Rainbow Themes: Juvenile or Mature?

Welcome welcome! I hope you're in a good mood today, but if not don't worry. I have plenty of rainbow in this post to put a smile on your face (o: After taking my youngest son to mommy and me yesterday, I couldn't get over some seriously cute rainbow balloon pants one of the kids was wearing and the adorable xylophone the class got to play with.

Does this come in adult sizes? No? Maybe it's better that way. (o:

I didn't want to let go of this toy! 

Let's just keep that thought between me and the billion of you out there, kay? Great!

Mini Paper Starburst Wreath

Hello people! I have an original, yet unoriginal project today. Weird, I know, but this isn't your typical paper wreath. This, my friends, is the paper wreath of....PATIENCE. :o} No kidding. I'll get to that in a second. If you've seen these paper wreaths around you'll know the standard protocol: buy an old book from the thrift store and start ripping away at it. First of all, I've yet to see a thrift store here in the UAE ( not they don't exist, but I just haven't seen one) and secondly, I cannot bring my self to buy a book just so I can rip it apart. Not judging anyone; that's just me though.  

Recently my mom brought me this cute little ( I mean 2 x 3 in. little) calendar from Egypt. It's the kind that you tear away the date as each day goes by. It was perfect for this project. I could save the little sheets and make a mini wreath. Thus, I bring you thy wreath of patience...

Since I could only tear away one sheet per day I literally waited about one month and a half before I had enough sheets to start this project :o) I've increased my patience level by 25%. I just made that number up, but really, talk about holding back. 

Colors that work: Coral and Teal

It's back to the grind out here where the weekday starts on Sunday, hump day is Tuesday and "thank God it's Thursday" sounds weird, but it is the start of the weekend. (o: Speaking of weekend, I took my kids to birthday party and had to share this cute outfit one of the moms (and my new friend) was wearing. I think winter is officially over in Dubai. It was so hot that day, I couldn't believe it was February in the northern hemisphere. Then again, we did have a "harsh" winter this year. It rained twice. So I guess we are ready for summer now :o/

One of the perks of living in Dubai is that people dress in bright colors and usually keep up with the trend. It's so nice to see so many cute outfits like this one...

I can totally imagine a south western type home in these colors. Even her ring and shoes matched. And her bag...

Framed Black and White Bird Feathers

A couple weeks ago we all went to the park and I found this really beautiful bird feather. I had never seen a bird feather so stark in contrast aside from peacock feathers. That's not to say they don't exist, but growing up in California, I just never came across random exotic bird feathers. I found this beautiful black and white striped feather, took a picture of it and set it back down on the ground. I couldn't stop thinking about it so I eventually picked it back up and saved it in a tissue. After a couple hours at the park I found two more! I had three in total and they were all so pretty. I knew I had to frame them and I did...

  If you follow my Facebook fan page, please excuse the repetitive pics. The initial feather I found...

Seriously, only God could have created something this perfect.