January is
such a fun month.
Like all fresh starts, but particularly this new year I feel so inspired to create a beautiful 2016.
I have health and writing goals for this year (they are more like exciting plans which I�m extremely enthusiastic for), and I also noted down some projects that I want to work towards in 2016, which include:
KonMariing our home. This is long overdue because I feel like I am suffocating under disorganised stuff. I�ve just started listening to the audiobook of
Marie Kondo�s book again so I�m going to do this according to her plan (I also ordered her second book
Spark Joy to take a look).
Something I always like to do for a project such as this too, is start gathering inspiration to boost my enthusiasm, much like catching a wave into the shore instead of relying on your own swimming horsepower only.
I�ll do things such as google decluttered spaces and pin them on my Pinterest board, read inspiring decluttering quotes and revisit
Peter Walsh too.
Reading the five-star reviews for books such as
Marie Kondo's and
Peter Walsh's also is a great place to find inspiration. Readers are so fired up that their enthusiasm is infectious!
Stoking up the fire beneath me pays dividends because instead of thinking �ugh, I�ve GOT to declutter�, I think �yay, let�s start NOW!�.
It makes doing it quicker and more fun.
This goal is my main focus, but I also have some little creative projects I want to play with:
Knitting simple ballet-style slippers for home. I want to find a nice pattern and do this, because I love wearing something on my feet (I could do cotton ones for summer) that I can then put my feet up on the sofa (unlike shoe-type slippers or house shoes that I would never put up on the sofa). I am such a slipper/house shoe fan and am always looking out for the perfect pair. If I owned a boutique in Paris (the home of beautiful niche boutiques), I'd have a - you can probably guess - house shoe and slipper boutique.
A sewing project: making denim napkins and placemats. I saw in a Ralph Lauren ad, a styled picnic shoot and the napkins looked like the softest indigo slightly-washed denim or deep blue linen. They were gorgeous! This gave me the idea to make some cloth napkins from my softest denim (I have quite a collection, both bought pieces and jeans) and placemats or even a runner from the sturdier denims.
I love denim in decorating ever since I had a soft denim-type fabric duvet cover and pillow-cases which looked so good on my bed with crisp white sheets (and I had blue and white plaid flannelette sheets in the winter � so cosy).
Creating warming and healthy winter lunches. I love a big salad with protein in the summer, but last winter I didn't plan ahead as much and ended up either freezing cold eating cold salad for lunch (tres depressing) or buying something stodgy and hot (not slimming). I want to create a bank of healthy, cosy and warming winter lunch ideas/simple recipes that I can take to work to heat up with a side salad. Along the lines of frittata, soup, oven bakes etc.
None of these projects are out of this world big so I think I'll be able to achieve them. I am excited for a creative and fun year. Do you have any petite and chic projects you want to work on this year?