Be your best self.

Why don’t you…?

Why don’t you…?
Carly Jacobs

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Why don’t you…

* Buy a beautiful tin of artist’s pencils? A magnificent sketchbook filled with blank parchment paper? Fill the pages with delicately shaded scribbles and patterns?

* Take a class? Millinery? Leather work? Embroidery?

* Spend the afternoon at your library in the DIY section? Home interiors? Gardens? Fashion?

* Keep an old fashioned scrap book? Filled it with torn pages from magazines? A whole page of colours you love? A page of beautiful blondes? A page of coffee tables?

* Colour code your wardrobe? Start with neutrals hanging at one end of your wardrobe and slowly work your way to patterns and brights?

* Get out your sewing machine? Whip up a few cushion covers? A couple of pretty head scarves? Some drawstring bags to keep your delicates in?

* Make a cake? For no reason? Decorate it with marshmallow flower petals and pink coconut?

* Paint?

Have a beautiful weekend!

Love Lady Smaggle

xxx

14 Comments

  1. Jen B 14 years ago

    I don't ever comment but I have your blog in my reader and I love it. I think I will creatively eat this here cake on my desk.

    • Carly Smaggle 14 years ago

      Thank you so much! x

  2. LaraJ 14 years ago

    You're beautiful, thank you for sharing these : )

    • Carly Smaggle 14 years ago

      thank you that's a lovely thing to say!

  3. Grant 14 years ago

    Does spending as much time as humanly possible putting my portfolio together this weekend count?

    Xx

    • carlyjacobs 14 years ago

      of course darling!

      x

  4. x Corrine/F&R x 14 years ago

    What a perfect way to spend the weekend. Love. it!

    • Carly Smaggle 14 years ago

      My weekend actually ended up remarkably uncreative! This weekend for sure though!

  5. Kerrin 14 years ago

    I decided this week that I needed a hobby, so I went to a fantastic Japanese bookshop and bought a book on Origami, and a couple of packets of beautiful Origami paper. This morning I have made a sailboat, a candy dish and a water bomb. My coffee table is covered in my wonky efforts! Now I feel like baking a cake…. maybe marshmallow flower petals?

    • Carly Smaggle 14 years ago

      Lovely! Can't wait to see some of your creations… x

  6. kathryn 14 years ago

    I really need to focus more on creativity but I'm trying to declutter atm, the two things tend to mutually exclusive!

    • Carly Smaggle 14 years ago

      I agree! I need a studio badly. My jewellers is shoved in a corner by the tv… bad creative energy!

  7. Angela See, Angela Blog 14 years ago

    I'm doing the same as grant. Building my folios, I'm doing 3 folios this year for 3 different subjects, That'll just soak up all my creative juices! (I feel weird saying/typing that)

    XXASAB http://angelaseeangelablog.wordpress.com/

    • Carly Smaggle 14 years ago

      Folios are kind of fun though… I always loved doing art/drama folios.

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