Come and shop up a storm this Friday and Saturday from a wonderful range of local designers (Skinny laMinx included) at the Missibaba Studios in the Palms Centre on Main Road, Woodstock. There’ll also be lots of yummy goods, and yummy things to eat too, so don’t miss out. I’ll have plenty of special offer …
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Shopping Party at Missibaba
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The Creamery
I took a break last week from all the mad shop/studio fitting to visit a wonderful new business in Cape Town, called The Creamery, where they make ice cream. But this isn’t run-of-the-mill cone filler: This ice cream is made from scratch, using locally sourced ingredients from family farms in the Western Cape, using seasonal …
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Flower Fields
Maybe I shouldn’t point it out, as I don’t know if anyone’s actually noticed, but so far every single one of my fabrics so far has been printed in just a single colour. However, that’s all changed now, with my brand new design called Flower Fields. It’s got two (count them, TWO!) colours in each …
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Who needs Instagram? (I might)
I don’t own an iPhone, but access to Instagram is one reason I’d be tempted. The great appeal, I think, is that Instagram can make the lousiest photo look interesting, which really takes the pressure off when taking a pic. But honestly, I’ve a perfectly good high-end Blackberry (she states somewhat nervously), and I can’t …
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Mediated baking
So, I’ve had a lovely public holiday, with yoga, brunch, naps, tea and cake baking, but I find myself ending on a bit of odd note. After having finished icing my carrot cake and noshing a slice, I spent a good half hour peering at it through my camera and cellphone, taking snaps, tweeting about …
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Charm necklace
So pleased with my weekend project, which I’m wearing today. For ages, I’ve been wanting to make a charm bracelet, but as a necklace, and on Saturday I found the perfect chain and a ‘starter charm’ from Vamp Clothing, sold at Hello Again. I spent the rest of the day rifling through drawers and old …
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The Evolution of the Spectacle
I’ve been wearing specs since I was 8 years old, and yesterday I got what must be my 10th or 12th pair of frames. I hunted through my drawers but could only find a couple of my old pairs to line up for this photo. My brand new pair is at the bottom. I kind …
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Blank the blink
I’ve been joking lately that cellphones are the new cigarettes, and the more I see people in the elevator, on the corner, at the restaurants, heads bent over their phones, feeding their addiction to information and communication, the more I think it’s true. When there’s a moment to spend waiting for something – an elevator, …
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Lucie makes mugs
Look at what arrived in the post, all bound up in beautiful Bloomsbury tape, just the other day. Why, it’s none other than two of Lucie Summers’ darling Bloomsbury mugs! I have drunk my tea from no other mug since getting these, and if I have to switch, only my Orla Kiely mug can possibly …
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