Once again, the ‘explore’ feature on Instagram has thrown up an exciting discovery for me. Please meet the most beautiful hand-carved objects by Julian Watts – a woodcarver from San Francisco. I feel as if my Oddjects have found some family members.
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Best Things: Julian Watts Studio
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Object of desire: Moa Light
Remember my Terrazzo trend roundup a few months back? Well, local outfit Bofred is bang on it with the release of their gorgeous new Giant Moa lamp with its speckled Caesarstone base. Nice one!
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Open Streets 2016
I love the Open Streets initiative, where cars are shut out and people take over the streets of Cape Town. This weekend, it was the turn of Bree Street, and for a whole very hot day, the street was filled with people dancing, doing hip-hop, eating icecream, and… taking selfies in full Skinny laMinx camouflage, of course! …
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The animals know
We’ve been spotting some furry little guys around the web who seem to have their world firmly under control (with a little help from Skinny laMinx). And then, of course, there’s #Pablothedachshund, who takes lessons in How To Live (and Skinny fandom) to the next level. And they say that humans run the show? Hmm…
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Best Things: Holidays at home
We spent our holiday very much at home, which was a really good thing to do after a rather disrupted home in 2015. Shortly after having bought the apartment next door early in the year, we found our neighbours were going to have a baby in November, so we rather hastily started our long dreamed-of …
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New in the shop: Block Printed scarves
On my recent teaching trip to Jaipur with Ritchie Ace Camps, I had a couple of days off, and was pleased to put them to VERY good use, because after the success of our last crop of limited edition block printed scarves, I was excited to design some more. So now, just in the nick of …
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Mud resist block printing
We’ve just launched our second range of traditionally-made block printed scarves, designed by me, but made the old-fashioned way with wooden blocks and vegetable dyes, in a small printing compound in Bagru, India. The Weft design is the first time we’ve had a mud-resist and indigo dyed item made, and I thought you might be …
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Friends & Neighbours: VAMP Furniture
We have so many fabulous stockists of Skinny laMinx all over the world, and right here in South Africa, too. One day, we’ll manage to visit all of them, but for now, we’re lucky to have a long-time favourite just a short stop away, at 368c Albert Road, just opposite the Old Biscuit Mill in …
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I know where you should stay in Cape Town…
Thinking about coming to Cape Town for a visit? If I were you, I’d have this AirBnB apartment on my ‘places to stay’ list. And if you can’t get a booking, you could have a decorating staycation, and get the look at your own home: All cushions by Skinny laMinx / Jute rug from Mr Price / Mhy …
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