Category: DIY and Crafts

My favourite things:home edition

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I’ve been asked to post some of my own home decor on the blog and thought now is as good a time as any – best time is after the cleaning lady visits Hehehe ……here are some of my faves in no particular order

1. This wall art is actually two unrelated stickers, I just thought it worked well together even though it was purchased two years apart. It is placed above a vintage piano which used to belong to Rob’s gran. 

2. On our second anniversary Rob and I went to the Knysna area for a few days where we ended up visiting flee markets and such, I totally fell in love with this piece so Rob got it for me and even painted a section of our lounge ceiling black so my crystal beaded chandelier could stand out more, the piece was actually created as part of a community upliftment project in Sedgefield

3. Aidan’s room has featured on my blog before, but it would be so wrong to not include it on my list of favourites, his crib/cot has become more of a storage space lately as he prefers a toddler bed…will be updating his room from baby to toddler later this year.

4. (Top left in collage) this beautiful mosaic table top was a wedding gift, most things on the table are actually gifts or souvenirs, either from trips we took or trips taken by loved ones…

5. (Top right) here I have candles to light if I ever have something really big to pray about, Aidan’s foot prints are there too along with a box of memories of Logan. I used to have lots of things to remind me of him but the box is enough now…he is in my heart regardless.

6. (Bottom) that is my clock wall in tv room… I love clocks (u can see on my souvenir table that people know this about me and have brought me clocks from abroad) but as much as I love the look of clocks the ticking can drive you bonkers so only the really large one actually shows time while the others are stopped at significant times in our lives like when we got married or when Aidy was born) Aidan has a large wicker basket filled with toys in this room so it is almost  constantly a mess

Playdough party favors: a quick how to

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For Aidy’s party I opted to give out lil gifts instead of the traditional sweetie filled loot bags (most of the kids don’t really eat sweets anyway-energetic enough thanx) I wanted something that was usebale and fit the theme – oh and something that was fairly easy to make…. so enter they basic playdough jars

I bought some plastic honey jars and stuck toy farm animals on the lids (see picture) then I used the best ever no cook play dough recipe (with a dash of vanilla essence for great smellingness) and made a batch (I lie its like 5 batches-what was I thinking inviting 32 kids?) for extra cuteness and to make sharing into jars easier  (with the help of my cousin) I made the green basic playdough into little balls, add a thank you for coming tag and TADAH! cute little thank you gifts…

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Face Friday: Blended Eyes

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How to apply & blend eye shadow.

 

Hi Ladies, this where you can have so much fun. Experimenting with colour! Be fearless the possibilities are endless. Shall we?

 

Step1

Prep the eye area for eye shadow with concealer or an eyelid primer to even out dark circles forget your eye cream or gel before the concealer.

 

Step2

Apply a neutral nude or flesh tone colour eye shadow over entire lid of the eye. You can apply a bit under the bottom lashes for an open eye look.

 

Step3

Take your lightest shade in your pallet & apply halfway horizontally & up till your eye crease; starting at the outer corner of your eye.

 

Steps

Take any other medium shade in your pallet & apply it in the middle of your lower lid next to the lighter shade. Don’t worry if the 2 shadows overlap it will make blending much easier later.

 

Last step

Apply your darker shade in your pallet also lower lid but next to the middle shadow.

 

Now for Blending!

You need 2 brushes for this.1 to blend the 1st 2 shades & the 2nd 1 or even a earbud to blend the middle & last shade. Blending doesn’t necessarily mean to totally mix the colours together but to just soften the lines & make it neat.

 

Blend the darker colour on the outer corner slightly into the eye crease dragging it halfway across. Blend the same dark shade on the bottom lashes.

 

Now blend the lighter colour from the inner corner of your eye,dragging the brush up just under your bro.You can add more highlighter under the brow to give it more definition for a wide eye look.Blend the same shade till under the bottom lashes connecting it with the dark shade that you also blended on the bottom lashes on from the outer corner.

 

Complete your look with some mascara,a neutral blusher & nude lipstick or gloss to give it a smouldering day look.

LASTLY…

Ladies start with your neutral nude shades if you are not that confident with blending & if you get that confidence by practicing my methods,y ou’ll be able to conquer any colour pallet! So practice, practice, practice Ladies. Have an awesome weekend.T ill next week mwah!