Way back in 2011, I found a greasy scooter shop to let on Bree Street, just near my favourite coffee shop, and by the end of the year, the Skinny laMinx shop opened its doors! We’ve done lots since then, expanding upstairs, growing our team, doubling the shop size, and building our business, and we …
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Celebrating 7 years on Bree Street
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How to make cute gift tags
You’ll need card, thin coloured paper (I used origami paper), scissors, a stamp pad, lino and cutting tools. Carve your stamp from the lino. If you’ve been to one of my workshops on this, you’ll know exactly how to do this! If not, try carving a soft material like an eraser. Cut two circles from …
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A Skinny Tale – 2007 – 2012
We’re celebrating the Skinny laMinx shop’s 7th birthday this week, as we opened our doors at 201 Bree Street on 13 December 2011. Just by chance, I came across this Skinny Tale that I’d written at the end of 2012, when our shop was just one year old. So much has changed… and yet it’s …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #10: Kirsten Goss
It’s the last of our 20 Days of HAPPYTHANKS… and it’s my birthday, too! It’s been so much fun teaming up with my fellow business owners to say Thank You to our supporters with these giveaways, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to have Kirsten Goss as our final friend, with a truly spectacular giveaway! …
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2019 Wall Calendar
Every year, our studio makes a couple of ENORMOUSLY useful OVERSIZED year calendars to use for our in-house planning. This year, these A2 sized calendars are not only designed to organise, but also to inspire our team around our 2019 theme, which is… Seriously, Have a Good Day. “Have a Good Day” is one of those …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #9: Mungo
This post is the 9th in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Mungo, whose very generous prize …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #8: Hope on Hopkins
This post is the eighth in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our fellow business owners, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Hope on Hopkins for their …
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20 Days of HappyThanks #7: Skermunkil
This post is the 7th in a series of 10 instagram-based giveaways devised to promote our friends and neighbours, as well as to give us a chance to say THANK YOU to all the people who support Skinny laMinx on social media all year long. A huge thank you to Marietjie Beeselaar of Skermunkil for …
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Making Friday: Punch needle with Crafters Box
Much earlier this year, I had an email from Morgan at The Crafters Box, asking for my postal address. This US-based company, whose aim is to make it easy for people to bring crafting back into peoples’ lives by providing subscriber-based mail-order kits and online instructional videos around particular crafts. What a great idea! The …
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