During the last 30+ years I’ve been a career woman, homemaker and run my own business . Honestly? It’s the homemaking part that still gives me the most pleasure. I enjoy being in charge of my own little domain, making it a safe, comfortable, happy and attractive place for the rest of my family and seeing how everyone benefits from the fruits of my labour. I’ve also had an interest in anything creative, not just old fashioned arts and crafts like embroidery but also in making and using herbal and natural beauty products. In other words my head is stuffed with ‘old knowledge’ - the kind of thing your Mum or Grandma used to know.
I’ve written a journal both on and offline for years now and in recent times have started to record some of this ‘old knowledge’ for posterity – pretty much so that my children and, I hope, their children will have a resource they can just dip into from time to time. We all pick up our own compendium of tips as we go along in life and it all becomes so obvious, so second nature, that it’s hard to think that others don’t already know all this stuff. But they don’t. The fact of the matter is that the younger generations coming up behind us have, in their turn, to learn it all for themselves. That’s who this site is aimed at – anyone starting out, but if you’re older I hope there will also be plenty here to interest you too. I’d like to make this a useful one stop locale to find out all the things your Mum or Grandma would have told you, if only she’d had the time.
My grandma Mollie was the inspiration behind ‘Voix Douce’ – translated as ‘gentle voice’ and, for non-French speakers, pronounced ‘vwa doos’. There are many times when I wish I still had someone around like her to call for advice.
I hope to be the gentle voice you can turn to, to look up things you’d like to know: tips to make housework easier, save money by using commonly available natural alternatives when cleaning, herbal/natural beauty products you can easily make, cookery tips and favourite recipes, embroidery, gardening and much more. Basically if it involves you and your home, there will probably be something here to pique your interest. Well, that’s the plan!
Comments / feedback always welcome, in fact I thrive on them!
Contact me: celcelore[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk
