BeretI’m enchanted by these wool berets by Japanese Etsy seller Tiny Toadstool Label, found thanks to Helen Dardik, who always has the niftiest Etsy Finds ever. Via Orange You Lucky
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My first Designgoods market
My first Designgoods marketOn Saturday I did my first stint at the newly positioned Designgoods market. It’s been separated from the main food tent at the Neighbourgoods market, which is great, as it’s a lot less crowded, but it does seem that the punters haven’t quite realised that we’re there. It was a fairly slow …
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How to grow a Mini Skinny in 5 easy steps
How to grow a Mini Skinny in 5 easy stepsHere’s the recipe for how to grow a little shop within a shop in almost no time at all. Step 1Take one energetic lady with a bright idea, and add a funny old 50’s kitchen cabinet that her family can’t stand (see above). Step 2Get the …
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Making room for Kamers
Making room for KamersNext Monday I’ll be delivering boxes of my things to a rather demandingly enormous market known as Kamersvol Geskenke, so this week is all about printing boxes for mugs, stamping labels for tea towels, aprons, cushions, decals, etc (as well as meeting numerous illustration deadlines. Help!) So it’s serious factory stuff chez …
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Snot a good idea?
Snot a good idea?I printed up these big business cards to give away to magazines when I was in London in May. When I posted this pic on Flickr, I jokingly called it a”business card you can blow your nose on”, and some people thought that a hanky business card was a good idea. I’m …
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Scarf – in crochet
Scarf – in crochetAdooore this image (from 1864!), seen on Design*Sponge earlier this week. It’s a perfect reminder for all crafty Capetonians who’d like to come to the Kraft group this Saturday at 2:30. We’ll be at the Book Lounge on the corner of Roeland and Buitenkant Streets knitting, tatting, stitching and scrapping, yakking our …
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Mountain Garden print
Mountain Garden printPleased to tell you that I’ve got a rather glamorous silkscreen print in gold and grey available for sale in my Etsy shop. It’s called Mountain Garden, and is in a very limited edition of only 20 prints. The print is made from my paper cutouts of plants and flowers that I picked …
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Skinny on the Dailies
Skinny on the DailiesFeel like hanging out in Cape Town in a virtual kind of way? Then go check out The Dailies, over at Design for Mankind, where I’ve documented one of my days. (Thanks, Erin! That was really fun!)
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Studio news
Studio news There’s lots going on in our studio these days! To start with, Medina has been making really interesting shapes and colours in preparation for her small, but very fortunate art students. Then, Odette is having a show of her work, opening tonight at the VEO Gallery in Long Street. Here is one of …
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