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This will just be a small mini-post, but still I have the urge to share this. The weather has changed quite drastically from winter wonderland to nasty typical Swiss winter: rainy and around 5 degrees.
can you feel the nasty weather? 
Perfect to get some inspiration on how to surrond myself with some positivity. And where is the best place to do that? Pinterest! (I'm addicted, sorry)
I am not a professional journal writer. My personal style is a mixture between art journaling and writing down short (so far only positive, empowering) entries. Since I follow quite a number of different hobbies I don't grab my journal every day, rather every 3 days or something like that. Only problem: sometimes I feel like I always have the same kind of ideas in my head.
Then I found these prompt lists and I love them! I can answer these prompts in a mini paragraph and focus on what is important. I'm one of those people who tend to write 10 pages long answers in an essay exam question because I simply cannot come to my point 🙈. Reading these questions, I often thought, how on earth I did not get this idea to write about that?! My head sometimes feels like it is exploding because it is stuffed with ideas, yet it is hard to catch a clear thought. Writing down only the smallest things is very relieving. Can't wait to sit down, even if it's only for a couple of minutes and dedicate my time to this
Maybe this can also serve as a little inspiration for your daily life. No need to write a masterpiece. If it comes from the heart and makes you feel satisfied, it is more worthy than the best book.

Take care of yourself
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Hello out there!

In the past week I finally managed to finish setting up my own little creative space. It all started quite a while ago, when I went to the thrift shop to get some old furniture. I went home with a dresser, a secretary, 3 pieces of wood, and 2 framed pictures, which I only got because I wanted the frames.
I’m splitting this up into 2 parts, otherwise this will take forever to read.
So here we go, starting with all of the before refurbishment pictures:

How I did it: 
I got a sander and chalk paint and paint brush from a cute little shabby chic store in my hometown (link below). My mom and I both just love it. A lot of pretty things, some gooood (and I mean good) coffee, all located in an old tiny chapel, how cool is that? 

First, I removed the old wood lacquer with the sander to reveal the beautiful wood underneath. I was really surprised how light the wood was. Working with this old, durable piece of furniture was very pleasing. It felt so different compared to setting up modern (and rather low cost) furniture.
Second step was painting it. The wood sucked up a lot of paint, so multiple layers were needed to receive coverage. For my chest, I wanted a rustic/shabby chic look and only did about 2 layers. Ta-da!

I'm using it for storage and as a TV stand. I learned that I really like creating things. The pleasing feeling, when you can look at what you made with your own hands (more or less). Amazing! 
From the same store I got the paint, I also got a nice little extra
The rusty look just perfectly rounds up the style of this dresser.

Now to my secretary. The work was the same, except I used about 3 to 4 layers of paint and I also got a light blue paint to add a bit color to it. It now functions as my creative space. I store all my supplies for my journals, planner, my colored pencils, some goods for decorating, and of course all of my crochet yarn, wool, hooks etc.! I am very happy with the result and I can only recommend you to try this yourself!
So, this was it for this part. If you would like to find out, what happened to this picture frame, and more, come back for the second part!

PS: yes, I made that unicorn myself, yes I do have journals and a gorgeous Heidi Swapp planner. I’m planning on making posts on those things as well.
And check out the store I was talking about here


“Be the reason someone smiles today”,
take care
Chantal


All pictures were taken by me, edited with polarr
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