creative corner

Hello!

Yesterday late afternoon we went to Ikea....my kids love going there for some reason....had a little dinner and did a little shopping. 

I've had my eye on Ikea's Raskog for a while.

I set up my work space down in the basement but it just doesn't work. Our basement is not apart of our home...I mean I have to go out onto the front porch down some stairs and into the basement. And  because of my CRAZY schedule (I drive to the school 4 times every day picking and dropping off my kids. They don't start and finish at the same time AND Mia and Marko for example go in the morning and Jakov goes in the afternoon and it switches every week. AND they're not in school all day...for example Jakov when he goes in the morning is in school from 7:50 am to 11:25. So I always have kids at home...never kid free, which I don't mind it just makes it very difficult for me to work.) with school, jazz, soccer, preparing and cooking 3 meals, cooking, cleaning...bla bla...so working here in the living room is difficult because I am being interrupted all the time it's the best solution now.

So here's my corner....to the left is our bird Pepi who likes to make a mess so I need to go back to Ikea to get some containers for my stuff to put onto the Raskog. I want containers with lids so it's easy to keep things clean and organized.

This Pluggis series looks good.

The Samla series is also good. I buy the bigger ones (with lids) to store my stamps for the shop so they are protected, dust free. I saw there are some smaller ones good for washi tape, sequins, etc.

Like this too!

Snika

I also have plans for the wall. I want to make something like this. I just have to figure out the size (because I want to make a gallary wall) and what message, passage I want to write. Something that will inspire and motivate me (and my family).

pinterest

Anyways, I thought I would share this here and do updates so I (you) can see this little creative corner of mine blossom! 

xo

work space

Hello!
Hope you all had a lovely weekend! I spent most of the weekend cleaning up the basement (which is apart of our home but you have to go out of the house to go to the basement...make sense??)...I have such a difficult time balancing stay at home mom and work at home mom schedules. My kids are not in school all day like from 9am to 3pm. One week it's mornings (Mia - 7:50am to 11:23am and Marko - 7:50am to 12:15pm) and the other week it's afternoons (Mia - 2:00pm to 5:35pm and Marko 2:00 to 6:25)...did I mention the tons of homework...schools here in Croatia are reall
demanding and difficult....it's ridiculous... and then throw in dance, taekwondo and Jakov's preschool...I feel like a taxi driver...I'll leave my house up to 7 times a day depending on the day and their activities...and I do it alone....no help (my husband works all the time)...so I struggle but one thing I think will help me is my workspace in the basement...away from the 'home' and kids...yeah they still come down a thousand times and there's a million interruptions but at least I'm not working at the kitchen table...I can leave the mess downstairs! :)

I plan to take more pictures of the basement...it's no where near done but it's come a long way!! I wish I had taken a before photo!! maybe I can dig one up somewhere..maybe my husband took some!

Pop by the JD blog and check out Natasha's cute Halloween card! Have a great day! xo