Beauty+Design – Life Zone

I always wondered whether someone is born creative or if it is a skill you can learn. My grandmother was a simple farm wife who never went to big fashion stores, or any type of craft market or creative event, but she was the most creative person I’ve known. She made the most beautiful doillies you can imagine by never even looking at a pattern or design. After digging deep in her closet I even found the most amaizing dresses she made from scraps of material.

So, to answer my own question I thing you are born creative – I think you either have a creative mind or not, but you only need a little creativity to be inspired by anything beautiful. If you disagree, please feel free to share your point of view.

Hence my love for fabric, colour and patterns. I love making something beautiful out of something totally useless. This year I want to focus more on fabric, not just any fabric, but natural fabric, cotton, linen (made from flax), silk, wool, cashmere and hemp. I want to study and research print and dy methods. And, I want to make beautiful things.

Just have a look at Kelly Fletchers beautiful creations to also give you some inspiration for 2018. There’s also a book – Embroidered Home

Fashionistas, designers and decorators have always loved the elegance and style of something in black. They always say if you don’t know what to wear, wear black…..you will always be in style and you will always feel good.

So, I for one are sold on black. In my younger days I always loved darker furniture in my house, and then we moved into a very old, cold, dark house. I hated it, it was always cold, you can never do anything in the house without switching on the lights. When we were ready to build our new home, I just wanted everything to be white. I wanted nature and all the sunshine to just come into my house….I never wanted to switch on a light again. You can see my new white house in A Tour of My House.

Now, after three years I’m ready for some black again. After doing some research, and seeing all the different types of black I can honestly say I can’t wait for my next ‘black’ project.