I don’t mean to be boringAt the risk of being a bore who never stops telling you where and when Skinny teatowels appear elsewhere, I just want to say a couple of quick thanks. First, to the Whipup team for including my teatowels in their gift picks list … …and also to Tina of swissmiss …
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At the risk of being boring
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Nothing new about birds
Nothing new about birds Just enough time to post something before zooting off to Muizenberg to prepare for the Studio Show tomorrow. This cast iron bird comes from the Curiosity Shop, and is part of my attempt to shake off a jaded attitude to the long-lived birds trend. Check it out over at the Elle …
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Scandi Love forever
Scandi Love Forever More mugs. This time on the wall of a kitchen in Stockholm, found on This is Love Forever. The author, Kayte Terry, appears to share my lurve of Scandinavian design, and has written a great trends post on the subject over at the Storque (she gave my Borrowed Spoons a look-in – …
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Dreaming
DreamingI’m starting to wake up to the fact that it’s nearly Christmas, and I can’t very well give my family teatowels again, so I’d better get shopping ! Unfortunately, these gorgeous graphic mugs will have to be just window shopped by me, as the aptly-named Curiosity Shoppe doesn’t ship internationally. Americans, Canadians, go get ‘em …
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SA Design on D*
SA design roundup on D*Wow, check out Gary’s fantastic roundup of South African designers over at Design*Sponge today! The wirework in this photo is by one of our supersonic design stars, Heath Nash. PS: For anyone who feels surprised that there aren’t any Black designers featured in Gary’s piece, please read his comment about this …
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Pink bloesem
Pink BloesemsIrene from Bloesem has been such a kind blog friend to me (essentially, she’s the one who got me to open my Etsy shop!). So I’m very pleased to be able to return the favour by telling you about the elegant and beautiful jewellery Irene has made, called the Pink Collection, now on sale …
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She’s still Jesse from the blog…Zoot on over to the Elle Decoration SA blog to see Jesse’s terrific post on block printing!
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Lucky lucky
Lucky luckyLast year, just before my birthday, Paul did something so spectacularly cheeky that he’s blotted it from his memory. He phoned our friend Artur to ask if he would sell his Ercol daybed to him for my birthday present! Artur said no, but I was pretty impressed with just the idea (and the chutzpah!). …
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Thanks
Thanks I just want to say thanks so much for all the birthday wishes. Really, they made me smile for my whole crazy week, and so I made this little heart for you all.(and see, I’m wearing my favourite outfit again.)
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