Teacups From Nana Brown

My nana came to visit a few weeks ago. Last time she was here (in January), we got into discussions about glory boxes and how me and my friend Jamie wanted to start them. Since then I've been slowly collecting bits and pieces for my glory box and it's starting to fill up. I love opening it up and looking at all my treasures in there that will one day be used by me and (hopefully :P) my family. 

Anyways. So back to my nana. She found some things that she had gathered back when she was my age to go in to her glory box, and decided to pass them on to me for my glory box. My favourite things she gave me were these tea cups. I absolutely adore them! 

Cute cute cuuute!

I think I like this one best.

There's something really cool about pre-loved things, and something even more special when they're handed down from your family members. I think it's so cool that these tea cups were originally bought (or is it "brought"..?) to go into my nana's glory box in preparation for a whole new life that lay ahead of her, and now they're going into mine, also in preparation for a whole new season in my life that lies ahead.

 I have absolutely no idea where they'll go, who will use them, or even when they'll get used, but for now they sit in my glory box as both a part of my nana's history, and a part of my future.

 How magnificent. 

Here's to the future. 

(Hopefully one involving lots of tea parties)

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P.S. One day soon I will take photos of the things in my glory box and post them. 

Inspired.

I don't know whether I'm a little late getting on this train, but I've just started getting in to pinterest.com (by the way, I think it's silly that you have to be "invited" to join up. Like, how snobby and exclusive is that? One of my personality traits is inclusive in case you can't tell haha). Anyways, as I was searching through some photos today, I came across this really cool photo of a family tree.

Neat, huh?! I think the original source of the photo is a company that makes them as a print and sells them, but I'm going to just be cheeky and steal the idea to do it on a canvas. I'm really excited about it! Not only will I (hopefully) end up with a real cool piece of art at the end, but also I will have a greater knowledge of my family history and whatnot. I went on a marae trip recently with my Vision college class. 

(This is a picture from outside the marae)

Anyways, as a part of the whole experience, each of us had to write out our pepeha which is kind of like your introduction explaining where you come from and your family background and whatnot. But one thing I was struck with was how little I actually even know about my family heritage, and so by doing this project I'm hoping I can change that. At this point, I think I will do one canvas for my mother's side of the family, and another for my dad's side. Oh! I just love new projects! Haha. :)

In other, completely unrelated news, I found this super cool article on stumbleupon today which was all about how to best use space if you have a really small house or apartment or whatever and it was entitled "7 Ways To Get Rid of the Bed". It showed all of these cool ideas of how to put your bed in a place where it doesn't take up all of the room in your living space. Why am I telling you this? Because it had some seriously cool photos of fancy schmancy designer beds. Check this one out! 

(If you want to see the article for yourself, here's the link http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/7-ways-to-get-rid-of-the-bed.php)

So rad! I probably wouldn't want my bed to be like that personally, but I think it's such a clever design. I love reading things like that. Even though I don't even have my own house or anything haha. It's still fun to dream..:)

Anywho. That's enough rambling for now!

Megan xox

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