So here they are…all up on the wall, with paper butterflies that I made for Vivian initially to decorate the bedroom when she was born. I got sick of staring at them on the ceiling in the last 18 months. It is the time to give them new missions to fulfil.

I used clear silicone glue dots for photos, which I got them from the dollar shop yesterday. These dots don’t leave residues on the wall or photos. You just rub them off if you don’t want them anymore.

I was happy with the result, even though I think I could have done it better with photo arrangement. This morning after Vivian woke up, she immediately noticed the changes on the wall. She was pointing to them and calling her own name, as she knows that’s all about her J

Ok, one bit is done. What’s the next? I really want to fix up that messy desk underneath.

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One thing that I like the most was to see that she made all different sorts of art works, such as finger paintings and craft creations (certainly with assistance of the childcare staff). Some of them are such interesting pieces that I can’t help thinking of keeping them or displaying them at our home.

Recently she made two great masterpieces that I particularly like their colour combination. They were kind of abstract style on glossy white paper. One is a combination of more brownish colour tones, another is very pretty pink, purple and yellow which I am particularly fond of. I bought two simple black frames, and put one up on the wall in our bedroom above my favourite corner with other “trashes” I made over the time.

The black probably is not the best choice and not very impressive for this particular piece of art work, though it is very universal. I just didn’t have time to find the perfect one before my patience runs up. I believe that very soon Vivian will have other new bits and pieces of art works coming up and a modern thin black frame will stand the test of time in a long run.

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Now because I have Vivian, I also have to make the trip within a day and make sure I can pick her up from the childcare before 5:30pm, which all added the pressure to the travel. Guess what? This is the thing about being a parent. All I have been thinking while driving on the road was “I must drive safely…I can’t afford to have anything happen on me….Think about V….She is waiting for me….do not take a risk…. ” I guess this helped.

Now I understand why some parents say that they live for their children. It does not necessarily mean that they don’t have their own life or everything in their life is about their children. It more means that they choose to be strong for their kids as they know that they are needed by them.

So I didn’t really have a stay in township of Young, though I do know a couple of interesting shops in town that I did enjoy the visits in the past. I simply had my business done and came back straight away. Anyway, on the way back via Wombat, I saw this endless golden canola flower field which I just couldn’t give it a miss. I stopped for about 5 minutes and took a few photos, as a kind of souvenir for today’s trip.

We will come back for cherries later of the year anyway.

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In the past 6 months, V rarely slept in her own cot. It was me giving her the absolute power to under-utilise her own bed. Now I am thinking I’d better to get her back to there before it is too late, or maybe it is already too late…..Mummy’s to blame:-(

What I want to do is to make her cot appealing again. I am talking to my husband to take the front bars off to change it to a open day bed, so she can easily hop in and tuck herself in lots of cushions under a canopy to read a book or something. It would be easy to me too, as I can sit next to her and comfort her to sleep, without getting my hands in between bars like visiting a prisoner or treating a caged bird… no touching, just watching.

I had most of my idea fulfilled so far in regards to this cot making-over business, except a couple of cushions that I particularly pictured in my mind. I don’t think I will be able to find them anywhere and I wouldn’t buy them if they are ever available in the shops anyway. It’s always fun to make one with your own hands, so I decided to do it myself.

I only went for the cotton fabric this time as that’s the only thing I had in hands which would suit the scene in overall. The pattern is a winning tutorial of snow ruffle pillow from V & Co.

It took me much longer time than I initially thought, as there was a lot of hand sewing, making the flowers and hand sewn on pillows. I did a pretty bad job choosing the locations of the flowers, as well as making the flowers. However I am still quite happy with the final result. I think this project is actually very forgiving.

My husband called it cherry blossom pillow. V doesn’t seem particularly being fond of it, but she loves the cot setting very much and sometimes she just sits there flipping the pages of her books or playing with all the cushions, not wanting to get out of there, which is a good sign indicating my idea is probably working…..

I have spotted another pillow idea from the same website, which would make ” Pillow Talk Two”. I just don’t know how long it will take me to get to it. So be patient with me.

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One of the creations I liked the most was a butterfly collage that I made completely out of the recycled items available at home.

A ugly brown wooden frame with broken glass. There is a bit history about this frame. It came with the certificate of me being “The Employee of The Months” many many years ago when I worked in a nursing home. The glass was broken last year and I hated the colour so much that I always wanted to throw it away. The reason it still lived in our house is it has pretty good quality.

What I did was to paint it over with white acrylic. It is not easy to do so, and the result was not very smooth, but I kind of like this effect as it looks a bit country and rusty. I do have a white spray paint at home but I find it disturbing to use as I simply don’t have time to set it up in an outdoor area with the little one by side all the time.

Some old magazine pages are what you would need. Just cut butterfly shape out of different magazine pages with different colours and texture. I cut 42 of them.

You would need sticky tiny little dots to adhere the butterfly at the centre back to the white mat. Organise your butterflies and make sure they are in straight lines and the wings are flipping up a little bit.

See, a frame without glass is perfect for this kind of project. I knew there was a reason I kept it. If you use the one with glass, you would need a shadow box type of frame, otherwise there won’t be enough room for flipping wings.

Easy project but looks different! FYI: just in case you like the candles better than butterflies in the photo. They are just candles sitting on the salt in different shapes of glass containers, which I enjoyed the idea too. Hehe, I think I was at my peak creating all these stuff:-)

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