This week I’ve been having a lot of fun setting up inspirational wedding tables in my studio, using my fabrics, and taking shots of them. I’m still working on choosing shots, but here’s a little peek at what’s been going down up here.
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What I’ve been up to this week
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How to find a picture source when somebody else doesn’t bother
I’m often frustrated by unattributed images on Pinterest that seem to link back endlessly to source after source, but never to the originator of the image, but now I’ve got the solution, thanks to Pinterest user, Emma Busk, who told me about SRC-Img. This little bookmarklet sits on your bookmarks bar, and when you need it …
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One is a stool
Gosh, I do think I’m hilarious sometimes.
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Making Friday – 15 June 2012
After a bit of a hiatus, Making Friday is back! The best Making Fridays are spent making things for no reason and no particular purpose, and that’s just what I achieved today, cutting up bits of my fabrics to make this family of odd little stuffed objects/pincushions. Have a great weekend, everyone!
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Swann-Morton Supatool
I have a couple of guilty admissions to make: 1. I’ve never heard of a Swann-Morton Supatool, or if I really need one, but it was the last one in the box, I’m a sucker for orange enamelled metal, the packaging is beautiful, each blade is Individually Wrapped & Non-Sterile!, and… 2. I bought it cos …
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Joburg IS dangerous
I spent some of last week up in Johannesburg, launching my Flower Dreams collection at The Silk & Cotton Co. showroom in Kramerville, and then being driven all over town by some of the lovely Silkco dames. The launch was fab, and thanks so much to everyone who came along. It was great to meet you …
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Thursday night is bunting night
Now the terminology is out of the way, here’s what’s happening at the Skinny laMinx studio between 5-7pm this Thursday:
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Spring (into Autumn)
The Northern Hemisphere is getting all Spring-y, while down here in the Cape, Autumn weather has arrived with a vengeance, and it’s all puddles and rain for us now. But in the brand new Skinny laMinx window display*, it’s all about flowers, as we celebrate the new Flower Dreams range, and put a Spring into …
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Emma’s Box Ottoman
This Before/After project was featured on Design*Sponge last week (thanks, Kate & Grace!), and here’s a bit more detail: On the landing at the top of the stairs of my childhood home lived a padded wooden trunk, known as the ‘box ottoman’, covered in a crochet blanket, and smelling of mothballs. Under the crochet, the floral …
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