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Hanging gardens

The hanging succulent garden that I made for my old studio continues to bring a lot of new visitors to my blog, and so I’d like to tell you about a hanging gardens business in Cape Town, in the hopes of bringing in lots of interest to her lovely work too.

In one corner of my shop, I have a beautiful hanging Delicious Monster, made by Opus Studio. This little business is just about to open its first studio premises at the brand new Foundry on Albert Road in Woodstock, and is well worth a visit. There’s all manner of hanging planty wonderfulness, including orchids and terraria too. Visit the Opus Studio website for more.

Season’s Greetings

This past year has been a very big one for Skinny laMinx, it really has. Thanks so much for all the support and encouragement along the way, and all the best for your brand new year, dear readers.

xx

 

 

11eleven11

Because of today’s auspicious novelty datitude (that’s 11/11/11, if you hadn’t noticed), I’m going to do my level best to totally wear out the word ‘eleven’ , causing it to lose all meaning (eleveneleveneleveneleveneleveneleven…).

At the same time, I’m making Eleven very meaningful, because I’m having an ELEVEN day sale! It’s happening just in time, as it’s about ELEVEN days before the post office’s 22 November deadline for Christmas posting.

Etsy shoppers

Make a purchase through my Etsy shop, and you’ll get ELEVEN percent off your purchase  by inserting the coupon code 11ELEVEN11 at the Etsy checkout.

(Did I mention that you’d get an ELEVEN % discount on your order between now and 22 November?)

Local shoppers

I don’t have the coupon code facility in my local online shop, but from today, local orders will be shipped at a flat rate of ELEVEN Rand for ELEVEN days (ending 22 November).

Also, if you say the code word ELEVEN at my shop, or at my market stand over the next ELEVEN days, you’ll get an ELEVEN % discount on your order too.

There’s more?

Yes, there is more. Just keep an eye on this blog and sign up for my newsletter to hear about other sale-ish events and giveaways coming up too.

….eleveneleveneleveneleveneleveneleven….

Scraps rainbow

Ah, what a nice way to end the week, sorting out the scraps pile, and generating a beautiful rainbow! (all those with itchy crafty fingers, I’ll photograph these next week and get them into my shop, promise).

Have a happy weekend, everyone!

Background news

I’ve got my forehead to the grindstone (nose completely worn away by now), working on my new catalogue, taking heaps of photos and generally having a blast with styling and planning it all. Now I’m in the nitty gritty stage of editing and checking, which is kind of dreary. To keep me going, I thought I’d share a couple of the shots I’ve been taking lately without revealing any of the COOL NEW STUFF, soon to be revealed in my catalogue:

A week well spent

Last week was spent doing an intensive photography intro course at the Cape Town School of Photography. My afternoons had me breaking my brain on the concepts and applications of apertures and shutter speeds, while the rest of the day was spent on my homework (photographing the insides of paper bags, and more!), and I can now fiddle around with my camera with some authority, more or less getting the picture I intended. It’s much more hard work than the days of ‘auto’ settings, but a lot more satisfying. Definitely a week well spent.



Blank the blink

I’ve been joking lately that cellphones are the new cigarettes, and the more I see people in the elevator, on the corner, at the restaurants, heads bent over their phones, feeding their addiction to information and communication, the more I think it’s true. When there’s a moment to spend waiting for something – an elevator, a bus, a coffee – instead of lighting up, we pull out our phones. And as much as I despise the tendency, I find myself doing exactly the same, far more often than I’d like.

My BlackBerry was lifted from my bag recently, and I didn’t replace it until last week, just using my old faithful Motorola while waiting for insurance money to come through. It really was a relief to be rid of the constant tug at my attention from that blinking red light on my phone. It was great to only be able to check email when it was convenient for me, instead of constantly being alerted to the fact that yet another one had arrived.

So it was with some reluctance that I’ve replaced my BlackBerry, but this time with a small adjustment: I’ve stuck a little patch of gaffer tape over the blinker.

Smokers have to stick on patches to curb their addiction too, and I’m hoping by blanking the blink, I’ll soon chuck the urge to check, and I’ll manage to stand and wait quietly for the coffee/bus/elevator, undistracted. Or, at least, I’ll stand there, itching to reach for my phone, and my patch will remind me that my urge to be busy is exhausting, antisocial, and bad for my health, and instead, I’ll breathe in some fresh air, and just savour a moment of not being busy.

Seconds, Samples & Scraps – the details

 

 

 

Some of you, anticipating the Rapture last week, may not have bothered to diarise the Skinny laMinx Seconds, Samples & Scraps Sale. But seeing as we’re all still here, let’s get those diaries out, shall we?

when?

Friday 27 May, 4pm-6pm

Saturday 28 May, 9am-3pm

where?

The Skinny laMinx studio at 33a Buitengracht Street. Click here for a Google map.

what?

Shopping, of course. And free sweeties. Cash or cards welcome.

Out-of-towners, don’t be downhearted. Keep an eye on this blog next week for your own special deals.