Tulip serviceI was just uploading these photos of tulips, wondering what I would write about them, when Alex kindly emailed to let me know that Skinny laMinx was featured on Bloesem – not once, but twice! Here, on the main Bloesem blog, and here again, on Bloesem Kids.Thanks so much, Irene, and I’m so pleased …
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Tulip service
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Glory be!
Glory be!I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: my tea towels get to go to much more exciting places than I do. Here they are starring in a romantic shoot for Beatnik Bazaar. Happy weekend, all. I’ll be at the Neighbourgoods Market at the Biscuit Mill tomorrow, which is about as exciting as …
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Alert: My head’s grown so big I can hardly reach over my own shoulder to pat myself on the back.
Alert: My head’s grown so big I can hardly reach over my own shoulder to pat myself on the back.So there it is: my Borrowed Spoons tea towel in the New York Times magazine, coyly nestling up with tea towels by Lucienne Day and Marimekko. Who knew that tea towels could be made to look …
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Befores and Afters
I’m thrilled to bits that the chairs I’ve had covered in Sevilla Rock are featured on Design*Sponge’s Befores and Afters today! This one was a gift for Peter Slingsby, who let me use his records of Cederberg rock art. Thanks Pete! This glider was a rather lucky find in a very cottagey furniture store. And …
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My time in Stitch
My time in StitchThanks so much to Michelle of Cicada Studio for letting me know that we’re sharing a page in Stitch magazine! It’s all about springtime, and birdies, and so how appropriate that her Feeding the Birds print and my Eep! tea towel should be there.
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Skinny in my Home
Skinny in my homeA while back I started a Flickr group called Skinny laMinx in my Home. It’s so exciting to see when someone new has added something to the group, and there really are some lovely pics there. The photo above is by Amy Singer, who was one of my first customers ever. She …
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Perfection from Bookhou
Not long ago, I was lucky enough to win a prize from that extraordinary company Bookhou, and it arrived in the mail last week. It’s difficult to express how I feel about Bookhou’s things, but the word that comes to mind is “humbled”. Their work is just so beautifully considered, constructed from such fine materials, …
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Ooh, this woke me up!
Ooh, this woke me up!I was lazily catching up with my Bloglines in a half-hearted attempt to get up to speed with this week after such a nice weekend, when I saw this pic on Design*Sponge. There’s my Borrowed Spoons tea towel doing a great job helping to illustrate a recipe (for yummy artichoke cassarole!) …
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X marks the spot
X marks the spotFrom our place, it looked like the rainbow was pointing to the Mount Nelson, but I reckon the people living behind our apartments saw it beaming straight into our flat, and rightly so, cos I feel I’ve been riding a multicoloured streak of luck lately. My Sevilla Rock upholstery fabrics have had …
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