In my inbox this morning, I found a very sweet email from Amy of ReMakeables, reminding me about Japanese design collective, Salvia. I wonder why… Yes, I can also hear the echoes of my Borrowed Spoons design ringing loud and clear, but I only saw Salvia’s beautiful spoons after my design was finished, teatowels were …
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Salvia
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The downside of a bargain
How could I resist paying 50m of narrow twill tape for only R30? It is a bit tangled though… … and four days later I’m still rolling this snarlup into balls. Still, it’s made the Snook one happy cat.
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Thanks, everyone!
A quick thanks to everyone who’s had such nice things to say about my Borrowed Spoons, and also for all the great publicity from other bloggers – Bloesem, Poppytalk, Print & Pattern, Another Shade of Grey, Decor8, Zee Homebug, design undercover and hopingforhappyaccidents too. And if I left anyone out, a big thanks to you!
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Nikki’s kitchen
A while back, I did a post about Nikki the food editor’s kitchen, where she has a few of the things I’ve made. Now that I’ve finally finished her little curtains, making use of my massive collection of rescued traycloths and napkins, there’s more to show. Jeepers, it’s practically a Skinny laMinx showroom over there! …
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Borrowed Spoons – new in Etsy
It all started with Jasper Morrison’s Book of Spoons. It inspired me to take some pics of my spoons, and these caused cutlery drawers to start rattling all over the world. And Kelly did too. I was pretty over the spoon about all this, and when my blog friends kindly let me use their spoon …
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Snapshots and souvenirs
Along with the no newspapers, no email holiday policy, we didn’t get the camera out a lot , but we took a snap or two. Here’ are a couple: And, of course, bananas galore! I’m trying to hang onto the holiday smoothness and ease. Don’t want to slip back into those old grooves just yet. …
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Home again.
We’re home again after a wonderful break. Thanks for all the sweet holiday wishes! They all came perfectly true. My new easy-going self is going to take a while to get back up to speed – I’d forgotten how long it takes to list new items on Etsy. But keep your eyes open – my …
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Holiday! Bananas! (back on 2 September)
There’s usually a bunch of bananas on our dining room table, but tomorrow we’re going to where bananas grow on trees. We’re off on a much-needed holiday to KwaZulu Natal!Upon my return, I’ll be launching a new teatowel design in my Etsy shop. I’m very excited about this one because it’s a bit of a …
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Etsy (and me) in the FT
I just picked up a copy of the Financial Times Weekend, very excited to read the article in the Design and Lifestyle section about online selling, Etsy and… and Skinny laMinx!I’m more than thrilled – just about twittering – to be mentioned in the same breath as luminaries like Camilla Engman and le Train Fantome, …
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