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. ...

    Hi Readers, I hope everyone is doing well and having a wonderful start to their week. I'm happy to finally release a new series of posts that have been in the works for the last couple of months. This new series came to me when I realised how much my daughter was into fashion and design. Every day I'd receive drawings from her of outfits that she designed herself, before I knew it I had drawers full of them! So what does any other DIY crazy, sewing machinist, budget frenzied mother do? She recreates them! So, this new series is where I literally recreate, design and produce Maddy's drawings into fashion pieces for herself, this new series is called Maddy and Me . To kick off the first project we have this dress, which Maddy decided on naming Fairyland. Madeleine's Design This is Maddy's original drawing, a purple and pink dress with flower embellishments along the shoulders and not one but TWO purses (a girl can't have too many bags).  M...