Last Word I’ve been doing illustrations for the Fairlady magazine’s back page, where they always publish a light-hearted piece as a closing word for the magazine. Above is the illustration for a story about how friends are never honest about your hairstyle, and the pic below accompanied a piece about when good people have affairs. …
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Last Word
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Window licking
Window lickingI love the French word for window shopping: it’s leche vitrine, which means “lick window”. This unbelievably cute Crosley portable speaker from Urban Outfitters has me licking that window so hard, I swear the glass is getting thinner! Other reasons to keep leching that vitrine include the Crosley USB turntable…And the fact that if …
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Mug and Fiep
Mug and FiepI had good finds at Milnerton Market recently, including this Staffordshire Potteries mug, and piles of melamine plates and bowls adorned with adorable illustrations by Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp . Fiep Westendorp was, by the way, a lady. I didn’t realise this until I visited her website, where I also discovered that her …
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We Rocked the Daisies
We Rocked the DaisiesThis is how our weekend excursion to Rocking the Daisies felt in the daytime. At night, it felt like ice, but most of the time it made me feel – as our friend Justin put it – both young and old at the same time.
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…….South Africa got television in the 70’s, and my family only took the leap in 1979. At that time, transmission only began at 6pm, and the rest of the time there was only the test pattern to watch. And watch it we did! Fascinating. I hope you enjoy a trip down memory lane as the …
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Cannibal camera
Cannibal cameraI’m guilty of cruelty to cameras, I reckon, getting my old camera to photograph its very nifty and much sexier replacement. Nanook’s in the background hoping my mean streak is only applied to high-tech optical equipment. Have a great weekend, everyone. I’m off to a rock festival. Woo hoo! (I have to admit to …
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Not to bore you about Ikea, but…
Not to bore you about Ikea, but… One of the things Melinda sent to me in her surprise package was the 2009 Ikea catalogue. Of course, I fell upon it, pawing through the pages, mouth agape at all the good stuff at such good prices. I mean, look at the cool fabrics… And this bed …
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Meet Stephanie
Meet StephanieI drew Stephanie for a TV ad that Fairlady magazine was making. I don’t have a telly, so didn’t get to see the ad until I picked up a disc from the publishers last week. It’s really cute, but for the life of me, I can’t work out how to get a list of …
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Spoiled rotten
Spoiled rottenAll the moaning and complaining I’ve done about not having Ikea here in South Africa has had the most unexpected results: Two readers of this blog took pity at the poor Ikea-less me, and sent me boxes full of Ikea treats. It’s true – I took photos to prove it! Above, you can see …
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