I went to Milnerton Market on Sunday, supposedly to buy plants, but it just so happened to be particularly good pickings this weekend, and, having just read David Southwood’s Milnerton Market book, I couldn’t possibly make it a simple in-out operation. So lots of treasure hunting was done, and lots of pics were snapped on my phone:
Lots more pics to be seen on my Pattern Everywhere album on Facebook, and find out more about the Milnerton Market book here.
I recently got The Crafters Guide to Taking Great Photos by Heidi Adnum in the post, and yes indeed, that is one of my very own photos on the cover (which is why it is circled and arrowed thus).
It’s a fab book, and if you are a bit of a hack in the photography department, like I am, it is well worth getting a copy. It has beautiful images to inspire, and clear, simple-to-grasp explanations to help you improve. In fact, despite being in one of the ‘practitioner spotlight’ interviews about my own pics (along with amazing people like Jenny Gordy of Wiksten, and Lisa Jones of Pigeon Toe), I am reading this book cover-to-cover and learning a heck of a lot.
I have two copies of The Crafter’s Guide to Taking Great Photos, and while I’ll be keeping my hands on the UK edition (with my photo on the cover!), I’d love to give the US version to a deserving person in need of the kind of guidance this book can offer in spades. Unfortunately, this giveaway is for South African residents only.
To enter:
* Email me a photograph of one of your existing product shots, pointing out what you think works about the shot, and what you think would make it better. My email is heather[at]skinnylaminx[dot]com. (NB: Include your contact details in your email, please!)
* From these entries, I will pick five people who I feel would benefit most from the book, and then from those I’ll do a name-from-the-hat draw.
* Entries close on 29 Feb and the winner will be announced on Monday 5 March
* Only entries from South African residents can be considered. Sorry about this, but the book will cost me a fortune to post abroad 
… and a lot of it is pink!
Top pic: Cover of the 2012 Tatler Spa guide
Middle pic: The home of French stylist, Jean-Christophe Aumas (via Marie-Claire Maison)
Bottom pics: The home of Amanda Happe (via Design*Sponge), and from the Alice + Olivia Style Guide
I’m feeling a little out of sorts today, and I’m going to have to blame it on altitude changes, after having been to the top of the mountain on Friday, and down to the end of Scarborough on Sunday. But really, there’s absolutely no excuse for having the blues today. I mean, just look at where I live!
Above my sewing area, I’ve clipped together colour swatches for reference, and enjoy the little rainbow they make in that corner of my studio.
It was only last week, however, when the very sweet Adele and Justin from H is for Home surprised me by sending a sage-green vintage Donald Clarke placemat to complete a set I’d bought from them years ago, that I realised I’d been using the rest of this set as the cornerstones of all my swatch collections. Thanks so much!
Hey! I’ve got an idea! Stop what you’re doing right now and watch this. You may get a Depeche Mode earworm, but it’ll put a big smile on your face.
I’m so happy that it seems my Making Fridays are becoming a part of my weeks again, and last Friday was a fab one, even if the things I was Making were very much shop-related. I got out my ceramics transfers and box of blank mugs and made a whole heap of mugs.
I picked them up from firing today, and they turned out beautifully!
I’d love to have them for sale in my Etsy shop, but the shipping costs are totally insane, so I’ve decided to keep them in my shop at 201 Bree St in Cape Town only. There are very limited quantities of each design, so if you want one, make it snappy! More pics on Facebook.
Valentine’s Day is coming, and for once I’m ready for it (retail-wise, that is)! I worked hard on my shop window over the weekend with a Valentine’s message for just about everyone out there:
And if you want to share the same message of sweet non-threatening but heartfelt appreciation with your best friend, your boss, your mom, or even your long-time lover, you can, ‘cos I’ve made it as a pop up card too.
You’ll find them for sale in my Etsy shop, and also my shop for South African online shoppers and, of course, in the Skinny laMinx store at 201 Bree Street. Hope they make you…
“Squam is a lake, a gathering, a community”… and later this year, I’m going to be part of it! Yup, crafty folks, I’m going to Squam!!
I can hardly believe it’s true, but come September this year, I’ll be heading off for New Hampshire to teach at the Fall Squam Art Workshop. I’ll be teaching a couple of full day courses in very simple screenprinting, using the most basic of tools. I’ll be teaching alongside a wonderful lineof of super-talented people, with a lot of awesome to share.
See more about my workshop right here , and if it sounds like your kind of thing, sign up here. Can’t wait to meet everyone at Squam!
The advent of Pinterest has introduced an unprecedented deluge of fashion and style images into my life, and it’s undoubtedly influencing the way I dress and style my look. And I’m not alone in this. I was at a rather nice and rather hip bar last week, and found myself identifying ‘Pinterest hair’ on the heads of the cool girls. So I made this drawing:
