It’s the day before my birthday. The world has been all sorts of crazy of late and yet my life has simplified ten fold and I am in what feels like the smoothest rhythm of life I have ever experienced. I don’t think it’s rained properly since the fires started in December and the wind…

Today was a great day. Each day a privilege, of course. But today was one of those days that just stood out. When I opened the studio in August, the transition from a quiet home working schedule to a full on anyone at anytime kind of schedule was definitely a shock to the system. Over…

Over the years I have come to know my mind as a sneaky character, not always so willing to make the best decisions for my future self. Before I know it, I’m hurtling down the rabbit hole, hiding from the world. Yesterday in therapy we went into depth about the beliefs that rule my life,…

New year, same me only with a few more softened edges. Quick recap… Quit a four year salary paying job. Went into 2023 as a full time creative. Made use of my freedom by going home more often, traveling frequently and always taking the long way anywhere. Decided I was worth more and ended a…

I’ve had some really big emotions of late. Emotions that even me at almost forty am struggling to navigate through. I wonder what it looks like to be great at channeling emotions and putting them where they belong or also feel safe and at home. I fall short of expanding to meet my big emotions.…

Let’s get down to business. By this time of the commission I feel a little like the Bushman that have been trekking an Eland for days. The final strategy is in place, it’s now just having the mental strength and capacity to execute the kill. A few weeks have gone by with the first meeting…

This week brought all sorts of wild ups and downs – business and personal. Since opening the shop the ebb and flow of panic and trust has left me exhausted most evenings. Just yesterday I stood chatting to a beautiful woman who has been doing jewellery classes as a hobby for about ten years. The…

Every week I promise myself that I’ll write the next Monday write up sooner rather than later. But every Monday I sit at my desk and only start writing after a day of work, dinner and a cup of tea or two. This is a hard piece to write just because the passion behind creating…

I had every intention of unpacking the jewellery making process and explaining the behind the scenes, the how to get from point A to B. Then I got in my car and geographically went from point A to B instead. I’m currently sitting staring at a fire, some good tunes floating into the warm Cederberg…

Good morning! Why is it a good morning you might ask? Well, the night that brought horizontal rains (at times the rain even rained up back to where it came from) and wind gusts up to ninety kilometers per hour has come and gone. The windows in my house rattled something fierce and a loose…