So this week has been a little tough. I have been in the bed sick with a terrible sore throat. Never fun, but thanks to a great doc and some meds, I should be good as new in a day or so.  Meanwhile, I have not lost sight of The Happy! Here is what cheers me up when I am down.

Blogs, Blogs, and more Blogs!  and my wonderful Apple laptop that provides them to me when I do not feel like sitting at my desktop. I love anything creative, so I thoroughly enjoy reading blogs about creative people, their lifestyles and what they do to find happiness on a day to day basis. I have so many favorites, I cannot pick one. Do you have a favorite blog? What is it about?

Reading the blogs has not only kept me busy and my mind off of feeling bad, but also now has me very inspired.

I especially love decorating, decorating blogs, and decorating magazines. I like to think I am very organized and dont have much clutter, but decorating magazines I cannot seem to part with. They make me very happy and are great to refer back to when I am ready for a new project. AND I LOVE a good project. I guess you couldn’t tell that by my little grain bin studio 😉

Speaking of projects, I normally have one going at all times, another outlet that makes me happy!  Before I became sick this week I was working on a few furniture projects for my house. I will give you a little sneak peek and maybe by next week I will be feeling better and can finish them up and show you the final product.  After last nights blogging marathon, as I said, I am VERY inspired to create. I have several new ideas for the studio and will get to work on those as well. One includes this cool linen fabric I found a couple of weeks ago shopping with my mom!

Here are the furniture sneak peeks. Both of these pieces make me smile. They are now painted shabby and fit perfectly in to my little home.  I wish I had 8 houses to decorate instead of my one, but for now my happy little cottage is just fine with me.

So what makes you happy when you feeling a little under the weather?