How to grow a Mini Skinny in 5 easy stepsHere’s the recipe for how to grow a little shop within a shop in almost no time at all. Step 1Take one energetic lady with a bright idea, and add a funny old 50’s kitchen cabinet that her family can’t stand (see above). Step 2Get the …
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How to grow a Mini Skinny in 5 easy steps
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Skinny on the Dailies
Skinny on the DailiesFeel like hanging out in Cape Town in a virtual kind of way? Then go check out The Dailies, over at Design for Mankind, where I’ve documented one of my days. (Thanks, Erin! That was really fun!)
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Spoiled rotten
Spoiled rottenAll the moaning and complaining I’ve done about not having Ikea here in South Africa has had the most unexpected results: Two readers of this blog took pity at the poor Ikea-less me, and sent me boxes full of Ikea treats. It’s true – I took photos to prove it! Above, you can see …
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Domino made me say Yho!
Domino made me say Yho!“Yho!” is something we like to say around here when something amazing happens. So of course, I said Yho! (and then spluttered, cos I’m still sick) when I saw not one, but two of my things included in the Grace Bonney’s September Under $100 roundup for Domino! Grace has chosen some …
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You’re tweet!
You’re tweet! Thanks to all the kind bloggers for giving my LAVA tea towels such great publicity! For you, my little bird sweetly sings, Bloggin’ all over the World by Status Quo. And to Mandy de Waal, for writing a nice article about my work over at Moneyweb, my little bird belts out WonderWaal by …
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What’s this?
What’s this?These are some of the pics I took when visiting Haldane Martin’s studio and showroom. You can read more about it in my interview with this top South African furniture designer over at the Elle Deco blog. But before you abscond, I need to say many thanks to all of you for your amazing …
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West Germans twice
West Germans twice20C West German ceramics are featured in two guest spots today: Adelle and Justin of H is for Home have written a fabulously informative and lushly illustrated post at the Elle Deco SA blog today, and I’ve written a little thing for Bloesem’s “Private Museum” series about some of my favourite treasures at …
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And the winner is…
And the winner is… There were 48 entries into my giveaway draw to win a Heath Ceramics bag, from as far afield as Prague and Hawaii. But there could only be ONE winner. I wrote all your names on little bits of paper, folded them and put them in the “hat” (my Heath Ceramics jug), …
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Yeeks!
Yeeks! I got two mentions in the new edition of Selvedge magazine! I seem to have been getting loads of amazing publicity lately, and I hope I’m not starting to sound all obnoxious and boastful. But, but … my decals are on the same page as things by Rob Ryan, Tord Boontje and Clarissa Hulse. …
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