I brought back these arums from the farm on Wednesday. The next morning, I put milk in our green melamine jug for our breakfast oats. And then today I found this Russel Wright vintage creamer at DeadBirdFinds on Etsy. I like this kind of noticing.
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Arum shapes
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Bricks
Strika’s new building in Woodstock is still something of a building site. I’ve been taking some pics, including these of yet-unplastered brick walls. PS: Thanks to a reminder from Tiel, I’ve just re-read the Bloesem Weekend Read about vintage ceramics – it’s definitly worth another visit over this weekend!
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Teatowels around the world
Katy has a new baby, a new blog, and, in absolute record time (thanks, Royal Mail!), some brand new teatowels, bought from my Etsy shop! They look so pretty hanging out in an English country garden, I had to pop them up here today.
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Photo comics
I spent yesterday on a farm outside Wellington, shooting the 14th episode of the photo comic I write and shoot for Strika called Weltevreden se Doen en Late. This morning at work, I’ve been sorting through the pics, and thought I’d share some of them here. At the farm, the recent rains have brought out …
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Top Drawer
I bumped into Lynn Stewart a few weeks ago at the market. She’s a Cape Town illustrator, photographer and style maven (with the best green coat I’ve ever seen). She told me she’s been selling her drawings on the UK eBay, so I had to take a look. I’ve picked a few of my favourites …
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The same but…
I rather liked this photo from the charming Sara of HappySilly. She calls it Same same but different. Not just the title, but the colour and lines made me think of this linocut that Paul made a few years ago, called The Same but Different. The photo doesn’t do it justice, but it’s really quite …
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Mugspiration
On Friday, Lena Corwin posted this charming pic of vintage mugs on her shelves. I’m such a copycat, I just couldn’t resist photographing my collection of vintage mugs over the weekend. Actually, that Marimekko ripoff is not a vintage mug, and those teeny ones are, in fact, eggcups. So in the interests of accuracy, here’s …
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Yummy Mummy Tummy
Did you know, a Yummy Mummy Tummy is the new must-have accessory for the modern expectant mum. It sounds like a very good idea to me, and if you’re an expectant mum, you should certainly find out more by clicking here. But this is not an ad break, it’s actually just a record of the …
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Ticked off the list
Yesterday’s public holiday flew by with a cranked-up soundtrack of Midlake, Laura Veirs and Gillian Walsh, as I locked myself in my studio, finally managing to make a dent in my pile of custom orders . I made this Three Sisters cushion for an Etsy customer. It looks pretty sweet edged in rik-rak, I think. …
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