We are warm at last. Hooray! We can use our whole house now instead of camping in one room all day. Moving about again feels like I've just exhaled. So good. And now the sun is shining down on us to boot. We've been going crazy with simple little Autumn crafting projects of late. Autumn wreaths, felted acorns, gnomes and beeswax leaves. I do so think that delicious smell of beeswax fits Autumn so well.
Felted acorns had been on my crafting list for a few years. After Niamh was born I was itching to get my hands making again and this little project was perfect. Small and quick to fit in between feeds or settling, and it didn't have me staying up way past my bedtime. I've figured out I can do one late night, get up a few times in the night to nurse and still function the next day without being cranky. But two nights, that's a different story. I'm a wreck the next day.
I try and head to our local (albeit 2 hours away) Steiner school for their Spring fair every year mainly to check out the craft stalls. The green gnome was made by a talented Mama there and he quickly became a stocking stuffer a few years back. I thought it was time he had a friend to visit with on our seasonal table. He was joined by a third gnome, which Zahra made and named Turquoi.
Yesterday we spent the afternoon in the kitchen dipping Autumn leaves in beeswax then stringing them up in the window to catch that golden afternoon sunshine.
Oh gosh, I suppose I should clean those windows.
Happy last days of Autumn
Cxo
