My holiday retreat

My holiday retreat: At home. I have taken the month of December off. No coding. No chapter writing.

My day job: Christmas baking with my daughter.

Creative venture: I'm reclaiming the stay-at-home mum inside me. We sewed a bag out of an old denim skirt. My daughter desiged the decorations. She's already taken it on an excursion to the zoo and to the Botanical Gardens.

Here it is:

The front of the bag. The handle is a belt. We lined it with an old pink pillow case and sewed pink shell beads around the pockets.


The back view. The striped waist band of the skirt made a nice feature. The skirt was pleated so the bag became nice and roomy. "T" picked some other favourite beads to sew onto the pleat panels.

Aha experience: It's fun being mum again.

Motto for the day: Work with your hands. It frees the mind.