Is it just me...

...or do other crafters go to great lengths when they are in full crafting mode? At 9 PM this evening I decided to give myself 1 hour of crocheting. This time limit is due to the fact that I have a ton of reading to do and not very much time to do it in. It is now 11:30 PM and I have only just finished this.....

....one of Lucy's fabulous decorations (pattern found here). Now this manic crafting session wasn't due to the pattern being difficult - Lucy has a real knack for explaining things clearly. Oh no. This lengthy avoiding.doing.any.work marathon was down to buttons. I could not for the life of me find my buttons. Draws were pulled out, baskets were searched and sofas were looked under. Nope. They have grown legs and walked out. Okay, so perhaps normal people would just give up after five minutes and grab some more the following day/week/whatever. I, on the other hand, went into full meltdown mode. I simply MUST have a button to finish my decoration or the earth MIGHT just stop spinning.

So in order to avoid any Earth stopping catastrophes I raided my wardrobe and found a spare button on an old shirt. Disaster avoided. However I have lost three hours (now) of reading time and am thinking I may have to get up super early tomorrow to recover those hours I had allocated to sensible stuff  and lost to crafty madness.

Before I go I do have to say this pattern from Lucy at Attic24 is sooooooo very easy (just make sure you have buttons, beads and stuffing to hand!) and really effective. I have no intention of using mine as a Christmas decorations, I love them so much they are going to stay all year round. Next on the list are the stars......but that my lovelies is for another day.

P.S I am actually going to post this in the morning because the lighting in this house is terrible so I can't get a decent picture of the decoration. But as I have spent half the night button searching I will not have time to retype this. Hope you have a great Monday!

Domestic Bliss......or Is It?

I have been striving to be a domestic goddess most of my adult life. I drool at other peoples homes, sigh at pictures of gorgeous rooms - not a vase out of place or dish in the sink. I often wonder how people achieve this perfection, because quite frankly I live in continuous disorganisation. In fact I'm not even a domestic demi-god. As we speak, I have dishes in my sink, washing waiting to be put away, a whole heap of yarn surrounding the sofa. In my wardrobe you wouldn't find a single thing ironed. I seem to bumble through life thinking 'today I will get everything sorted' ...but 'today' never comes and I go to bed with dishes still in the sink, washing piled up, yarn around the sofa.  I have even tried books such as this (my mum laughed her socks off when she saw that I had actually bought this) and daily emails from here. But after a day or two of trying their nifty tricks, normal disorganised programming resumes and I look around in despair, wondering how everyone else does it. It's not just housework either. I just seem incapable of keeping my responsibilities as an adult running smoothly. I just never got zapped by the 'I'm an adult now and just know how to keep my life in order' wand. That fairy missed me out big time.


So knowing this about me will help you understand why this post by Hyperbole and a Half made me laugh my dodgy crocheted socks off. That's me all written down in black and white with a few funky pictures thrown in for good measure. I've come to terms with the fact that I'll probably never tidy up before bed or have my bills filed and not shoved in the junk draw. I will still bow down to those of you that seem to skip through this grown up life malarkey with grace and still have time to whip up the most glorious crafty goodness. Myself? I seem to only have time for housework OR crafty time. Not both. Yes, it may be glorified playtime but  I choose craftiness. So perhaps I will never feel like a fully fledged adult (I'm sure there must be a group for people like me!) but I am interested in your organisational tips - how do you have the home running smoothly, have time for your children, perhaps work and indulge in hobbies as well?

Due to my total disorganisation I have lost the charger to my camera. So I have none of my own creations to share with you today I am afraid. However, what's a post without eye candy? So here is a mini mosaic with a few of the cushions I have been drooling over recently....do you feel a cushion coming on?

1. Cushion cover "Harlequin", 2. Grandma Dear, 3. Mabel II, 4. Max's rainbow cushion

Speaking of cushions where do you get your round ones from? I can never seem to find any!

Have a glorious Thursday!