, pour a glass of wine and chill right out.
I also must apologise for the delay in showing the living room. We didn’t get everything done the weekend I was hoping we would do. And then as things DID get done, I realised so many things… that all we’ve had is rain the last week so the lighting wasn’t too great (and I don’t have a super fancy schmancy camera so need the good light) and when we did get a little hint of sun, the best times to take pictures was in the morning when the room gets the most sunlight and that’s when I’m the most asleep… that when the morning sun shines into the room, you can see the particles of dust that settle on the television and then I realise I must clean before I can take pictures and as I’m half asleep that doesn’t generally happen. And then there’s the matter of my flowers which are dying – I need to buy new ones… and so it goes on… Please tell me I’m not the only one?
In the meantime, I thought I would share my homemade kitchen art. I was actually inspired by a website called Shopping Losts. It kind of makes me a little melancholy looking at old discarded shopping lists, which were so important to someone at some time, making sure everything on the list is ticked off as they rambled through the aisles but discarded once it was of no use. Awww, poor little shopping lists.
But Simon creates art from these little pieces of rubbish and such beautiful things he does!
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| I really want to know what ‘poodleoodle’ is and whether it can be used in conjuction with the exciting lingerie? |
And so I decided that I would be inspired by Simon’s wonderful work and do the same with our shopping lists and create some lovely typographical artwork.
It was very simple, just used Photoshop really.
They add a little bit of personality to the kitchen and it’s easy to switch out the colours when I tire of the red…
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| We’ve gotten a new microwave since this pic was taken by the way… |
So while I realise that a bit of homemade art work isn’t exactly a big reveal, I hope that it might give you some cheap and easy ideas for your own spaces. Are we still BFFs? *sniff*
What have you been inspired by lately? Let me know in the comments…
I'm posting about our kitchen at the moment and had exactly the same thoughts while I was taking photos. <br /><br />It's in the middle of the summer holidays so there are always toys and 'bits' were I don't want them. Plus, marks show on zoom when they don't ordinarily. At least, that's what I tell myself!<br /><br />So, no, you're not on your own!!<br /><br />And
Hee! You had me a "grocery lists" (I'm a FANTASTIC list-maker…though the word my friends use is "compulsive"). This post reminded me of the book Milk, Eggs, Vodka – blog/book here: http://milkeggsvodka.com/blog/ :D <br /><br />Also, hi! New here. <3
Mrs. MC, I love the idea of doing this with a To-Do List! Like a little glimpse of a normal day… perfect for an office perhaps?<br /><br />And thank you for indulging me that I am not the only one who's house doesn't always look picture-perfect! ;)
Hi Laura and welcome! Can I just say THANK YOU for sharing that link, I was just looking on the website and literally crying with laughter! I must get the book, it's on my Xmas list. I'm a list maker too – people think I'm terribly organised when the truth is, it's just a substitute for a terrible memory ;)
LOVE these! I am totally going to make some for myself (and of course mine will include cat food, too! I adore typography! Love your blog, too, just came over from Dear Designers, happy to be your newest follower!
Haha! Redlilocks meet Shari, Shari meet Redlilocks. So love it when that happens!<br />Love the Kitchen art too – so wish I could crack this photoshop lark.
Hi Shari, welcome and thank you for following! I am just wondering how have I never come across your blog before?! I absolutely adore it, beautiful beautiful beautiful – so glad you stopped by :) <br /><br />And Carole, HAHAHA! Don't you just love the interwebs?! I reckon you can do the same using Microsoft Powerpoint or even Word if you aren't experienced with Photoshop :) x