for the love of handmade
- on: June 26, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: handmade, inspiration
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My very good friend Harmony is incredibly talented and creative woman. I think she must be born with crochet hook and needles in her hands. Her handmade projects are beautiful and so precisely done, she leaves me in awe all the time. Harmony has recently opened her own Etsy shop called Creating Harmoniously and filled it with many beautiful handmade products.
You can find different styles of headbands there.
I have my very own headband made by Harmony as well. I’ve never been a girly girl so I decided to go for a brown one first to sort of get used to having something in my hair and to be able to match it with any color of my clothes.
In her shop Harmony also sells bracelets,
and beautiful scarves
hats, belts and handmade notecards
There is something for everyone! If you like receiving or gifting handmade products which are high quality and made by love, I definitely recommend you to explore Harmony’s shop.
You won’t be disappointed.
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once in a while …
- on: May 03, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: inspiration, photography
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I took this photo last night while the sun was setting down after a beautiful day. I’ve been searching for flowers around the house to get a shot for the daily theme at CY365 which was about bokeh/flowers/different angle. The golden light and the whole mood of the sun going down was just beautiful. It is funny how we often don’t notice the beauty of the little things which surround us. We have these flowers in front of our house for three years now but I never got on their level (I almost went on my tummy on the driveway) to look at them from below. This is another small reminder for me to slow down and notice the little things.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
Leave a comment...to be real
- on: April 29, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: inspiration, random thoughts, self care
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This is so true!
I found this photo by Sarah from My Four Hens Photography on her facebook page the other day. It made me stop. And think. Think about how silly I am sometimes to stress about totally unimportant stuff. How I want to do a million things at once and then I end up with million things half done. Or not even half done.
Last Sunday I supposed to go to a book club. The truth is, I haven’t read a whole book since last September. And of course I didn’t read the book the other ladies read. I even didn’t have to read the book to attend but I somewhere deep knew that it is going to be another meeting which I “skip”. First I was stressing about it (a lot) but then I just let go. Weekends are the only time when the whole family gets together. We had only 2 dinners last week as a family together due to our crazy busy schedules and I so missed just being together with people I love. We spent the afternoon hiking in a local park and then instead of going to the meeting, I just hopped on my bike and biked for an hour and half. It was the longest and hardest workout I’ve done so far on the computrainer (it is a very real simulation of road biking). I felt guilty for not going but on the other hand so happy that I did something just for myself.
I’ve set up a little goal for myself for the next few weeks. I want to get back to things I like to do – to take more pictures, to try new dishes again and actually to do my weekly menu plan once again (this one is on a right path as I have this week already planned on ). To start and finish little projects around the house. To set a time just for myself and my (almost forgotten) hobbies.
Yesterday I read Andrea’s post on How to let go and commented on that post how I love the feeling when I realize that it is easy to let things go and just do it. To just drop it. Andrea replied to me through email with one single word: yes! That one single word just took all the heavy thoughts off from my shoulders and at that moment I knew that I did the right thing. I let go of the need to do what everyone else expects me to do and just did what I felt was right. I just dropped all the negative guilty thoughts. And it felt good.
I am far from being perfect but I’m getting more closer to be real.
Leave a comment...mid-week inspiration
- on: April 23, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: inspiration, weekend favorites
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I know it’s not weekend for inspiration links but I think it’s ok to “brake” the rules and do whatever feels right at the moment. These are things which I’ve bookmarked in the last couple of days.
:: Project Kid: 100 Ingenious Crafts for Family Fun by Amanda Kingloff
:: The Habit Action List post
:: I’m going to give a try to this Warm black bean and corn quinoa salad
:: these yoga poses for a daily detox. I have to admit that since I’ve got back to yoga 5-6 weeks ago, I feel much better physically and mentally as well. Love the twist pose. My favorite one is to lay down on my bolster with legs up the wall for several minutes, it works magic!!
:: this abs workout by Bob Harper
:: I love love Ali’s simple way of storytelling
:: will be definitely trying these cookies found here
Leave a comment...what if…
- on: April 08, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: creative living, inspiration, random thoughts
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found on tyler’s site.
Leave a comment...courage
- on: March 04, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: inspiration
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I usually don’t write about my work in here. I don’t feel the need to vent about this part of my life online. But today has been one of those days… I wish (and I believe) that one day I will proudly say that I love my job. Right now my current job is just a job. Nine to five. Nothing exciting. I show up, do my work and go home to spend some precious time with my family.
But even though the work is not fulfilling me, I do my best every day. I try to come up with more efficient ways how to deal with the flow of my working day. Sometimes it fails, sometimes it works. It is a learning process and I stand behind my hard work even though it means to get vulnerable sometimes.
I found a quote by C.S. Lewis online (it’s from his book: The Voyage of The Dawn Treader) which speaks to me big volume today:
Courage, dear heart.
I’m becoming more confident with myself and start believing in myself more. Every challenge, I go through, makes me stronger. And as another quote I found today says:
Sometimes the bad things that happen in our lives put
us directly on the path to the best things
that will ever happen to us.
The opportunity which will make my heart sing will come one day. I know it. I can feel it. It is just a matter of time and patience.
Leave a comment...for the love of lettering
- on: February 04, 2014
- By Gabi
- theme: creative living, inspiration
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Everywhere I go, I see so many cool signs and visual inspiration. The other day when I went to starbucks for a cup of coffee, I loved the font they used on their posters. I am a very visual person and I don’t like my handwriting but I surely do love handwritten fonts.
I listen to the radio every morning while driving to work and lately I’ve heard the new song from U2 called Ordinary love several times. I googled the video today and to my surprise it is full of beautiful typography by Oliver Jeffers. The lettering is sooo cool! I think my next “project” is to work on my handwriting at least a little bit. And journal more in hand.
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