All of next week, we’ll be celebrating the one year anniversary of opening the Skinny laMinx shop at 201 Bree St., Cape Town. Hooray! One of the things we’re celebrating with is a stop-motion animation that we’ve been working on all year long with animator Jeremy Collins, all about what’s behind Skinny laMinx. It’s delightful …
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The Skinny laMinx shop turns ONE
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At FoodWineDesign
I had a crazy week up in Joburg, working on the FoodWineDesign Fair, and returned just in time to take the day off for my birthday. In a nutshell, that’s a list of excuses for having neglected my poor, news-hungry blog of late. But, of course, I’ve been instagramming up a storm, so here’s an …
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Making Friday: Ellie, meet ellie
In between packing boxes, approving strikeoffs, planning next year and drinking cups of tea, I had lots of fun with ink, brushes and paper this Making Friday, with a portrait of the little ebony elephant I found at Milnerton Market two weeks ago. I also made some little framed things for my stand at the …
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Making Friday: Something for nothing
Throwing away scraps of my fabric always tugs at my thrifty heartstrings, giving me pangs of guilt, so when I saw a basket full to brimming with long offcuts of my new Rough Diamond print, I grabbed a fistful. So pretty! Without a plan, I stitched them together, and now… well, I still have no …
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New stuff
Finally! I’ve slipped in a couple of sneak peeks into Instagram, but on the whole have been VERY discreet, in order to do a GIANT reveal with LOTS of new things. So here goes: Lookee! Voila, the start of a brand new geometrics collection called Rough Cuts, so far comprising prints called Pebble, Woodpile and …
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I know it’s October, but…
Yup, folks. It’s that time of year, I’m afraid, when the retailers start going meshugenah over Christmas, and I’m no exception. In fact, I’m quite excited to actually have some seasonally apt goods for a change! Apart from the gift tags and litho printed postcards I recently listed, I also have some super-sweet lasercut birch …
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Tutorial: Bake yer own ceramics
I am so excited about this new product, because although I’ve been putting my transfers on ceramics for years, I’ve always had to find someone with a professional kiln to fire it at high temperature. Now I’ve discovered some special ceramics inks that allow you to fire things in your home oven. It’s ridiculously easy! …
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New gift tags
I’ve made some new lasercut gift tags because, in case you haven’t noticed, it’s all about gearing up for the festive season at this point, and Skinny laMinx is getting with the programme with some seasonally-appropriate fare. They’re available for sale in packs of 10, and you’ll find them in US$ here, (along with lots …
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Studio chaos!
This photo shows the one small corner of my studio that is not in utter chaos, and the only reason for this is that I’m sharing this particular corner with my food writer/stylist friend, Nikki Werner, who is a very calming influence around here, as well as a maker of good tea and bringer of …
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