I love re- and upcycling. There was a time in Vixxie’s life, when it was done out of necessity. Because the choice between food on the table or a living room makeover was an easy one to make. But being older now, and having moved up on the food chain, I find myself doing it still: decorating with a minimum budget. What I love most about old or second hand furniture, is that every broken little corner and every scratch carries with it a memory. Old furniture has a soul. That’s why I have a very hard time letting go of old pieces. But there comes a time where even the oldest of souls need a little bit of love. Yay. So what do you do with a pair and a spare? You up-cycle!  Every carton box, jar lid, piece of wood at Casa Vixxie gets a second life. Last year, I was gifted a Cricut Maker 3. The vinyl frenzy is real.

Cooking. I grew up with parents who debated passionately every day who was going to make family dinner and they are both amazing at their own cuisines. So, I have been spoilt with great food and Tupperware boxes full of leftovers for the freezer until well after I finished university =))))), Then I settled in a faraway city on my lonesome. Panic ensued. I didn’t know how to cook a potato and I burnt every egg I baked. But one learned, because one got tired of eating cup noodles. We’re now twenty odd years down the line. I am the proud owner of a shelf full of cooking books and I gallivant proudly in my kitchen every day. I love experimenting with the different tastes of world kitchen as well as recreating mum’s and marrainne’s old classics. Rumor has it, I’ve inherited the cooking genes after all.

I recently started designing my own jewelry under the brand name Flor de Cobre. So I’m balls deep into wooden beads and copper wire (to great joy of Dubio, who turns every bead into a cat toy). And I am occasionally still covered in liquid paint, trying to nail that one perfectly poured acrylic piece of art I promised my mum for over 25 years. One day, mum. One day.