Leafdays

What a blur September was! Settling Nicco in at school and Caterina at the childminder’s, coping with mountains of laundry and a broken dishwasher…all while suddenly freelance assignments flooded in left, right and centre.
I had so much work to do I barely had time to keep up with my swaps and little else.
But now I have miraculously managed to cross every item on my to do list—except for ongoing stuff, and the dishwasher, which is still broken—and am raring to make some art (and yes, I’ll also get down to answering my emails, finally).
That said, taking part in A Year of Color’s Sweet and Sinister swap—just about the only non work and non family related thing I managed to do last month—put me in the mood for holiday art, crafting and decorating. So I am challenging myself to create something new for the holidays every week from now until Christmas. It will mostly be handmade Christmas presents, of course, but also Halloween decorations (I am ahead of the game there, thanks to all the ideas and stuff I gathered for the swap) and Thanksgiving cards.
It’s going to be twelve weeks filled of anticipation, fun and colours—just thinking about all those blacks, whites, oranges, russets, rusts, reds, greens makes me salivate. Does anyone else fancy playing?
Meanwhile, here is a sneak peek at what Heidi is going to get when my parcel reaches her…I hope you like it, Heidi!