creating a lady cave

wow what humble beginnings, we felt like the luckiest people in the world to be living in our caravan in our beautiful fairy forest

but alas the may rains were whispering their arrivals in the wind, we had to build fast and with no money how???  $200 on wood and alot of dismantled pallets, iron from the dump, the gifts just kept on coming.

our wonderful house was built with luck and love, this was our lounge, dining and kitchen, im still not sure how we did it so well, look at that beautiful colourful mess xxxx

the day came to move the abandoned home to our new home so we could cherish it forever and thank this shanty of memories for our amazing start together.  3 days of towing, every strategy every thought up to move the house of junk, who thought it would be this hard....

the huge kauri bi fold windows were taken out for the move, i cleaned as the men towed, so pleased my darling shanty would have a new life..

precicely placed in its little nook....

oh joy!

goodbye burnt orange, your new colour is ever green

a welcoming step was made of old bricks and mud, a solid front step for welcoming its new guests

the concrete mud technician, monitoring how wet the mixture is..bless my practical child xx

meditative moulding and the hunting of treasures to make a beautiful display of creative fingers work,

 big and little fingers he he, indis stones are at the front

but hmmm, its still too small to become an art room to create treasures, lets call dave  : )

down with the walls and up with the floor, do you like the wave design in the roof,

me and kelly could patent this style

and the addition is on, just like that, yay hurrry and finish so i can decorate tee hee

everyone helped out, builders big and small  xxx

so here we are now, we have two french wwoofers ( willing workers on organic farms) and they painted my whole room, it took them 3 days, 3 painful fidly coats, bless their souls

are you ready to take a peek inside??

not just yet we havent finished painting, look ive even roped kelly into painting, he must be able to see how desperate and itching i am to get it pretty

so starts your tour, i have to warn that i have only had one day to tidy and put things together so these are not finished photos, i need furniture, after living in a caravan for so long one dosent accumulate much furniture

knock knock....we want to come in!

lets take a peek inside...

my make shift desk till i find perfection, a bit hard in houhora...

so many treasure to unpack, being watched over by Saraswati for wise choices

white white white, any one who knows me must think this white thing is so out of character,

i have gained so much confidence in beleiving in my path from reading a blog 'a fanciful twist'

Vanessa has inspired me to have a space of my own where my creations are free in their own world to become real.  And doing this in such a pure environment of white fresh beauty is something i feel i need, back to the basic sheshe, refinding what makes me tick insteading of ticking to keep in time with everyone else..

bird cages for 'Paper Moon Exhibition'

old barn doors for an ideas board, memory wall, inspiration....

old meets old meets older....

where the magic happens, anyone have a huge desk they would like to see right here???

catch the dream as it tries to float by....

seeds shelf for this is the seedery too, this amazingly ugly but beautiful vase was from my late nanee, bless her soul, she made me drive 4 hours to pick it up because she was afraid it would smash in the post, and of course there was the 4 hour drive home again xxx

old fairy party things from times long ago

more seeds....

sunset shadows.....

maybe an afternoon cup of tea....

or a crafting party for more, eewww i feel good creative times ahead...

so much material and bits and bobs to use...

the most beautiful lights to put up.....

i wonder if i remember how to paint anything but my nails???

Indi's dolls house, im thinking im going to do it up 'Trelise Cooper Interiors' style

so the first tour is over, a lot of prettiness to do, please come back and see how

were going here in the lady cave

its always nice when people stop by, oh heres a visitor now, Mr Crickini...

my expensive and high tech locking system!!...

This is where it all began, you are being allowed a sneak peek into my brain xxx

'click on the picture to see close up and both pages'

Thankyou for visiting, hope you one day own a treasure form the cave xxx

courtyard roofing and pizza oven creating

our new beautiful roof which has made so much difference to our lives and has only been up for 3 days

rustic gum posts and stained big chunky beams  mmmmm

a wonderful place to sit and enjoy our view, but alas there is much more work to do, on with the pizza oven making, gather friends and let us create something together

Waiaria and Sioux putting down the brick base

Me and Anaya making the sand mound which will become the shape of the inside of dome

mixing up the first layer

all fun and games and great excercise

and we put down a hangi too to feed all the creative workers

Tia and Anaya

yum fresh lamb mmmmm

hangi is ready to descend

rain rain rain, we still work on....

finishing the first layer of the dome

Me and Sioux trying to remember what we had learnt last weekend about the size of the door hhmmmm must be hard, look at that tongue

Bushman Pete cutting the door

Caleb cutting the door

applying the insulating layer

many hands make fun work, the final pretty layer, home made dhajit

I love this stage it is so fun and mushy to apply

Indi playing in spilt cement, thinking "mum...why are you always so busy??"

finishing trowel work

yum yum yum kai is ready mmmm

Indi and Sam having their dinna

the finished product, i put a star trail over the oven diagonally with a cookie cutter and we pressed a tile i brought in thailand into the front, the fire will come up out the door and the buddha will get all black and sooty from the smoke

awesome to have so many people interested in our creative projects and want to be involved in helping each other, love you guys, this was an awesome piece of teamwork

bring on the pizza party

it will be painted and the stars will be gold leafed, for mega sparkle

now i need to find an amazing handle from a junk shop

we have a long drying process to go before we can eat, by xmas it will be all on

Indi having fun pulling all the sand out

Well our poor little miss had a rough time on the weekend trying to fit in around our building projects, when it was all over on monday we had an indi day and did whatever she wanted.  She is obsessed with tomatoes, eating about 10 a day so we took a visit to bushman petes and billys greenhouse and she got to pick a whole basket and eat as many as she wanted.......

like a little happy pig rolling in mud xxx

whew, bring on Mt Mangonui, i need a break  : )