Trumpeting at the Fair

By Mariska Nell | 12/23/2024

“Trumpeting at the Fair” was inspired by a photograph I took in Franschhoek main road during one of the Cape Minstrel’s parades. The entire vibe was a wonderful experience, and this particular man playing his trumpet was full of passion, and I wanted to capture the moment of this happiness in my art. I used…

The Bleaching Hawk

By Mariska Nell | 12/23/2024

Created using a frame covered with single-use plastic bags and straws placed on concrete. This piece represents the threat to turtles worldwide. The turtle, with excessive barnacles due to bad health, swims over bleached coral. The title refers to the Hawksbill turtle and the phrase watching like a hawk over the dying ocean. The concrete…

Super thin crust Pizza Dough

By Mariska Nell | 12/09/2023

4 Ways to Minimise Your Carbon Footprint at Home

By Mariska Nell | 11/24/2022

Our activities at home can negatively impact the environment. According to a Springer article, lots of people have been making the necessary lifestyle changes to help minimise their carbon footprint. Although they may seem small, changes like refusing single-use disposables, reducing household energy consumption, and recycling paper, cardboard and aluminum products can help mitigate climate…

Coffee Scrub

By Mariska Nell | 04/19/2022

I love a good coffee!!! We have been using a bean to cup coffee machine for some time and usually every other week I would take our used coffee grounds to our local community garden where they use it in their compost mix, but I have been also exploring a bit to find more creative…

Wakey Wakey scent to start the day fresh

By Mariska Nell | 04/12/2022

Nothing screams quite as much “Hello it is an amazing day, lets get productive” than this Wakey Wakey scent that I have been blending and using in my diffuser to brighter up our days. I love the zesty freshness and by adding the lemon myrtle scent I feels bring a little more Australian scent into…

My top 20 Christmas Stocking fillers

By Mariska Nell | 12/10/2021

The holidays is for sure one of my favourite seasons. When you start hearing Mariah Carey blasting away everywhere you go and can not help but sing along to all I want for Christmas 🎄 is Yooooou and you and you and you. (Still a classic 💚) When I was younger I would save money and…

Hard Watermark Cleaner

By Mariska Nell | 10/24/2021

This spray is my go-to, to remove tough watermarks from our shower screen, tiles and also to give the faucets a good clean as well as around the toilet. It works wonders, but I have found that sometimes it can be a little sticky afterwards, therefore I recommend after you have cleaned the surface with…

AM Cream With Sun Protection

By Mariska Nell | 09/28/2021

When it comes to face creams I am a bit hesitant to try just anything. As someone that had very bad acne in high school, I still fear having it return and having to play a layer of foundation to cover up pimples. I have been using this cream for well over a year and…

Dirty Away Scrubbing Paste

By Mariska Nell | 08/30/2021

This scrubbing paste gets used a lot for the tough to clean items. I just use an old toothbrush that is always close to my scrubbing paste jar. Place some paste on the toothbrush and give it a little scrub and then rinse off or wipe off with a wet cloth. Anything from your oven…