Has it ever been done before? Well, if you ask me, it’s high time Confetti Sushi Parties became all the rage, and you should be first off the mark. Here’s how: Ingredients: One Brancusi Stripe table runner in inkspot A dozen Simple Stripe table napkins in mint Confetti Chopsticks Sushi Cute sunglasses Skinny laMinx gift tags on …
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Throw a Confetti Sushi Party!
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Celebrate!
It’s always so odd doing Christmas shoots in July, but the good side is that when you’ve done all your seasonal planning so long ago, and then you take a look at it again in November, it all looks so fabulous, it gets you excited for the festive season again! Well, that’s what happened with …
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Skinny laMinx Mobile Covers
So happy to let you know that we have a limited quantity of our gorgeous mobile covers available in our shop on Bree street. They even come with a cute little pouch! We have limited stock available in these models: iPhone 4, 5 & 6, and Samsung S5, so be sure to pop in and check them …
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Making Friday: Block Printing mega version
This week, I’m in Jaipur, India, starting my second teaching stint with Ritchie Ace Camps. Last year’s Jaipur experience was amazing (lots of pics here), and I can’t wait to meet everyone who is coming on the 2015 version (although I’m going to miss last year’s group like mad!). I hadn’t used block printing techniques a lot …
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Skinny laMinx Stripes
After all the dottiness last month, we’ve now gone a bit nuts about our stripey patterns. Take a look at the colourful and fun Simple Stripe design. Isn’t that kids’ apron just too cute? Or is it just the effect of our little model, Finn? Our more grown-up aprons also look good in Simple Stripe, but …
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Best Thing: Diggi Dot wallpaper
I’m off to Jaipur again next week, for another Ritchie Ace Camps block printing teaching stint, where I’ll be staying at Hotel Diggi Palace, which I loved so much, I named our new fabric collection Diggi Dot! It seems like the perfect opportunity to let you know about our latest line of wallpaper for Robin Sprong …
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Spotty laMinx?
When you lay them out on a table, we’ve got a lot of spots and dots in the Skinny laMinx range, don’t we? Look at Abacus, Pebble and Gridly, all doing their dotty best to up the spot count. Spot quiz: How many spots and dots you can see in this blog post. Anyone? I’ll hand …
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Inspired by: Red & Blue & More
I’ve always found a red and blue combination to be a little bit “obvious”, bringing to mind things like cowboys, Stars & Stripes, Union Jacks – you know what I mean. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Look at this room, photographed for Italian furniture manufacturer Battistella for their children’s range Nidi. It’s that surprising addition …
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Best Things: Tile inspiration
Ever since we started looking for tiles for our bathroom renovation, and came across these wild and trippy handpainted cement tiles at Moroccan Warehouse, I’ve found my head turning towards tiles quite compulsively. What I find so exciting about tile is the way that pattern gets built up so compellingly, and often in ways that surprise, …
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