Me and my clever brother are in the middle of a big website revamp integration, trying to corral all the mess of multiple sites and pages into one lovely unit.
Be back next week in an entirely new outfit, so keep your eyes out (and sign up for my newsletter in the sidebar – there’ll be celebratory launch promos too).
We had a yummy lunch with interesting people at an old, low-ceilinged cabin in Churchaven on Sunday. Treats all round.
I don’t know how this could be, but it’s only in the last month or two that I’ve heard about Pendleton woollen blankets, and my love was instant and true. They’re woven by Pendleton Mills, which has been in the wool-weaving business since 1889, when Thomas Kay opened his own mill in Salem, Oregon. I adore these woollen blankets, for their colours, designs, and the fact that the back and the front are equally exquisite.
San Miguel blanket 
Vintage Flagstaff Blanket
I’ve had very few comments on my blog lately, and I was just wondering……
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Hooray, it’s Making Friday! I started early by making changes to the Skinny laMinx shop at Silk & Cotton. It’s All about Orla there today.
Beady-eyed readers will notice that there’s a brand new version of Orla in there – a reversed print in lemon, dove grey and olive. Mmm, yummy. More to follow next week. Meantime, time to make stuff.
Some sweet little calico bookbags in Cloudbirds and Orla are now listed in my Etsy shop.
I’ve printed my Flatware design in sage on tea towel fabric and now have it for sale in US$ in my Etsy shop right here and for South Africans, it’s available in Rands from my locals shop, right here.
My Colt Circles design has never been a bestseller, but I still reckon it’s a sleeper, and when I eventually get around to covering a squishy sofa in the Colt Circles in Sand, it will get the attention it deserves. In the meantime, check out what a cute lampshade the Colt Circles in Seafoam makes:
I have a new favourite hobby called Pinterest. I’ve always enjoyed cutting pics out of magazines, sorting them into themes/moods/colours and pasting them in (click here to read an old post about my scrapbooks), and this is the digital version of this hobby. 
What happens is that people create accounts (you have to apply and wait for an invitation) and then create ‘boards’ according to theme upon which they pin things that catch their eye all around the net. Each pin is tagged with the URL from which it came, so it’s easy to track things down. Really, it’s delightful, and I’m enjoying heading off in crazy directions all over the web, which I haven’t done for ages. And the best part is that it’s a way to keep track of things you love without having to make a million bookmarks.
Check it out at www.pinterest.com, and click here to see what I’ve been pinning.
I love visiting Laughton’s Hardware in Seapoint. It’s a family business, has a great Art Deco sign outside, has a friendly, on-the-ball guy downstairs who is genuinely interested in helping you find the solution to your hardware problem, and is full of surprising and useful things.
While buying bits and bobs there recently, I spotted a nice colourful jumble of timber organised in cubbyholes. I had to use my camera zoom to the max, as the floor was being painted between me and the wood, so they’re a teeny bit unfocussed.
Vintage Gallup Blanket
