This morning, I spotted Patricia Zapata’s annual mosaic review on her blog, which inspired me to put together this review of our year at Skinny laMinx: JANUARY saw us get inspired to grab the Cape Town World Design Capital by the scruff of its neck, and get the most out of it! We started by slapping an enormous yellow dot on …
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2014 – A year in review
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Shaggy dogs
While on Noordhoek Beach these holidays (see previous post), we spotted a really funny looking shaggy black dog, with crazy wild hair – some of it tied up with a scrunchie – and giant floormop feet. The owner told us he was an Afghan Hound with rather poor grooming habits. I tried drawing him the …
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Hot stuff in 2015
Remember, you heard it from the Sunday Times first: our Airborne print is hot, hot, hot stuff for 2015!
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A seaside garland
We went for a walk on Noordhoek Beach on Boxing Day, when the spring tides were up and the entire wide, wide beach was covered in water, moving from the breakers to the lagoon. Lots of sea vegetables had washed up, including this long piece of seaweed with a knot in it. I thought it …
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Frondest Greetings
Wishing everybody the most festive of festive seasons, from all of us at Skinny laMinx. xx
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Holiday hours
Just letting you know that the Skinny laMinx shop is open til 4pm on New Year’s Eve, and on Saturday 27th til 2pm, as well as all the hours below. So mostly, we’re open over this Festive Season, and we look forward to seeing you in the shop!
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Furoshiki wrapping tutorial
Ever wanted to wrap your gifts in fabric, furoshiki-style, but ended up in a botched effort of flapping ends that looks like you dragged the gift through the laundry basket on the way to the tree? Well, those days are over, cos here’s a very simple step-by-step to help you wrap envelope-style, using our Rough Diamond print, in …
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Rainbow buckets
You know, when you work in retail, you have to start planning for the festive season so early that sometimes you’ve almost forgotten what you were working on in July when you shot your Christmas images. Or maybe that’s just me and my colander brain. Whatever the case, I was rather delighted to discover these Soft Bucket and …
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Decorate your table
I think the new colours of our Abacus print are a great option for a Christmas table, whether you’re decorating for a sunny Summer’s Christmas, or a cosy Winter’s day. Find them in our shop.
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