Yesterday one of my daughters was home from school and we were walking around the house together picking things up and dusting. We began moving this and that accessory around. We were not putting any pressure on ourselves to make the perfect vignette, nor we were worried about making any major decorating mistakes.
We also weren’t thinking about how we could “style” the room with extra accessories and the perfect lighting to make a great blog post for this week. Although that can be fun too, blogging was not on my mind. There was no agenda and no pressure — we were completely living in the moment.
We were simply enjoying the process of beautifying our surroundings.
As I was dusting the dining room furniture, I had to move a bunch of mismatched silver spoons that I had set out on our buffet. I had pulled them out of the drawer about a month ago, thinking I might all crafty and make something blog-worthy with them. Yeah. What WAS I thinking?
As I stood there holding those spoons in one hand and my dust rag in the other, I had to get real with myself. As hard as it was for me to admit, I am too busy to get crafty with spoons. Even if I had some spare time for a project, I have walls that I should paint. Spoon crafts are not my priority right now.
Even marvelously good things like creative spoon projects might not be right for this season of life.
The spoons had been sitting there in a pile on the buffet for at least a month, mocking me. It was time to end the mocking once and for all, and take control of my life. I had to “just say no” to spoon crafts.
While I had to put creative spoon crafts on hold for now, I found a more simple solution to still enjoy the beauty of those spoons.
I simply set them in my freshly cleaned apothecary jar.
Simple, easy, DONE. It is so freeing to make decorating (and LIFE) SIMPLE!
How have you simplified your home and life lately?
What could you “just say no” to that would help you to re-prioritize this season of your life?
I found another simple way to showcase my spoons! Check out my silver spoon Christmas trees?
shared at Chatting at the Sky, Tuesdays Unwrapped
I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment! Use what you love and keep things simple! Marija
.-= Marija´s last blog ..Accessorizing The Dining Table =-.
I too have a set of the most beautiful sterling silver Gramma spoons that mock me from a drawer. My life doesn’t contain enough “high tea” moments so they never get to come out. A jar display would let their beauty out and the gramma love in.
mary
Your spoons look fabulous like that. Love that you did it with your daughter too. As we are moving in about 6 weeks time I have been sorting and packing – and loving the more simple streamlined feel that my house is getting. I think I might leave it all boxed up and learn to live simple again. Thanks for the reminder.
Beautiful! I am so enjoying your blog! I have an apothecary jar that is currently full of seashells, and hiding in a guest bedroom. You’ve inspired me to have some fun with it!
anne recently posted..LIFE IS BUT A DAY DREAM- SWEETHEART