Monthly Archives: December 2014

  • Nov Oddjects

    Making Friday: a 2014 review

    My Making Friday rule has become a little more flexible lately, largely because my ceramics class is on a Monday morning, and also because my back pain has caused me to take steps to spend more time away from the computer. So there’s a lot MORE MAKING going on, but not necessarily on a Friday, …

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  • Dec Mollie Makes Mag

    In the Press: Mollie Makes

    We loved having the spotlight on Skinny laMinx in the November issue of  UK magazine Mollie Makes.

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  • Dec Inflight Mag

    In the press: In Flight magazine

    The FlySafAir airline’s magazine is called  In Flight, and they ran this lovely feature on our shop during November. Find the article as PDF here

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  • Patternsnap

    Patternsnap

    Harpers Bazaar called Patternsnap “The Shazam of the interiors world”, which is a perfect description of this ingenious (and free) smartphone app that allows interiors junkies and professionals to use their phones to snap and discover where to find a pattern. This is how it works: As well as just saving and grouping your favourites …

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  • Were Hiring

    Online shop and social media manager

    We are hiring! Looking for an online retail sales and marketing manager to join our team in mid January. You must be: * A really great communicator * Skilled online * Hardworking and enthusiastic * A lovely, friendly, cooperative human being * Good at working in a team Please read the full job description, and …

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  • Cook Book X

    Cook. Better

    For quite some time – a couple of years, at least – food writer Nikki Werner shared a corner of my studio above the shop on Bree Street. I was the only other person upstairs, as Pearl was living in Paris at the time, and frankly, this studio wasn’t half as busy and populated as …

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  • Dec Papergoods

    December’s a wrap

    So happy with all the new paper goods we have this season! Prints, cards, tags and more! Available in store or online.Etsy shoppers: http://bit.ly/Papergoods_internationalSouth African shoppers: http://bit.ly/PaperGoods_ZAR And while we are talking about paper, our Bree St customers will be happy to hear that for the whole of December (and while stocks last), every purchase over R300 will get …

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