Sadie & Oliver

A Shameful, Passionate Affair

It is in the spirit of complete honesty that I share this with you, because I know that as a creative and no doubt, passionate person yourself, you'll understand.

I'm head over heels in love.  With Amazon.

Books delivered straight to your door.  Books whose bindings crack when you open them.  The smell of fresh paper and ink.  Decorative endpapers.  A boatload of inspiration in words and pictures.  And all for low prices.  I can hardly stand it.

It wasn't until, on a whim, I spent a ridiculous amount on this book, that I realized I might have a problem.  Don't get me wrong, this book is breathtaking.  (Seriously, I had to stop and catch my breath when hauling it from the front door to the living room.)  But it is nearly the size of a coffee table, and I am running out of space.

You might assume that now that I've bared my soul, and this ever-so-shameful secret is out in the open that I might stop ordering books.  You would be wrong.  And if you'll pardon me, I have to check the status of my next order.

Staging a Rebellion

There's a voice in the back of my head (No, not a crazy one ~ Just a grown up one).  It tells me to choose vegetables over brownies, to do the laundry and wash the dishes.  Generally I appreciate the maturity and responsiblity it provides.

But that grown up voice seriously crossed a line when I saw, and immediately fell in love with, a teapot.  "It's too busy and colorful" the voice said.  "It would look silly on a table set with your grandmother's classic (read: plain) china.  It's ridiculous." 

So you know what I told that grown up voice?  I told her to mind her business, and I went straight home to make tea in my new pot.  And just so that grown up knows her place, I sat right down and read a Nancy Drew Mystery.

So there.

I Love A Good Mail Day

These arrived this morning, and I am shamelessly in love. Sadie too. She insisted on sitting in my lap while I flipped through them, ooh-ing and ahh-ing at all the same spots (which was just about every page).

Then she went back to kissing on her bear, and I went back online to order two more. I love being inspired!

How Inspiring

can one book possibly be?

This lady, Jane Brocket {one of my new favorite people}, makes me want to get out the fabric squares and play with color, knit pretty pillow covers, put jelly beans on cupcakes, embroider a crinoline lady on a table cloth, and otherwise shurk my everyday duties to indulge in every crafty impulse I have.  I hesitated to pull the book from the shelf because I knew all too well that it wouldn't be long before I was baking fairy buns.

And that's just what I'm going to do.