Tag Archives: art

Lap Quilt in Progress

Posted on February 9, 2021 by hernibs

Eldest daughter is working on this Dresden Plate lap quilt for her grandma’s 100th birthday in May. Still trying to choose the colours between the squares. It’s going to look beautiful when it’s finished and mom will love it.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, crafts, Dresden plate pattern, happy place, heart, home, inspiration, Life, love, photograph, quilt, sewing, share | 5 Comments

Living In The Past For Now

Posted on February 7, 2021 by hernibs

Staying home and being safe has been the perfect chance to work non-stop on my family binders project and that’s exactly what I’ve been doing. From printing family trees to pasting in historical pictures, I’ve been thoroughly enjoying this process … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, memories, Peace, photograph, remember, share, survival, thoughts | 2 Comments

Creating Beauty

Posted on February 5, 2021 by hernibs

Living by creating and sharing beauty is a wonderful way to live. See her art on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/GlassMoonTreasures?ref=nla_listing_details

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, driftwood, fish, freedom, happy place, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, sand, seeing, share, stones, survival, thoughts, water | 2 Comments

Positive Results

Posted on February 4, 2021 by hernibs

Positive thoughts precede positive results. ~Matshona Dhliwayo

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, Beauty, ducks, forest, garden, home, inspiration, Life, Matshona Dhilwayo, nature, photograph, positive, Quote, remember, results, thoughts | 2 Comments

Gin in the Kiln

Posted on January 30, 2021 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, beach, Beauty, craft, decorative, gin bottle, glass, hanging, inspiration, memories, photograph, sea, sea creatures | 6 Comments

Braided Rug Growing Larger

Posted on January 25, 2021 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, braided rug, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, photograph, rug making, upcycle | 6 Comments

Board and Batten Completed – Three photographs

Posted on January 15, 2021 by hernibs

Celebrating tonight, the cabin is finished. The batten makes such a lovely finish on the cedar boards. All cut from a tree that’s been lying in the woods for years. Talk about repurposing. Very pleased.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, cabin, cedar board and batten, completed, happy place, inspiration, Life, photograph, project, repurpose, success, woods | 6 Comments

Glass Studio in the Woods

Posted on January 13, 2021 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, Beauty, creative, glass, happy place, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, studio, winter, woods | 1 Comment

Braiding A Rug – Sewing the Braids together

Posted on January 10, 2021 by hernibs

The long strips of braided fabric are now sewn together into a rug, around and around, adding more strips until the rug is the size you want it to be.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, braids, clothes, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, photograph, recycle, repurpose, rug, sewing | 4 Comments

Planning My Day

Posted on January 5, 2021 by hernibs

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day. ~E. B. White

Posted in Living Simply | Tagged art, bc, Beauty, day, desire, E.B.White, enjoy, forest, freedom, happy place, improve, inspiration, Life, mushrooms, nature, planning, plans, Quote, seeing, share, survival, woods, world | Leave a comment

Human Stories

Posted on November 14, 2020 by hernibs

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. ~ Willa Cather (1873 – 1947) American Writer

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, Beauty, human, inspiration, Life, memories, memory, nature, photograph, Quote, seeing, stories, thoughts, Willa Cather | 4 Comments

Happy Couple of Gourds

Posted on November 10, 2020 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, gourds, happy, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, share | 2 Comments

Happy November

Posted on November 1, 2020 by hernibs

Mother Nature has donned her favourite Fall colours that inspire and make us take notice. Beauty is all around us in spite of the pandemic. Now we have time to notice her amazing hues.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, Beauty, colour, Fall, garden, happy place, home, hope, inspiration, Life, maple tree, Mother Nature, nature, Peace, photograph, seeing, survival, thoughts | 1 Comment

We Will Get Through This

Posted on October 30, 2020 by hernibs

It is the poets, artists, and musicians that will carry us through the pandemic attacks into a new reality. They are the ones who tell us how to navigate, breathe, feel, think, enjoy, and fully live our lives. (“Because the … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, Erik Pevernagie, Fall, forest, hope, inspiration, Life, nature, pandemic, photograph, Quote, remember, seeing, soul, survival, thoughts | 1 Comment

Art

Posted on October 25, 2020 by hernibs

Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Pablo Picasso

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, bc, Beauty, eagle, garden, inspiration, Life, Pablo Picasso, photograph, Quote, seeing, woods | 1 Comment