D-I-Y Day

I have been meaning to go back to my roots and make some more jewellery like I used to as a little girl, and finally today was the day that I let my ideas materialise into actual substance. I hereby dub today "D-I-Y Day."

There is such a satisfaction that comes from making something yourself. Even if you could buy it cheaper at a shop, already made, nothing quite compares to knowing that a little piece of your creative brain is now a part of the world.
When it comes to gifts especially, I love making them myself, from scratch, because I think something hand-made far exceeds something bought from a store, and carries so much more value.
So, I have made a little collection of earrings and rings for some of my friends as Christmas presents. They turned out very cute if i can say so myself, and I've packaged them in little boxes along with two little Santa Claus shaped chockies, and stringed them up with bows and name tags.
These pretty little boxes are going to look lovely under my Christmas tree and I cant wait to give them to my friends.
Ps: I hope none of them see this before I get to give it to them ;-)

(Photos taken by me. Excuse the very mediocre photography skills)

A Tribute To Femininity

Let's face it, life would be relatively easy and hassle-free if I had been born a male.
Oh the joy of stumbling out of bed, and with eyes still closed, throwing on whatever pair of jeans my hand happened to find first in my messy closet.
How wonderfully joyous it must be to not have to wash my hair every second day and then go through the tedious procedure of blow-drying and straightening it on days when I'd prefer it not to look like bird's nest.
Imagine being able to let fast food supplement my 3 meals each day with the calories never accumulating ,and then being able to get ripped abs and killer biceps from just a week's worth of time in the gym.
Oh the joy!
With this being said however, I would never trade life as a girl for anything, especially not life as a male.
I could never dream of giving up sleepovers jam-packed with girly 'deep and meaningful' conversations and more fits of hysterical giggling than you could count on one hand.
I love the sight of my bedroom looking like the aftermath of a tornado when friends and I get ready together for a night out on the town. There are stilettos strewn across the floor, make-up and nail polish cover every available surface and the smell of hairspray lingers thickly in the air like a cloud. Things become dangerous when having to navigate your way from one end of the room to another through a maze of clothes and underwear whilst trying to make it to the other side having escaped third degree burns from the GHD that somebody forgot to unplug.
It would be blasphemy to have to ever think of giving up summer dresses and tea parties or pedicures and facials for a life of sweaty armpits and greasy hair. Ugh.
The photos below are ones that I think just ooze femininity, and I thought they seemed very fitting to the title of this pretty pointless post.

Music Monday

These are the tracks that are gracing this week's Music Monday playlist with their presence:

1. The Meadow - Alexandra Desplat
2. World Spins Madly On - The Weepies
3. Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve
4. The Sweetest Thing - U2
5. Pretty Baby - Vanessa Carlton
6. Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper
7. Nothing Compares To You - Sinead OConnor
8. Please, Please , Please Let Me Get What I Want - She & Him
9. Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
10. Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies

(Click on image for source)

 

Every experience of beauty points to eternity

- Hans Urs Von Balthasar

Summertime

Summer has hit Durban like a slap in the face.
These are a few things synonymous with summer in South Africa:

•Early sun rises

 •Late sun sets


•The smell of gasoline in the summer heat


•Christmas… Need I say more?


•That feeling of the first summer sunburn


•The warm ocean


•Being woken up by the sun shining through the blinds


•Eating watermelon with the juice dripping down my face


•Late afternoon thunderstorms


•Holidays and Getaways


•Careless hours lying in a hammock


•Endless days on the beach


•Bonfires


•Vaalies invade by the thousands


•New years festivities


•Suffocating humidity


•Surfing for hours in bikinis and boardies


•Exploring the coastline


•The contrast between white and brown made by tan lines


•Floating around the pool on a lilo


•Sipping ice cold drinks


•Escaping to a rare patch of shade when the sunshine gets overwhelming


•Sunhats and Sunnies are out in full force


•Battling to find a free spot of sand on an overcrowded beach


•The smell of sunblock and its oily feeling on my skin


•Having to sprint across the beach due to the hot sand


•Small waves that are only fun on a longboard


•Braais around the pool


•The smell of the rain on the hot tarmac


•Summer lovin’


• 'I love Durban' Hats become a popular sight


•Living in a pair of slops and a summer dress


•Sunbleached and salty hair


•Feeling like you’re about to evaporate in the heat


•Seeing everyone’s red faces after a scorcher of a day


•Beach parties and celebrations


•Feasting on whatever food I love


•No cares, no stress just a season without worry


•Strapping boards on the roof to find a new spot


•Putting the airconditioner to very good use


•Shopping, spending and a whole lot of splurging


•All the best fruits come into season


•Dancing the night away and surviving on very little sleep


•Jocks playing beach rugby


•None of that annoying thing they call ‘school’


•Driving with the windows down

(Images: We Heart it)

Oh For The Love of Lace!

A friend of mine who I follow on Twitter, happened to share a link to The Pretty Blog and a post they did on 'Lovely Lace.'
I almost had heart palpitations when I saw these images, being the fan of lace that I am.
Sharing these on my blog wasn't even an option. So here they are, the images taken by photographer Johan Wilke that appeared in the November issue of the Rooi Rose Magazine. Enjoy as i have.