Vanessa's Corner

For the past few weeks I've been trying to expand my knowledge and learn some Macrame art, what were the results? Peacefulness. Honestly, I'd turn on a calming playlist on Spotify and I would spend an hour just tying these knots and creating Macrame art. In the process of learning Macrame I decided to combine my enthusiasm for jewellery making with it. Thus enters this DIY - Macrame feather earrings. Take or leave what you want this tutorial and make this accessory your very own customised piece. What you will need: Twine Pliers Scissors Beads - I chose feathered beads and two black beads Jump Rings Earring hooks  Jewellery wire Step One Cut two lengths of your twine. This will be the spine of your feather, so whatever the height you want your feather to be, double the length and cut. For instance, I wanted the height of my feather to be roughly 6cms, so I cut my pieces at 12cm each.  Step Two Cut twine to the same length of the desired height. ...

It's that time of the year again. The time where we as parents are sent letters from our kid's schools. Well, they call it letters, we call it parents homework. Yup, it's Easter Hat Parade time! As much as we say we don't do it. As much as we say that the only thing we have to do with our kids crafty Easter hat is provide the money for the materials - we are lying. Parent's either hate it or love it. I. Love. It. I love it because I actually get to actively help and contribute to something that makes my kids happy. Something that my kids bring to school and proudly show their friends. Dad's usually the fixer. James: Mum my toy car has no battery. Me: *looks at the battery casing* It needs a screwdriver. Wait till dad comes home to fix it.  Maddy: Mum how do I sign into the Xbox? Me: I have no idea, wait until dad gets home.  Unfortunately, things in this household need more battery replacements, repairing and daddy's passwords in a year t...

It's been a while since I've had anything to do with my blog, or my channel hasn't? A lot has happened during my absense. One of them being the birth of our baby number three - Charlie Mei. Born on Thursday the 14th of February (Valentines Day) 2019, at 9:51pm, which as I'm writing this post would make her almost 8 weeks old. Today's entry is a recollection of the day she was born. The day our sweet little Charlie added more heartbeats into our lives and the familiar sound of new life to our home. This post is pretty much a copy and paste of what I've written in a little journal I started the day after we brought little Charlie Mei home from the hospital. Something that will be placed in her memory box to read when she's older. Everyone has their birth story, I for sure know each of my labours were different from one another. This is what happened the day Charlie Mei was born. Saturday 16th February 2019 To my dearest Charlie, You're fi...